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Earn2Trade vs FTMO: fees, rules and payouts compared

Side by side, from each firm’s own pages. “Not published” means the firm does not state it where we could verify it.

Programme	Earn2Trade The Gauntlet Mini $50K	FTMO FTMO Challenge 1-Step	FTMO FTMO Challenge 2-Step
Market	Futures	Forex & CFDs	Forex & CFDs
Account size	$50,000	$100,000	$100,000
Evaluation fee	$170 / month	EUR 499	EUR 540
Profit target	$3,000	10%	10% Challenge phase, 5% Verification phase
Daily loss limit	$1,100	3% of initial capital, reset daily at 00:00 CE(S)T	5% of initial simulated capital, reset daily at 00:00 CE(S)T
Max drawdown	$2,000 end-of-day (evaluation) End-of-day trailing	10%, end-of-day trailing; limit can only rise End-of-day trailing	10% of initial capital (static; $90,000 floor on $100K) Static
Minimum days	None	Not published	4 trading days
Profit split	50% under $2,250, 80% over $2,250	90% of simulated profits	Up to 90% of simulated profits
Payouts	Weekly payouts, no buffer requirement (LiveSim/Live)	Fee is not refunded	Fee refunded with first reward withdrawal
Platforms	Tradovate, NinjaTrader, BlackArrow, TradingView, Finamark	MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView (via OANDA broker profile)	MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView (via OANDA broker profile)
Reset / retry	Not published	Not published	Not published
Checked	2026-10-08 · source	2026-10-08 · source	2026-10-08 · source

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