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Facts checked 2026-09-24 by BrokerCatalogue research desk (from the firm's own site) · AI visibility: Pipswire index 2026-Q3
United States · founded 2022
Elite Trader Funding is a proprietary trading firm based in United States, founded in 2022. It offers one-step, instant-funding evaluations on futures. Funded accounts go up to $150,000. The profit split is up to 100%.
| Evaluation models | Instant funding, One-step |
|---|---|
| Asset classes | Futures |
| Platforms | NinjaTrader, Rithmic, TradingView, Tradovate |
| Maximum allocation | $150,000 |
| Profit split | up to 100% |
| Payout frequency | same-day approval; first payout after 8 active trading days (as low as 5 on Direct To Funded); per-payout caps $1,500 to $5,000 |
| Daily drawdown limit | none (1 Step, Static, Direct, Fast Track); yes on End of Day and Diamond Hands plans |
| Maximum drawdown | trailing intraday (1 Step) / static / end-of-day by plan |
| Minimum trading days | 5 (none on Direct To Funded; 10 on Diamond Hands) |
| Time limit | none |
| Weekend holding | No |
| Status | active |
Sources: elitetraderfunding.com/ · elitetraderfunding.app/evaluations · checked 2026-09-24
Fields we could not verify on the firm's own site are left out rather than guessed. Rules and prices change often; the firm's site is the binding version.
| Visibility score (0–100) | 1.3 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Rank among 76 prop firms | #32 |
| Named in AI answers | 2% |
| Sentiment (0–100) | 2 |
| Recommended | 2% of answers |
| Own website cited | 0% of answers |
| Share of voice | 0% |
| Engine | Score |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 |
| Perplexity | 1.8 |
| Gemini | 0 |
| Claude | 2.4 |
| Google AI Mode | 3.6 |
| Google AI Overview | 0 |
| Google top-10 | 0 |
| Market | Score | Rank in market |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2.6 | #27 |
| Malaysia | 2.2 | #29 |
| South Africa | 2 | #27 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.8 | #29 |
| United States | 1.7 | #31 |
| Philippines | 1.6 | #28 |
Source: Pipswire AI Visibility Index, 2026-Q3 (CC BY 4.0), 2,344 answers across 5 AI engines and Google, 16 markets. Visibility is not a quality rating.
Elite Trader Funding scores 1.3 / 100 on the Q3 2026 Pipswire AI Visibility Index (rank #32 of 76) and is named in 2% of AI answers about which prop firm to use.
Elite Trader Funding pays a up to 100% profit split, with payouts same-day approval; first payout after 8 active trading days (as low as 5 on Direct To Funded); per-payout caps $1,500 to $5,000.
Maximum drawdown is trailing intraday (1 Step) / static / end-of-day by plan and the daily drawdown limit is none (1 Step, Static, Direct, Fast Track); yes on End of Day and Diamond Hands plans.
No prop firm is a regulated broker: Elite Trader Funding sells evaluations and funds (usually simulated) accounts, it does not hold client deposits under a financial licence.
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