How to pass Elite Trader Funding (2026 rules)
Elite Trader Funding (ETF) is one of the longer-running futures firms, and it gives you something most don't: a genuine choice between an end-of-day trailing drawdown and a static floor that never moves. It also supports TradingView natively — which matters if your strategy lives there.
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ETF (US, founded 2022, futures-only on CME products) runs a one-step evaluation across sizes from $25K to $300K, with a first profit target around 6% and a max drawdown around 4%. The standout is that you choose how your risk is calculated.
EOD trailing or static — pick your risk personality
The EOD trailing option recalculates your floor at the close and, via the “safety net,” locks permanently once you bank realized profit equal to your max drawdown plus $100. The static option is simpler still: your floor is fixed from day one and never moves, regardless of profit — no trailing to outrun. For a systematic trader, EOD fits the model we calibrate for, while the static option removes trailing entirely if you prefer a fixed mental model. Most challenge plans also carry no daily loss limit.
Why ETF is convenient for PVE strategies
ETF supports TradingView alongside Tradovate and NinjaTrader — useful if your signals originate on TradingView. There's a 10-second minimum hold on all trades, which is irrelevant for a systematic intraday or swing approach but rules out ultra-fast scalping. The firm trades CME futures (ES, NQ, CL, GC) and micros, so PVE's MNQ/MGC strategies map directly.
How to pass it
Apply the standard framework: size against your chosen floor, not the target. If you pick static, your math is fixed and clean from day one. If you pick EOD, bank gains to trigger the safety-net lock as early as possible, after which the floor stops trailing. Mind any plan-specific consistency rule on the funded stage and the 1-minute pre-close flatten on non-swing plans. Splits reach 100% on the first $12,500, then 90/10.
ETF's edge is optionality: choose a static floor for a fixed, stress-free limit, or EOD trailing for the standard model — and run it from TradingView. Match the drawdown type to how you think about risk.
Size any challenge against its drawdown rule
The free Playbook shows the sizing model behind six systematic strategies — built for exactly these trailing-drawdown evaluations.
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