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Platform UpdatesJune 8, 2026
ETF Editorial Team

Instant Funding, No Evaluation, Faster Payouts: What's New at ETF

New funded accounts, faster payouts, and over 13 million dollars paid out.

ETF is a futures prop firm for traders who want uncapped Live Elite payouts. Been away for a while? A lot has changed. New account types, instant funding options, faster payouts, and a few surprises worth knowing about before you decide what's next.

Your First Payout in as Little as 5 Days

Five days. That's how fast it can happen now.

The new 10K DTF Mini Inferno is instant funding for futures traders. No evaluation. No multi-week challenge. No waiting to prove yourself before you can start. You buy the account, you start trading a funded account from day one, and you work toward your first payout on your own timeline.

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Instant Funding, No Evaluation Required

One-Step accounts are still our most popular. But two new options just joined the lineup, and a lot of traders have been asking for exactly these.

Direct to Funded (DTF). ETF now offers instant funding prop firm accounts with no evaluation required. Skip the challenge, skip the profit targets, and go straight to trading a sim-funded account from day one. The newest DTF account, the 10K Mini Inferno, dropped June 2026.

Fast Track. Prefer the evaluation route but want to move fast? Fast Track has the lowest minimum trading day requirement of any ETF evaluation. Fewer days between you and your Elite Sim Funded account than any other path we offer.

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Faster Payouts. More Often. Guaranteed.

Elite Sim Funded accounts are paid out on Monday and Wednesday - twice a week, every week. Live Elite accounts are paid every business day, Monday through Friday, with no ceiling on earnings.

Every payout request is approved within 48 hours. That's backed by over $13 million paid out to funded futures traders. Live Elite traders keep 80% of everything they earn, with no ceiling on what they can pull. Read the full guarantee here: 48-Hour Payout Guarantee.

$13 Million Paid. 59,000 Traders Strong.

More than $13 million paid out. Over 59,000 traders on the platform. More than 13,000 funded futures traders and counting. The number goes up every week.

Want to hear it from the traders themselves? Read their payout stories here.

Evaluation Resets Just $47. Elite Resets, Less Than You Think.

Failing an evaluation is not a reason to walk away. At $47, evaluation resets are one of the cheapest ways back into a funded trading account anywhere in the industry. Get back in. Keep going.

For a limited time, if your Elite Sim Funded account fails, you can reset it at a DEEP DISCOUNT. Find more information here: Elite Account Reset Procedure.

Beat the Beast Is Making the Rounds Again

Beat the Beast was a regular part of ETF for a while. Then it went quiet. Now it's back.

One trading day. Hit a profit target. Auto-pass your evaluation. No waiting, no multi-week grind. Just results at the close.

We're not announcing dates. We're just saying: stay tuned.

Frequently Asked Questions

A Direct to Funded account lets you skip the evaluation phase entirely and start trading a sim-funded account from day one. There are no profit targets to clear before you get started. The newest DTF account is the 10K Mini Inferno, released June 2026.

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