Earn2Trade review

Challenge fees are $75 to $85, with a starting payment of $75. There is no monthly subscription attached, since the account fee is $0. The price covers the evaluation itself, and any activation fee is handled separately at the first withdrawal.

There is no upfront activation fee. Instead, an activation fee is taken out of profits on the first withdrawal, so the first payout is smaller while the cost of entry stays at the challenge price.

Payouts are made weekly once the minimum payout amount is met, and traders keep a profit split of 50% to 80% depending on the account. Because the activation fee comes out of that first withdrawal, the opening payout is the one most reduced.

Accounts can be traded on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and TradingView. That gives charting through TradingView and execution through Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Finamark, BlackArrow or Rithmic, so a trader can keep the tools already in use rather than rebuild a setup from scratch.

Account sizes cover $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K, $400K. The maximum drawdown allowed is 3.5% to 6%, with a daily loss limit of 2.2%. Those rules are tighter than the site median drawdown of 8%, so an ordinary run of losses can end an account.

The evaluation is a 1 step challenge, which keeps the route to a funded account short against firms that run several stages. A shorter path is not an easier route, since the same drawdown and daily loss limits govern the account throughout.

The firm names experienced traders as its audience, and a maximum drawdown of 3.5% to 6% with a daily loss limit of 2.2% assumes a settled risk process. Anyone still learning position sizing would be better served by a firm that lists beginners as its audience.

The market list covers futures, and the platform options, Tradovate, NinjaTrader and TradingView, are futures tools. The account is therefore built around futures execution, which suits a trader with a single market focus and offers nothing in shares, forex or crypto on the same account.