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Full comparisonforTraders Perps vs E8 Markets PerpetualsThe written analysis: where each one wins, who each fits best and FAQs.Read the comparison 52 differences
Goldcrest Executive Building, Office No. 1210, JLT, Cluster C, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US
Jakub Rož
Dylan Elchami
United Arab Emirates
United States
2023
2021
No broker: prices come from Hyperliquid or Binance, whichever has more liquidity for each market.
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E8 Pro Perpetual evaluation fees are refundable.
- Crypto ($100 to $399): $25
- Rise ($400 or more): $50
On demand from the first day on the Master account, with positions closed. First reward after 1% profit on the initial balance; then 2% growth on the remaining balance between rewards.
- E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
- E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests
48 hours: if not paid within 48h, 100% profit split
Every market trades 24/7, weekends included: indices, gold and oil too.
$10,000 per reward.
- E8 One Perpetual: no payout cap
- E8 Pro Perpetual: no payout cap
$100 to withdraw from the For Traders wallet.
- E8 One Perpetual: net payout must exceed 50% of the daily drawdown amount
- E8 Pro Perpetual: at least 1% profit
Gold: 20:1 in the help center, 10:1 in the instruments list. Silver, platinum, palladium and copper: 5:1.
- E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
WTI and Brent: 8:1. Natural gas: 5:1.
- E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
NAS100 and SP500: 12:1. JP225: 5:1.
- E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 15:1
NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, META and GOOGL: 4:1. MSTR, COIN, CRCL, CRWV and BMNR: 2:1. Other stocks: 3:1.
- E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 5:1
BTC: 10:1. ETH: 8:1. BNB and SOL: 5:1. HYPE, DOGE, XRP, TRX and LIT: 3:1. Other crypto: 2:1.
- Bitcoin and Ethereum: 15:1
- Other cryptocurrencies: 2:1
- E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 25:1
- Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker
- Traditional instruments: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker
Fixed daily fee on position value, charged hourly and equal for longs and shorts: crypto 0.03%, forex 0.005%, other markets 0.015%.
10% discount
Static, measured from the initial balance, in the challenge and on the Master account. After the first reward the floor locks at the initial balance for good. Hard breach.
- E8 One Perpetual: 6% dynamic drawdown
- E8 Pro Perpetual: 8% static drawdown
80%.
80%, 90% or 100%, depending on the option selected at checkout
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.
Hard breach, open positions included. A fixed share of the initial balance, subtracted at 00:00 server time (CET/CEST) from the higher of balance or equity.
- E8 One Perpetual: 4%
- E8 Pro Perpetual: 2.5%
Unlimited evaluation allocation. Maximum performance allocation: $500,000 for E8 One Perpetual and $500,000 for E8 Pro Perpetual.
- E8 One Perpetual: account merging is allowed
No time limit.
Unlimited
None.
No minimum trading days. At least one trade must be placed every 60 days to avoid inactivity.
None.
- E8 One Perpetual: none
- E8 Pro Perpetual: none
- E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
- E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests
EAs allowed only as decision-support tools (alerts, partial management, predefined rules). Fully autonomous trading bots are prohibited.
Cross-account hedging (opposing positions on the same instrument across accounts) is forbidden.
Manual scalping allowed with a minimum 5-second hold per trade. Tick scalping and HFT are forbidden.
You cannot hold more than 50% of your trades for under one minute
Martingale strategies (doubling position size after losses) are classified as gambling and forbidden.
Outbound copy trading (from your For Traders account to external accounts) is allowed. Inbound copy trading from external sources is strictly forbidden.
Free in the challenge. On the Master account, no new positions from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact news; open positions can stay. Breaking it is a soft breach: those profits may be deducted.
- 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
Close at least one position every 7 days, in the challenge and on the Master account. Breaking it is a hard breach.
At least one trade every 60 days
- E8 One Perpetual: 40% best-day rule in the performance account
- E8 Pro Perpetual: no consistency rule
Positions can stay open overnight and over the weekend.
Perpetual markets are available 24/7.
- Arbitrage (latency, reverse, statistical)
- HFT (High Frequency Trading)
- Grid trading
- Tick scalping
- Fully autonomous bots/EAs
- Cross-account hedging
- Gambling behaviors (overleveraging, all-in trades > 70% of profit target)
- Martingale
- Inbound copy trading and signal services
- Group/signal trading from Telegram, Discord etc.
- All-or-nothing
- Hedging across multiple accounts
- Multiple users utilizing the same EA
- Irresponsible Trading in Simulated Accounts
- High-Frequency Trading
- External Account Management

















