Elite Trader Funding vs YLOS Trading

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.

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.

Evaluation (Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom): end of day, but the account is blocked immediately if the balance falls below the limit intraday. Funded: real time (tick by tick) trailing until profit equals the drawdown plus $100, then static. Freedom 2.0 funded: end of day, never becomes static. Static Prime: static $1,500 drawdown. EOD Drawdown add on available.

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).

Standard and No Activation Fee evaluation: minimum 1 day. Freedom 2.0 evaluation: at least 5 days with $50 profit a day. Funded payouts: 10 trading days with 7 winning days of $50 or more (Standard, No Activation Fee); 5 days with $200 net profit a day (Instant Funding).

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.

None; one time fee with no renewals. Accounts must record activity at least once every 7 days (a closed result of at least $100 positive or negative).

Allowed in the evaluation. Funded accounts must not be positioned at the time of news releases (may trade immediately after). Freedom 2.0 funded and the Freedom Rules add on remove this restriction. Bracketing news with pending orders on both sides is prohibited.

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.

Intraday only. All positions must be closed at least 30 minutes before the close (3:30 pm Chicago time on normal days); holding past the close blocks the account and zeroes the balance. No overnight or swing trading.

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.

No automation of any kind except the official Ylos Order Replicator. Copying external signals, copiers between different accounts, third party EAs, martingale, grid, hedging and microscalping (trades of 30 seconds or less in most trades) are prohibited.

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).

Funded Standard and No Activation Fee: no day above 40% of net profit in the period (resets after each withdrawal), plus a median rule (largest loss no more than 5 times the median winning trade) and contract size consistency. Instant Funding: 30%. Freedom 2.0: evaluation requires no single day to reach 40% of the target; no funded consistency, median or contract consistency rules.

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.

Balance must exceed a buffer of the drawdown plus $100 (e.g. $52,600 on 50K). Compliance review within 1 business day, funds released to the wallet within 24 to 48 business hours. Initial withdrawals are capped by account size: $1,500 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $2,500 (100K), $2,750 (150K) and $3,500 (300K) per withdrawal. Freedom 2.0 caps: $1,000 (25K) and $1,500 (50K) per withdrawal.

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.

Standard and No Activation Fee: every 10 trading days. Instant Funding: every 5 trading days. Freedom 2.0: one withdrawal per day. Requests accepted from 5 am Monday to 12 pm Friday Chicago time.

$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 4 minis (25K), 10 (50K), 14 (100K), 17 (150K) and 35 (300K) on Standard, No Activation Fee and Instant Funding; Freedom 2.0 2 minis (25K) and 5 minis (50K) per pricing page.

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.