Elite Trader Funding Diamond Hands Evaluation

100K: USD 5,000

100K: USD 1,500

from start-of-day balance

a breach ends the account

Measured from the prior day's closing balance; open losses count intraday. Per the plan page and help centre a "hard breach": touching it ends the account. The optional TradeShield add-on turns it into a soft breach (trading resumes next session). The terms describe in general only a trading lockout until the next trading day and prevail over the help centre where they conflict. ETF names no reset time; the terms define the CME session as 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.

100K: USD 3,500 · trailing (end of day)

The floor follows the highest end-of-day balance up and never drops.

Stops: No lock during the evaluation: the floor rises only with a higher realised end-of-day balance; open losses count intraday, also on positions held overnight.

5 days

Any day with a trade counts; Sunday evening and Monday count as one day. The paid One Day to Pass add-on (selectable at checkout only) removes the minimum. After passing, the Elite account is assigned within 72 hours.

unlimited

No deadline: the subscription renews every 30 days until you pass; profit and drawdown carry over as long as the account has not failed. A failed evaluation is reset automatically at renewal at no extra cost.

none

Simulated, possibly live later

After passing (or straight away with DTF) you trade an Elite Sim-Funded account: a simulated account whose balance per the terms is not a deposit; ETF pays rewards out of the sim profits. ETF may move you to LIVE ELITE at its discretion (real ETF capital at a live broker, 80/20, no payout cap). You are considered from 1 reward, 5 Active Trade Days or USD 1,000 in rewards; at the latest at USD 25,000 in sim payouts per trader. The sim balance does not carry over: LIVE ELITE starts with a fixed balance (sim account up to 50K USD 1,250, 100K USD 1,500, 150K and above USD 2,000; DTF 10K USD 1,500, 50K USD 2,000, 100K USD 2,500); the remaining sim value is kept as an internal "Vault" from which ETF releases at most USD 5,000 per 90-day review through 10% matches of your live withdrawals. Plus a background check, 34 CME rules lessons and USD 197 per month per exchange for market data and FCM fees. If you decline the offer you receive 5% of your earnings up to USD 12,500 plus 2% above, the accounts are closed and you are barred for 2 years.

100K: USD 1,500

from start-of-day balance

a breach ends the account

Also applies in the Elite account until the safety net is reached; then it is removed. Measured from the prior day's closing balance; open losses count intraday. Per the plan page and help centre a "hard breach": touching it ends the account. The optional TradeShield add-on turns it into a soft breach (trading resumes next session). The terms describe in general only a trading lockout until the next trading day and prevail over the help centre where they conflict. ETF names no reset time; the terms define the CME session as 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.

100K: USD 3,500 · trailing (end of day)

The floor follows the highest end-of-day balance up and never drops.

Stops: Follows the highest end-of-day balance until realised profit reaches USD 3,600 (safety net USD 103,600). Then fixed at USD 100,100, and the daily limit is removed.

Per the terms an Elite account must reach its safety net within 45 calendar days of paying the fee, otherwise it is closed. Accounts with a one-time fee ("OTF", per the terms including any account where a one-time fee was charged instead of monthly billing) instead get 25 calendar days, a one-time 3-day cure, and must then stay at or above the safety net. Loss Limit Rule: once the account is up 20%, the decline from the peak must not reach 35% of the gain (per the terms "35% or more"; peak includes open profit, intraday or over the account's life); otherwise it is removed from Elite Sim and loses LIVE ELITE eligibility (checked at audits and reward requests).

none

No cap on the best day. Instead ETF uses Active Trade Days (see minimum days per payout): every counting day needs a minimum profit and a minimum share of your best day.

8 days

Active Trade Day (ATD): a day with at least USD 250 realised profit and at least 30% of your best ATD profit.

8 ATDs in the first reward cycle, then 10 per cycle. ATDs need not be consecutive and count only for the account traded; the day a reward is approved does not count. A new best day raises the bar for later days and is not reset after a reward.

100 %

Per ETF "up to 100%" of sim profits; ETF names no lower rate for sim accounts. Capped at USD 25,000 in sim payouts per trader across all accounts (then the move to LIVE ELITE) and USD 150,000 lifetime. In LIVE ELITE 80% to you.

8 trading days

After reaching the safety net (max drawdown + USD 100 realised profit; this amount cannot be withdrawn) and 8 Active Trade Days. Request in the Trader Dashboard, followed by an audit, KYC and Rise onboarding; the subscription must stay active.

per cycle

Per reward cycle: meet the ATDs and withdraw the full cycle maximum to move to the next cycle; a new request is possible only once the previous one is processed. Approvals Mon–Fri from 3 PM ET, Elite Sim rewards paid on Mondays and Wednesdays. Per ETF approval within 48 business hours, otherwise USD 1,000 extra (only after completed KYC and Rise).

USD 100

Maximum per cycle 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+: USD 1,750 / 2,000 / 2,250 / 2,500. In total at most USD 25,000 per trader across all sim accounts, USD 150,000 lifetime.

ETF states no payout fee of its own. Rewards go through Rise; methods, currencies, timing and fees are set by Rise. Currency conversion can incur FX fees.

no refund

No fee is refunded with a payout. On the move to LIVE ELITE the last subscription payment of active, unfailed evaluations with no reward requested, or of passed accounts, is added to the LIVE ELITE starting balance.

ETF names no account size increase for sim accounts; only the payout maxima rise from cycle to cycle, depending on the plan. In LIVE ELITE you start with 5 micros (starting balance up to USD 1,500) or 10 micros (USD 2,000 and above); after 20 trading days you can ask the Risk Team for an increase.

At least one genuine trade ("Genuine Activity") per account per calendar week, otherwise closure and forfeited rewards; a trading break can be requested once per quarter via a form. Plus a login on elitetraderfunding.app at least every 30 calendar days (3-day cure). At most 20 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts per trader, at most 5 of them DTF.

restricted

No restriction during the evaluation. Per the terms Elite accounts must be flat from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the start of major economic events; for the list of these events the terms point to the Elite page. The help-centre article (and the Diamond Hands page) say news trading is allowed without restriction; per their own order of precedence the terms prevail.

allowed

Holding past session close and over the weekend is allowed on Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded (exception to terms section (ae)); mind price gaps.

allowed

Holding past session close and over the weekend is allowed on Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded (exception to terms section (ae)); mind price gaps.

forbidden

AI, bots and automated trading systems are forbidden without ETF's express written authorisation (terms section (ac)) and do not count as Genuine Activity; so are VPNs/VPS that mask your IP (section (l)) and arbitrage strategies (section (v)). Since the "Trade How You Want" promotion ended on 2 Nov 2026 the terms apply as written per ETF, including: every trade at least 10 seconds, no abusive HFT, no Martingale or DCA pattern.

restricted

Approved trade copiers only: Tradesyncer, Tradecopia, Affordable Indicators (Duplicate Account Actions), Replikanto Flowbot (PropFirm Compliance Edition only) and the platform's built-in copy features. Other copiers: reset or forfeited profits possible, permanent ban on repeat. Trading for others or letting others trade is forbidden.

forbidden

No opposite positions in the same or a correlated instrument (e.g. NQ and MNQ, ES and NQ), neither in one account nor across several own accounts or with other traders.

100K: 2 minis / 20 micros

Mini and micro limits are enforced separately by the platforms, but ETF treats maxing out both at once as unacceptable (total exposure counts). Exceeding them fails the account, in an Elite account with forfeited profits. The limits stay the same in the Elite account.