Intermediate Plans: Rules, Requirements, and Rewards
How to Pass the Intermediate Evaluation
- Minimum Trade Days: 3
- Any day you place a trade qualifies. Sunday and Monday are counted as the same trading day.
- Consistency: 40%
- Your best profitable day cannot exceed 40% of the overall profit.
- Hit your profit target.
- Complete all requirements within 10 calendar days.
- If you cannot pass within 10 calendar days, the evaluation auto‑fails and cannot be reset.
If you successfully complete the requirements to pass the evaluation, you will be assigned an Elite Sim-Funded account within 72 hours and be on your way to trading toward a reward.
10K End of Day
- Profit Target: $2,000
- Max Contracts: 1 mini OR 10 micros
- Max Loss: $500
- Daily Loss Limit: None
- Drawdown Type: End of day realized profit
- Reset Fee: Ineligible
- Activation Fee: Free for 1st Month, then $87 monthly
- One-Time Activation Fee: Ineligible
- Purchase Limit: 1 active account per trader
10K End of Day Reward Structure
10K Static
- Profit target: $2,000
- Max positions: 1 mini OR 10 micros
- Max static drawdown: $500
- Drawdown Type: Static minimum balance never trails
- Reset Fee: Ineligible
- Elite activation fee: Free for 1st Month, then $87 monthly
- One-Time Activation Fee: Ineligible
10K Static Reward Structure
- Note: You must request the full cycle maximum before you advance and your ATDs start counting toward the next reward cycle.
Have questions about eligibility, rewards, or Live transitions? Read the Reward Audit FAQ or open a support ticket via the Boomeo AI chat.
Evaluation Rules
1. Reach the Profit Target
- Each Intermediate plan has its own profit target and max drawdown amounts. The goal is to reach the profit target without hitting the max drawdown.
2. Consistency
To qualify for an Intermediate plan, you must achieve 40% consistency, meaning your best trading day cannot exceed 40% of your total profit.
3. Minimum Trade Day Requirement
- You must trade for a minimum of 3 days.
Trading Day Basics
- What qualifies as a trading day?
- Any day you place a trade.
- Does Sunday count?
- Sunday evening and Monday count as the same trading day.
- Is there a maximum number of days?
- Yes. For Intermediate (Fast Track) plans, you must pass within 10 calendar days. Otherwise, the evaluation automatically fails. There are no renewals for Intermediate (Fast Track) accounts.
- Holidays and news:
- You may trade, but volatility can be very low or very high. Manage risk carefully.
- What contracts can I trade?
- You must trade the most current contract with the highest volume.
4. Evaluation Resets
- Intermediate (Fast Track) plans cannot be reset.
Billing Policy Overview
- Post-Oct 1, 2024 Accounts: Billing continues for passed evaluations qualified on or after October 1, 2024, ensuring account validity for activation.
- Pre-Oct 1, 2024 Accounts: Evaluations qualified before October 1 are grandfathered, with no charges for passed evaluations.
- Recommendation: Activating passed evaluations is recommended to make full use of trading opportunities, though activation is optional.
Elite Sim‑Funded Rules
These rules govern trading in your Elite account and the requirements to qualify for rewards.
1. Drawdown
- Reach your safety net by earning your account's max drawdown, plus $100 in realized profit.
- Once that safety net is reached, any drawdown type stops permanently, and your starting balance plus $100 becomes the minimum balance.
- For Static accounts, the account minimum remains unchanged from your default values even when the safety net is reached.
2. No Hedging
- Hedging against yourself using the same or correlated instruments across one or multiple accounts is not allowed. Learn more.
3. Maximum Account Position Limits
- Do not exceed the account’s maximum positions for minis and micros at any time. Violations will fail the account and forfeit profits.
- Legend: 1 mini equals 1 position, 10 micro equals 1 position.
4. Household Trading Rule
- Traders from the same household are not permitted to participate at ETF. Learn more.
5. Trading for Others
- Trading for another user, whether in the same household or remotely, is prohibited. Learn more.
6. Flatten Trades
7. Weekly Trading Requirement
- Place at least one trade per week to keep your account active. If you cannot trade, notify ETF using the self‑serve form. Missing a week closes the account and voids rewards.
8. Loss Limit Rule
- Once a trader earns 20% profit on their Elite Sim‑Funded account, a new loss limit applies. If you lose more than 35% of total accumulated profit after reaching 20% growth, the account will be removed from the Elite Sim-Funded program. This overrides the initial max drawdown and disqualifies you from the Live Elite program.
9. Elite Reset
- All ETF Elite Sim-Funded accounts can be reset up to ten times (DTF included).
- Please visit here to review your reset pricing options.
Reward Requirements
For each reward cycle, maintain the safety net, complete the required number of Active Trading Days (ATD), and meet consistency in your Elite Sim-Funded account.
1. Achieve the Safety Net
- Earn realized profits equal to the account max drawdown plus $100. The trailing drawdown then locks permanently. You cannot withdraw from the safety net during any reward cycles.
2. Meet the Active Trade Day (ATD) Requirement
- 8 ATDs for Reward Cycle 1. 10 ATDs for Cycles 2 through 4.
- An Active Trade Day (ATD) is any day that meets the minimum daily profit requirement for the specific Intermediate plan.
10K End of Day Reward Structure
10K Static Reward Structure
- Note: You must request the full cycle maximum before you advance, and your ATDs start counting toward the next reward cycle.
3. Meet Consistency
- Once you have achieved the required number of Active Trade Days, you must achieve at least 30% consistency based on your overall profit relative to your best trading day.
- Note: The Request Reward button will not appear until you have satisfied both the ATD and consistency requirements.
Reward Steps
- Meet Requirements: Ensure you’ve met the safety net, required number of ATDs, and 30% consistency.
- Request a Reward: Visit your Trader Dashboard and request a reward.
- Trade Activity Audited: Your activity will be audited for compliance.
- Subscription Active: Keep your subscription active during the reward process.
- KYC & Rise Onboarding: Complete KYC and onboard with Rise to receive payments.
- Request Cycle Maximum: The Cycle maximum must be fully withdrawn before moving to the next cycle.
Reward Request Timing
- Approval Timeline: Rewards are approved daily, Mon–Fri, from 3 PM Eastern (excluding holidays).
- Cut‑Off Time: The cut-off time for approved reward requests to be included in Monday’s batch is Friday at 5 PM EST and the cut-off time for the Wednesday batch is Tuesday at 5 PM EST. Requests after this time will be rolled over to next week.
- Elite Sim Rewards: Processed twice weekly, Mondays and Wednesdays.
- Live Elite Rewards: Processed daily.
Profit Split
- Once approved, traders keep up to 100% of simulation profits up to $25,000.
Reward Structure
- You are eligible to request a withdrawal once you’ve met the Active Trade Day (ATD) requirement, as well as reached the safety net on your account (account maximum drawdown + $100).
- NOTE: You cannot withdraw from the safety net during any reward cycle.
- Withdrawals can be as little as $100, up to the Reward Cycle maximum amount.
- To advance to the next Reward Cycle, you must satisfy both the ATD requirement and withdraw the maximum amount for the reward cycle. You may withdraw a minimum of $100 until you reach the Reward Cycle maximum.
- New reward requests can only be made once the reward has been processed.
- The day your reward is approved does not count toward your ATD requirement, but the funds will be added to your account balance.
Example: In Reward Cycle 1, the maximum amount you can withdraw for a 10K Static account is $750. Once you meet the 8 Active Trade Day (ATD) requirement, you can withdraw $100 until you reach $750. Then you advance to Reward Cycle 2 and the amount of ATD you need to acquire gets reset. Once you meet the 10 ATD requirement for Reward Cycle 2 and withdraw $1,000, then you advance to Reward Cycle 3.
LIVE ELITE Transition
ETF may transition traders from their Elite Sim-Funded account to a LIVE ELITE account at our discretion — this can happen before, during, or after a reward request.
For full details on eligibility, transition criteria, starting balances, onboarding, withdrawals, risk parameters, market data fees, contract limits, supported platforms, and the 34 CME Rules requirement, see LIVE ELITE Program Information.
