Earn2Trade rules by account size (25K to 200K): Trader Career Path and Gauntlet Mini profit goals, EOD drawdown, daily loss limit, consistency and payouts

Per-size figures come from the earn2trade.com product pages for the Trader Career Path and the Gauntlet Mini, read with each account-size tab selected on 16 October 2026, with the site's Non-US region setting selected. Rule details, reset prices, fees and the withdrawal table come from Earn2Trade's official help center at help.earn2trade.com, which earn2trade.com links to as Help. Some help articles on drawdown and daily loss show their per-size tables as images and point back to the product pages, so we used the product pages for those figures. Progression Ladder steps (contracts by profit so far) are read from the images in the two Progression Ladder help articles for the Trader Career Path and the Gauntlet Mini.

What this means for you: Every Earn2Trade figure here is from earn2trade.com or the help center; Progression Ladder steps come from the ladder images in those two articles; anything we worked out ourselves is tagged Ours.

The Trader Career Path is marked Most Popular and comes in three versions named after their starting balance: TCP25, TCP50 and TCP100. Traders who pass get a funding offer with a growth plan, and active subscribers receive one free reset after every monthly rebill. The Gauntlet Mini is a single-phase evaluation in GAU50, GAU100, GAU150 and GAU200. Both evaluations list No Minimum Trading Days, Can Trade News, Approved Times (Trade until 15:50 CT) and Max Concurrent Accounts 5; where the sizes overlap (50K and 100K) the profit goal, EOD Drawdown, Daily Loss Limit and contract limit are the same. The evaluation table marks overlapping sizes as TCP + GAU.

What this means for you: Same evaluation numbers at the same size; TCP adds the free reset and the growth plan, Gauntlet Mini adds 150K and 200K.

On 50K (TCP50 or GAU50) the profit goal is $3,000, the EOD Drawdown is $2,000, the Daily Loss Limit is $1,100 and the Progression Ladder allows up to 6 Contracts. The Maintain Consistency rule is 30%. The evaluation price is $190/mo for the TCP50 and $170/mo for the GAU50, before any promotion. Once funded, the 50K LiveSim or Live account keeps the $2,000 drawdown (LiveSim EOD / Live Trailing) and the $1,100 Daily Loss Limit, and the Progression Ladder restarts on that account's own profit at 2 contracts → 4 from $1,501 → 6 from $2,001; it pays 50% under $2,250 and 80% on a withdrawal of $2,250 or more (help center).

What this means for you: On 50K the room that fails you first in a bad day is the $1,100 Daily Loss Limit, not the $2,000 EOD Drawdown.

End of Day Drawdown applies to evaluation accounts and LiveSim accounts. It is pegged to your end-of-day balance: Earn2Trade's example is a $100,000 account with a $3,500 Maximum Drawdown, which starts with a $96,500 minimum account balance; after a day ending at $102,000 the minimum moves to $98,500, stays there after a day ending at $101,000, and moves to $99,500 after a day ending at $103,000. It stops rising once it reaches the $100,000 starting balance. Open equity losses count, so an open position that dips below the minimum account balance fails the evaluation. Trailing Drawdown applies to Live accounts and rises dollar for dollar during the trading day: in a $50,000.00 account it starts at $48,000.00 and stops at $50,000.00. Fixed Drawdown applies only to the $200,000 and $400,000 Trader Career Path funded accounts: $194,000 for traders who came from the TCP25 and $388,000 for the TCP50 or TCP100. The $200,000 account reached through the Gauntlet Mini does not use a fixed drawdown.

What this means for you: Evaluation and LiveSim trail only at the close; Live trails during the day; open equity still counts on both.

Daily loss is based on your Profit and Loss, including open and closed trades and commissions, and is calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time, 6:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET). Do not reach or dip below the limit: if your PnL ever hits it, even with the position still open, the evaluation fails and you need a reset to try again. Funded accounts have a daily loss limit that must not be breached (Earn2Trade does not spell out the funded consequence beyond that wording).

What this means for you: Hitting the Daily Loss Limit fails the evaluation; funded accounts must not breach it, and commissions count toward the day.

Over the evaluation, no single trading day can account for 30% or more of your total PnL. Going over does not fail the evaluation; you keep trading until the big day is below 30% of total profits. Earn2Trade's example: with a $3,000 profit target, 30% is $900; a $1,200 day is 40% of $3,000, and 1,200 / 0.3 = 4,000, so total profit must be over $4,000. If you stop exactly at the $3,000 goal, keep each day under $900 (strict: 30% or more fails the share). The same under-limits at the goal are $525 on 25K, $1,800 on 100K, $2,700 on 150K and $3,300 on 200K; the cap is 30% of total profit, so it rises past the goal; total profit needed = best day ÷ 0.3. Because of this rule there is no minimum number of trading days, but a trader will need at least four profitable trading days. The rule does not apply on LiveSim or Live accounts.

What this means for you: A day at 30% or more of total profit does not fail you; it raises how much total profit you need before you pass.

The maximum position size is the total number of contracts open across all positions, and traders must self-regulate it by account balance and profit levels in real time. Exceeding the allowed contract limit is a hard fail on evaluations and funded accounts. Up to ten micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, MGC, MCL, M6B, M6E, MHG) count as only one standard contract toward this limit: 1 to 10 micros use one slot, and 11 use two (ceil of micros divided by 10). The product pages print only the top step (Up to 3, 6, 12, 15 or 16 Contracts). The help-article images give every step from a fresh account: TCP25 and the $25,000 funded step start at 2 contracts ($0 to $1,500 profit) and rise to 3 from $1,501; 50K (TCP50, GAU50 and the matching funded step) starts at 2, rises to 4 from $1,501 to $2,000, and to 6 from $2,001; 100K starts at 3, then 6 from $1,501 to $3,000, 9 from $3,001 to $4,500, and 12 from $4,501 (the Gauntlet Mini 100K image and the TCP100 Evaluation box also print $4,500+ for that top step); 150K starts at 4, then 6 from $1,501, 9 from $3,001, and 15 from $4,501; 200K starts at 5, then 7 from $1,501, 10 from $3,001, and 16 from $4,501. A losing streak from a flat start never unlocks a higher step, so the starting step is the contract limit that matters on day one.

What this means for you: Day-one size is the starting step (2/2/3/4/5), not the top step printed on the product cards.

Trading opens with the exchange, generally 5pm CT (6pm ET). All positions and working orders must be closed by 3:50pm CT (4:50pm ET) until 5pm CT (6pm ET), so no overnight positions; GF/HE/LE must be closed by 1:05pm CT (2:05pm ET), and grain contracts have extra windows. You are allowed to trade during news events, with no restrictions around economic announcements, on evaluations and funded accounts. Only futures on CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT are allowed, micros included. Earn2Trade's platforms article lists DeepCharts as Free alongside NinjaTrader, Finamark, R | Trader, Tradovate, TradingView and BlackArrow One during the evaluation. There is no Forex trading on any Trader Career Path or Gauntlet Mini product, Bitcoin futures (BTC) do not count towards completion and are not allowed on live accounts, and Earn2Trade disallows Ether Futures; on funded accounts Forex, BTC and Ether Futures remain prohibited. Trade copiers are forbidden on funded and evaluation accounts.

What this means for you: Be flat by 3:50pm CT (4:50pm ET); news is allowed; stick to the listed CME-group futures.

Subscriptions are monthly (the first rebill comes 30 days after purchase): Trader Career Path $150/mo (TCP25), $190/mo (TCP50) and $350/mo (TCP100); Gauntlet Mini $170/mo (GAU50), $315/mo (GAU100), $375/mo (GAU150) and $550/mo (GAU200), as shown on the product pages before promotions. Reset prices are dynamic for TCP25, TCP50 and GAU50 (they adjust with active promotions and are always set below the current price of a new subscription) and fixed at $100 for TCP100 and GAU100, $130 for GAU150 and $155 for GAU200. A reset does not restart your billing period. Trader Career Path subscribers also get a free reset after every monthly rebill, available only after the first rebill and lost if you cancel; the Gauntlet Mini pages do not list a free reset. You can run up to five evaluation accounts and up to 3 funded accounts at once (3 LiveSim, or 2 LiveSim and 1 Live).

What this means for you: Compare list prices before promotions; TCP's free reset after each rebill is the main product gap versus Gauntlet Mini at the same size.

After passing, Earn2Trade forwards the results to a proprietary trading partner, such as Helios Trading Partners or Appius Trading Limited, which offers a LiveSim (simulated, real-time data) or Live account; depending on your performance the partner may decide to provide a Live account instead of a LiveSim. Funded accounts have No Monthly Subscription, No Minimum Trading Days, No Consistency Requirement and No Buffer Requirement, with Weekly Payouts. The profit split is based on the size of each single withdrawal, not accumulated profit; the help center prints thresholds as $2,250+ (80% on a withdrawal of $2,250 or more), while some product-page cards say over $2,250; on the Trader Career Path the TCP 400 split is a Fixed 60/40 Split. LiveSim Max Withdrawal is the total you can withdraw from a LiveSim account before you are automatically moved to a Live account. Withdrawals are processed weekly on Wednesdays; requests must be emailed by 2:00 PM CT (3:00 PM ET) on the preceding Friday, and the minimum net withdrawal amount is $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers or 1.5% for US customers, Deel $50, Bayzat $5-$40, Direct Crypto 0.735%. Rise does not support payouts for traders in Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or Haiti. LiveSim traders with non-professional CME status pay a one-time $139 activation fee, deducted only from the first profitable withdrawal; professionals pay $140 per month per exchange. Live accounts have no activation fee listed but pay data fees of $140 per month per exchange on Rithmic or $156 on NinjaTrader. Traders also pay commissions; micro contracts range from $0.82 to $1.20 per contract per side.

What this means for you: Split is per withdrawal size; LiveSim Max Withdrawal is a lifetime LiveSim total before the move to Live, not a per-payout cap.

You unlock larger accounts by hitting the profit goal at each step and withdrawing. On the TCP25 the steps are a $25,000 LiveSim or Live account, then Live accounts of $50,000 (Profit Goal $3,000, Trailing Drawdown $2,000), $100,000 (Profit Goal $6,000, Trailing Drawdown $3,500) and $200,000 (Profit Goal $11,000, Drawdown fixed to $194,000, Daily Loss Limit $4,400, Max Contracts 16). The TCP50 grows to $100,000, $200,000 (Trailing Drawdown $6,000) and $400,000 (Profit Goal $40,000, Drawdown fixed to $388,000, Daily Loss Limit $8,800, Max Contracts 30). The TCP100 grows to $150,000 (Profit Goal $9,000, Trailing Drawdown $4,500), $200,000 and $400,000. Only TCP50 and TCP100 traders are eligible for the $400,000 account.

What this means for you: Only TCP publishes a growth plan to larger Live accounts after you pass; the Gauntlet Mini page lists no growth plan.

The product pages carry this exam disclaimer: In 2025, 8.89% of candidates passed the Trader Career Path / Gauntlet Mini examinations, based on subscriptions passed against new subscriptions. Of candidates who passed either exam or progressed in the Trader Career Path, 5.23% traded a Live account and 94.77% a LiveSim account, and 18.04% of Live accounts and 18.20% of LiveSim accounts had at least one withdrawal.

What this means for you: Most passers trade LiveSim, not Live; treat the 2025 pass and withdrawal rates as Earn2Trade's own disclosure.

Earn2Trade's Trade Copier Policy (written 22 June 2026, read on 18 October 2026) says trade copiers are not allowed on any Earn2Trade program, including after you earn a LiveSim® or Live account. If you pass and are found to have used a trade copier, you may be denied your accounts or withdrawals, and accounts that used one get no refund, data fees included. On automation, Earn2Trade's Prohibited Conduct article (written 6 May 2024, read on 18 October 2026) bans utilizing software, artificial intelligence, or ultra-fast data entry techniques that could potentially manipulate the trading environment or provide an unfair advantage. In short: no Earn2Trade page clearly allows or bans trading bots; its Prohibited Conduct rules ban software, AI or ultra-fast data entry that could manipulate the trading environment or give an unfair advantage, so ask Earn2Trade support before you run one.

What this means for you: No trade copiers on any Earn2Trade account, even after you pass; there is no clear bots verdict, so ask support before running one.

These are TradeDesk HQ calculations from the Earn2Trade figures above, not figures Earn2Trade publishes. Target ÷ EOD Drawdown is about 1.17 on the 25K ($1,750 ÷ $1,500), 1.5 on the 50K ($3,000 ÷ $2,000), 1.71 on the 100K ($6,000 ÷ $3,500), 2.0 on the 150K ($9,000 ÷ $4,500) and 1.83 on the 200K ($11,000 ÷ $6,000). If you finish exactly at the profit goal, keep each day under $525, $900, $1,800, $2,700 or $3,300 (30% of the goal; strict: 30% or more of total PnL fails the share); the cap is 30% of total profit, so it rises past the goal; total profit needed = best day ÷ 0.3 (Earn2Trade's $1,200 → $4,000 example). Daily Loss Limit as a share of EOD Drawdown is about 37% on 25K ($550 of $1,500), 55% on 50K ($1,100 of $2,000), 63% on 100K ($2,200 of $3,500) and 73% on 150K and 200K ($3,300 of $4,500; $4,400 of $6,000). From a fresh account, or any day you start with at least the Daily Loss Limit above your minimum balance, the Daily Loss Limit is the first limit you hit within that day, because it is lower than the EOD Drawdown at every size; the EOD amount covers about 2 full near-limit DLL days on 25K (1,500 ÷ 550 ≈ 2.7) and about 1 day on 50K (1.8), 100K (1.6), 150K (1.36) and 200K (1.36). Because End of Day Drawdown stops rising once it reaches the starting balance, the minimum account balance starts at $23,500, $48,000, $96,500, $145,500 or $194,000 and the floor locks at the starting balance ($25,000, $50,000, $100,000, $150,000 or $200,000) once an end-of-day balance reaches $26,500, $52,000, $103,500, $154,500 or $206,000. Profit needed for the top Progression Ladder step versus the goal: 25K needs $1,501 of the $1,750 goal; 50K needs $2,001 of $3,000; 100K needs above $4,500 of $6,000; 150K needs $4,501 of $9,000; 200K needs $4,501 of $11,000. Starting micros room (ceil rule, up to ten micros per standard slot): 20, 20, 30, 40 and 50 micros on 25K through 200K; at the top step that is 30, 60, 120, 150 and 160. TCP50 list price is $20 above GAU50 ($190 vs $170); TCP100 is $35 above GAU100 ($350 vs $315); TCP includes a free reset after each monthly rebill from the first rebill. The losing-trade ladder at the top of this page uses CME contract point values (MNQ $2, MES $5, NQ $20 and ES $50 per point), not Earn2Trade figures, and its TOO TIGHT, WORKABLE and COMFORTABLE tags are a TradeDesk HQ rule of thumb: the Daily Loss Limit is used up within 5 losing trades, within 6 to 9, or not before trade 10. The losing-trade ladder tags a size ABOVE DAY-ONE LIMIT when your contract count is above the starting Progression Ladder step but at or below the top step; that size needs the published profit unlock for that count.

What this means for you: These ratios show how much room each size's limits leave; our arithmetic, not Earn2Trade figures.

1. GAU150 price: the Gauntlet Mini page shows $375/mo for the GAU150, while the help center's package cost article lists the subscription as either $150, $170, $190, $315, $350 or $550, with no $375. 2. Minimum days: the product pages say No Minimum Trading Days, and the evaluation rules article agrees but adds that the 30% consistency rule means at least four profitable trading days. 3. Activation fee: funded cards say No Upfront Activation Fee; the fee articles explain there is a one-time $139 LiveSim activation fee for non-professionals, deducted from the first withdrawal rather than paid up front. 4. Gauntlet Mini LiveSim Max Withdrawal is $5,000 at every size, while the Trader Career Path figures are $1,750, $3,000 and $6,000. 5. $200K fixed drawdown: two help articles say the $200K and $400K Trader Career Path accounts use Fixed Drawdown, but the TCP50 and TCP100 pages show Trailing Drawdown: $6,000 at their $200,000 step; the fixed drawdown article and the TCP25 page apply the fixed $194,000 only to TCP25 traders at $200,000, and $388,000 to TCP50 or TCP100 traders at $400,000. 6. Progression Ladder $4,500 boundary at 100K: the Gauntlet Mini ladder image and the TCP100 Evaluation box print $4,500+ for the top 12-contract step, while the TCP100 LiveSim and Live boxes and the 150K and 200K boxes print $4,501+; this guide treats 9 contracts as the limit until profit is above $4,500. 7. Split threshold wording: help center $2,250+ versus product-page over $2,250.

What this means for you: Where Earn2Trade's pages disagree, trust what your dashboard shows and ask Earn2Trade support.

Promo code discounts are listed on our Earn2Trade firm page, not here. Platform setup guides and the full commission charts (shown as images) are in the help center; the Beginner Crash Course is on earn2trade.com. Rules change; confirm on earn2trade.com before buying.

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• Trader Career Path product page (TCP25 / TCP50 / TCP100 tabs)
• Gauntlet Mini product page (GAU50 / GAU100 / GAU150 / GAU200 tabs)
• What are the evaluation rules?
• What is the Maintain Consistency rule?
• How is my daily loss calculated?
• How does End of Day Drawdown work?
• Drawdown types
• What is a Trailing Drawdown?
• What is a Fixed Drawdown?
• What is the Progression Ladder in the Gauntlet Mini?
• What assets can I trade?
• Trading-time restrictions on the evaluation
• Overnight positions
• Difference between TCP25, TCP50 and TCP100
• Do you provide free resets?
• Reset pricing for Earn2Trade accounts
• What is the cost of your packages?
• When is the subscription billed?
• How do I reset my evaluation?
• Multiple evaluation and funded accounts
• What happens when I complete my evaluation?
• What is the withdrawal policy?
• Fee structure on Live or LiveSim accounts
• Commission on Earn2Trade evaluations
• What is the LiveSim?
• What is the Progression Ladder on the Trader Career Path?
• What platforms can I use for the Gauntlet Mini / Trader Career Path?
• Am I Allowed to Copy Trades Across Multiple Accounts?
• Prohibited Conduct in Earn2Trade Evaluations and in the LiveSim®/ Live Trading Environment

Last checked 2026-10-16.