FTMO vs Earn2Trade

Drawdown, the rule that ends most accounts

FTMO runs a Fixed drawdown and E2T runs EOD → Trailing.

Trailing means the limit rises with your equity peak, open positions included: giving profit back can end the account even without a real loss. EOD only recalculates at the session close, which forgives intraday swings.

In practice that is -3% / -10% of room at FTMO and $1.5K a $3.5K at E2T.

What entry really costs

The cheapest entry is E2T, from $75.00 with the coupon applied at checkout, against $79.00 at FTMO.

The discount differs too: 20% OFF at FTMO and 50% OFF at E2T.

Add the activation fee at E2T before comparing: it is charged after you pass and never shows up in the evaluation price.

FTMO charges no activation fee, so the price you see is the full cost up to the funded account.

When the money leaves

On the split, FTMO pays 90% and E2T pays 80%.

Neither offers a day-one payout, so plan around each standard cycle.

Declared speed: 14 days at FTMO and Monthly at E2T.

The rules that kill the account

FTMO enforces a consistency rule (50% Best Day), which stops a single day from carrying the whole result.

E2T enforces a consistency rule (Yes), which stops a single day from carrying the whole result.

Minimum trading days: 0 at FTMO and 10 at E2T.

FTMO explicitly bans: Latency arbitrage, Spread manipulation.

E2T explicitly bans: HFT, Latency arbitrage.

Which one fits you

If the goal is testing the model on the smallest possible budget, E2T has the cheaper entry.

If reputation matters more than price, FTMO is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot.

Platforms: FTMO runs on MT4, MT5, cTrader; E2T, on Rithmic, NinjaTrader, Finamark, Tradovate. A strategy tied to one platform decides this on its own.

There is no better firm in the abstract: there is the one that matches your drawdown, your trading hours and how fast you need to withdraw.