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Elite Trader Funding Review: Rules, Profit Split & Payouts
Elite Trader Funding (ETF) is a futures prop firm founded on February 14, 2022 by Kanwal Singh. It sells six routes to a funded account: 1-Step with a live trailing drawdown (50K to 250K), End of Day with an end-of-day trailing drawdown and a daily loss limit (50K to 150K), Static Drawdown (10K to 50K), Diamond Hands for swing traders (100K), Fast Track (10K), and Direct to Funded, its instant funding route, bought with a one-time fee at 10K, 50K and 100K. Passing unlocks an Elite Sim-Funded account paying up to a 100% profit split on simulated profits; once cumulative payouts reach $25,000 per trader, ETF moves the trader to LIVE ELITE, its own capital in a live broker account on an 80/20 split. Traders get CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX futures on platforms including Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView and Rithmic; forex, equities and options are not allowed.
Standard evaluations need 5 trading days and have no deadline, but renew monthly until you pass. Fast Track needs 3 days, a $2,000 profit target on its 10K account, a $500 max loss and a 40% consistency rule, must be passed within 10 calendar days and cannot be reset; other evaluations reset for $47. Only Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded accounts may hold overnight and over the weekend; every other plan must flatten one minute before market close. Rules that end ETF funded accounts include missing the safety net (max drawdown plus $100) within 45 calendar days of activation, holding a position within 5 minutes of listed major news, a week without a trade, self-hedging, martingale, trades shorter than 10 seconds, and unapproved EAs or bots.
Payouts run in reward cycles: 8 Active Trade Days for the first and 10 after, where a day counts only with at least $200 realized profit ($100 on some sizes) and 23% of your highest-profit day; Direct to Funded needs 5 to 20 per cycle by size. Minimum withdrawals range from $100 to $1,000 by account, sim-funded rewards are processed through Rise on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the terms promise approval of eligible payouts within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. Keeping a funded account costs $87 a month or a one-time activation fee from $177 (none on Direct to Funded). ETF offers no refunds apart from its 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, and evaluation prices were not stated on the pages read.
Futures prop firm operating since February 2022, trading CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX contracts
Six programs: 1-Step, End of Day, Static Drawdown, Diamond Hands, Fast Track and Direct to Funded instant funding
Account sizes from $10,000 to $250,000
Up to 100% profit split on sim-funded payouts to $25,000 per trader, then 80/20 on LIVE ELITE
Live trailing, end-of-day trailing or static drawdown depending on the plan
Sim-funded rewards paid through Rise twice weekly after 8 Active Trade Days in the first cycle
$87 monthly activation fee or a one-time fee from $177; none on Direct to Funded
Up to 5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts plus 5 Direct to Funded accounts
Is Elite Trader Funding legit?
Prop Firm Pal has not verified Elite Trader Funding, so this is not an endorsement: it is what the record shows. Its own pages name the operating company as Elite Trader Funding LLC, in Wilmington, Delaware, USA (mailing address in the terms). It was founded in 2022. Its website has been active in Prop Firm Pal's monthly traffic record since November 2025, and traffic over the last three months is steady. It claims over $13 million paid to traders; that is its own figure, and we have not seen its payout records. Its payout policy is published, and summarised on the Payouts tab.
Record
What we hold
Company
What we hold
Elite Trader Funding LLC
Founded
What we hold
2022
Headquarters
What we hold
Wilmington, Delaware, USA (mailing address in the terms)
In our traffic record
What we hold
Since November 2025 (11 months)
Traffic, last three months
What we hold
Steady (+10% to September 2026)
Paid to traders (its claim)
What we hold
over $13 million
In Elite Trader Funding's words
Company: “Elite Trader Funding LLC, 2810 N. Church St, PMB 53832, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, 19802.” elitetraderfunding.app/…/terms-of-service
Founded: “Elite Trader Funding was founded on February 14, 2022.” elitetraderfunding.app/…/about
Paid to traders: “More than four years in, we have funded thousands of traders and paid out over $13 million, and the whole company is built around one idea: when our traders win in live markets, we win too.” elitetraderfunding.app/…/about
Elite Trader Funding trading platforms
Instruments & payment methods
Instruments
Payment methods
Elite Trader Funding challenges & plans
Plan
Type
Account size
Profit target
Daily drawdown
Max drawdown
Drawdown type
Profit split
Min trading days
1-Step
Type
1-step
Account size
$50K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
trailing
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
1-Step
Type
1-step
Account size
$100K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
trailing
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
1-Step
Type
1-step
Account size
$150K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
trailing
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
1-Step
Type
1-step
Account size
$250K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
trailing
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
End of Day
Type
evaluation
Account size
$50K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
End of Day
Type
evaluation
Account size
$100K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
End of Day
Type
evaluation
Account size
$150K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
Static Drawdown
Type
evaluation
Account size
$10K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
static
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
Static Drawdown
Type
evaluation
Account size
$25K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
static
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
Static Drawdown
Type
evaluation
Account size
$50K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
static
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
Diamond Hands
Type
evaluation
Account size
$100K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
1.5%
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
5
Fast Track (End of Day)
Type
evaluation
Account size
$10K
Profit target
20%
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
5%
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
3
Fast Track (Static)
Type
evaluation
Account size
$10K
Profit target
20%
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
5%
Drawdown type
static
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
3
Direct to Funded
Type
instant funding
Account size
$10K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
—
Direct to Funded
Type
instant funding
Account size
$50K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
—
Drawdown type
end-of-day
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
—
Direct to Funded
Type
instant funding
Account size
$100K
Profit target
—
Daily drawdown
—
Max drawdown
5%
Drawdown type
static
Profit split
100%
Min trading days
—
Elite Trader Funding trading rules
Rule
Stance
Condition
News trading
Stance
Conditional
Condition
Elite accounts must be flat from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after listed major news events; evaluations are exempt
Expert advisors and automated trading
Stance
Conditional
Condition
AI, bots, EAs and algorithmic systems only with written authorization from ETF; approved trade copiers are the only automated tools currently authorized
Copy trading
Stance
Conditional
Condition
Only approved copiers: Tradesyncer, Tradecopia, Affordable Indicators, Replikanto (PropFirm Compliance Edition) and platform built-in copying
Hedging
Stance
Not permitted
Condition
—
Martingale and grid strategies
Stance
Not permitted
Condition
—
High-frequency and latency arbitrage
Stance
Not permitted
Condition
—
Consistency rule
Stance
Applies
Condition
Fast Track: best day no more than 40% of total profit to pass and 30% consistency at reward; other plans have no consistency cap but each Active Trade Day must reach 23% of the best day (38% to 62% on DTF)
Weekend holding
Stance
Conditional
Condition
Only Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded accounts
Overnight holding
Stance
Conditional
Condition
Positions must close one minute before market close on 1-Step, End of Day, Static and Fast Track; Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded may hold overnight
Minimum trading days
Stance
Applies
Condition
5 trading days on 1-Step, End of Day, Static and Diamond Hands (the ODTP add-on skips it); 3 on Fast Track; payouts need 8 Active Trade Days in cycle 1 and 10 after (5 to 20 per cycle on DTF)
Time limit
Stance
Applies
Condition
No deadline on standard evaluations, which renew monthly; Fast Track must pass within 10 calendar days; funded accounts must reach the safety net within 45 calendar days, one-time-fee accounts such as DTF within 25
Maximum number of accounts
Stance
Applies
Condition
5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts (20 for evaluations bought before September 17, 2025, no more than 5 from Fast Track), plus 5 active DTF accounts; 1 active Fast Track account per trader
Prohibited instruments
Stance
Conditional
Condition
Futures only; no forex, equities or options (including options on futures); trade the current contract with the highest volume
Account sharing
Stance
Not permitted
Condition
—
Elite accounts must be flat from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the major news events ETF lists; the rule does not apply during the evaluation.
AI, bots, EAs and other automated trading need written authorization from ETF; the approved trade copiers are the only automated tools currently authorized.
Copy trading is allowed only through the approved copiers: Tradesyncer, Tradecopia, Affordable Indicators, the Replikanto PropFirm Compliance Edition, and copying built into the trading platform.
Hedging against yourself in the same or a correlated instrument, on one account or several, is prohibited, and violations void all gains.
Martingale, dollar-cost averaging and similar loss-chasing or exposure-escalating strategies are prohibited.
Abusive high-frequency trading is prohibited, and every trade must last at least 10 seconds.
Fast Track evaluations have a 40% consistency rule to pass and need 30% consistency at reward; the other plans have no consistency cap, but a day counts as an Active Trade Day only if it reaches 23% of your highest-profit day (38% to 62% on Direct to Funded).
Only Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded accounts may hold positions through the close and over the weekend.
On 1-Step, End of Day, Static and Fast Track accounts all positions must be closed one minute before market close.
Evaluations need 5 trading days (3 on Fast Track), which the ODTP add-on can skip; each payout cycle then needs 8 Active Trade Days for the first cycle and 10 after.
Standard evaluations have no deadline and renew monthly; Fast Track must be passed within 10 calendar days, and funded accounts must reach the safety net within 45 calendar days of activation (25 for one-time-fee accounts such as Direct to Funded).
Traders may hold 5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts (20 if the evaluations were bought before September 17, 2025, no more than 5 of them from Fast Track), plus 5 active Direct to Funded accounts.
Only futures may be traded: no forex, equities or options, including options on futures, and traders must use the current contract with the highest volume.
Trading for another user, in the same household or remotely, is prohibited, and traders from the same household may not both participate.
After an Elite Sim-Funded account gains 20%, losing more than 35% of the accumulated profit removes it from the program and from LIVE ELITE eligibility.
Every account must place at least one trade per calendar week and the user must log in every 30 days, or the account is closed and rewards are forfeited.
Elite Trader Funding payout rules
Payout
Detail
Profit split
Detail
Up to 100%
Payout frequency
Detail
Elite Sim-Funded rewards processed twice weekly (Mondays and Wednesdays); LIVE ELITE rewards daily
Processing time
Detail
Eligible payouts approved within 48 hours of the request, excluding weekends, US bank and federal holidays and outages, or ETF pays an extra $1,000
Minimum payout
Detail
$100 on most Elite Sim-Funded accounts; $250 on 1-Step accounts bought from July 6, 2026; $500 on 10K and 100K DTF; $1,000 on 25K and 50K DTF
Payout methods
Elite Trader Funding account policies
Policy
Detail
Refund policy
Detail
No refunds, returns or exchanges once billed; the only exception is ETF's 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Resets
Detail
$47 evaluation reset on most plans; Fast Track evaluations cannot be reset; Elite Sim-Funded accounts can be reset up to 10 times for a fee
Scaling plan
Detail
Sim-funded payouts are capped at $25,000 per trader; traders then move to LIVE ELITE, ETF's capital in a live broker account on an 80/20 split with daily payouts on business days
Inactivity
Detail
Log in at least once every 30 days and place at least one valid trade per account every calendar week, or the account is disabled or closed and profits or rewards are forfeited
KYC
Detail
Identity verification through SumSub, plus Rise onboarding, before rewards are paid; account ownership cannot be changed
Elite Trader Funding fees
Fee
Amount
Applies to
Elite Sim-Funded activation fee (monthly)
Amount
$87 per month
Applies to
All Elite Sim-Funded accounts; Fast Track accounts get the first month free
One-time Elite activation fee
Amount
$177 (75K and below); $247 1-Step, $257 End of Day, $307 Diamond Hands (100K to 150K); $277 (250K and above)
Applies to
Instead of the monthly fee; Fast Track ineligible; Direct to Funded has no activation fee
Evaluation reset
Amount
$47
Applies to
Most evaluations; Fast Track cannot be reset
Professional trader fee
Amount
$128 per exchange
Applies to
Traders who declare professional status
Firm details
Detail
As published
Legal name
As published
Elite Trader Funding LLC
Headquarters
As published
Wilmington, Delaware, USA (mailing address in the terms)
Founded
As published
2022
Total paid out
As published
over $13 million
Elite Trader Funding restricted countries
Elite Trader Funding web traffic, month by month
Prop Firm Pal has tracked Elite Trader Funding's website traffic every month since November 2025. In September 2026 the site received an estimated 82.16K visits, up 7% on the month before and up 10% over three months.
Its busiest month on record was December 2025 at roughly 126.00K visits. Traffic now is 35% below that peak.
These are third-party estimates of website visits, collected once a month and stored against the month they describe. They are not trader counts, funded-account numbers or revenue.
Month
Estimated visits
Change
November 2025
Estimated visits
111.10K
Change
—
December 2025
Estimated visits
126.00K
Change
+13%
January 2026
Estimated visits
93.63K
Change
-26%
February 2026
Estimated visits
50.26K
Change
-46%
March 2026
Estimated visits
52.40K
Change
+4%
April 2026
Estimated visits
89.29K
Change
+70%
May 2026
Estimated visits
58.18K
Change
-35%
June 2026
Estimated visits
74.82K
Change
+29%
July 2026
Estimated visits
81.73K
Change
+9%
August 2026
Estimated visits
77.09K
Change
-6%
September 2026
Estimated visits
82.16K
Change
+7%
How Elite Trader Funding compares in size
Measured on estimated monthly website visits for September 2026, Elite Trader Funding ranks 105 of the 467 prop firms Prop Firm Pal tracks — larger than 78% of them, at roughly 82.16K visits a month.
The ranking covers every firm measured between July 2026 and September 2026, each on its own latest reading in that window. Firms last measured before July 2026 are left out rather than shown with a stale figure, so the total moves month to month.
Size is not quality. A large firm is one that markets successfully, and several of the most visited firms in this ranking have the strictest rules; some of the smallest pay out reliably to everyone who asks. What the ranking is useful for is scale — whether you are looking at an established operation or something very new.
Similar-sized firm
Monthly visits
Monthly visits
82.77K
Monthly visits
82.24K
Monthly visits
79.12K
Monthly visits
78.47K
FAQs
What is the Elite Trader Funding profit split?
Elite Sim-Funded accounts pay up to a 100% profit split on simulated profits, until payouts reach $25,000 per trader across all accounts. ETF then moves the trader to LIVE ELITE, where it trades the firm's own capital on an 80/20 split with daily payouts on business days.
How do Elite Trader Funding payouts work?
You request a reward once you have reached the safety net (max drawdown plus $100) and completed the Active Trade Days for the cycle: 8 for the first cycle and 10 after on most plans. Each cycle has a minimum and maximum withdrawal, and sim-funded rewards are processed through Rise on Mondays and Wednesdays, to a bank account, crypto wallet or exchange account.
What are the Elite Trader Funding drawdown rules?
It depends on the plan. 1-Step uses a live trailing drawdown that follows your highest unrealized profit, End of Day and Diamond Hands trail the end-of-day balance and add a daily loss limit, and Static Drawdown uses a fixed floor. On funded accounts the trailing drawdown stops once realized profit reaches the max drawdown plus $100.
Does Elite Trader Funding have a consistency rule?
Only Fast Track has one: your highest-profit day cannot exceed 40% of total profit to pass, and 30% consistency is required at reward. The other plans instead count a day toward payouts only if it makes at least $200 realized profit ($100 on some sizes) and 23% of your highest-profit day.
Does Elite Trader Funding offer instant funding?
Yes, through Direct to Funded, which skips the evaluation for a one-time fee at 10K, 50K and 100K. It allows overnight and weekend holding and has no activation fee, but needs 5 to 20 Active Trade Days per payout cycle by size and must reach its safety net within 25 calendar days.
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