Head to head · 33 criteria compared On the 33 criteria we compare, Funded Trading Plus comes out ahead (6 against 3). Earn2Trade stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
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: 3 / 33
A London firm founded in late 2021 and bought by Instant Funding in May 2026, Funded Trading Plus pays every 7 days on its 1-Step Express and Instant programs, with the split rising from 80 to 100% and scaling up to $5 million. The catch: intraday trailing drawdown on both, and a Trustpilot score the platform has pulled.
Criteria won: 6 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Earn2Trade
$315
Funded Trading Plus
$549
| Full comparison | Earn2Trade | Funded Trading Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 79/100 | 80/100 ✓ |
| Trustpilot | 4.6/5 | — |
| Founded | 2016 ✓ | 2021 |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $150 | $89 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $315 ✓ | $549 |
| Refundable fee | — | Yes |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 200 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | — | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | 2.2 % | 4 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | — | 6 % |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) ✓ | Trailing intraday |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 30 | — |
| Min trading days | 0 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 80 % | 100 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | — |
| Payout frequency | Weekly | Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic |
| Payout methods | — | crypto and rise |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 200 K | 5 M ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader |
| Instruments | futures | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto ✓ |
| Leverage | — | 1:30 on 1-Step Express, 1:50 on 2-Step Classic |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | — | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | — | Yes |
| Copy trading | — | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Earn2Trade if… Choose Funded Trading Plus if… Earn2Trade keeps 80 % of profits, then pays Weekly. Funded Trading Plus keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic. 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.
Earn2Trade is the only one of the two to offer ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic. Funded Trading Plus covers mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader, 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.
Earn2Trade has been running since 2016, 5 years longer than Funded Trading Plus. Our trust pillar scores them 94/100 and 74/100, 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.
Funded Trading Plus opens at $89 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 $549 for Funded Trading Plus. 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.
Earn2Trade applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown, with a 2.2 % daily limit. Funded Trading Plus applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 4 % 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.
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