Futures Firms Comparator

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

28780 Single Oak Dr, 325, Temecula, California 92590, US

Dylan Elchami

Manuel Meraz

United States

United States

2021

2024

E8 charges no payout fee. WorkMarket or Rise may charge a processing fee depending on the selected withdrawal method.

• Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
• Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Prime: Every 3 trading days
• Classic: Every 7 trading days
• Premier / Elite: Every 5 trading days
• Velocity Standard: Every 3 trading days
• Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: Daily (1x per day)
• Straight To Funded (S2F): Every 7 trading days
• S2F Accelerate: Eligible for payout after 5 trading days

Professional Stage Accounts

• Daily withdrawal requests permitted.

E8 Signature Futures

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.

Simulated Funded Accounts — Max Payout Per Request

• Prime: Payout 1 ($1,000–$3,500), Payout 2+ ($1,500–$4,000)
• Classic: Payout 1 ($1,750–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000–$6,000)
• Premier / Elite: Payout 1 ($1,750–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000–$6,500)
• Velocity Standard: $750–$3,250 per request
• Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: $600–$2,500 per request
• S2F: Payout 1 ($1,000–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($1,000–$3,500)
• S2F Accelerate $50K: Payout 1 ($1,250), Payout 2 ($1,250), Payout 3+ ($1,500)

Professional Stage Accounts

• No maximum withdrawal amount, limited only by available profits above the required buffer.

$100

Minimum withdrawal amount: $250.

Payouts require successful onboarding and KYC with WorkMarket or Rise. If neither provider accepts the trader, E8 cannot process the payout.

Commission depends on the trading platform used

• NinjaTrader: standard NinjaTrader/CME exchange and clearing fees apply. Check NinjaTrader's commission schedule for exact rates per contract.
• Tradovate: standard Tradovate platform and exchange fees apply. See Tradovate's pricing page for per-contract rates.
• TradingView (via Tradovate): fees are determined by the connected broker (Tradovate). Refer to Tradovate for exact rates.
• WealthCharts: standard exchange and clearing fees apply. Verify with WealthCharts for specific per-contract pricing.

After an account fails, a 10% discount is available for 7 days to retry the same account size and settings.

Evaluation Accounts

• Unlimited resets at discounted fees. Fees vary by plan and account size.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.

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.

Evaluation Phase

• Prime / Classic / Premier EOD: End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on realized gains.
• Elite / Premier Intraday: Intraday trailing drawdown based on unrealized gains.
• S2F Standard: End-of-Day drawdown.
• S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
• Velocity: End-of-Day drawdown.

Simulated Funded Phase

• End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except S2F Accelerate, which uses an intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling. Once an End-of-Day account reaches the buffer zone (e.g., $52,000 for $50K account), the drawdown becomes static at the initial balance.

Professional Stage

• End-of-Position (EoP) drawdown: adjusts only when a position is closed in profit. Drawdown locks at a static threshold once fully recovered (e.g., $50,100 for $50K account).

• Signature Futures: 80%.
• Zero Starter/Max: 80% base; 100% can be selected at checkout.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• 90% trader / 10% firm

Professional Stage Accounts

• 80% trader / 20% firm

• Signature Challenge: none.
• Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
• Zero Challenge and Performance: none.

Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts

• No explicit daily loss limit (DLL) during evaluation or simulated funded phase. However, the 2% CME price limit rule applies.

Professional Stage Accounts

• Daily Loss Limit (DLL) applies and is tied to the current scaling tier.

• 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.

Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts

Unlimited, but the account closes after 7 days of inactivity.

No time limit. Traders can take as long as needed to meet the profit target.

• Signature Futures: can pass in 1 day.
• Zero Starter/Max: earliest pass in 3 days because of the 40% Best Day rule.

• Classic Evaluation: Minimum 2 trading days to pass.
• Prime: Minimum 1 trading day to pass. Standard and Max differ only in position limits and price.
• Premier: Choose a 1-Day Pass or 2-Day Pass at checkout. The selected minimum applies to the evaluation.
• Elite, Velocity and S2F: Minimum 1 trading day to pass.
• Funded payouts: 7 qualifying trading days ($200+ profit) for Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F. 3 qualifying days for Prime. 5 qualifying days for Premier Plus accounts purchased after April 7, 2026.

No activation fee or recurring subscription.

No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, and Velocity. Classic has an activation fee.

• 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.

Payout Requirements (Simulated Funded)

• Each payout cycle requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days with at least $200 realized profit per day.
• Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F: 7 qualifying days per payout.
• Prime: 3 qualifying days per payout.
• Premier Plus (after 4/7/26): 5 qualifying days per payout.

Professional Stage

• A Qualified Trading Day is defined as a day with at least $200 in realized profit, used to determine withdrawal stage eligibility.

One-time fee. No subscription.

Monthly subscription. Evaluation plans include Prime, Premier (Intraday and EOD), Velocity, and Classic. Straight To Funded (S2F) is available as a one-time fee option that bypasses evaluation.

At least 1 trade per week (Monday-Friday) lasting minimum 10 seconds is required per account. Accounts idle for 2 consecutive weeks are marked inactive and automatically closed without restoration.

• 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

• Bots / algorithmic trading
• Hedging
• Trading within 2% of CME price limits
• Straddles / strangles exploiting news volatility
• Excessive Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) into losing positions
• Micro-scalping: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profits must come from positions held longer than 20 seconds
• Unauthorized group trading / signal services