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Alpha Futures
E8 Market Futures1 Allied Business Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, England, AL5 4UT
100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US
Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler
Dylan Elchami
United Kingdom
United States
2023
2021
1 Allied Business Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, England, AL5 4UT
100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US
Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler
Dylan Elchami
United Kingdom
United States
2023
2021
E8 charges no payout fee. WorkMarket or Rise may charge a processing fee depending on the selected withdrawal method.
- Zero, Standard and Advanced: Up to 4 times per month after 5 winning trading days of $200 or more
- Direct: Up to 4 times per month after meeting its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule
- Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
- Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.
Same day
- Advanced: $15,000 per account
- Zero 25K: $1,000
- Zero 50K: $1,500
- Zero 100K: $2,500
- Standard 50K: $3,000
- Standard 100K: $4,000
- Standard 150K: $5,000
- Direct 25K: $1,000
- Direct 50K: $2,000
- Direct 100K: $2,500
- Direct 150K: $3,000
E8 Signature Futures
| Payout | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st–2nd | $1,000 | $1,250 | $2,250 | $3,250 |
| 3rd–4th | $1,250 | $2,250 | $3,250 | $4,250 |
| 5th | $1,500 | $3,250 | $4,250 | $5,250 |
E8 Zero Starter
- $50K: $1,000
- $100K: $1,600
- $200K: $2,100
E8 Zero Max
- $50K: $3,000
- $100K: $5,000
- $200K: $7,000
Signature Futures and Zero allow a maximum of 5 payouts per account; after the fifth, the account closes and a free Challenge of the same size is issued.
- Zero: $200
- Standard: $500
- Advanced: $1,000
- Direct: $500
$100
Payouts require successful onboarding and KYC with WorkMarket or Rise. If neither provider accepts the trader, E8 cannot process the payout.
E8 charges no payout fee. WorkMarket or Rise may charge a processing fee depending on the selected withdrawal method.
- Zero, Standard and Advanced: Up to 4 times per month after 5 winning trading days of $200 or more
- Direct: Up to 4 times per month after meeting its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule
- Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
- Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.
Same day
- Advanced: $15,000 per account
- Zero 25K: $1,000
- Zero 50K: $1,500
- Zero 100K: $2,500
- Standard 50K: $3,000
- Standard 100K: $4,000
- Standard 150K: $5,000
- Direct 25K: $1,000
- Direct 50K: $2,000
- Direct 100K: $2,500
- Direct 150K: $3,000
E8 Signature Futures
| Payout | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st–2nd | $1,000 | $1,250 | $2,250 | $3,250 |
| 3rd–4th | $1,250 | $2,250 | $3,250 | $4,250 |
| 5th | $1,500 | $3,250 | $4,250 | $5,250 |
E8 Zero Starter
- $50K: $1,000
- $100K: $1,600
- $200K: $2,100
E8 Zero Max
- $50K: $3,000
- $100K: $5,000
- $200K: $7,000
Signature Futures and Zero allow a maximum of 5 payouts per account; after the fifth, the account closes and a free Challenge of the same size is issued.
- Zero: $200
- Standard: $500
- Advanced: $1,000
- Direct: $500
$100
Payouts require successful onboarding and KYC with WorkMarket or Rise. If neither provider accepts the trader, E8 cannot process the payout.
Evaluation Resets
Evaluation reset prices are shown in each challenge. Paying the next monthly subscription also resets an Evaluation.
Qualified Resets
Available after a breach on Zero and Standard Qualified accounts.
| Plan | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero | $399 | $499 | $799 | — |
| Standard | — | $599 | $799 | $999 |
After an account fails, a 10% discount is available for 7 days to retry the same account size and settings.
- EOD trailing on every plan
- Locks at the starting balance
- Does not reset after a performance fee
EOD Dynamic Drawdown based on the highest end-of-day balance. Intraday equity does not move it. It locks permanently at the initial balance level.
- Advanced: none
- Zero: applies in Evaluation and Qualified; hitting it locks the account until the next trading day
- Standard: none in Evaluation; applies once Qualified
- Direct: applies from day one
- Signature Challenge: none.
- Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
- Zero Challenge and Performance: none.
- Zero, Standard and Direct: up to 5 Qualified accounts
- Advanced: up to 3 Qualified accounts; an active Advanced Qualified account limits the user to 3 total
- Challenge stage: unlimited accounts.
- Signature Futures: up to 5 active Performance accounts.
- Zero Starter/Max: up to 3 active Performance accounts. Limits apply per household.
Unlimited, but the account closes after 7 days of inactivity.
- Zero (Evaluation): 1 day
- Standard (Evaluation): 2 days
- Advanced (Evaluation): 3 days
- Zero, Standard and Advanced Qualified: 5 winning days of $200 or more before each performance fee
- Direct: no minimum trading days; withdrawals require its profit target and 20% consistency rule
- Signature Futures: can pass in 1 day.
- Zero Starter/Max: earliest pass in 3 days because of the 40% Best Day rule.
No activation fee on any plan. Direct is paid once; Zero, Standard and Advanced charge monthly only during Evaluation.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
Zero, Standard and Advanced require 5 winning days with at least $200 profit each before every performance fee request. Direct requires its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule.
- Signature: 5 profitable days between payouts after the first payout; a profitable day requires at least 0.3% realized profit.
- Zero Starter/Max: no minimum profitable days in Performance.
Zero, Standard and Advanced use a monthly Evaluation fee. Direct is one-time.
One-time fee. No subscription.
- Signature Futures: 80%.
- Zero Starter/Max: 80% base; 100% can be selected at checkout.
Evaluation Resets
Evaluation reset prices are shown in each challenge. Paying the next monthly subscription also resets an Evaluation.
Qualified Resets
Available after a breach on Zero and Standard Qualified accounts.
| Plan | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero | $399 | $499 | $799 | — |
| Standard | — | $599 | $799 | $999 |
After an account fails, a 10% discount is available for 7 days to retry the same account size and settings.
- EOD trailing on every plan
- Locks at the starting balance
- Does not reset after a performance fee
EOD Dynamic Drawdown based on the highest end-of-day balance. Intraday equity does not move it. It locks permanently at the initial balance level.
- Advanced: none
- Zero: applies in Evaluation and Qualified; hitting it locks the account until the next trading day
- Standard: none in Evaluation; applies once Qualified
- Direct: applies from day one
- Signature Challenge: none.
- Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
- Zero Challenge and Performance: none.
- Zero, Standard and Direct: up to 5 Qualified accounts
- Advanced: up to 3 Qualified accounts; an active Advanced Qualified account limits the user to 3 total
- Challenge stage: unlimited accounts.
- Signature Futures: up to 5 active Performance accounts.
- Zero Starter/Max: up to 3 active Performance accounts. Limits apply per household.
Unlimited, but the account closes after 7 days of inactivity.
- Zero (Evaluation): 1 day
- Standard (Evaluation): 2 days
- Advanced (Evaluation): 3 days
- Zero, Standard and Advanced Qualified: 5 winning days of $200 or more before each performance fee
- Direct: no minimum trading days; withdrawals require its profit target and 20% consistency rule
- Signature Futures: can pass in 1 day.
- Zero Starter/Max: earliest pass in 3 days because of the 40% Best Day rule.
No activation fee on any plan. Direct is paid once; Zero, Standard and Advanced charge monthly only during Evaluation.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
Zero, Standard and Advanced require 5 winning days with at least $200 profit each before every performance fee request. Direct requires its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule.
- Signature: 5 profitable days between payouts after the first payout; a profitable day requires at least 0.3% realized profit.
- Zero Starter/Max: no minimum profitable days in Performance.
Zero, Standard and Advanced use a monthly Evaluation fee. Direct is one-time.
One-time fee. No subscription.
- Signature Futures: 80%.
- Zero Starter/Max: 80% base; 100% can be selected at checkout.
10 trading days
- All or Nothing Approach
- Order Book Spamming
- Tick or Micro Scalping
- Exploiting Absence of Slippage / Favorable Fills
- Multiple Limit Orders at Same Price
- Gambling Tendencies / Account Rolling (Account Stacking)
- Reverse Trading / Hedging
- Trading Illiquid or Gapped Markets for Isolated Fills
- Non-Compliance with CME Group Rules
- Group Trading (Collaborative Trading)
- Exploiting gaps, illiquid markets, pricing errors or slow data feeds
- Semi-automated or fully automated trading, bots, AI tools and HFT above 300 trades/day
- Trading within 2% of a CME product lock limit
- Irresponsible or all-or-nothing trading
- Hedging across accounts or users
- Tick scalping where less than 50% of profit comes from trades held at least 10 seconds
- Trading anything other than the front-month contract
- Account rolling and strategies that are not reproducible in real markets
10 trading days
- All or Nothing Approach
- Order Book Spamming
- Tick or Micro Scalping
- Exploiting Absence of Slippage / Favorable Fills
- Multiple Limit Orders at Same Price
- Gambling Tendencies / Account Rolling (Account Stacking)
- Reverse Trading / Hedging
- Trading Illiquid or Gapped Markets for Isolated Fills
- Non-Compliance with CME Group Rules
- Group Trading (Collaborative Trading)
- Exploiting gaps, illiquid markets, pricing errors or slow data feeds
- Semi-automated or fully automated trading, bots, AI tools and HFT above 300 trades/day
- Trading within 2% of a CME product lock limit
- Irresponsible or all-or-nothing trading
- Hedging across accounts or users
- Tick scalping where less than 50% of profit comes from trades held at least 10 seconds
- Trading anything other than the front-month contract
- Account rolling and strategies that are not reproducible in real markets
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