Earn2Trade vs TradeDay: which prop firm is better in 2026?

What reaches your account

Earn2Trade keeps 80 % of profits, then pays Weekly. TradeDay keeps 90 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 0 days, then pays On demand from the first day, minimum $250 per withdrawal. 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.

Track record

Earn2Trade has been running since 2016, 4 years longer than TradeDay. On Trustpilot they sit at 4.6/5 and 4.6/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 94/100 and 85/100, 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.

What you pay to start

TradeDay opens at $131 against $150 for Earn2Trade, a moderate gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $315 for Earn2Trade against $240 for TradeDay. 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.

Drawdown: the rule that decides

Earn2Trade applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown, with a 2.2 % daily limit. TradeDay applies a trailing intraday drawdown. 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.