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Elite Trader Funding rules
Elite Trader Funding rules for 7 programs: static, end-of-day trailing and intraday trailing drawdown, first payout after 8 active days. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
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Evaluation rules by program
One row per program. Where a value changes with the account size, each size is listed.
| Program | Sizes | Profit target | Max drawdown | Drawdown type | Daily loss limit | Consistency | Minimum days | Max contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Step Sizes: 50K, 100K, 150K | 50K, 100K, 150K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type Intraday trailing | Minimum days 5 days | Max contracts
| ||
Diamond Hands Sizes: 100K | 100K | Profit target $5,000 | Max drawdown $3,500 | Drawdown type End-of-day trailing | Daily loss limit $1,500 | Minimum days 5 days | Max contracts 2 minis / 20 micros | |
Direct to Funded Sizes: 10K, 50K, 100K | 10K, 50K, 100K | Max drawdown
| Drawdown type
| Minimum days None | Max contracts
| |||
End of Day Sizes: 50K, 100K | 50K, 100K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type End-of-day trailing | Daily loss limit
| Minimum days 5 days | Max contracts
| |
Fast Track EOD Sizes: 10K | 10K | Profit target $2,000 | Max drawdown $500 | Drawdown type End-of-day trailing | Consistency 40% | Minimum days 3 days | Max contracts 1 mini / 10 micros | |
Fast Track Static Sizes: 10K | 10K | Profit target $2,000 | Max drawdown $500 | Drawdown type Static | Consistency 40% | Minimum days 3 days | Max contracts 1 mini / 10 micros | |
Static Drawdown Sizes: 10K, 25K, 50K | 10K, 25K, 50K | Profit target
| Max drawdown
| Drawdown type Static | Minimum days 5 days | Max contracts
|
Data checked · Source: elitetraderfunding.com
Drawdown in plain words
Each program sets a loss limit: an account that falls to it fails. How the limit moves depends on the drawdown type.
Static
Direct to Funded, Fast Track Static, Static Drawdown
The limit is a fixed balance: the starting balance minus the maximum drawdown. Profits do not move it.
Example: Elite Trader Funding Static Drawdown on a $50,000 account with a $2,000 maximum drawdown. The limit is $48,000 from the first trade, and it is still $48,000 after the balance reaches $51,000. (data checked )
End-of-day trailing
Diamond Hands, Direct to Funded, End of Day, Fast Track EOD
The limit trails the highest end-of-day balance by the maximum drawdown. It moves only at the daily close and never down; swings inside the day do not move it.
Example: Elite Trader Funding Direct to Funded on a $50,000 account with a $5,000 maximum drawdown. The limit starts at $45,000. If a day closes at $52,500, the limit moves up to $47,500 at the close; a losing day after that does not move it back down. (data checked )
From the program terms
Diamond Hands
Overnight and weekend holds allowedDirect to Funded
- Mini Inferno; stops trailing at $10,100 at 10K
- Stops trailing at $50,100 at 50K
Intraday trailing
1 Step
The limit trails the highest point the account reaches during the session by the maximum drawdown and moves up as soon as a new high is made. It never moves down.
Example: Elite Trader Funding 1 Step on a $50,000 account with a $2,000 maximum drawdown. The limit starts at $48,000. If the account reaches $51,000 during the session, the limit moves up to $49,000 straight away, even if the day then closes lower. (data checked )
From the program terms
1 Step
Live trailing on open and realized profitDaily loss limit
A daily loss limit caps how much the account may lose in one trading day. Where we hold the firm’s own wording about the limit, it is shown with the program.
Diamond Hands
Daily loss limit
$1,500End of Day
Daily loss limit
- $1,100 at 50K
- $2,200 at 100K
Consistency rule
A consistency rule caps the share of total profit that may come from your best trading day.
How this rule worksCheck your best day
Example: Elite Trader Funding Fast Track EOD on a $10,000 account: the profit target is $2,000 and the rule is 40%. If you finish exactly on the target, no single day may have made more than $800 of it. (data checked )
Fast Track EOD
Evaluation
40%Fast Track Static
Evaluation
40%
Minimum trading days
The fewest days with a trade before an evaluation can pass, and the time limit where the program sets one.
1 Step
Minimum days
5 daysDiamond Hands
Minimum days
5 daysDirect to Funded
Minimum days
NoneEnd of Day
Minimum days
5 daysFast Track EOD
Minimum days
3 daysFast Track Static
Minimum days
3 daysStatic Drawdown
Minimum days
5 days
Payout rules
From the payout schedule we hold for each program, read from the firm’s own payout terms. Days are active days as the firm counts them.
All 7 Elite Trader Funding programs
- First payout
- After 8 active days
- After that
- Every 10 active days
- Minimum payout
- $100
- Profit split
- 100%
- Request rule
- Sim payouts are capped at $25,000 cumulative PER TRADER (not per account); at that point the trader moves to LIVE ELITE. NOTE: ETF homepage separately claims "up to 100% of $150,000 in lifetime SIM-funded profit" - the two ETF pages contradict each other.
Data checked · Source: elitetraderfunding.app
Prohibited conduct
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These are the rules we read on Elite Trader Funding’s own pages on the dates shown, not advice. Firms change their rules without notice, so check Elite Trader Funding’s terms before you buy or trade.