Head to head · 33 criteria compared Neither firm dominates this comparison. The decision comes down to which constraint matters most to you: entry cost, drawdown model, or payout terms.
At Elite Trader Funding the funded account stays simulated: the headline split is 100%, but payouts are capped at $25,000 per trader, after which moving to the LIVE ELITE program on an 80/20 split becomes mandatory. Six futures evaluation models, $47 resets, but activation fees of $177 to $307 and $87 a month once funded.
Criteria won: 7 / 33
Fintokei is a Czech prop firm launched in 2022 and backed by Purple Holding, the group behind broker Purple Trading, which supplies execution. All four of its evaluation tracks run on static drawdown measured from the starting balance, never trailing. The trade-off is a narrow instrument list: forex and CFDs on metals, energy and indices, with no crypto and no stocks.
Criteria won: 7 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Elite Trader Funding
$205
Fintokei
$419
| Full comparison | Elite Trader Funding | Fintokei |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 77/100 ✓ | 75/100 |
| Trustpilot | 3.8/5 | 4.3/5 ✓ |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | US | CZ |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $99 | $44 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $205 ✓ | $419 |
| Refundable fee | — | — |
| Reset price | $47 | — |
| Account sizes | 250 K | 400 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 ✓ | 3 |
| Profit target | — | 2 % |
| Max daily loss | — | 3 % |
| Max total drawdown | — | 6 % |
| Drawdown type | Trailing intraday | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited ✓ | 180 |
| Consistency rule | — | 40 |
| Min trading days | 5 | 3 ✓ |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 100 % ✓ | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | 8 days ✓ | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | On demand, approved the same day | Every 14 days |
| Payout methods | — | — |
| Scaling plan | — | — |
| Max allocation | 250 K | 400 K ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, tradingview, rithmic, tradovate ✓ | tradingview, mt5, ctrader |
| Instruments | futures | fx, metals, energy, indices ✓ |
| Leverage | — | — |
| News trading | — | — |
| Weekend holding | Yes | — |
| Expert Advisors | No | — |
| Copy trading | Restricted | — |
| Scalping | Yes | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Elite Trader Funding if… Choose Fintokei if… Elite Trader Funding applies a trailing intraday drawdown. Fintokei applies a static drawdown capped at 6 %, 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.
Elite Trader Funding keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 8 days, then pays On demand, approved the same day. Fintokei keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 14 days, then pays Every 14 days. 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.
Elite Trader Funding is the only one of the two to offer ninjatrader, rithmic, tradovate. Fintokei covers mt5, ctrader, 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.
On Trustpilot they sit at 3.8/5 and 4.3/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 67/100 and 72/100, 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.
Fintokei opens at $44 against $99 for Elite Trader Funding, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $205 for Elite Trader Funding against $419 for Fintokei. 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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