Head to head · 33 criteria compared Across pricing, rules and payout terms, Earn2Trade takes the lead (7 against 5). FundedNext Futures remains the cheaper way in and it pays out a larger share of profits, so the choice is not automatic.
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: 7 / 33
FundedNext's futures arm went live in April 2025 and runs entirely on one-step evaluations across Tradovate, NinjaTrader and TradingView. Five programs share the same trailing end-of-day drawdown, with no activation fee and pricing from 69.99 USD for a 50K Flex account. The trade-off: every position is closed out before 3:10 pm Chicago time.
Criteria won: 5 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Earn2Trade
$315
FundedNext Futures
$129.99
| Full comparison | Earn2Trade | FundedNext Futures |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 79/100 ✓ | 76/100 |
| Trustpilot | 4.6/5 ✓ | 4.5/5 |
| Founded | 2016 ✓ | 2022 |
| Headquarters | US | AE |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $150 | $69.99 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $315 | $129.99 ✓ |
| Refundable fee | — | — |
| Reset price | — | $91.99 |
| Account sizes | 200 K ✓ | 150 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | — | 6 % |
| Max daily loss | 2.2 % ✓ | 2 % |
| Max total drawdown | — | 4 % |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) | Trailing (end of day) |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 30 | 40 ✓ |
| Min trading days | 0 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 90 % ✓ |
| Max profit split | 80 % | 95 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | — |
| Payout frequency | Weekly | Daily (Rapid Daily), every 3 days (Rapid Pro), every 5 reference days (Flex and Legacy) |
| Payout methods | — | rise and crypto |
| Scaling plan | Yes | — |
| Max allocation | 200 K ✓ | 150 K |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic ✓ | tradovate, ninjatrader, tradingview |
| Instruments | futures | futures |
| Leverage | — | — |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | — | No |
| Expert Advisors | — | — |
| Copy trading | — | — |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Earn2Trade if… Choose FundedNext Futures if… Earn2Trade applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown, with a 2.2 % daily limit. FundedNext Futures applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %, with a 2 % daily limit. Both use the same model, so the difference plays out on the percentages rather than on the mechanism.
Earn2Trade keeps 80 % of profits, then pays Weekly. FundedNext Futures keeps 95 % of profits, then pays Daily (Rapid Daily), every 3 days (Rapid Pro), every 5 reference days (Flex and Legacy). 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 rithmic. 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, 6 years longer than FundedNext Futures. On Trustpilot they sit at 4.6/5 and 4.5/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 94/100 and 81/100, 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.
FundedNext Futures opens at $69.99 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 $129.99 for FundedNext Futures. 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.
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