Earn2Trade vs TradeDay
TradeDay
Computed verdict
TradeDay costs less per unit of risk: $29.5 vs $85 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, TradeDay comes out ahead (90 vs 61).
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
In the Gauntlet Mini and Trader Career Path evaluations, an end-of-day trailing drawdown that adjusts at close, is breached intraday against open equity, and freezes at the starting balance (GAU50 = $2,000). Funded Live accounts switch to a continuous intraday trailing drawdown, and the largest Trader Career Path funded accounts use a FIXED minimum balance ($194,000 on the $200K, $388,000 on the $400K) that never trails.
Trailing drawdown of $2,000 (50K) / $3,000 (100K) / $4,500 (150K), freezing at the starting balance, breached intraday. The intraday-vs-end-of-day method is chosen per account at purchase — Quick Pay is available as either, Fast Pass is EOD-only.
A hard daily loss limit including open P&L and commissions — touching it for an instant, even without closing the position, fails the evaluation. In the Gauntlet Mini it runs $1,100 (GAU50) to $4,400 (GAU200); the Trader Career Path starts lower (e.g. $550 on the $25K).
No daily loss limit was found anywhere on the firm's pages — the only loss mechanism is the trailing drawdown — but the absence is not explicitly confirmed.
A 30% rule in the evaluation only: no day may be 30% or more of total PnL (it never fails you, just delays passing); funded accounts have no consistency rule.
Consistency applies only in the evaluation: no day may exceed 30% (Quick Pay) or 45% (Fast Pass) of total profits to pass; no funded-stage rule was found.
50K: $3,000 target, $2,000 drawdown, 5-day minimum. Fast Pass: TradeDay's pricing cards say a 3-day minimum; its how-it-works page and rules FAQ say there is none. Plan on 3.
Weekly Wednesday payouts from $100 minimum net; the split is set by EACH withdrawal's size against your account tier's threshold: TCP 25K–200K switch from 50/50 to 80/20 at $1,500/$2,250/$3,000/$4,000/$5,000 (TCP 400K is a fixed 60/40), and Gauntlet Mini funded accounts GM50–GM200 at $2,250/$3,000/$4,000/$5,000.
On-demand payouts processed within 24 business hours, from day one on Quick Pay (minimum $250), at a 50/50 split below $4,000 net profit, 80/20 above it, and 90/10 on Funded Live.
Gauntlet Mini 50K (GAU50): $170/month on Earn2Trade's Gauntlet Mini page. Their own homepage advertises the same programme "From $68", and we do not treat that gap as settled. Earn2Trade states "No Upfront Activation Fee" — upfront is their word, and a separately reported $139 LiveSim activation deducted from your first withdrawal is consistent with it, so we do not publish this as having no activation fee. Retries come with the monthly renewal.
50K Quick Pay (intraday): monthly subscription ~$125/month (sometimes 50% off), no activation. $60 reset.