
Forex prop firm
E8 Markets Review
US-based CFD prop firm with single-phase evaluations up to $500K
E8 Markets
Checked 1 Oct 2026
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- Save up to $259.80
- No stated expiry
- Max profit split
- 80%
- Challenges from
- $32
- Largest account
- $500K
- Payouts
- On-Demand
How E8 Markets compares
Strengths
- A 4% daily loss limit gives more intraday room than the 3% typical of the 22 forex firms we track.
- Funds accounts up to $500K — larger than the typical ceiling among the 22 forex firms we track.
- Rated 4.8/5 across public trader reviews — above the 4.4 median among the 22 forex firms we track.
E8 Markets suits traders who value more daily-loss headroom and larger funded accounts.
Ratings
The Capital Critic rating comes from reviews traders leave on this page; the other scores are aggregated from public trader review scores, verified 2026-10.
About E8 Markets
E8 Markets is a US-based proprietary trading firm founded in November 2021, offering two single-phase programs (E8 One and E8 Signature) across 12 configurations with account sizes up to $500,000. It trades CFDs on forex, metals, indices, energies, and crypto across cTrader, Match Trader, MT5, and TradeLocker.
Platforms
Markets
Challenges & pricing
E8 Markets' cheapest plan is a $5,000 1-step account at $32; the largest funded account is $500,000 (from $1,998). In total E8 Markets lists 16 plan configurations across 2 account models, with profit splits up to 80%.
E8 Pro runs from a $5,000 1-step account at $32 up to $500,000 at $2,598, with a profit target of 8%, a max loss of 8%, a daily loss limit of 2.5% and a profit split of 80%.
Customizable at checkout — static drawdown + payout. Prices show the default config.
About the E8 Pro program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Profit target | Equal to selected drawdown: 6%, 8%, or 10% |
| Max loss | Static 6%, 8%, or 10% (8% default) |
| Profit split | 80% or 100%, selected at purchase |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | No minimum; unlimited time, with at least one trade opened and closed every 60 days |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | Static 6%, 8%, or 10%; after the first payout, the loss level moves to the initial balance |
| Consistency rule | No consistency rule in the challenge |
| Consistency rule (funded) | No consistency rule in the Performance stage |
| Max allocation | $500,000 maximum Performance allocation |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | Daily once at least 1% profit is available |
| First payout | After 1 day, once at least 1% profit is available |
| Processing time | Median 11 hours to approval and 24 hours to receipt; can take up to 5 business days |
| Min days to payout | 1 day |
| Refund policy | Refund within 30 days only while in phase 1 with no trading activity; crypto payments are non-refundable |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed on all stages |
| Overnight holding | Allowed on all stages |
| Hedging | Permitted within one account; hedging across multiple accounts is prohibited |
| Copy trading | Allowed only across accounts owned by the same user; team trading and signal services are prohibited |
| Expert advisors | Allowed, but each user must use a unique strategy; shared third-party EA execution may lead to termination |
| Other restrictions | No all-or-nothing trading; no cross-account hedging; no irresponsible large-volume trading; fewer than 50% of trades may be held under one minute |
| Commission / lot | No commissions or Raw Spreads option |
| Access | |
| Platforms | TradeLocker, MatchTrader, cTrader, MetaTrader 5 |
| Payout methods | WorkMarket, Rise |
E8 One runs from a $5,000 1-step account at $48 up to $500,000 at $1,998, with a profit target of 9%, a max loss of 6%, a daily loss limit of 4% and a profit split of 80%.
Customizable at checkout — dynamic drawdown (4–14%) + payout (80–100%). Prices show the default config.
About the E8 One program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 1.5 × selected drawdown (6%, 9%, 12%, 15%, or 21%) |
| Max loss | Dynamic/trailing 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, or 14% (6% default) |
| Daily loss | 0.66 × selected drawdown (approximately 2.64%, 3.96%, 5.28%, 6.6%, or 9.24%) |
| Profit split | 80%, 90%, or 100%, selected at purchase |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | No minimum; unlimited time, with at least one trade opened and closed every 60 days |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | Same selected dynamic/trailing drawdown; it trails highest closed balance and locks at initial balance |
| Consistency rule | No consistency rule in the challenge |
| Consistency rule (funded) | 40% best-day rule |
| Max allocation | $500,000 maximum Performance allocation |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | On demand after payout conditions are met |
| First payout | Earliest after 3 days in the Performance stage |
| Processing time | Median 11 hours to approval and 24 hours to receipt; can take up to 5 business days |
| Min days to payout | 3 days |
| Refund policy | Refund within 30 days only while in phase 1 with no trading activity; crypto payments are non-refundable |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed on all stages |
| Overnight holding | Allowed on all stages |
| Hedging | Permitted within one account; hedging across multiple accounts is prohibited |
| Copy trading | Allowed only across accounts owned by the same user; team trading and signal services are prohibited |
| Expert advisors | Allowed, but each user must use a unique strategy; shared third-party EA execution may lead to termination |
| Other restrictions | No all-or-nothing trading; no cross-account hedging; no irresponsible large-volume trading; fewer than 50% of trades may be held under one minute |
| Commission / lot | No commissions or Raw spreads option · Swap free option: Yes for E8 One (Forex) / E8 Pro Forex, E8 One Crypto / E8 Pro Crypto |
| Access | |
| Platforms | TradeLocker, MatchTrader, cTrader, MetaTrader 5 |
| Payout methods | WorkMarket, Rise |
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E8 Markets payoutsRecent changes
Reviewed updates to E8 Markets's pricing, account configuration, FAQs and trading rules, tracked in Fine Print.
- Rules
E8 Markets adds per-ticket lot limits
Trades are now limited to 50 lots per ticket, or 20 lots on XAUUSD.
- Rules
E8 Markets adds notional limits
Notional limits now apply to Perps or margins.
- FAQ
E8 Markets adds MatchTrader API access
MatchTrader now allows API connections; they were not previously available.
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Answers sourced from E8 Markets’s own help center.
You buy a one-time SimFi™ Challenge, and on passing it you move to a SimFi™ Performance (funded) account. E8 runs several product lines — E8 One, E8 Pro, and E8 Zero, across forex, crypto, and futures — traded on cTrader, Match-Trader, MetaTrader 5, and TradeLocker. Account sizes start at $5K.
The SimFi™ Challenge carries a 6% profit target with no minimum trading days and no time limit — you can take as long as you need. Individual plans vary slightly, with E8 One using a 9% target and E8 Pro an 8% target on their 1-Step routes.
Up to 80%, with on-demand payouts. Passing the challenge and following all the rules moves you to the Performance stage where withdrawals become available, subject to the Best Day consistency rule.
A consistency requirement on funded accounts: no single trading day may exceed a set share of your total profit — documented as 40% in some places and tightened to 35% in others, so treat it as roughly one-third and check your specific product. Trying to bypass it through hedging or partial closures can cause all profit from that position to be consolidated into a single day. After each payout your best-day figure resets and you start fresh. There is no consistency rule during the Challenge stage.
It depends on the account. On E8 Zero and E8 Pro (forex and crypto) you can trade news without restriction. On E8 One, news is unrestricted during the Challenge but strictly prohibited around high-impact events on the funded Performance account — during the blackout you cannot open or close positions on affected instruments. Break it and the related profit is deducted from your balance after your payout request. Non-targeted instruments stay tradable throughout.
1:30 on forex, 1:15 on indices and metals, and 1:1 on crypto. E8 deliberately keeps leverage modest and encourages traders to focus on drawdown and risk allocation rather than maximising leverage, since larger volumes raise the risk of a stop-out.
Copy trading is permitted across SimFi Challenge, Performance, and personal accounts, provided the accounts belong to you. EAs are allowed too, but only one strategy per user — if E8 sees multiple users running the same trades or strategy, that is a violation. Each account must otherwise be traded independently, with no cooperation between traders.
Risking your entire daily drawdown on a single trade, hedging across multiple accounts (even your own), high-frequency trading — you cannot hold more than 50% of your trades for under a minute — plus 'all-or-nothing' and other irresponsible, strategy-free high-volume trading. Breaking these leads to termination from the program and a refund of the fee on the offending account.
Up to $3,500,000 in simulated capital across your SimFi™ Performance accounts at once. Allocation is unlimited during the Challenge (Phase 1) stage, while each funded product — E8 One, E8 One Crypto, E8 Pro Forex, E8 Pro Crypto — is capped at $500,000.
You may hold multiple trading accounts, but only one user profile (E8X). Creating extra profiles under different emails, or trading accounts belonging to different people, breaches the terms. If you created a duplicate profile by mistake, contact support@e8markets.com to have it resolved.
Not routinely — an interview is not part of every challenge completion or payout. E8's risk team may occasionally request a short interview to understand your trading background, particularly where trading looks unusually risky.
Trader reviews(1)
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- 5.0ForexGuru22 ·
Quick and smooth process
I will complete my one step challenge soon.
Trading conditions5/5Support5/5Fairness5/5Payout process5/5TesterTester at E8 MarketsVerified representative10 Oct 2026Test reply
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