How to pass an Earn2Trade evaluation: the rules and the math
- Earn2Trade sells 2 evaluations: Trader Career Path Evaluation and The Gauntlet Mini. At 50K each asks for $3,000 of profit with $2,000 of drawdown.
- Drawdown: both plans trail end of day, stopping at the starting balance.
- Consistency to pass: Trader Career Path Evaluation 30% and The Gauntlet Mini 30%.
- These are Earn2Trade's published rules as of September 25, 2026. Earn2Trade's current help center always governs.
This guide walks through what each Earn2Trade evaluation actually requires, with the numbers worked out at 50K, and what changes once you're funded. It explains the rules and the arithmetic; it doesn't recommend a plan or a strategy.
The evaluations at a glance
| Plan | Target | Max drawdown | Consistency | Daily loss limit | Min days | Max minis / micros |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trader Career Path Evaluation (50K) | $3,000 | $2,000, end of day | 30% | Fails | — | 6 / 60 |
| The Gauntlet Mini (50K) | $3,000 | $2,000, end of day | 30% | Fails | — | 6 / 60 |
Every plan and size, with sources, is on the Earn2Trade rules page.
Plan by plan
Trader Career Path Evaluation
On a 50K, your floor starts at $48,000 and trails your highest end-of-day balance. It stops rising once it reaches $50,000, your starting balance, which happens the first time your close reaches $52,000. From then on it's fixed.
Your best day can be at most 30% of your total profit. On a $3,000 target that makes $900 the biggest day that keeps the target where it is. A $1,400 best day would mean you need $4,667 of total profit ($1,400 ÷ 0.3). It also means you can't pass in fewer than 4 days.
Daily loss limit: $550 / $1,100 / $2,200 (25K / 50K / 100K); hitting it fails the account. List price (50K): $190 a month, plus a $139 activation fee when you pass.
Earn2Trade's own notes on this plan:
- Consistency: no single day may be 30% or more of total P&L. Going over means more trading, not failure.
- The floor rises with the end-of-day balance until it reaches the starting balance. Open losses below the floor intraday fail the attempt.
- The daily loss limit runs 5 PM to 5 PM CT on open and closed P&L plus commissions; hitting it fails the attempt.
- A contract ladder by balance must be followed in real time; exceeding it fails the attempt.
- Flat 3:50 to 5:00 PM CT. News trading is allowed. Trade copiers are prohibited.
- The $139 activation fee is taken from the first funded withdrawal, not paid upfront. One free reset with each monthly rebill.
The Gauntlet Mini
On a 50K, your floor starts at $48,000 and trails your highest end-of-day balance. It stops rising once it reaches $50,000, your starting balance, which happens the first time your close reaches $52,000. From then on it's fixed.
Your best day can be at most 30% of your total profit. On a $3,000 target that makes $900 the biggest day that keeps the target where it is. A $1,400 best day would mean you need $4,667 of total profit ($1,400 ÷ 0.3). It also means you can't pass in fewer than 4 days.
Daily loss limit: $1,100 / $2,200 / $3,300 / $4,400 (50K / 100K / 150K / 200K); hitting it fails the account. List price (50K): $170 a month, plus a $139 activation fee when you pass.
Earn2Trade's own notes on this plan:
- Same rules as the Trader Career Path evaluation (30% consistency, daily loss limit fails the attempt, contract ladder, flat by 3:50 PM CT).
- No free reset on rebill.
The math of the race
Every evaluation is a race: the target up before the drawdown down. At 50K on Trader Career Path Evaluation, that's $3,000 before $2,000, so you need 1.5 times the drawdown in profit before losing it once, and while the floor is trailing, your room never exceeds $2,000.
One way traders reason about this is a daily risk budget sized against the room they have. With $2,000 of room, a $500 budget survives four full losing days; a larger one reaches the target sooner but survives fewer. Which balance fits depends on your win rate, average win and loss, and trade count. The pass rate calculator runs your numbers against every Earn2Trade plan, and TradeHarbor's Pass simulator does the same with your real trades.
After you pass
- TCP LiveSim Funded: trails end of day, stops at the starting balance; no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track.
- Gauntlet Mini LiveSim Funded: trails end of day, stops at the starting balance; no payout consistency rule in the firm's published rules we track.
Payout requirements for each funded plan are on the Earn2Trade rules page.
This guide explains Earn2Trade's published rules and the arithmetic behind them. It isn't trading or financial advice, and it doesn't recommend any firm or strategy. Earn2Trade changes its rules from time to time; check its help center before you buy.