Earn2Trade is a futures prop firm that sells evaluation accounts on CME Group markets and moves traders who pass into a simulated funded stage, then toward live capital. It runs two programs, the Trader Career Path® and The Gauntlet Mini™, both built for intraday trading with no overnight holds. Its strengths are a discounted entry price, no minimum trading days and a long operating history, though the checkout we opened on 13 November 2026 quoted that price per month. Its weak point is early payout economics. The headline 80% profit split is the upper tier of a two-tier structure tied to withdrawal thresholds, and a $139 activation fee comes out of the first payout. That structure, more than the entry price, determines what a funded trader actually keeps early on. It suits manual intraday traders who spread results across many days.
Who operates Earn2Trade
Earn2Trade is operated by Bahia Education Services LLC, registered in the United Arab Emirates. Earn2Trade’s own announcements describe Bahia Education Services as the authorized provider of Earn2Trade products in the MENA region, so the company you contract with may depend on where you sign up. Earn2Trade also maintains a separate non-US section of its site. The firm was founded in 2015, which makes it one of the longer-running futures evaluation firms.
Earn2Trade also presents itself as an education company. Its materials include a Beginner Crash Course and other structured trading content, and the firm has signed academic partnerships that fold its course material and evaluations into university programs. The evaluation remains the paid product.
Programs and pricing
Earn2Trade offers two evaluation tracks, and the checkout page we opened on 13 November 2026 listed the Trader Career Path at a monthly price rather than a one-time fee.
Trader Career Path® (TCP). The entry account is $25K, and TCP also runs at $50K and $100K sizes. The $25K account carries a fixed, static drawdown.
The Gauntlet Mini™ (GM). The entry account is $50K, with larger sizes at $100K, $150K and $200K.
Across sizes, profit targets range from $1,750 to $11,000, and maximum total drawdowns range from $1,500 to $6,000.
Current prices reflect a 50% discount: on our 13 November 2026 check the TCP $25K showed $75 /mo against $150, the TCP $50K $95 /mo against $190, and the GM $50K is $43 against $85. The code NEXTSTEP50 applied to the Trader Career Path when checked on Nov 8, 2026, but discount codes at prop firms change often, so the price you see at checkout is the one that counts. Earn2Trade also charges separately for resets, which restore a failed or struggling evaluation.
Evaluation rules
Consistency rule
During the Challenge stage, no single trading day can account for 30% or more of your total profit. The rule applies to both TCP and GM, and only to the Challenge stage, not to later stages.
The effect is easiest to see with numbers. In this hypothetical example, a trader has $2,000 in total profit. Thirty percent of that is $600, so the best day must be below $600 for the account to comply. If the best day was $900, total profit would need to rise above $3,000 before that day falls under the 30% line. In practice, one large winning day early in the evaluation can raise the profit you need well above the nominal target, because you have to keep trading until the rest of your results dilute that day.
Minimum trading days
The evaluation has no minimum trading day requirement. The consistency rule can still stretch the timeline: a trader who hits the target in one or two big sessions will usually fail the 30% test and need more days anyway. Funded-stage payouts separately require five profitable days, covered below.
Drawdown and contract limits
On the TCP $25K, the drawdown is fixed and static: the loss limit sits at a set dollar level. A static limit is more forgiving than a trailing one once you are in profit, because your gains widen the distance to the loss level rather than dragging the level up behind you.
Contract limits have recently changed. Earn2Trade previously used a Progression Ladder, which capped the number of contracts by account size and raised the cap as the account grew. Violating it was a hard breach, meaning the account failed outright. The firm retired the Progression Ladder for evaluations purchased on or after November 2, 2026, and introduced new maximum contract limits for accounts from $25,000 to $400,000. The ladder maximums below applied before that change, and accounts bought earlier may still be governed by them.
| Program | Account size | Ladder maximum (pre-November 2, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Trader Career Path® | $25K | Up to 3 contracts |
| Trader Career Path® | $50K | Up to 6 contracts |
| Trader Career Path® | $100K | Up to 12 contracts |
| Gauntlet Mini™ | $50K | Up to 6 contracts |
| Gauntlet Mini™ | $100K | Up to 12 contracts |
| Gauntlet Mini™ | $150K | Up to 15 contracts |
| Gauntlet Mini™ | $200K | Up to 16 contracts |
Trading hours and holding rules
Earn2Trade is an intraday-only firm. Overnight and weekend holding are not allowed, and all positions and working orders must be closed during set windows each day (times in US Central):
| Instruments | Required flat window |
|---|---|
| Most products | 3:50 PM to 5:00 PM CT |
| GF, HE, LE (feeder cattle, lean hogs, live cattle) | 1:05 PM to 5:00 PM CT |
| XC, XK, ZC, ZL, ZM, ZS, ZW (grains and oilseeds) | 7:45 to 8:30 AM CT and 1:20 to 5:00 PM CT |
Trading is permitted only during the applicable exchange session, and asset-specific and holiday closures apply. Working orders count too: a resting limit or stop order left open into the window is a violation even if no position is open. The grain products carry two closure windows, including a morning one, which matters for anyone trading the open in agricultural markets.
Permitted and prohibited strategies
- News trading: allowed.
- Expert advisors (EAs) and automated trading: not allowed.
- Copy trading: not allowed.
- Inactivity: five consecutive trading days without activity triggers the inactivity rule, on funded accounts only.
Earn2Trade also prohibits the following practices, any of which can end an account regardless of results:
- Exploiting platform errors, such as price display glitches or delayed price updates.
- Disruptive practices, including spoofing.
- Executing an unrealistic number of contracts in a single day.
- Collaborating to manipulate the trading environment, including trading between connected accounts, coordinating across multiple accounts or parties, or hedging and pooling risk across unrelated accounts.
- Using software, artificial intelligence or ultra-fast data entry that could manipulate the environment or give an unfair advantage.
- Trading in ways that do not match real market practice in the relevant futures markets, or that could cause financial harm to Earn2Trade.
- Using tools that degrade the site or exploit technical flaws.
- Bypassing geographic or other technical restrictions.
- Trading on behalf of others or sharing incentives through any business arrangement.
The cross-account clause is the one most likely to catch traders who run several evaluations. Opposite positions across accounts, or across accounts held by different people, fall under it.
Funded stage and payouts
After passing, traders move to a LiveSim account: a simulated funded account that pays out real withdrawals, followed by a transfer to a live account once withdrawal limits are reached.
Profit split
The 80% split is the upper tier. Withdrawals below a threshold are split 50%, and withdrawals at or above it are split 80%, with the threshold set by account:
| Account | Threshold for 80% split |
|---|---|
| TCP25 | $1,500 |
| TCP50 | $2,250 |
| TCP100 | $3,000 |
| GM50 | $2,250 |
| GM100 | $3,000 |
| GM150 | $4,000 |
| GM200 | $5,000 |
Several terms need confirming in your account terms before you buy. The first is whether the 80% threshold refers to the size of each withdrawal or to cumulative withdrawals, because the two readings produce very different early payouts. The second is how the Gauntlet Mini drawdown is calculated. The third, for accounts bought before November 2, 2026, is whether the old Progression Ladder limits still apply. On either reading of the threshold, small, frequent withdrawals are more likely to sit in the 50% tier than in the advertised 80%.
Withdrawal limits before going live
LiveSim accounts carry a total withdrawal limit before transfer to a live account:
- TCP25: $1,750
- TCP50: $3,000
- TCP100: $6,000
- All Gauntlet Mini sizes: $5,000
Schedule, minimums and fees
Payouts run weekly once you have $100 or more available and five profitable days. Earn2Trade processes payouts on Wednesday, with requests due by Friday at 14:00 CT. Methods are Rise, crypto and bank transfer.
Non-professional LiveSim accounts carry a $139 activation fee, taken from the first withdrawal rather than paid up front. The first request must cover that fee and any withdrawal fees and still leave $100 net, so the first withdrawal needs to be at least $239 plus withdrawal fees.
Platforms and markets
Earn2Trade supports NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic and TradingView. Rithmic is a data and order-routing connection used by many third-party futures platforms, so the practical list of compatible front ends is wider than four names. The firm has also announced an agreement with Neologica to make the BlackArrow One platform available to its traders at no charge.
The tradable universe is futures listed under the CME Group exchanges: CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. That covers equity index, interest rate, energy, metals and agricultural contracts. Micro contracts are available, which lets smaller accounts scale position size in finer steps than full-size contracts allow. Forex, CFDs and crypto spot trading are not part of the offer.
Strengths and trade-offs
What works in Earn2Trade’s favor:
- Discounted entry cost, with the TCP $25K at $75 /mo against $150 on our 13 November 2026 check.
- Operating history since 2015.
- No minimum trading days, and a static drawdown on the TCP $25K.
- News trading allowed and broad platform choice.
Where it costs you:
- Two-tier split: 50% below the withdrawal threshold, 80% only once it is met.
- $139 activation fee and withdrawal fees taken from the first payout.
- Payout gating: five profitable days and a $100 minimum before each weekly cycle.
- Intraday only, with no automation or copy trading.
- Consistency rule that can raise the effective profit target.
- Rule transition from the Progression Ladder, so older guides and older accounts may follow different limits.
How we checked Earn2Trade
We visited earn2trade.com on 13 November 2026, connecting from Tallinn, Estonia. The address sent us straight to the site’s non-US section. From the home page we scrolled to the footer, opened the About Us page and the Terms and Conditions, then clicked “Start Now and Get Funded”, which led to the Trader Career Path page. The footer names Bahia Education Services LLC, at 2nd Floor, Supreme Court Complex Umm Hurair 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A live chat window was offered. We did not use it.
Next came pricing. Clicking “Get 50% Off” opened the purchase page with the NEXTSTEP50 code applied to the Trader Career Path, and it showed prices without asking us to sign in first. The TCP25 read $150 cut to $75 /mo, the TCP50 $190 cut to $95 /mo, and the TCP100 $350 cut to $175 /mo. That “/mo” points to a recurring charge rather than a one-time fee, so read the billing terms before paying. For the $25,000 account the page listed a $1,750 profit goal, a $1,500 EOD drawdown, a $550 daily loss limit, a contract limit of 2 and a 30% consistency requirement. A TCP25 reset showed $100 reduced to $65. On the home page, Earn2Trade promises weekly withdrawals from $100+ after 5 profitable days.
There was no register for us to query. The site says the company “is a licensed provider of Educational Services throughout the United Arab Emirates, under its main license number, 1053489.” It shows no financial licence number, and we found no risk warning on the pages we read. We did not look up that education license in an official UAE record, so it stays unconfirmed. The domain was registered on 2015-10-30 through GoDaddy.com, LLC.
We read Trustpilot on 13 November 2026. Earn2Trade scored 4.5/5 from 5,096 reviews, with 86% five-star and 7% one-star ratings. The company has claimed its profile and had replied to 3 of the 8 newest reviews. What we could not verify is how payouts behave in practice, because we bought no evaluation and requested no withdrawal.
Who Earn2Trade may suit
On the terms above, Earn2Trade fits a manual, intraday futures trader who closes out every session and spreads results across many days rather than relying on a few large wins. The discounted entry price and the absence of a minimum day count suit traders who want to attempt an evaluation cheaply, though the checkout we saw quoted Trader Career Path prices per month, so the billing terms deserve a close read. Traders who need to hold positions overnight, run automated strategies or copy trades across accounts are excluded by the rules themselves.
Traders focused on payout economics should weigh the split thresholds and the activation fee. A firm with a flat split and no activation fee can leave more in hand on the first few withdrawals, even if its evaluation costs more.
Alternatives
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