Elite Trader Funding Direct to Funded – 50K

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.

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50K: USD 5,000 · 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 5,100 (safety net); then fixed at USD 50,100.

Per the terms (OTF accounts): safety net within 25 calendar days of purchase, otherwise a one-time 3-calendar-day cure; without the safety net the account fails on day 28 at the latest. Afterwards the account must stay at or above the safety net; if it drops below, the one-time 3-day cure starts, then the account is closed. 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).

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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.

15 days

Active Trade Day (ATD): a day with at least USD 600 realised profit and at least 62% of your best day's profit.

15 ATDs in every reward cycle; they need not be consecutive. DTF has no profit target; the plan page's "profit target" figure is the safety net.

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.

15 trading days

After 15 Active Trade Days and a balance at or above the safety net (drawdown + USD 100 = USD 5100 realised profit, cannot be withdrawn); plus audit, KYC and Rise onboarding.

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 1,000

Maximum per cycle 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+: USD 2,500 / 2,500 / 5,000 / 5,000. In total at most USD 25,000 per trader across all accounts (not per account), 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.

50K: 5 minis / 5 micros

On DTF 1 mini = 1 micro = 1 position (not 10 micros). Exceeding the limit fails the account, with forfeited profits.