Bulenox vs Elite Trader Funding
Elite Trader Funding
Computed verdict
Bulenox costs less per unit of risk: $70 vs $98.5 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, Bulenox comes out ahead (67 vs 52).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
On Fast Track, the account we rank, each size sells with two drawdown engines at the same price: Option 1 is a real-time intraday trail that counts floating P&L and documents no stop, and Option 2 is end-of-day, carries a daily loss limit and locks at initial balance + $100. The amounts run from $1,000 at $25,000 to $5,500 at $150,000; Fast Track does not sell the $250,000 size. The Qualification account is a different product with a different ladder. At $50,000, Bulenox's own pages disagree: the pricing page says a $2,500 drawdown and names no daily loss limit; the Fast Track help article says $2,250 on both options, plus a $1,200 daily loss limit and a 4-mini cap on Option 2. Size to $2,250 until you have checked which risk model you bought.
Multiple drawdown engines by plan: 1-Step uses live intraday trailing where unrealized peaks raise the floor (the firm does not publish a lock level for it); EOD plans move the floor only at close and lock at starting balance + $100; static plans never move.
On Fast Track, the plan we track, only Option 2 (EOD) carries a daily limit: none on the $25,000, $1,200 on the $50,000, $2,500 on the $100,000 and $3,300 on the $150,000. Option 1 (trailing) carries none. The Qualification account has its own ladder, lower at $50,000 ($1,100), and its table could not be read today. The limit is soft: it suspends the rest of the day without failing the account.
Only the EOD plans ($1,100–$2,200) and Diamond Hands ($1,500) carry a daily limit, and it is hard: touching it, open losses included, fails the account unless you buy the TradeShield add-on.
The 40% rule applies only when requesting a Master Account payout: no single day may account for more than 40% of total profit, blocking the payout without breaching the account.
Instead of classic consistency, funded payouts use the ATD system: you need 8–10 active days each earning at least MAX($200, 23% of your best day); the 1-Step keeps a classic rule whose percentage the firm doesn't publish.
50K: $3,000 target, $2,000 drawdown, 5-day minimum. On Diamond Hands, ETF's own pages disagree on the minimum: the plan page says 5 trading days, the homepage comparison strip says 10 — plan on 10 until ETF settles it.
Weekly Wednesday payouts ($1,000 minimum, after 10 traded days) at 100% of the first $10,000 then 90/10 — but declining the mandatory move to a live account after 3 payouts closes the Master with no payout.
On Elite sim accounts you keep 100% of only the first $12,500 then 90%, with payouts processed every Wednesday and requiring 15 Active Trading Days for the first two cycles then 10 thereafter. LIVE ELITE (uncapped 80/20, $250 min) triggers at whichever comes first: 5 payouts, 50 Active Trading Days, or the $25,000 sim cap.
50K (Fast Track): $175 one-time with 30 days of access — the monthly-subscription model is gone (relaunch 2026-08-21); a launch code exists but no discount amount is stated.
50K: we publish no verified price. ETF's own April-2026 blog says 1-Step "starting at $197" and End of Day "starting at $347"; a third-party guide puts the 1-Step 50K at $165, and the live plan pages contradict both. Resets and funded-stage fees are recorded as open disagreements, so we settle neither.