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I sent in a support ticket about one of my eval accounts being charge the monthly/reset fee for months and not being reset during that time. As soon as I discovered this, I sent a ticket. Within minut... See more
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I am very thankful to have found Elite Trader Funding. They are the only firm in the industry that I have complete trust and satisfaction in. Thank you to ETF, I know that I can now achieve my long t... See more
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I was a bit skeptical when i started my journey with ETF in Dec 2024 since alot of prop firms where comin out and then crashing after a shorter time span but after getting my first payout and the 2nd... See more
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At Elite Trader Funding (www.elitetraderfunding.com), we're passionate about helping retail traders and giving them the opportunity to make a career in trading. We've created a welcoming community where traders of all levels can succeed, driven by our commitment to innovation and excellence. Our mission is simple: to give futures traders the tools, resources, and support they need to thrive in the exciting world of futures trading. We specialize in giving traders access to a wide range of futures instruments across different asset classes. Our platform is designed to make trading user-friendly and intuitive, with advanced features and user insights that are perfect for futures trading. What sets Elite Trader Funding apart is our unique evaluation process. It's a chance for traders to prove themselves and earn a funded futures trading account without risking their own money. It's a low-risk way to turn your passion for trading into a successful career. At Elite Trader Funding, we're always here to help. Our team of experts is dedicated to supporting traders at every step of their journey. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, join us today and showcase your skills. Be Elite.
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2810 N Church St, PMB 53832, 19802, Wilmington, United States
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Experience has been great so far
Experience has been great so far. Passed my evaluation and I won a free evaluation on the same day!
April 18, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Congratulations on passing your evaluation and winning a free one on the same day. What a start! We look forward to seeing your continued success.
ETF Team
The worst prop firm in the industry
The worst prop firm in the industry.
imade over 30k with multiple accounts wtih few months ago and they just found a way to mouve me to live account with 6k with no payout processed. A bunch of scammers to avoird at all costs. You will never see the color of $ with those scammers.
December 12, 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
We want to address a few points for clarity and correct some inaccuracies.
There are several paths that qualify you to trade real capital with the firm. Additionally, ETF reserves the right to move any trader to LIVE ELITE at any time. This could be during your evaluation, before a payout, during a payout or after a payout request.
If we see the talent and believe you are ready, we will make that call when we think it is appropriate. When this happens, your sim account balance and sim earnings do not carry over. You are set up with a fixed LIVE ELITE starting balance funded with real capital that we invest in you.
We invite you to read the article that explains the LIVE ELITE program in full detail at https://help.elitetraderfunding.com/help/live-elite-turning-strategy-into-income. It describes what happens to your evaluations, sim-funded accounts, how we determine the starting balance, and what the amount would be.
All of this information is fully transparent and readily accessible for anyone to read. We expect our customers to read the agreements they sign, the communication that is sent to them via email, and understand that ETF is an evaluation service designed to help traders develop their skills and succeed in live markets.
Our team remains available at support@etf.fund should you have any further questions about how our program works.
ETF Team
Very helpful
April 14, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
ETF Team
100% a scam
100% a scam. Followed all their rules. Got funded. Made $13,000 in eight days. Went for my first cash payout. Used the appropriate third-party. Sumsub. They denied me authentication. Elite trader logged me out of my dashboard closed all my accounts. Refunded me $80 for the subscription. And kept the $13,000 I made. Also denied me my first payout.
April 15, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
We’re sorry to hear about your experience, and we’d like to clarify a few important points.
All payouts are contingent on successfully completing our required verification and compliance checks, including identity verification through our third-party provider. In your case, the verification process was not successfully completed, which is a mandatory requirement before any payout can be approved. Because of this, the account was closed in accordance with our policies, and your subscription was refunded.
We also want to note that all trading activity and account performance are fully recorded and reviewed internally. Any payout eligibility is determined based on both verified identity and compliance with our requirements. These procedures are applied consistently across all users to ensure a secure and fair environment.
ETF Team
ETF IS A SCAM: CS helpful until you start costing them too much money
I got banned and all accounts deleted for irritating a customer service representative when I requested a review of my denied payout.
Only after I requested a payout they notified me of a inactivity beach that occurred more than a month before. So I traded an account for over a month making over $3000 on a account that was no good for a breach that could have been avoided by sending an email. I found ETF firm but fair for most of the 2 years with them but they changed as soon as I started requesting regular payouts.
Why waste a month of my time when I could be be trading one on my other 2 ETF accounts. If I broke the rules fine but tell me right away don't waste all of our resources.
Go ahead and explain how it wasn't arbitrary, I'll wait!
April 15, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
We want to address a few points for clarity and correct some inaccuracies.
Account closures at ETF are never arbitrary. The weekly trading requirement applies to all account types, including DTF accounts, and is clearly outlined in our Terms of Service, which every trader agrees to upon signing up.
When traders do not meet this requirement, payouts are voided per our published policies. Our team communicated this on multiple occasions and made every effort to address the concerns raised.
We wish you the best in your trading.
ETF Team
The $200 Trading Day Forced
I have passed my evaluation, and I'm not sure I want to activate my Elite Funded Account. First, it is quite pricey, and it looks like it rebills every month (unlike other firms). Secondly, is that I need to make $200 trading days, which requires more risk and trading more contracts, rather being conservative and taking what the market gives me. So I'm still considering if I want your Elite Funded account. Thanks for asking.
April 15, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Congratulations on passing your evaluation! We appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
On the activation fee, there are flexible options available to suit your preference, including a discounted monthly rate or a one-time fee, so you never have to worry about monthly billing again. You can review all the options in detail here: help.elitetraderfunding.com/help/what-are-the-elite-funded-account-fees
Regarding the Active Trading Day requirement, this is in place to ensure consistent and disciplined trading rather than forcing larger risk. Trading conservatively within your strategy is absolutely encouraged. The requirement is simply that the day meets the minimum profit threshold to qualify.
We hope this helps with your decision, and we look forward to having you on board!
ETF Team
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you! We appreciate the kind words and look forward to your continued success!
ETF Team
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for the great feedback! We’re glad to hear your payout was fast and that you had a positive experience. We appreciate your support.
ETF Team
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for the review!
ETF Team
Great customer service!
April 7, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for the review!
ETF Team
Worst sim to live trader program of any prop
Going to live on this firm is an punishment, unlike all other firms that reward you for making it to the stage to make them money too. This firm takes ALL your profit away from sim funded, so I made a bit above $25,000 over 9 trading days spread out between 5 accounts. On the day I was supposed to request my first payout, $6,250, they move me to live, which means no payout, and losing all the accounts to completely reset, which effectively saved themselves $4,250 (since $2,000 is put into the live account.) With live comes a worse profit split, smaller allowed position sizes, and most importantly, the loss of ALL of my earned profits (not even 1 account's profit is brought over.)
I paid for the 5 evals, the 5 lifetime activation fees, then failed the sim-funded (that's on me), so resetting 5 sim fundeds, I then make it to the point I can make my money back and they move the finish line. All in all, I spent like $2,500 to get funded with these guys and they wanted to make sure I don't get that money back.
I'm a live trader with 2 other firms, and both of them moved my sim-funded profit to live, because that is earned profit, that would've been payout money, so they put that into a live account instead. Both of those firms allows for 3 accounts, in which they combine the profits across the 3 accounts for the 1 live account. Elite Trader Funding does not do that. What you make is thrown to the void never to be seen again. If you buy 5 evals, congrats, you wasted your time and money on 4 of them.
Their live rules used to be better, not great, but better. With their old rules, I'd say they are 60% for the trader, now they are 0% for them.
If the firm can't afford to cover transitioning the profit of 5 accounts to live, or cover the cost of 5 payouts, then they shouldn't allow 5 accounts. It's designed for people to buy 5 accounts and get screwed on all of them. This review would've been completely different if they were like literally every other firm in the way they REWARD live traders, but it's a 1 star due to how they essentially punish them.
I'm posting this after rejecting their offer to live so they can't respond saying I'm leaving a bad review just because I failed. No, I rejected because their unfair handling of live traders.
Moving me to live THE DAY OF my payout, while not meeting ANY of the 3 criteria to go to a live account (i.e did not take $25,000 in payouts, did not trade for 50 days, did not take 5 payouts) that's just odd, and seems like scam behavior.
TLDR; Live accounts suck, poor profit split, ALL profit wiped from sim, smaller position size
Edit in response to support:
That previous payment was from 2 accounts in September of 2025, so it doesn't show you guys are willing to pay 5 accounts. The allowed payout amounts actually got smaller since then, which I'm only to assume means struggles with the firm. $2k used to be the max per account 50k static, not it's $1,250. Which being transitioned to live the day of the payout just means $0 per account, nice job saving money.
I was aware of the Terms of Service, but the transition to live is vague, it says (with a direct copy and paste, "Your End of Day onboarding starting balance is based on your single top-performing Elite Sim-Funded account that has achieved the safety net." Which absolutely sounds like my balance will be transferred over, I assumed the $2,000 was the minimum balance the account should have before going to live.
The profit split, I knew beforehand, what isn't disclosed is the drop in sizing, from allowing 40 micros to only allowing 5 micros is not mentioned beforehand.
April 1, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for your detailed feedback. We want to address a few points for clarity and correct some inaccuracies.
You were paid $3,362.94 in sim-funded payouts prior to your Live Elite transition. The characterization that we made sure you don't get your money back is not accurate.
The transition to Live Elite is part of our program structure and is outlined in our Terms of Service, which every trader agrees to before purchasing an evaluation. Traders are eligible for transition to Live Elite based on their overall performance across their accounts, including total payouts, Active Trading Days, and total profit earned.
Regarding sim-funded profits: the sim-funded stage uses simulated capital. When a trader transitions to Live Elite, they receive a real funded account with real money and real market execution. The $2,000 funded into the live account is real capital, not simulated. The structure of that transition, including account sizing and profit splits, is clearly disclosed in our terms prior to any purchase.
We understand other firms may structure their programs differently. We encourage all traders to review the full terms of any program before purchasing. Our terms have been consistent and publicly available.
We wish you the best in your trading.
ETF Team
ETF is great but just wish they had… I would like to recommend a static eval with 5k drawdown
ETF is great but just wish they had more static account options
April 1, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for the kind words and the feedback! We appreciate you sharing that. Product suggestions like this are always welcome and will be passed along to our team.
ETF Team
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you! Wishing you continued success!
ETF Team
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you!
ETF Team
the changes you've made were poorly…
the changes you've made were poorly planned...this led to one of my funded account being cancelled...notification e-mails is really bad...all reactvations are basically on demand -manual-...get a grip!
April 1, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
We hear you, and we're sorry for the frustration this caused. We understand how concerning it can be when an account doesn't renew as expected, and we appreciate your patience as our team worked through this with you.
We're glad everything has been sorted out, and your account is back up and running. We'll continue working to improve our communication around renewal notifications.
ETF Team
Great rules and great plan!
The rules for this are great and are much less pressure than a lot of other firms. I can basically trade how I want without worrying about obscure rules.
April 1, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you! We appreciate you being part of the ETF community!
ETF Team
Best prop firm in thr world
One of the best prop firm I say. And the support team is really awesome.
April 1, 2026
Reply from Elite Trader Funding
Thank you for this review! We truly appreciate it!
ETF Team
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