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Headquarters

Goldcrest Executive Building, Office No. 1210, JLT, Cluster C, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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

CEO

Jakub Rož

Dylan Elchami

Country

United Arab Emirates

United States

Foundation

2023

2021

Banned Countries
Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bangladesh, North Korea, Russian Federation, Belarus, Cuba, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, United Arab Emirates
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, Indices, Commodities, Forex
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Brokers

No broker: prices come from Hyperliquid or Binance, whichever has more liquidity for each market.

Hyperliquid data feed

Refund
No data
Yes

E8 Pro Perpetual evaluation fees are refundable.

Payout Fee
  • Crypto ($100 to $399): $25
  • Rise ($400 or more): $50
No data
Platforms
For Traders Perps
E8 Terminal
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto, Rise, Plane
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Payout Frequency

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
Payout Guarantee

48 hours: if not paid within 48h, 100% profit split

No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes

Every market trades 24/7, weekends included: indices, gold and oil too.

Yes
Maximum Withdrawal

$10,000 per reward.

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

$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
Metals

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
Energies

WTI and Brent: 8:1. Natural gas: 5:1.

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

NAS100 and SP500: 12:1. JP225: 5:1.

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

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
Crypto

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
Forex
No data
  • E8 One and E8 Pro Perpetual: 25:1
Commission
No data
  • Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker
  • Traditional instruments: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker
Swap Free
No

Fixed daily fee on position value, charged hourly and equal for longs and shorts: crypto 0.03%, forex 0.005%, other markets 0.015%.

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 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
Profit Split

80%.

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, 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%
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
No data

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

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

EAs allowed only as decision-support tools (alerts, partial management, predefined rules). Fully autonomous trading bots are prohibited.

Yes
VPN
No data
Yes
Hedging
No

Cross-account hedging (opposing positions on the same instrument across accounts) is forbidden.

No
Requires Stop Loss
No data
No
Scalping
Yes

Manual scalping allowed with a minimum 5-second hold per trade. Tick scalping and HFT are forbidden.

Yes

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Martingale
No

Martingale strategies (doubling position size after losses) are classified as gambling and forbidden.

No data
Copy Trading
No

Outbound copy trading (from your For Traders account to external accounts) is allowed. Inbound copy trading from external sources is strictly forbidden.

Yes
News Trading
Limited

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.

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

Close at least one position every 7 days, in the challenge and on the Master account. Breaking it is a hard breach.

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 over the weekend.

Yes

Perpetual markets are available 24/7.

Prohibited Strategies
  • 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
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