Head to head · 33 criteria compared On the 33 criteria we compare, Earn2Trade comes out ahead (8 against 3). 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: 8 / 33
Founded in Florida in late 2021, Take Profit Trader runs a three-tier path — Test, then PRO, then PRO+ on the live market — with withdrawals available from day one on a funded account. It excludes no countries, which is rare. The point to watch is the drawdown type changing between tiers, which catches many traders out.
Criteria won: 3 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Earn2Trade
$315
Take Profit Trader
$330
| Full comparison | Earn2Trade | Take Profit Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 79/100 ✓ | 76/100 |
| Trustpilot | 4.6/5 ✓ | 4.3/5 |
| Founded | 2016 ✓ | 2021 |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $150 | $150 |
| Price for a 100 K account | $315 ✓ | $330 |
| Refundable fee | — | No |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K ✓ | 150 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | — | 6 % |
| Max daily loss | 2.2 % | — |
| Max total drawdown | — | — |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) | Trailing (end of day) |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 30 | 50 ✓ |
| Min trading days | 0 ✓ | 3 |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 80 % | 90 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | 0 days |
| Payout frequency | Weekly | Daily, on demand from the first day |
| Payout methods | — | — |
| Scaling plan | Yes ✓ | No |
| Max allocation | 200 K ✓ | 150 K |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic | ninjatrader, tradingview, tradovate, rithmic, quantower ✓ |
| Instruments | futures | futures |
| Leverage | — | — |
| News trading | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | — | No |
| Expert Advisors | — | — |
| Copy trading | — | — |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Earn2Trade if… Choose Take Profit Trader if… Earn2Trade applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown, with a 2.2 % daily limit. Take Profit Trader applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown. 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. Take Profit Trader keeps 90 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 0 days, then pays Daily, on demand from the first day. 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.
Take Profit Trader covers quantower, 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 Take Profit Trader. On Trustpilot they sit at 4.6/5 and 4.3/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 94/100 and 83/100, 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.
Both firms open at $150. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $315 for Earn2Trade against $330 for Take Profit Trader. 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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