Elite Trader Funding Trading Rules Explained
US futures firm with six eval types and a LIVE ELITE stage after $25K in payouts.
Elite Trader Funding rules: what you can and can't do
News trading: Allowed
You can open and close trades around high-impact news releases.
Holding overnight: Not allowed
Close every position before the end of each trading day.
Holding over the weekend: Not allowed
Close every position before the market closes on Friday.
EAs, bots & algorithms: Not allowed
Trade manually. Automated strategies are not allowed.
Copy trading: Allowed
You may copy your own trades between accounts at this firm.
Hedging: Not allowed
Hedging (opposite positions) is not allowed.
Loss limits by plan
1 Step (live trailing drawdown)
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 5
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
Static Drawdown
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 5
Static. Your loss limit is fixed from the starting balance. Profits never move it up, so gains give you extra room.
End of Day
- Daily
- 2.2%
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 5
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Direct to Funded
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 10%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Fast Track (10K)
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 5%
- Min days
- 3
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Fine print
- Consistency rule: No best-day cap except Fast Track (40% at eval, 30% at payout). Payout cycles need Active Trade Days (8 for cycle 1, 10 after), each day at least $250 and 30% of your best day for evals bought from 2 Oct 2026. How consistency rules work →