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Headquarters

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

Building A1, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Dylan Elchami

Jakub Zeliska

Country

United States

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2021

2023

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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
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestine, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks
Crypto, Stocks, ETFs, Indices, Commodities, Forex
Brokers

Hyperliquid data feed

Live Hyperliquid order book and market data

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Payout Fee

Bank transfer: $19.90 + 2.49%. Cryptocurrency: $19.90 + 30%. Returned payouts: $30 reprocessing fee.

Platforms
E8 Terminal
Upcomers
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise, Plane
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Card, Crypto, PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency
  • E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests

Payouts are available on demand when all requirements are met. Thunderbolt and Phoenix have no profitable-day minimum. Vanguard requires 6 qualifying days with at least 0.5% realized profit each. The counter resets after every payout.

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

Perpetuals use the same progressive payout-cap ladder as CFD accounts. The cap increases with each fully approved payout and is removed from payout #8 onward. Profit above the applicable cap is forfeited at the end of the segment.

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

$45 after applying the selected profit split.

Other Payout Requirements

At least 1% realized profit since account start or the previous payout; all positions closed; drawdown compliance; completed KYC and signed Trader Agreement.

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

Forex perpetuals: up to 25:1

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

Gold and silver: up to 8:1. Copper: up to 5:1

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

WTI and Brent crude: up to 8:1

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

Index perpetuals: up to 10:1

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

Stock and ETF perpetuals: up to 4:1

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

BTC, ETH and SOL: up to 10:1. Other cryptocurrencies: up to 2:1

Commission
  • Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker
  • Traditional instruments: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker

Crypto perpetuals: 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker. Stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities and forex: 0.003% maker / 0.009% taker. MSTR, PURRDAT and GOLD: 0.03% maker / 0.09% taker. No spread markup; $10 minimum order.

Account Reset

10% discount

Resets may be offered after a rule violation. A violation-related reset permanently caps future payouts on that account at 50% of the approved amount.

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Max Drawdown
  • E8 One Perpetual: 6% dynamic drawdown
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: 8% static drawdown

Thunderbolt: 6% trailing Dynamic Risk Shield. Phoenix: 6% fixed maximum drawdown. Vanguard: 7% trailing maximum drawdown.

Profit Split

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

80%, 90% or 100%, depending on the checkout option. The base catalogue prices correspond to 80%; the checkout defaults to 90%.

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dailyDrawdown
  • E8 One Perpetual: 4%
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: 2.5%

Thunderbolt: 3%. Phoenix: 3.5%. Vanguard: 3%. The daily boundary is 00:00 UTC.

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Max Allocation

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

Current Perpetuals accounts are sold up to $400,000. Total funded capital across all Upcomers programs cannot exceed $1,500,000. Eligible accounts can scale to $4,000,000.

Payout Frequency
  • E8 One Perpetual: first payout after 3 days; subsequent payouts on demand
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: daily payout requests
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Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited.

Minimum Trading Days

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

Thunderbolt and Phoenix have no minimum trading days to pass their evaluations. Vanguard has no evaluation.

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Minimum Profitable Days
  • E8 One Perpetual: none
  • E8 Pro Perpetual: none

Thunderbolt and Phoenix: none. Vanguard: 6 days with at least 0.5% realized profit each before every payout.

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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Maximum Risk Limit
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Consistency Rule
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Prohibited Strategies
  • All-or-nothing
  • Hedging across multiple accounts
  • Multiple users utilizing the same EA
  • Irresponsible Trading in Simulated Accounts
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • External Account Management

Platform or feed exploitation, tick scalping, high-frequency trading, latency trading, arbitrage, grid trading, martingale, one-sided or all-or-nothing bets, reverse or group hedging, external signal or challenge-passing services, account sharing and coordinated trading are prohibited.

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