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Elite Trader Funding

Elite Trader Funding

● Operating normallyD · 51
FuturesUnited StatesFounded 2022 · 4 yrs Verified rules
Paid to traders:$13M+(firm's own figure)
Best verified price
$197/mo
Affiliate link · the code never changes the ranking · checked 2026-09-16
True cost
$98.5per $1k of drawdown
Plan 50K
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Verified rules

Drawdown · what kills you

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Trailing + StaticUnrealized counts

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.

Daily loss

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Fails 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.

Consistency

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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.

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Targets & min days

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⏱ 7d

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.

The firm's own pages disagree here. We don't lock a single value until it's resolved — confirm at the source. See all disputes
Elite Trader Funding contradicts itself on this value (Diamond Hands minimum trading days):
Diamond Hands plan page
“minimum of 5 trading days”
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Homepage plan-comparison strip
“Min Trade Days: 10”
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What it costs you: Request a payout on day 6 believing it is 5, get refused, and capital stays locked another week. Both pages captured the same day.

Open since 2026-07-23See all disputes

Payouts & split

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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.

Pricing

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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.

The firm's own pages disagree here. We don't lock a single value until it's resolved — confirm at the source. See all disputes
Elite Trader Funding has third parties that disagree on this value (Evaluation pricing):
traderspost
“evaluation guide pricing table”
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pipback
“different figures for the same plans”
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What it costs you: Recorded as VERIFIED-SECONDARY because the reviews disagree with each other. Until captured from the firm own evaluations page, no figure is published as verified.

Open since 2026-07-23See all disputes

News trading

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±5 minBlackout window

On Elite (sim-funded) accounts the Terms of Service require you to be flat from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after certain major news events. Traders still in the evaluation phase are explicitly exempt. Note that ETF own help-center article says the opposite - no restrictions at all - so treat this as a firm to confirm with support before trading a release.

Elite Trader Funding contradicts itself on this value (Is there a news rule at all?):
Terms of Service, effective 2026-07-13
“All Elite Accounts must be flat 5 min before to 5 min after the event”
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Help-centre article, undated
“ETF does not impose any restrictions or limitations on traders during major economic news events”
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What it costs you: The May ToS did NOT contain the clause: the rule was added between May and July and the FAQ was never updated. Worse, the ToS says the covered events are listed here and links to a page with no list at all - no FOMC, no CPI, no NFP. You cannot know which event breaks your account.

Open since 2026-07-28See all disputes

Platforms

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TradingViewNinjaTraderTradovateTickblazeRithmic (data/routing)

Change history

Sep 25, 2026MAJOR

Correction: we published a ~$90 price for ETF, and a "no activation" our own record disputes

Our Elite Trader Funding pricing summary said "50K: one-time from ~$90 (OG plan), no activation. $47 reset (Fast Track has none)." The ~$90, and the "OG plan" it was attached to, appear nowhere in our record. The lowest 50K figure we hold is $165 and it is third-party; ETF's own April-2026 blog says 1-Step "starting at $197". The record's price field is explicitly null and flagged CONFLICT across three disagreeing sources, with a note not to resolve it. Worse, the summary settled two disagreements the record deliberately keeps open. Funded-stage fees are logged as a CONFLICT: ETF's own homepage strip carries one-time charges of $157 for 1-Step, $177 for Static and End of Day and $307 for Diamond Hands, with Fast Track at $87 per month after the first funded month, set against a different third-party list. Saying "no activation" picked a side, and the wrong one. The $47 reset is likewise one half of a recorded disagreement against a third-party figure of $87. The summary now publishes no price, names the sources that disagree, and leaves both fee questions open. No structured value changed and the verification date did not move.

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Sep 21, 2026MINOR

Correction: our Elite Trader Funding summary did not mention that ETF's own pages give Diamond Hands two different minimums

ETF's Diamond Hands plan page says a minimum of 5 trading days; the homepage plan-comparison strip says 10. Our record has logged that since 2026-07-23 and the conflict card renders, but the summary beside it described only the 50K plans and never mentioned Diamond Hands — so the card sat next to prose about a different product. Asking for a payout a week early gets it refused. The summary now states both figures and says to plan on 10. No rule value changed. Neither page was re-read today: this run had no network access to any firm page.

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Sep 12, 2026MINOR

Elite Trader Funding's own pages give two different prices for keeping a funded account: $80 a month in the help centre, $87 on the product site — logged as a conflict

This is a cost that does not appear in our tracked row at all, and Elite states it twice at two different prices. The help centre says: "Once qualified, Elite sim-funded accounts have an $80.00 USD recurring monthly fee." It gives a one-time activation alternative by size and plan — $150 (1Step) and $175 (EOD) at 75k and below; $235 (1Step), $255 (EOD), $175 (Static) and $300 (Diamond Hands) at 100k and above. Elite's product site gives a different set on the same day: "$87 / month", with one-time activation "1-Step 50K $177, 100K $247, 100K Diamond Hands $307", plus a "Double Down Deal (3D)" from $47. Both were read first-hand today, both are Elite's own, and neither page carries a date. We are not picking a side, and we note that our own file already records the help-centre copy as lagging the product site on a different rule — that is a reason to be suspicious of the help centre, not evidence about this price, and we are not treating it as settling anything. What matters for cost either way: passing an Elite evaluation does not end what you pay. The funded account then costs either a recurring monthly fee or a one-time activation, and our published evaluation price does not include it.

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Sep 5, 2026MINOR

Elite Trader Funding's own promo page lists code GOFUTURES — 80% off the first month of any evaluation except Direct To Funded

Elite Trader Funding's promo-codes page (updated July 2026 per the page itself) lists code GOFUTURES: "80% off your first month" on all evaluation products except Direct To Funded. We do not attach it to our tracked 1-Step 50K row because the discount applies only to the first month of a recurring monthly subscription, not to the ongoing price.

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Jul 31, 2026MAJOR

Fast Track 100K gone: .com now redirects to .app; our row moves to the 1-Step 50K

elitetraderfunding.com/products, which still sold the Fast Track 100K at $26.25 one-time on July 30, now redirects (302) to elitetraderfunding.app/evaluations. On .app the Fast Track comes in a single size: '$10,000' ($500 drawdown, $2,000 target, 'The first month of funded activation is included in the Fast Track price'). The $26.25 Fast Track 100K we tracked is no longer purchasable, and the July 30 two-domain conflict is closed — the firm consolidated onto .app. Our comparison row now tracks the 1-Step 50K at $197/mo ('$197/mo — cancel anytime'), the price readable on ETF's own landing page; live prices in the .app plan picker load dynamically and are not readable. ETF's own cost calculator shows $167 for the same product but labels itself 'Pricing snapshot as of May 2026'.

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Verifondeo verdict

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51/100
Verifondeo verdict
Cost vs peers· weight 30%0
Rule friction· weight 25%45
Track record· weight 25%77
Status· weight 20%100

A score computed from four verified inputs — not an opinion. Weights are shown and it recomputes when the data changes.

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