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AquaFunded Futures
E8 Market FuturesIFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US
United Arab Emirates
United States
2023
2021
Dylan Elchami
IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 Crescent Ct, Unit 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, US
United Arab Emirates
United States
2023
2021
Dylan Elchami
$35 flat processing fee deducted from the first approved withdrawal of each calendar month.
E8 charges no payout fee. WorkMarket or Rise may charge a processing fee depending on the selected withdrawal method.
- Daily: daily
- One Step Standard, Instant Standard: on demand
- One Step Flex: after 5 winning days
Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time.
- Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
- Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.
Within 24 business hours. Get paid in 24 hours or AquaFunded Futures pays you an extra $500.
Daily — maximum daily payout
- $50k: $1,100
- $100k: $2,200
- $150k: $3,300
Instant Standard — payout cap
- $25k: $1,000
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $4,000
- $150k: $6,000
One Step Standard — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000, then $2,500
- $100k: $4,000, then $5,000
- $150k: $6,000, then $7,500
One Step Flex — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $2,500
- $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.
- Instant Standard, One Step Standard, One Step Flex: $500
$100
Payouts require successful onboarding and KYC with WorkMarket or Rise. If neither provider accepts the trader, E8 cannot process the payout.
$35 flat processing fee deducted from the first approved withdrawal of each calendar month.
E8 charges no payout fee. WorkMarket or Rise may charge a processing fee depending on the selected withdrawal method.
- Daily: daily
- One Step Standard, Instant Standard: on demand
- One Step Flex: after 5 winning days
Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time.
- Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
- Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.
Within 24 business hours. Get paid in 24 hours or AquaFunded Futures pays you an extra $500.
Daily — maximum daily payout
- $50k: $1,100
- $100k: $2,200
- $150k: $3,300
Instant Standard — payout cap
- $25k: $1,000
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $4,000
- $150k: $6,000
One Step Standard — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000, then $2,500
- $100k: $4,000, then $5,000
- $150k: $6,000, then $7,500
One Step Flex — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $2,500
- $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.
- Instant Standard, One Step Standard, One Step Flex: $500
$100
Payouts require successful onboarding and KYC with WorkMarket or Rise. If neither provider accepts the trader, E8 cannot process the payout.
- Daily and One Step Flex: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation and funded stages
- Instant Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown
- One Step Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation
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.
- 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.
Daily and One Step Flex: unlimited evaluation time.
Unlimited, but the account closes after 7 days of inactivity.
One Step Standard: none; the evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
- Signature Futures: can pass in 1 day.
- Zero Starter/Max: earliest pass in 3 days because of the 40% Best Day rule.
One Step Standard: $0 activation fee.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
After an account fails, a 10% discount is available for 7 days to retry the same account size and settings.
- Signature Futures: 80%.
- Zero Starter/Max: 80% base; 100% can be selected at checkout.
- Signature Challenge: none.
- Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
- Zero Challenge and Performance: none.
- 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.
One-time fee. No subscription.
- Daily and One Step Flex: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation and funded stages
- Instant Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown
- One Step Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation
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.
- 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.
Daily and One Step Flex: unlimited evaluation time.
Unlimited, but the account closes after 7 days of inactivity.
One Step Standard: none; the evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
- Signature Futures: can pass in 1 day.
- Zero Starter/Max: earliest pass in 3 days because of the 40% Best Day rule.
One Step Standard: $0 activation fee.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
After an account fails, a 10% discount is available for 7 days to retry the same account size and settings.
- Signature Futures: 80%.
- Zero Starter/Max: 80% base; 100% can be selected at checkout.
- Signature Challenge: none.
- Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
- Zero Challenge and Performance: none.
- 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.
One-time fee. No subscription.
- No full automation: bots, AI and hands-off trading are forbidden.
- Auto scalping is limited (>200 trades/day restricted).
- Semi-automation is allowed with active manual control.
- No order manipulation (layering or fake liquidity).
- No exploiting simulated fills, slippage or illiquid markets.
- Follow CME rules; no coordinated accounts.
- Scalping and microscalping require a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.
- Martingale is allowed within risk limits.
- Violations may result in termination and loss of profits.
- 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
- No full automation: bots, AI and hands-off trading are forbidden.
- Auto scalping is limited (>200 trades/day restricted).
- Semi-automation is allowed with active manual control.
- No order manipulation (layering or fake liquidity).
- No exploiting simulated fills, slippage or illiquid markets.
- Follow CME rules; no coordinated accounts.
- Scalping and microscalping require a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.
- Martingale is allowed within risk limits.
- Violations may result in termination and loss of profits.
- 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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