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Elite Trader Funding Challenge Rules

Q: Where is my drawdown line on the Elite Trader Funding 50K 1-Step?

Elite Trader Funding's max loss on the 50K 1-Step is trailing (intraday): it sits $2,000 below your highest equity peak. Once your peak reaches $52,100 the line locks at $50,100 and stops trailing. Enter your balance and peak in the calculator to see the exact line and room left.

Every Elite Trader Funding account size, broken down phase by phase — the profit target that passes you, the max-loss line that blows you, and the daily and consistency rules in between.

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Account sizeStage

Evaluation: trailing (intraday) max loss of $2,000, no daily loss limit.

Where is my drawdown line on the Elite Trader Funding 50K 1-Step?

Current balance ($)Highest balance / equity peak ($)

Liquidation / breach level

$48,000

Room left

$2,000

Drawdown type

trailing (intraday)

Your line sits at $48,000, so you can lose $2,000 more before this Elite Trader Funding account fails.

Lock not engaged yet — the line still trails your peak. Reach a peak of $52,100 and it locks at $50,100.

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Every Elite Trader Funding rule, plan by plan

The full verified breakdown behind the calculators above — every account size, phase by phase. New to these terms? See the glossary.

50K 1-Step

$50,000 account

Evaluation

Profit target: $3,000
Max loss: $2,000Trailing (intraday) — Follows your intraday peak (open profit included), then locks $100 above your starting balance once you've earned the buffer.
Daily loss limit: None
Min trading days: 5 days
Consistency rule: None

1-Step INTRADAY trailing: the max-loss line trails your highest UNREALIZED profit during the day — a spike-and-give-back can move the floor against you before a trade even closes.
No separate daily loss limit — the live trailing drawdown is the only governor.
Once REALIZED profit reaches (max drawdown + $100), the line locks permanently at your starting balance + $100 — an unrealized spike alone never triggers the lock, and TradersGuild's tracker honors that (a logged intraday peak moves the trailing line, not the lock). ETF also sells End-of-Day and Static plan variants with different mechanics — this tracks the 1-Step. Exact daily reset hour isn't firm-published (Central time).

Elite (Funded)

Profit target: None — funded, keep the rules
Max loss: $2,000Trailing (intraday) — Follows your intraday peak (open profit included), then locks $100 above your starting balance once you've earned the buffer.
Daily loss limit: None
Min trading days: None
Consistency rule: None

1-Step INTRADAY trailing: the max-loss line trails your highest UNREALIZED profit during the day — a spike-and-give-back can move the floor against you before a trade even closes.
No separate daily loss limit — the live trailing drawdown is the only governor.
Once REALIZED profit reaches (max drawdown + $100), the line locks permanently at your starting balance + $100 — an unrealized spike alone never triggers the lock, and TradersGuild's tracker honors that (a logged intraday peak moves the trailing line, not the lock). ETF also sells End-of-Day and Static plan variants with different mechanics — this tracks the 1-Step. Exact daily reset hour isn't firm-published (Central time).

Rules last checked July 15, 2026source

100K 1-Step

$100,000 account

Evaluation

Profit target: $6,000
Max loss: $3,000Trailing (intraday) — Follows your intraday peak (open profit included), then locks $100 above your starting balance once you've earned the buffer.
Daily loss limit: None
Min trading days: 5 days
Consistency rule: None

1-Step INTRADAY trailing: the max-loss line trails your highest UNREALIZED profit during the day — a spike-and-give-back can move the floor against you before a trade even closes.
No separate daily loss limit — the live trailing drawdown is the only governor.
Once REALIZED profit reaches (max drawdown + $100), the line locks permanently at your starting balance + $100 — an unrealized spike alone never triggers the lock, and TradersGuild's tracker honors that (a logged intraday peak moves the trailing line, not the lock). ETF also sells End-of-Day and Static plan variants with different mechanics — this tracks the 1-Step. Exact daily reset hour isn't firm-published (Central time).

Elite (Funded)

Profit target: None — funded, keep the rules
Max loss: $3,000Trailing (intraday) — Follows your intraday peak (open profit included), then locks $100 above your starting balance once you've earned the buffer.
Daily loss limit: None
Min trading days: None
Consistency rule: None

1-Step INTRADAY trailing: the max-loss line trails your highest UNREALIZED profit during the day — a spike-and-give-back can move the floor against you before a trade even closes.
No separate daily loss limit — the live trailing drawdown is the only governor.
Once REALIZED profit reaches (max drawdown + $100), the line locks permanently at your starting balance + $100 — an unrealized spike alone never triggers the lock, and TradersGuild's tracker honors that (a logged intraday peak moves the trailing line, not the lock). ETF also sells End-of-Day and Static plan variants with different mechanics — this tracks the 1-Step. Exact daily reset hour isn't firm-published (Central time).

Rules last checked July 15, 2026source

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Rule updates

2026-07-15 1-Step lock trigger precision fix: ETF's trailing lock engages on REALIZED profits only (once you build max drawdown + $100 in realized profits), so TradersGuild's engine no longer lets a logged unrealized intraday peak engage the lock early — which could pin the line at start+$100 too soon and overstate room. The trailing line itself still follows the unrealized peak, exactly as ETF computes it.
2026-07-09 Added — 1-Step: intraday trailing drawdown that locks at start+$100, no daily loss limit, 5 minimum trading days.

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