Elite Trader Funding vs The5ers Futures: prop firm rules compared

Elite Trader Funding's 1-Step plan trails the drawdown intraday: the floor follows the highest balance the account reaches during the session, open profit included, and never moves back down — a winning trade given back before it is closed still lifts it. For example, at Elite Trader Funding's 1-Step plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On Elite Trader Funding's End of Day plan and The5ers Futures the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Elite Trader Funding's End of Day plan and The5ers Futures a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

Elite Trader Funding's Static plan uses a static drawdown: the floor is set once, the drawdown below the starting balance, and does not move for the whole evaluation. For example, at Elite Trader Funding's Static plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On Elite Trader Funding's 1-Step and End of Day plans the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there.

A hard daily loss limit ends the evaluation: one day that loses that much fails the account. Elite Trader Funding's End of Day plan sets it at $1,100 on $50,000. Elite Trader Funding's 1-Step and Static plans and The5ers Futures have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

Elite Trader Funding starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. Elite Trader Funding applies no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one large day can count in full.

Elite Trader Funding requires at least 5 trading days before a pass; The5ers Futures sets no minimum number of days.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at Elite Trader Funding it is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account; The5ers Futures has no written answer on record. Written answers: Elite Trader Funding (read Oct 21, 2026).

Elite Trader Funding and The5ers Futures differ on 3 of the evaluation rules compared here: drawdown model, daily loss limit and minimum trading days. If your trades often run into open profit that you give back before closing them, start with the drawdown: Elite Trader Funding trails intraday or at end of day or holds a static floor, depending on the plan, while The5ers Futures trails at end of day. If you keep trading after a losing morning, look at what the daily loss limit does: Elite Trader Funding fails the account at its daily loss limit on some plans and has no limit on others; The5ers Futures has no daily loss limit. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: Elite Trader Funding needs at least 5 trading days, The5ers Futures sets no minimum.

Once funded, the profit split is 100% of sim profits up to $25K at Elite Trader Funding and 80/20 at The5ers Futures. Payout terms — Elite Trader Funding: Approved daily, paid in Monday / Wednesday batches; The5ers Futures: Bi-weekly (every 14 days). Elite Trader Funding sells 3 plans: 1-Step, End of Day and Static; The5ers Futures sells one evaluation model. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan. If a strategy or bot will send your orders, Elite Trader Funding's written answer is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account, and The5ers Futures has no written answer on record.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Elite Trader Funding's site and The5ers Futures' site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.