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Headquarters

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

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

CEO

Revin Zabala

Dylan Elchami

Country

Cyprus

United States

Foundation

2024

2021

Banned Countries
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus, Myanmar, Belarus, Vietnam, Russia
Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Albania, Iraq, Sudan, Algeria, Kosovo, Somalia, Burma/Myanmar, 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, Russia, Zambia, Samoa
Assets
Crypto, Stocks, ETFs, Indices, Commodities, Forex
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Brokers
No data

Hyperliquid data feed

Refund
Limited

14-day money-back guarantee if you have not started trading and have not breached the terms. Not available for accounts migrated to another platform.

Yes

E8 Pro Perpetual evaluation fees are refundable.

Platforms
FTM Terminal
E8 Terminal
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto, Rise, Plane
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Payout Frequency

Any day, weekends included, once the balance is at least 1% above the starting balance. No new profit is needed between requests.

  • E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests
Payout Guarantee

Eligible payouts not processed within 24 business hours (Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM ET) are doubled. Doubling applies to payouts up to $1,000.

No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes

All markets trade 24/7, weekends included.

Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

No cap per request: up to your full balance above the 1% threshold. No mandatory buffer.

  • E8 One Perpetual: no payout cap
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: no payout cap
Minimum Withdrawal

$50 per request.

  • E8 One Perpetual: net payout must exceed 50% of the daily drawdown amount
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: at least 1% profit
Forex

EUR and JPY: 50:1. GBP: 25:1.

  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 25:1
Metals

Gold: 10:1. Silver, platinum, copper and palladium: 5:1.

  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
Energies

WTI and Brent crude: 8:1. Natural gas: 3:1. Heating oil: 2:1.

  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
Indices

S&P 500 and XYZ 100: 20:1. Japan 225: 5:1. KOSPI 200: 2:1.

  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
Stocks

AAPL, MSFT, EWY, AMZN and SMH: 5:1. NVDA, GOOGL and META: 4:1. TSLA, AMD, PLTR and other listed names: 3:1. Other stocks and ETFs: 2:1.

  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 5:1
Crypto

BTC and ETH: 8:1. SOL: 5:1. HYPE, XRP, BNB, DOGE and TRX: 3:1. Other crypto: 2:1.

  • Bitcoin and Ethereum: 15:1
  • Other cryptocurrencies: 2:1
Commission

0.025% of position value, charged only when opening. Closing is free. Same on every instrument.

  • Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker
  • Traditional instruments: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker
Swap Free
Yes

No swap: holding a position overnight costs nothing extra. The opening commission is the only trading cost.

No
Account Reset
No data

10% discount

Add-ons
No data
No
Instant
No
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No data
No
Two Steps
No
No
Max Drawdown

Static, measured from the starting balance, in the evaluation and until the first approved funded payout. That payout moves the floor to the starting balance, once and permanently. Touching it with balance or equity breaches the account.

  • E8 One Perpetual: 6% dynamic drawdown
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: 8% static drawdown
Profit Split

80% on the first four approved payouts, 85% on the fifth and 90% from the sixth. A rejected request does not advance it.

80%, 90% or 100%, depending on the option selected at checkout

Free Trial
No data
Yes

E8 Trial can replicate E8 One Perpetual on E8 Terminal. Up to two trials may be opened every 28 days. Trial accounts do not qualify for payouts and close after 30 days.

Daily Drawdown

Hard breach, floating losses included. The allowance is a percentage of the starting balance, subtracted at each daily reset from the higher of closing balance or equity. The program rules set the reset at 22:00 UTC; the FAQ says 5 PM ET.

  • E8 One Perpetual: 4%
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: 2.5%
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
100,000

Unlimited evaluation allocation. Maximum performance allocation: $500,000 for E8 One Perpetual and $500,000 for E8 Pro Perpetual.

Maximum Accounts

Up to 5 accounts per order, within the $100,000 combined allocation across both programs.

No data
Merge Accounts
No data
Yes
  • E8 One Perpetual: account merging is allowed
Maximum Trading Days

No time limit.

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

None.

No minimum trading days. At least one trade must be placed every 60 days to avoid inactivity.

Monthly Competition
No data
No
Minimum Profitable Days

None.

  • E8 One Perpetual: none
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: none
Payout Frequency
No data
  • E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests
Expert Advisor (EA)
No

Not available yet: API access for your own bots is announced as coming soon, under the same risk limits. Signal-copying services are excluded.

Yes
VPN
Limited

Allowed as long as no connection from a prohibited country is detected. Purchases and KYC through a VPN or VPS are prohibited.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Allowed within a single account. Opposite positions across accounts are prohibited.

No
Requires Stop Loss
No data
No
Scalping
Yes

No minimum hold time.

Yes

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Martingale
Yes

Martingale and layering allowed.

No data
Maximum Risk Limit
No

No lot size restrictions or margin rules.

No data
Copy Trading
No data
Yes
News Trading
Yes

Allowed on every plan, including CPI, NFP and FOMC.

Yes
  • E8 One Perpetual evaluation: allowed
  • E8 One Perpetual performance account: opening or closing trades within five minutes before or after high-impact news is prohibited
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: allowed in evaluation and performance accounts
Inactivity Rule
Yes

An account with no trading activity for 30 days is closed.

Yes

At least one trade every 60 days

Consistency Rule
No
Yes
  • E8 One Perpetual: 40% best-day rule in the performance account
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: no consistency rule
Hold Weekend
Yes

Positions can stay open overnight and through weekends.

Yes

Perpetual markets are available 24/7.

Prohibited Strategies

Exploiting pricing, platform errors or latency; insider information; front-running; third-party or off-the-shelf strategies marketed to pass challenges; passing with one strategy and using another on the funded account; arbitrage against other accounts or firms; hedging across accounts.

  • All-or-nothing
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
  • Multiple users utilizing the same EA
  • Irresponsible Trading in Simulated Accounts
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • External Account Management
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