Cost to Get Funded Calculator
The eval price is only your first attempt. Enter a pass rate and the fees, and this tool shows the true expected cost of getting funded, counting the resets you should expect and the activation fee, not just the sticker price.
A $167 eval almost never costs $167 to actually get funded. Most traders fail at least once and pay a reset to retry, and at a low pass rate those resets stack up fast. Enter the pass rate you think you can hit and this tool returns your expected attempts and true total cost, preloaded with Elite Trader Funding's real 1-Step prices.
- What it does
- True expected cost to get funded
- Method
- Geometric distribution on attempts
- Inputs
- Pass rate, eval, reset, funding fee
- Outputs
- Expected attempts + total cost
- Preloaded
- ETF 1-Step prices (50K to 250K)
Try it yourself
Pick an ETF 1-Step account to load its real eval price and funding fee, set the pass rate you expect to hit, and read the true cost. The tool shows your expected attempts, the cost just to pass, and both a typical and an unlucky run so you can see the whole range.
on average, across 5.0 expected attempts.
At a 20% pass rate it takes about 5.0 attempts to pass, so the real cost to get funded on a $167 eval is around $512 once you count roughly 4.0 resets and the $157 funding fee. An unlucky run (the worst 10%) needs 11 attempts and $794.
| Expected attempts to pass | 5.0 |
| Expected resets | 4.0 × fee |
| Cost just to pass | $355 |
| Typical run (median) | 4 attempts · $465 |
| Unlucky run (worst 10%) | 11 attempts · $794 |
| Total expected cost | $512 |
Educational estimate, not financial advice. It models each attempt as independent at the pass rate you enter and counts the eval once; the ETF eval is a monthly subscription ($167 / 30 days), so attempts that span several months add a renewal per extra month. Pricing snapshot as of May 2026. Check the live plan page for current fees. Futures trading carries a substantial risk of loss.
How the math works
Getting funded is a string of pass-or-fail attempts. Model each one at your pass rate and the number you'll need follows a simple, well-known distribution, so the expected cost is just arithmetic.
1. Set a pass rate
Enter the share of attempts you expect to pass. This is your own honest estimate (no firm publishes a guaranteed number) and it is the single biggest driver of the true cost. Lower pass rate, more resets, higher cost.
2. Confirm the fees
Pick an ETF account to load its real eval price and funding fee, or type your own. The reset fee is what it costs to restart after a failed attempt, usually far less than a fresh eval, which is exactly why it dominates the math.
3. Read the true cost
The tool returns the expected number of attempts to pass and the total cost once resets and the funding fee are counted, plus a typical (median) run and an unlucky (worst-10%) run so you can see the range, not just the average.
The formula
cost = eval + reset × (1 ÷ pass rate − 1) + funding fee
The middle term (resets times your expected number of failed attempts) is what the sticker price leaves out, and at a low pass rate it dominates everything else.
Sticker price vs the real number
The advertised eval is the cost of one attempt. The honest cost adds the resets you should expect at your pass rate, which is why two traders buying the same eval can pay very different totals to reach the same funded account.
| Rule | Sticker price | True cost to get funded |
|---|---|---|
| What you see | $167 eval price | $167 eval + resets + funding fee |
| At a 20% pass rate | Looks like $167 | ≈ 5 attempts → roughly $500 to get funded |
| At a 10% pass rate | Still looks like $167 | ≈ 10 attempts → roughly $750 to get funded |
| The honest takeaway | The sticker price is the floor | Your pass rate sets the real number |
The single biggest lever is your pass rate, and the surest way to lift it is to stop failing on risk: trade well inside the drawdown so a bad streak doesn't end the account.
Lower your real cost by passing cleaner
Every reset you avoid comes straight off the total. Most failed attempts are not strategy failures; they are risk failures, where a position was too big for the account's drawdown. Size each trade to survive the variance and your pass rate, and your cost, both improve.
Frequently asked questions
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