Our brand new Direct to Funded (DTF) product has arrived! Say goodbye to purchasing an evaluation and waiting to get funded!
What is DTF?
- Skip the evaluation phase entirely.
- Immediately begin trading your DTF account for a payout.
- Enjoy a generous max drawdown.
- Account renews at original price, every 30 days.
- Spots are limited to ensure the best experience possible for our traders.
- Limit of one active DTF account per trader.
How Do You Secure a DTF Account?
Pay close attention to your Notification Center. Once DTF launches, we invite you to sign up for this exclusive opportunity. DTF accounts will be limited in availability. When a spot becomes available, you can purchase your DTF account on the products page, so check it often!
General Account Rules
- Weekly Trading Requirement: Traders must execute at least one weekly trade to maintain an active account. If you cannot trade for specific reasons, please notify ETF via the self-serve form available here. Failure to execute a trade for a week will result in account closure and void any payouts.
- No Resets Allowed: DTF accounts do not permit resets.
Risk Management Rules
- Maximum Drawdown: To avoid account liquidation, your cash balance must be remain above the End of Day (EOD) max drawdown at all times.
- Flatten Trades: All positions must be closed 1 minute before market close. Failure to do so will result in account termination and forfeiture of profits.
- Loss Limits: After achieving 20% growth, losses exceeding 35% of your total profit will invalidate your account.
Account Stage Description Account Balance Change Initial Balance Starting account balance $50,000 - After 20% Growth Account increases by 20% $60,000 +$10,000 After Significant Loss Loss exceeding 35% of the increase ($3,500 loss) $56,500 -$3,500 (35% of $10,000)
Prohibited Trading Practices
- IP Masking Technology: Using proxies, TOR, or similar technologies is forbidden.
- Click here to test your connection. Learn more about this policy.
- If you have an Apple device, turn off private relay while trading your ETF account.
- Adding to Losing Positions: Increasing position size on losing trades.
- Martingale Strategies: Entering a new position larger than the previous losing position to recover loss is prohibited.
- Artificial Trades: Includes, but is not limited to, scratch trades or intentionally downsizing contracts drastically.
- High-Frequency Trades: All trades must last at least 10 seconds.
Payout Structure
Payout Cycle Maximum
| Funding Amount | 1st Payout Cycle | 2nd Payout Cycle | 3rd Payout Cycle | 4th Payout Cycle | Payout Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| Funding Amount | Per Payout Cycle | Payout Cap |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | Min. $1,000 - Max. $5,000 | $10,000 |
- Minimum withdrawal per cycle: $1,000
Payout Cap
- The maximum payout per user for a DTF account is $10,000. After reaching this limit:
- Trading ceases immediately, and your account will be revoked.
- The subscription ends, followed by a 30-day cooldown before being allowed to purchase another DTF account (subject to availability).
- Trade performance will be closely assessed, and at our discretion, at any time after a successful payout cycle, DTF account holders may be offered real capital to trade in a LIVE ELITE account with EdgeClear.
Profit Split
Our long standing profit split policy applies.
- First $12,500: 100% of profits go to you.
- After $12,500: 90% of profits go to you.
How Do Payouts Work?
Meet All Payout Requirements
Before requesting a payout, ensure you’ve met the following conditions:
25K DTF Account
- Safety Net: Realized profits must reach the account’s maximum drawdown + $100 ($2,600). The Safety Net amount cannot be withdrawn within the first three payout cycles.
- Active Trade Days (ATD)
- ATD Total: 10 ATD per payout cycle.
- Minimum Realized Profit: Earn at least $300 realized profit to receive credit for an ATD.
- 38% Rule: Each ATD must have realized profits equal to at least 38% of your best trading day profit to count as an ATD.
50K DTF Account
- Safety Net: Realized profits must reach the account’s maximum drawdown + $100 ($5,100). The Safety Net amount cannot be withdrawn within the first three payout cycles.
- Active Trade Days (ATD)
- ATD Total: 15 ATD per payout cycle.
- Minimum Realized Profit: Earn at least $600 realized profit to receive credit for an ATD.
- 62% Rule: Each ATD must have realized profits equal to at least 62% of your best trading day profit to count as an ATD.
Submit a Payout Request
- Visit Your Trader Dashboard: Log into your account and navigate to your Trader Dashboard.
- Request Payout: Locate your account, and if eligible, click the REQUEST PAYOUT button.
- Enter Payout Amount: Input the desired payout amount and click Review Request to submit it.
Compliance and Verification Audit
- Our Payroll team will audit your trading activity to ensure all rules and requirements have been met.
- Your account subscription must remain active during this process.
- Traders must wait for an email from Payroll before resuming trading. Any trading activity during the payout request window will not count towards ATD totals.
Complete Identity Verification
- Complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification. For more information about our KYC please visit the article here.
- Onboard with the Rise payment system to receive your payout.
- If you are a citizen or resident of a restricted country, you cannot receive payouts or obtain funding through Elite Trader Funding.
Receive Your Payout
- Approval Timeline: Payouts are approved daily, Monday through Friday, beginning at 3 PM Eastern, excluding holidays.
- Processing: Payouts are processed weekly, every Wednesday.
- Cut-off time for payout requests: Tuesday at 5 PM Eastern. Requests submitted after this time will be processed the following Wednesday.