Elite Trader Funding vs Tradeify
Elite Trader Funding
Computed verdict
Elite Trader Funding costs less per unit of risk: $25 vs $43.5 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, Elite Trader Funding comes out ahead (76 vs 59).
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
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.
All plans use an end-of-day trailing drawdown ($1,000 to $5,250 by plan and size) that updates end-of-day but is enforced in real time. On Sim Funded accounts it locks into a fixed floor $100 above start once you profit past the drawdown amount; evaluation accounts do NOT lock.
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.
Soft daily limit of $600 to $3,000 by size (Select Flex has none) that pauses the session without failing the account. At 6% profit the limit is RAISED to a higher fixed amount on current accounts; it is fully removed only on legacy pre-Sep-2025 accounts.
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.
Consistency only blocks payouts, never the account: 35% on funded Growth, 40% in the Select evaluation only, and a progressive 20/25/30% by payout number on Lightning.
50K Growth: $3,000 target, 1-day minimum, no consistency rule in the evaluation.
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.
A 90/10 split across plans, with payouts every 5 winning days on Growth and Select Flex, daily on Select Daily, and instant on Lightning, always subject to per-payout caps.