Elite Trader Funding vs Bulenox

Direct to Funded 10K Mini Inferno (one off), Direct to Funded 50K (one off), Direct to Funded 100K (one off), Fast Track 10K End of Day (one off, pass within 10 calendar days), Fast Track 10K Static (one off, pass within 10 calendar days), Static 10K (monthly subscription), 50K (monthly subscription), 100K (monthly subscription), Static 25K (monthly subscription), 150K (monthly subscription), End of Day 50K (monthly subscription), Diamond Hands 100K (monthly subscription, overnight and weekend holding), End of Day 100K (monthly subscription), Static 50K (monthly subscription)

End of Day and Diamond Hands only: hard breach daily loss limit measured from the prior day's closing balance ($1,100 on 50K, $2,200 on 100K End of Day, $1,500 on Diamond Hands); it is removed once the safety net is reached. An optional TradeShield add on turns it into a soft breach. 1 Step, Static, Fast Track and Direct to Funded have no daily loss limit.

Option 2 only. Soft breach: trading is disabled for the rest of the session and resumes next session (realised and unrealised P&L plus commissions, 5:00 pm to 4:00 pm CT). Qualification and Master: $500, $1,100, $2,200, $3,300, removed on a Master Account once the drawdown locks. Fast Track: none on 25K, then $1,200, $2,500, $3,300, never lifted. Momentum: $600, $1,200, $2,500, $3,300. Option 1 accounts have no daily loss limit.

Varies by plan. 1 Step: intraday trailing drawdown on the highest unrealised profit. End of Day and Diamond Hands: end of day trailing on the highest closing balance, although open losses count intraday. Static: fixed floor that never trails. Fast Track: end of day or static. Direct to Funded: end of day trailing (10K, 50K) or static (100K). On Elite Sim Funded accounts the trailing drawdown stops permanently once realised profit reaches the drawdown plus $100, and the minimum balance becomes starting balance plus $100 (static accounts keep their original floor). Separately, once an Elite account is up 20%, losing more than 35% of total profit can remove it from the programme and from LIVE ELITE eligibility.

Chosen at purchase and locked for the life of the account, on every plan. Option 1: trailing drawdown calculated in real time on the highest account value, including open profit and commissions (intraday trailing), with no daily loss limit and full contract size. Option 2: end of day drawdown that moves only when the account closes at a new high, paired with a daily loss limit. On Master and Fast Track accounts the threshold stops permanently at starting balance plus $100 (for example $50,100 on 50K, reached at $52,600 on a Qualification Master). Live Funded Accounts start with their own end of day drawdown of $1,500, $2,000, $3,000 or $4,500 by Master size.

5 trading days to pass most evaluations (1 with the One Day to Pass add on), 3 on Fast Track, none on Direct to Funded. Rewards: 8 Active Trade Days for the first cycle and 10 for later cycles (5, 15 and 20 per cycle on Direct to Funded 10K, 50K and 100K).

None to pass Qualification or Momentum. Master Account: 10 trading days per payout. Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per cycle ($100, $150, $200 or $250 net by size). Fast Track: none.

None on monthly evaluations, which renew every 30 days until passed or cancelled. Fast Track must be passed within 10 calendar days. Funded accounts need at least one trade a week and a login every 30 days or they are closed.

Qualification and Momentum access is valid for 30 days (a reset does not extend it); one time fee with no renewal. No time limit stated for Master, Momentum Master or Fast Track accounts.

All positions must be closed one minute before the instrument's market close (ES by 3:59 pm CT) on 1 Step, Static, End of Day and Fast Track. Diamond Hands and Direct to Funded accounts may hold overnight and over the weekend; overnight margin charges are the trader's responsibility.

AI, bots, EAs and other automated strategies are prohibited unless authorised in writing by ETF. Approved trade copiers are allowed: Tradesyncer, Tradecopia, Affordable Indicators Duplicate Account Actions, Replikanto Flowbot (compliance edition) and copiers built into the trading platform. Hedging against yourself across accounts, trading for another user and more than one trader per household are prohibited.

Bots, algorithms and trade copiers permitted if user built for the account owner's personal use only; commercial, shared, rented or publicly distributed automation is not allowed. Connecting to Rithmic through a third party API or Trader Composite Software costs $100 a month. One Bulenox profile and one Rithmic User ID per trader.

No consistency rule in 1 Step, Static, End of Day or Diamond Hands evaluations. Fast Track: best day no more than 40% of profit to pass, and 30% consistency at each reward. Funded accounts use the Active Trade Day rule instead: a day counts only if it makes at least $250 realised profit ($125 on 10K and 25K Static) and at least 30% of the best day, for evaluations bought from 2 October 2026 ($200 and 23%, or $100 on some smaller accounts, for earlier purchases). Direct to Funded uses $150 and 50% (10K), $600 and 62% (50K) and $500 and 50% (100K).

None in the Qualification or Momentum evaluation. Master Account (Qualification path): best day no more than 40% of total P&L, measured for each payout period and reset after every approved payout (the Safety Threshold Reserve counts in the first calculation). Momentum Master: 35% per payout cycle. Fast Track: 20% for the first payout, 25% for the second and 30% from the third. Missing the ratio is not a breach; the trader keeps trading until it is met.

Up to 100% of simulated rewards, capped at $25,000 per trader before LIVE ELITE (lifetime sim rewards capped at $150,000); 80/20 on LIVE ELITE

Realised profit equal to the maximum drawdown plus $100 (the safety net, which cannot be withdrawn) and 8 Active Trade Days. First cycle maximums: 1 Step $1,000, $1,250, $1,500 (50K to 150K); Static $500, $750, $1,250 (10K to 50K); End of Day $1,250, $1,750; Diamond Hands $1,750; Fast Track $500 (End of Day) or $750 (Static); Direct to Funded $1,200, $2,500, $1,500 (10K, 50K, 100K). Caps rise over four cycles, to $1,000 to $2,500 by the fourth cycle on current standard plans (up to $5,000 on Direct to Funded). KYC and Rise onboarding are required. ETF guarantees approval of eligible rewards within 48 hours, excluding weekends and US holidays, or pays an extra $1,000.

Master Account: 10 trading days, 40% consistency, and a balance covering the Safety Threshold Reserve ($1,600, $2,600, $3,100, $4,600) plus the request; the first three payouts are capped at $1,000, $1,500, $1,750 and $2,000; from the fourth payout each request must be less than 50% of the account’s total profit. Fast Track: first payout goal $1,500, $3,000, $6,000, $9,000, then $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $4,500 of new profit per cycle; caps $1,000, $2,000, $2,500, $3,000 for payouts 1 to 3 and $1,250, $2,500, $3,000, $3,500 after. Momentum Master: minimum balance $26,500, $53,000, $104,500, $156,500; first payout caps $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, rising to $1,000, $3,000, $4,000, $5,000 from the fourth. A withdrawal form, ID and a hand signed IRS Form W9 (US persons) or W8BEN (others) are required. Bulenox charges no transfer fee.

Once the safety net and Active Trade Days are met, rewards can be requested; approvals run daily Monday to Friday from 3 pm ET, and sim rewards are paid in batches on Mondays and Wednesdays. The full cycle maximum must be withdrawn before the next cycle opens. LIVE ELITE withdrawals can be requested every trading day.

Master Account: every 10 trading days, processed weekly on Wednesdays (requests by 11:59 pm CT Friday). Fast Track and Momentum Master: request once cycle criteria are met; processed the same day (Fast Track states requests before 12:01 pm CT Monday to Friday are ordinarily processed the same day).

$100 on most plans; $250 on 1 Step accounts bought from 6 July 2026; $500 (Direct to Funded 10K, 100K) or $1,000 (Direct to Funded 50K); $250 on LIVE ELITE

Not applicable; contract limits: 1 Step 8, 14 and 18 minis; Static 1, 2 and 4; End of Day 8 and 14; Diamond Hands 2; Fast Track 1; Direct to Funded 2, 5 and 3 (micros count one for one on Direct to Funded, ten per mini elsewhere).

Not applicable; contract limits of 3, 7, 12 and 15 minis on Qualification, Master and all Option 1 accounts (Option 2 Qualification scales up to these), and 2, 4, 8 and 12 minis on Option 2 Fast Track and Momentum accounts. 1 mini equals 10 micros.

No scaling plan; contract limits are fixed for the life of the account. Up to 20 active Elite Sim Funded accounts per trader, of which up to 5 can be Direct to Funded. Traders qualify for LIVE ELITE after 1 reward, 5 Active Trade Days or $1,000 in rewards (ETF may also move them earlier), subject to a background check and 34 CME rules lessons. LIVE ELITE starts with $1,250 to $2,500 of real capital on an end of day drawdown, 5 or 10 micros initially, 80/20 split, daily withdrawals from $250, $197 a month per exchange for data and a Vault that matches 10% of approved withdrawals (up to $5,000 per 90 day release). Declining a LIVE ELITE offer pays 5% of earnings up to $12,500 plus 2% above and brings a two year ban.

Option 2 Qualification and Master accounts use a dynamic scaling plan based on cash on hand (for example 50K: 2 minis up to $1,500 profit, 4 minis to $4,000, 7 minis above). Fast Track and Momentum Option 2 accounts have fixed, lower limits with no scaling. Up to five Master level accounts (Master, Fast Track, Momentum Master) can be held at once; Qualification accounts are unlimited. After three successful payouts a Master level account may be considered for a live Funded Account at Bulenox's discretion, and other active Master level accounts with at least one payout may move with it, each to its own Funded Account. Profits do not transfer; each Funded Account starts with an initial end of day drawdown of $1,500, $2,000, $3,000 or $4,500.