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Headquarters

100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US

23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Dylan Elchami

Husam Samy

Country

United States

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2021

2024

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Albania, Iraq, Sudan, Algeria, Kosovo, Somalia, Burma/Myanmar, Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, Lebanon, Ukraine, Belarus, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic, Mali, Venezuela, Cuba, Midway Islands, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Vatican City, Congo, Nicaragua, West Bank, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Western Sahara, Hong Kong, Russia, Zambia, Samoa
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Providers

In-house liquidity provider

Refund
No
Yes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Platforms
MatchTrader, cTrader, Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise, Plane
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

One

  • On demand

Signature

  • On demand

Pro

  • Daily payouts, requestable any day with at least 1% profit since the last payout.

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Payout Guarantee
No data

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

One

  • No Cap

Signature

Account size $50,000 $100,000 $150,000
1. Payout $1,250 $2,250 $3,250
2. Payout $1,250 $2,250 $3,250
3. Payout $2,250 $3,250 $4,250
4. Payout $2,250 $3,250 $4,250
5+ Payout $3,250 $4,250 $5,250

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

Minimum Withdrawal

Withdrawal method

  • Rise: $250
  • Plane: $50

One

  • Your net profit (payout share) must be greater than 50% of your daily drawdown.

Signature

  • Before you can start requesting payout, you need to leave a buffer in your account in the same size as your EOD Dynamic Drawdown.

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

Forex
  • Signature Forex: 50:1
  • One and Pro Forex: 30:1
30:1
Metals
  • Signature Forex: 25:1
  • One and Pro Forex: 15:1
10:1
Energies
  • Signature Forex: 25:1
  • One and Pro Forex: 15:1
10:1
Indices
  • Signature Forex: 25:1
  • One and Pro Forex: 15:1
10:1
Crypto
  • Signature Forex, One Forex and Pro Forex: 1:1
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
4 / lot
Metals
6 / lot
4 / lot
Energies
6 / lot
4 / lot
Indices
6 / lot
0.4 / lot
Crypto
0.035%
0
Commission-Free Option
Yes
No
Swap Free
Yes
No
Account Reset

10% discount

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

Add-ons
Yes
  • Swap-free (+10%)
Yes
Instant
No
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

Two Steps
No
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Signature: Trailing
  • One Forex: 4% Dynamic (follows the highest closed balance and locks at the initial balance)
  • Pro Forex: 8% Static (only moves when the first payout is processed)

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant: 6% trailing.

Profit Split
  • One: 80%, 90% or 100% (chosen at checkout)
  • Signature: 80%
  • Pro: 80%, 90% or 100% (chosen at checkout)

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

Free Trial
Yes

The E8 Trial can replicate E8 One on MatchTrader. Up to 2 trials every 28 days. Trial accounts do not qualify for payouts and close after 30 days.

No
Daily Drawdown
  • One Forex: 3% balance-based (hard breach)
  • Signature: Balance-based Daily Pause (soft breach; trading can resume the next day)
  • Pro Forex: 2.5% balance-based (hard breach)

Rapid and Instant: 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation

Evaluation Phase

  • Unlimited

Funded Phase

  • One Forex: $500,000
  • Pro Forex: $500,000
  • Signature: Up to 5 accounts per market
500,000
Payout Frequency

One

  • On demand

Signature

  • On demand

Pro

  • Daily payouts, requestable any day with at least 1% profit since the last payout.
No data
Merge Accounts
Yes
  • One: Allowed
  • Signature: Not Allowed
Yes

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant accounts cannot be merged.

Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

No time limit.

Minimum Trading Days
  • One and Pro: no minimum, but at least one trade must be opened and closed every 60 days to keep the account active.

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant: no evaluation.

Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • One: No minimum days
  • Signature: 3 days with 0.3% profit or more for first payout and 5 days between each payout

For payouts: Rapid and Instant require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Limited

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

VPN
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes

You cannot hold more than 50% of your trades for under one minute

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No data
No
Maximum Risk Limit
No data
Yes

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant; $300K and $400K Instant accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

Copy Trading
Yes
No

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

News Trading
Yes

One Forex

  • Evaluation phase: Allowed
  • Performance phase: Positions cannot be opened or closed in any way from 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after a news release.

Pro Forex

  • Allowed during both phases

Signature

  • Allowed
Limited

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

Inactivity Rule

60 days

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Signature: To request a payout, no single trading day can exceed more than 35% of your total generated profits.
  • One: To request a payout, no single trading day can exceed more than 40% of your total generated profits.
  • Pro: no consistency rule.
Yes

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant 15%.

Hold Weekend
Limited
  • Signature: Not allowed. All positions are closed by 23:00 server time.
  • One and Pro Forex: Allowed
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • All-or-nothing
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
  • Multiple users utilizing the same EA
  • Irresponsible Trading in Simulated Accounts
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • External Account Management

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.

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