Earn2Trade vs AquaFunded Futures: prop firm rules compared

At the $50,000 account size, Earn2Trade's evaluation allows a $2,000 max drawdown (end-of-day trailing, locks at breakeven) against AquaFunded Futures' $2,000 (end-of-day trailing), with profit targets of $3,000 and $3,000 respectively. Both allow the same dollar drawdown at that size. Earn2Trade applies a consistency rule (max 30% of total profit from one day); AquaFunded Futures does not. Payouts are weekly (wednesdays) at Earn2Trade and standard on demand · daily daily · flex every 5 winning days at AquaFunded Futures.

Rule (evaluation phase)
E2Earn2TradeGauntlet Mini model
AQAquaFunded FuturesStandard (One Day Pass) model
$50,000 account
Profit target$3,000$3,000
Daily loss limit$1,100$1,000 (soft pause)
Max drawdown$2,000$2,000
$100,000 account
Profit target$6,000$6,000
Daily loss limit$2,200$2,000 (soft pause)
Max drawdown$3,500$3,500
$150,000 account
Profit target$9,000$9,000
Daily loss limit$3,300$3,000 (soft pause)
Max drawdown$4,500$5,000
Firm-wide
Drawdown modelEnd-of-day trailing, locks at breakevenEnd-of-day trailing
Consistency ruleMax 30% of total profit from one dayNone
Minimum trading daysNoneNone
Profit split50% / 80% tiered by withdrawal size90/10
Payout frequencyWeekly (Wednesdays)Standard on demand · Daily daily · Flex every 5 winning days
Account sizes offered$50,000 · $100,000 · $150,000 · $200,000$50,000 · $100,000 · $150,000
Rules confidenceRules verifiedRules verified

Earn2Trade figures are for the Gauntlet Mini model; it also sells: Trader Career Path.

AquaFunded Futures figures are for the Standard (One Day Pass) model; it also sells: Daily, Flex (daily loss), Flex (no daily loss), Instant.

Which one should you pick?

It depends on how you trade. A trader who takes a few larger positions is exposed to a consistency rule and an intraday-trailing drawdown very differently from one who scalps small size all session; payout cadence and profit split matter more once you are funded than during the evaluation. Read both rule sets in the table above against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Earn2Trade's site and AquaFunded Futures's site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.

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