Earn2Trade vs FTMO: which prop firm is better in 2026?
On the 33 criteria we compare, FTMO comes out ahead (11 against 1). Earn2Trade stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
Earn2Trade
Futures · Trustpilot 4.6/5
Earn2Trade does not fund traders itself: it is a US evaluation and education platform founded in 2016, with capital supplied by partner firms Helios, Appius and Kronos. Its TCP and Gauntlet Mini programs bill monthly, $150 to $550, cover CME futures only, cap the split at 80% and run a trailing EOD drawdown.
Criteria won : 1 / 33
FTMO
Forex / CFD · Crypto · Stocks · Trustpilot 4.8/5
Founded in Prague in 2015, FTMO reports more than $450 million paid to traders and closed its acquisition of broker OANDA in December 2025. The 2-Step challenge, static drawdown and no deadline, remains its core product, with fees fully refunded on the first payout. Price is the weak spot, and it rose again in 2026.
Criteria won : 11 / 33
Pricing at equal account size
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Earn2Trade
$315
FTMO
€499
Full comparison
| Criterion | Earn2Trade | FTMO |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 79/100 | 88/100 ✓ |
| Trustpilot | 4.6/5 | 4.8/5 ✓ |
| Founded | 2016 | 2015 ✓ |
| Headquarters | US | CZ |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $150 | €79 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $315 ✓ | €499 |
| Refundable fee | — | Yes |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 200 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | — | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | 2.2 % | 3 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | — | 10 % |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 30 | 50 ✓ |
| Min trading days | 0 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 80 % | 90 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | hebdomadaire | A la demande a partir du 14e jour suivant le premier trade, puis tous les 14 jours |
| Payout methods | — | — |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 200 K | 2 M ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic | mt4, mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradingview ✓ |
| Instruments | futures | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto, stocks ✓ |
| Leverage | — | 1:100 (forex) |
| News trading | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | — | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | — | Yes |
| Copy trading | — | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | Yes |
Choose Earn2Trade if…
- You need a platform FTMO does not offer: ninjatrader, tradovate, rithmic.
Choose FTMO if…
- You are aiming for size: allocation scales up to 2 M.
- Your budget is the binding constraint: the entry ticket starts at €79, below Earn2Trade.
- You want a drawdown you can compute in your head: the limit is fixed on the starting balance and never moves as the account grows.
- You expect to stay funded long enough for the split to matter: 90 % against 80 % at Earn2Trade.
Our analysis
How the loss limit behaves
Earn2Trade applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown, with a 2.2 % daily limit. FTMO applies a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with a 3 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
Getting paid
Earn2Trade keeps 80 % of profits, then pays hebdomadaire. FTMO keeps 90 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 14 days, then pays A la demande a partir du 14e jour suivant le premier trade, puis tous les 14 jours. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
Tooling differences
Earn2Trade is the only one of the two to offer ninjatrader, tradovate, rithmic. FTMO covers mt4, mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
How much history each firm has
FTMO has been running since 2015, 1 years longer than Earn2Trade. On Trustpilot they sit at 4.6/5 and 4.8/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 94/100 and 97/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
The price question
FTMO opens at €79 against $150 for Earn2Trade, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $315 for Earn2Trade against €499 for FTMO. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.