Active Trade Days
Active Trade Days (ATD) is how Elite Trader Funding releases payouts on most of its plans. It never caps how much you can make in a day. Instead it asks you to prove it across a set of days. Aim for the moon; just don't expect one big day to carry you.
Most prop firms hand you a consistency rule that quietly caps your best day. ETF flipped it. On Active Trade Days you can make whatever you want on any single day, but to actually get paid, you have to show you can do it again and again. That is the whole philosophy: aim high, then prove it.
- What it is
- Consistency payout gate
- Daily floor
- $200 profit
- Best-day bar
- 23% of your best day
- First payout cycle
- 8 ATDs (standard plans)
- Each cycle after
- 10 ATDs, standard (DTF & Inferno vary by size)
- Used by
- Static, EOD, DH, DTF, Fast Track
What an Active Trade Day actually is
An Active Trade Day is simply a trading day that counts toward your payout. Not every green day qualifies as an Active Trade Day, yet the profit will still increase your account balance, and only the payout credit is affected. To receive credit for an Active Trade Day, the day has to clear two bars at once.
1. Clear the daily floor of $200
The day has to be a real, profitable trading day. If you net at least $200 in profit, you pass the first test. Smaller wins and losing days do not count toward your Active Trade Days, though a small win still adds to your balance, and neither sets your progress back.
2. Clear 23% of your best day
Your profit also has to be worth at least 23% of your single biggest day so far. So if your best day is $1,000, every counting day from then on needs to clear $230. The bigger your best day, the higher the bar you have to keep clearing.
Put together, the bar a day has to clear is the greater of $200 or 23% of your best day so far. Clear it and the day counts. String enough of those together and you unlock a payout.
Aim for the moon, then prove it
Here is the part that matters most. Active Trade Days do not cap how much you can make in a single day. If you have a monster day, take it. ETF will never tell you that you earned too much.
How the bar moves after a big day
The rule: there is no daily ceiling, but a counting day must clear the greater of $200 or 23% of your best day so far. Post a huge day and the bar ratchets up; it never drops until a new payout cycle begins.
Worked example: a $5,000 day pushes the bar to $1,150, so every following day now needs $1,150+ to count toward your payout.
Why it exists: it keeps a trader honest. One big day is allowed but not guaranteed, which stops the reckless swings and proves the consistency ETF is actually paying to find before it backs you with real capital.
Try it yourself
Edit your daily profit and loss below, switch between Active Trade Days and the traditional consistency rule, and tune the floor and percentage to match your account. Watch how a single big day lifts the bar, and why a steady week gets you paid faster than one home run.
Your best day of $5,000 lifted your Active Trade Day bar to $1,150. Days under that bar don't count toward your payout, yet the profit will still increase your account balance. A moonshot day doesn't carry you to payout; sustained performance does. You're at 5 of 8 ATDs. Keep your daily wins steady and the rest will count.
| Day | P&L | Best day | ATD bar | Counts? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | $300 | $300 | $200 | ✓ ATD |
| Day 2 | $250 | $300 | $200 | ✓ ATD |
| Day 3 | $400 | $400 | $200 | ✓ ATD |
| Day 4 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $1,150 | ✓ ATD |
| Day 5 | $300 | $5,000 | $1,150 | ✗ |
| Day 6 | $450 | $5,000 | $1,150 | ✗ |
| Day 7 | $280 | $5,000 | $1,150 | ✗ |
| Day 8 | $1,200 | $5,000 | $1,150 | ✓ ATD |
Illustrative tool. Defaults reflect standard Elite Sim-Funded settings (a $200 daily floor, 23% of your best day, 8 Active Trade Days for the first payout cycle, then 10). Your account's exact thresholds and required days can vary by plan and are shown in your Trader Dashboard.
ATD vs the traditional consistency rule
ETF still uses both. The classic consistency rule (on the 1-Step plan) caps your best day at a share of total profit. Active Trade Days removes that cap and asks for proof over time instead. Same goal (real, repeatable consistency), two different ways to get there.
| Rule | Active Trade Days | Traditional consistency |
|---|---|---|
| Single-day upside | Unlimited. Make as much as you want on any day. | Your biggest day can't exceed 30% of total profit. |
| How you qualify | Log your required number of Active Trade Days, each ≥ $200 and ≥ 23% of your best day so far. | Keep your best day under the cap, plus log enough $200+ days. |
| After a huge day | Your bar rises, so you have to prove you can sustain that level. | That huge day can delay your payout until total profit grows around it. |
| Used by (Elite Sim) | Static, End of Day, Diamond Hands, DTF, Fast Track. | 1-Step (Live Trailing). |
| The idea | Aim high, then prove it across days. | Don't let one day define you. |
How many Active Trade Days you need
The required number of Active Trade Days (ATDs) depends on your plan and which payout cycle you are in. Standard accounts ask for 8 to start, then 10; the number of ATDs varies for Direct to Funded accounts.
| Rule | First payout (Cycle 1) | Each cycle after |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Sim-Funded (standard) | 8 Active Trade Days | 10 per cycle |
| Fast Track | 8 Active Trade Days | 10 per cycle |
| 10K Mini Inferno | 5 Active Trade Days | 5 per cycle |
| 50K Direct to Funded | 15 Active Trade Days | 15 per cycle |
| 100K Direct to Funded | 20 Active Trade Days | 20 per cycle |
Your account's exact requirement is always shown in your Trader Dashboard. Active Trade Days do not carry over; the count resets at the start of each new payout cycle.
What ATD rewards, and where traders trip up
What it rewards
- Swing for big days; ATD never caps how much you can make
- Steady, repeatable profits stack your Active Trade Days the fastest
- A losing or small day never erases Active Trade Day progress; it just does not add to it
- It proves to ETF you can sustain performance over time, versus benefit from variance
Where traders trip up
- One huge day raises the bar that every subsequent day has to clear
- Days under your bar ($200, or 23% of your best day) do not qualify as an ATD
- You need a minimum number of qualifying days each cycle, no shortcuts
- Extra Active Trade Days do not bank; the count resets each new cycle
Frequently asked questions
Prove it across days. Get paid.
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