Elite Trader Funding: $97 for 50K 1-Step Evaluation

STAY AWAY. DO NOT RECOMMEND. SCAM PRACTICES. If i could give this company a negative star, i would in a heartbeat. Trading is already hard. You dont need a business making it any harder.
This was my first payout request after being with the firm for just over a month and traded my elite (Funded) account for a total of 9 trading days. During that period, i had zero red days, I traded consistently and responsibly, generating approximately $1,000–$1,100 in profit per day while strictly following all their trading rules and satisfying all payout requirements. Total profit in account 1 was $9445 and account 2 $3227.6. Requested a max payout of $2750.
After submitting my payout request, I completed all required Sumsub and Rise verification documents under the understanding that my payout was actively being processed. Both verifications were approved without any issues.
Despite meeting every requirement, the firm cancelled my accounts and is now attempting to move me to a live account without issuing the payout I legitimately earned (How Convenient). At the same time, i am forfeiting more than $12,000 across both Elite Funded accounts. They are proposing a live account with only $1,800 after a $197 account data fee AND i can only trade up to 5 micros. What a SHAM of a Company & a WASTE of TIME.

If ETF IS GOING TO SCAM IM GOING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW. I have a social media following as well. I will be posting my reviews all over social media. After requesting my second payout for 1900 they pushed me to live. Initially it sounds good but then you realize it’s just a tactic to avoid paying you and resetting your account in hopes you blow your account.
I had two 150k accounts. I had roughly 7,000 in one and 2,000 in the other. I requested a 1900 payout and they didn’t pay me. Instead they pushed me to live. There was no point in refusing live because they will only allow me to take like 5 percent of the payment and ban me from the platform. The live account will only have 1800 dollars. $200 fee to activate the account.
Going live should be a reward and they essentially punished me. I paid money for two 150k accounts to sustain my two toddlers. I was literally relying on this for income and they erased all the funds I made and put 1800 dollars in a live account. Then I can’t really trade at night with this account because you now have to check for the margin fees. This is just the beginning with this firm. Also I can’t forget that if you make a certain amount and lose 30-35 percent in the account they will suspend the account. SAVE-YOURSELF THE TIME AND MONEY. I worked so hard to trade and support my children with this income and this firm completely screwed me. Funny thing is I didn’t even meet the criteria for live. They just pushed me to live by discretion. I literally had to pay my rent with this payout and now I’m out of luck. Going live should be a reward. Pay the trader what they earned when they request it. Or transfer all the funds they made to live. Trading is already difficult and this firm decides to make it 10x harder with rules that are intended to sabotage. WORKING FOR THIS FIRM IS A WASTE OF TIME. YOUVE BEEN WARNED. hopefully you see through all this from my review. Do better ETF. The people who run this firm should be disgusted with themselves. Karma is real and I can’t wait till this firm FALLS APART. As traders we need to really start considering legal action for this firm and the industry in general. SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM ARTISTS.
Furthermore I still haven’t received my Live account and still haven’t been outlined the specifics of this live account. This is not a firm you want to build long term with. I should have read the fine print and avoided wasting my money and time. If you are a profitable trader they will use this live loophole to avoid paying you and reset your progress. I will see if they even give me the live account they owe me and see how it goes. I’ll update my review and experience based off of the payouts and parameters of the live accounts.
Anyone reading this I have no reason to lie or be disingenuous. I’m actually risking my own financially well being because they may not even give me the live accounts they owe me based on this review. I’m not getting paid to bash this firm this is just the truth and based on multiple reviews of this firm I’m clearly not the only one. Step up ETF or you will be exposed. Do better

The platform and support work very well, the main problem is that they don't pay you.
Bunch of scammers

I had a very disappointing and frustrating experience with this prop trading firm.
I paid activation fees for 5 Elite accounts, plus approximately $45 per month for each Rithmic account (5 accounts in total), while fully respecting all the rules imposed. I traded with discipline, respected the risk conditions, and reached the point where I was eligible for a payout.
At the moment I requested the withdrawal of my profits, the situation suddenly changed: my account was moved to the Live Elite program, and my payout request was canceled without me having requested this change.
From my perspective, this raises serious concerns, as the rules seem to change exactly when a trader becomes profitable and should be able to withdraw their earnings.
Everything changes when a trader becomes profitable and represents a “threat” to the firm. Requests get blocked, payouts are not processed, and everything is nicely disguised under this so-called LIVE trading vision. As long as the trader has respected all conditions, they deserve to receive their profits, and only afterwards should a transition to LIVE be made with their consent; otherwise, the partnership should be closed. Of course, this is how serious firms operate, not scam ones.
I tried to clarify the situation and request payment according to the initial conditions, but the responses were vague and did not lead to any concrete resolution.
I believe this approach is highly problematic for traders, as it creates a lack of transparency and uncertainty regarding access to realized profits.
I strongly recommend not investing money in challenges or activation fees. It is all a scam-like structure and you will not receive your money back. It is not worth it. There are other more serious firms out there. Low-cost challenges and “dream promises” often end up being nothing but a waste of time and money.
From my personal experience, this was not a fair or transparent collaboration, and I would not choose to work with this company again, even if they offered to pay me my own money. Everything feels like a scam. Avoid at all costs.

This is the best funding company