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Suite 302, 2 Pembroke Street Upper, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Peter Brown, David Bhidey
Kanwal Singh
Ireland
United States
2024
2022
Transition at ETF discretion, including early conversion. Review at 5 payouts, 50 ATDs or $25,000 combined. Sim accounts close; assigned live capital differs from nominal sim balances. Eligible unpaid sim profits enter the Vault with conditional releases. Failure to accept conversion within 3 business days results in a partial payment and a 2-year ban. Rithmic-compatible platforms; Tradovate and NinjaTrader are unavailable in live.
- Standard and Expert: Every 14 calendar days from first trade on funded account. Minimum $100.
- Straight to Sim Live: Every 14 calendar days. Minimum 3% of account balance ($450 on $15K, $900 on $30K, $1,800 on $60K, $2,400 on $80K).
Sim-funded: processed Mondays and Wednesdays after meeting each cycle's ATDs. LIVE ELITE: requests on business days; Vault releases follow a separate schedule.
Approval of eligible rewards or initiation of a LIVE ELITE transition within 48 business hours. Transfer initiation and bank receipt are not guaranteed. $1,000 compensation if ETF misses the deadline; ETF chooses the compensation method. Completed KYC and Rise verification and accounts in good standing required. Excludes weekends, US bank or federal holidays, system downtime and third-party delays.
Standard and Expert
- $50,000 Account → $5,000
- $100,000 Account → $10,000
- $150,000 Account → $15,000
Straight to Live Sim
- $15K → $3,000
- $30K → $6,000
- $60K → $12,000
- $80K → $15,000
Withdrawals Structure
Withdrawals follow a tier-based structure, where the percentage of profits available for withdrawal increases with each payout:
- Payout 1 → 60% of the total profits (On Standrad and Expert only profits above the buffer count)
- Payout 2 → 70%
- Payout 3 → 80%
- Payout 4 → 90%
- Payout 5 and onwards → 100%
Maximum per cycle, in USD:
1 Step 50K: 1000/1250/1500/1750; 100K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 150K: 1500/1750/2000/2250
Static 10K: 500/500/500/1000; 25K: 750/1000/1250/1500; 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000
EOD 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 100K and Diamond Hands 100K: 1750/2000/2250/2500
Fast Track EOD: 500/750/1000; Static: 750/1000/1250. Three cycles; total 2250/3000 per the specific guide
DTF 10K: 1200 per cycle; 50K: 2500/2500/5000/5000; 100K: 1500/2500/3500/5000
Outside Fast Track: the fourth limit continues; combined sim cap of $25,000 per trader per round, with a $150,000 lifetime cap across all sim rounds. LIVE ELITE: uncapped above the assigned starting balance.
- Standard and Expert: $100
- Straight to Live Sim: 3% of balance
1 Step: $250. Static, EOD, Diamond Hands and Fast Track: $100. DTF 10K/100K: $500; DTF 50K: $1,000. LIVE ELITE: $250.
KYC and Rise onboarding with matching personal details. Country must be supported by payment providers and the live broker. Guam, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are unsupported. Active account and approved audit; wait for approval before resuming trading. Minimum age: 18 or the local age of majority, whichever is higher. Complete KYC within 5 days of submitting documents; ETF may deny rewards if this is not met. An audio or video interview of up to 60 minutes may be required. In sim, withdraw the cycle maximum and meet its ATDs to advance to the next cycle; ATDs reset. Dashboard payout requirements prevail in a conflict.
Per contract, per side: ES/NQ/YM $2.04; MES $0.56; MNQ $0.51; CL $2.26; MCL $0.76; GC $2.31; MGC $0.76; BTC $6.76; MBT $2.76; ETH $5.76; MET $0.46. Other rates depend on the contract. LIVE ELITE: minis $2 and micros $0.62, plus exchange fees.
Only available for evaluation accounts
| Account Type | $50,000 Account | $100,000 Account | $150,000 Account |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $79.00 | $125.00 | $199.00 |
| Expert | $125.00 | $225.00 | $299.00 |
Standard evaluations: manual reset or automatic reset on renewal of a failed account. Fast Track: no evaluation reset. Sim-funded and DTF: up to 10 resets per account. LIVE ELITE: no resets.
Profit Split Increase (+10%)
- Standard: 80% to 90%
- Expert and Direct to Sim Live: 90% to 100%
Remove Daily Drawdown (+10%)
- Only available for Expert account
One Day to Pass, TradeShield, PriceSlash and Double Down Deal (3D), subject to eligibility. Fast Track is excluded from One Day to Pass and 3D. PriceSlash: a 90% coupon for another evaluation of the same type after passing and activation; redeem within 90 days, with the discount retained on renewals. 3D: prepaid monthly activation; a 3-month option for the price of 2, with benefits forfeited on cancellation. Depending on the add-on: monthly billing while the account remains active, without separate cancellation, or a one-time charge until account failure.
DTF: direct access to sim-funded, without an evaluation.
LIVE ELITE: capital adjustments at the risk team's discretion.
EOD (End of Day Balance)
1 Step: intraday trailing, including open profit. EOD, Diamond Hands, Fast Track EOD and DTF 10K/50K: trailing at session close on realized profit. Static, Fast Track Static and DTF 100K: fixed floor. Sim-funded trailing locks at the safety net, with a floor at starting balance + $100; the Static floor stays unchanged.
Standard and Expert Accounts
Tier-based withdrawal structure:
- Payout 1: 60% of amount above buffer zone
- Payout 2: 70%
- Payout 3: 80%
- Payout 4: 90%
- Payout 5+: 100%
Straight to Sim Live
- Base split: 90% trader / 10% firm
- 100% available with checkout add-on
- Same tier-based withdrawal (60→100% per payout)
The sim-account split is a maximum, subject to approval and payout limits. LIVE ELITE: 80% to the trader.
In all accounts
EOD and Diamond Hands: daily limit with a hard breach; TradeShield can turn it into a daily lockout. In sim-funded it stops applying after reaching the safety net. Other plans have no base daily limit.
5 active accounts across the Evaluation and Funded stages combined, and one Sim Live account
Standard Accounts
- $50,000 Account → $500
- $100,000 Account → $1,000
- $150,000 Account → $1,500
Expert Accounts
- $50,000 Account → $1,000
- $100,000 Account → $1,500
- $150,000 Account → $2,000
Non-withdrawable safety net: account drawdown + $100 in realized profit. Funded terms: reach it within 45 calendar days. One-time payment, including DTF: 25 days; one 3-day cure period if it is not reached or is later lost. It must be maintained; failure closes the account without a refund.
LIVE ELITE: merge or split accounts with approval.
Standard evaluation: no maximum deadline while the subscription remains active. Fast Track: 10 calendar days.
- Standard evaluation phase: 4 days to pass
- Expert evaluation phase: 3 days to pass
Standard evaluation: 5 days; One Day to Pass reduces this to 1. Fast Track: 3 days. DTF: no evaluation. Sunday and Monday count as one day.
Lifetime activation fee
Rithmic: an additional $45/month per active account, also during evaluation. Professional data: $128 per exchange, subject to change. Non-professional level 1 data included; level 2 and optional platform licenses are extra. LIVE ELITE: $197/month per exchange and first account; each additional account, $197/month. ETF covers exchange fees after 3 months. The initial evaluation payment and add-ons are credited to the sim balance on activation, not as ATD profit; DTF excluded.
2 points per dollar on eligible evaluation purchases and evaluation resets. DTF and funded resets excluded.
Standard sim and Fast Track: 8 ATDs for the first cycle and 10 thereafter. Standard purchases from 2 October 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time: each ATD requires $250 and at least 30% of the best day; Static 10K/25K, $125. DTF per cycle: 10K, 5 ATDs with $150 and 50% of the best day; 50K, 15 ATDs with $600 and 62%; 100K, 20 ATDs with $500 and 50%. Fast Track has separate consistency criteria; its guide does not specify a daily dollar minimum.
Evaluation and sim-funded: fixed product limits. LIVE ELITE: contract limits reviewed based on performance; first review after 20 trading days.
Montly fee
Standard evaluations: renewal every 30 days until passing and activation; passing does not cancel billing. Fast Track: one-time payment without renewal. First-purchase guarantee: request within 7 days, fewer than 5 trades and no account failure; conditions apply.
Current evaluations: up to 5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts. DTF: a separate limit of 5 active accounts per trader. Fast Track EOD: 1 per the specific guide, although the store shows 5. One registration per trader and one trader per household.
Bots, AI and algorithms require written authorization. Approved copiers do not authorize automated strategies.
VPN, VPS, proxies and IP masking prohibited, except expressly authorized ranges from approved providers.
Micro scalping not allow (trades executed within seconds to under a minute, targeting small profits, typically less than 3 points.
Every trade must last at least 10 seconds, without exceptions.
Includes DCA, adding to losing positions or increasing exposure after losses in identical or related instruments.
After reaching 20% sim profit, losing more than 35% of accumulated profit allows ETF to remove the account from the sim program and disqualifies it from LIVE ELITE. Includes payout adjustments and overrides the original drawdown. Reviewed during audits or reward requests. LIVE ELITE applies additional risk-team controls.
Copy trading allowed but NOT enabled by default. Requires submission of a request for review and approval (case-by-case basis). Documentation needed: HTML trading history of master account with 3+ months history, displaying client's own name. Only permitted between accounts owned by the same user.
Only own accounts and authorized copiers: native tools, Tradesyncer, Tradecopia, Affordable Indicators and Replikanto PropFirm Compliance. LIVE ELITE requires approval.
No inactivity rule. Funded accounts will NOT be closed for inactivity. Accounts remain active as long as trading parameters are respected.
One genuine trade every 7 days per account; an approved break is available once per quarter. Log in at least every 30 days. Scratch trades and prolonged lack of progress can lead to closure and forfeited payouts.
- Standard: 30% consistency rule (applies to both Challenge and Funded stages)
- Expert: 40% consistency rule (applies to Funded stage only)
- Straight to Sim Live: 20% consistency rule
Fast Track: best day cannot exceed 40% of total profit in evaluation or 30% for payouts. Other plans use the ATD qualifying rule rather than that total-profit cap.
Allowed on Diamond Hands and DTF. Other plans: close one minute before market close.
- All or Nothing Approach: max leverage on single position using loss limits as stop-loss
- Tick or Micro Scalping: trades with <10 ticks movement
- Exploiting Favorable Fills (no slippage exploitation, tight brackets)
- Account Rolling
- Reverse Trading (opposite positions on separate accounts)
- Manipulating Gaps and Illiquid Markets
- Group Trading
- Account Management (third-party trading on your behalf)
- Latency Arbitrage
Abusive HFT, arbitrage, exploiting execution errors or low liquidity, wash trading, collusion, trading for others, manipulating ATDs or payouts, and simultaneously stacking maximum mini and micro limits.
Allowed on Diamond Hands and DTF. Other plans: close one minute before market close.



















