E8 Market Futures vs Goat Funded Futures at a glance

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

RM 1205, 12/f. Beverly Hse 93-107 Lockhart Rd Wan Chai Hong Kong

Dylan Elchami

United States

Hong Kong

2021

2024

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

Challenge and SimFi Performance accounts are simulated. Futures market data is sourced from CME.

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

EOD Challenge
Every 7 winning days (a winning day = net P&L ≥ 0.2% of account balance).

Sprint Challenge
Every 5 winning days.

FLEX Challenge
Every 5 winning days, with request windows on the 5th-8th and 20th-23rd of each month.

Instant Funded
Every 7 winning days. Minimum 10 calendar days before first payout. After first payout, must surpass previous equity high before next request.

GOAT Daily
Payout requests every 24 hours once funded.

GOAT Access
Weekly payout requests once funded.

Minimum payout: $500 across all sizes.

Payouts processed within 2 business days. A $500 bonus is automatically applied if processing exceeds this SLA.

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.

Caps grow with each payout number. FLEX Challenge does not publish caps.

EOD Challenge

• 1st: $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,000 · $150K $2,500
• 2nd: $50K $2,000 · $100K $2,750 · $150K $3,250
• 3rd: $50K $2,500 · $100K $3,250 · $150K $3,750
• 4th+: $50K $2,750 · $100K $3,750 · $150K $4,250

Sprint Challenge

• 1st: $25K $800 · $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,500
• 2nd: $25K $1,000 · $50K $1,750 · $100K $3,000
• 3rd: $25K $1,200 · $50K $2,000 · $100K $3,500
• 4th+: $25K $1,500 · $50K $2,500 · $100K $4,500

Instant Funded (per cycle)

• $25K: $1,000 · $50K: $2,000 · $75K: $3,000 · $100K: $3,000 · $150K: $4,000

GOAT Daily

• Per payout: $25K $650 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,500

$100

$500 across all account sizes

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

• EOD Challenge: 7 winning days.
• Sprint Challenge: 5 winning days.
• Instant Funded: 7 winning days and minimum 10 calendar days before the first payout.
• GOAT Daily: no winning-day requirement once funded.
• A winning day requires net P&L of at least 0.2% of account balance.
• Payout submission windows (excluding GOAT Daily): 5th–8th and 20th–23rd of each month.
• Instant Funded requires exceeding the previous equity high for subsequent payouts.

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

Available on evaluation plans (EOD, Sprint, FLEX, GOAT Access). Reset fees:

• EOD: $50K $59 · $100K $109 · $150K $159
• Sprint: $25K $46 · $50K $69 · $100K $99
• FLEX: up to two resets; prices in the challenge catalogue. Resets keep the DLL selection.

Instant Funded and Instant Lite accounts cannot be reset.

Zero Starter and Zero Max allow the payout share to be increased from the 80% base configuration to 100% at checkout.

FLEX: optional daily loss limit at checkout for a lower purchase price; applies in both phases, closes the account if reached and is retained on reset. Optional 90% profit split for a 20% surcharge.

Points-based rewards program (no formal tiers). Earn points by passing challenges, withdrawing, social engagement and trading milestones. Redeem for perks such as:

• +5% profit split on withdrawal (150 points)
• Faster 24h withdrawals (150 points)
• Account scaling +10% size (200 points)
• +$500 extra max drawdown (200 points)
• Free $25K / $50K challenge accounts (350 / 500 points)

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.

EOD Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%) | $150K: $4,500 (3%)

Sprint Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $25K: $1,000 (4%) | $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%)

FLEX Challenge

• EOD Trailing Max DD — locks at starting balance

Instant Funded

• Intraday Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is reached
• $25K: $1,250 (5%) | $50K: $2,500 (5%) | $75K: $3,750 (5%) | $100K: $5,000 (5%) | $150K: $7,500 (5%)

Instant Lite

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance
• $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $1,750 | $100K: $3,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation: EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100.
• Funded: intraday trailing.

GOAT Access

• EOD trailing in evaluation and funded; stops trailing at $50,100

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

EOD Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

FLEX Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

Sprint Challenge

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Funded

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Lite

• 90% from the first payout (no add-on required)

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

EOD Challenge

• Evaluation: no daily loss limit
• Funded: soft breach 2.5% of starting balance ($50K: $1,250 | $100K: $2,500 | $150K: $3,750)

Sprint Challenge

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

FLEX Challenge

• No daily loss limit by default. Optional DLL at checkout, in both phases; touching it closes the account. Cannot be changed after purchase; resets retain the selection. Values are in the challenge catalogue.

Instant Funded

• 3% of starting balance (soft breach - account pauses until next trading day)
• $25K: $750 | $50K: $1,500 | $75K: $2,250 | $100K: $3,000 | $150K: $4,500

Instant Lite

• $25K: none | $50K: $1,000 | $100K: $2,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation and funded: $25K $500 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,250.
• Soft breach: positions are closed and trading is paused for the day.

GOAT Access

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

• 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.

Initial account sizes up to $150,000. Scaling via rewards program can grow allocation beyond that, with documented brand-wide payouts of $18M+ and up to $750,000 available across plans.

Signature requires leaving a non-withdrawable buffer equal to the EOD Dynamic Drawdown before payouts. On Zero, any profit left after a payout remains as buffer and cannot be requested in a later cycle.

GOAT Daily funded buffer: $25K $1,100 · $50K $2,100 · $100K $3,100 · $150K $4,600.

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

No time limit on any plan.

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

FLEX, EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.

GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.

GOAT Access: no minimum days and no time limit in the evaluation.

No activation fee or recurring subscription.

No activation fee after passing, except on GOAT Access, which charges it only once the evaluation is passed. Instant Funded is a one-time fee that grants funded-account access immediately, without an evaluation phase.

• 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.

Only Zero Performance accounts scale contract allowance. At 1.5% locked profit the first level unlocks the next day; at 3% the second level unlocks. Signature and Zero Challenge contract limits do not scale.

Contract limits (mini / micro) scale with account size and plan:

EOD Challenge

• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 9 / 90
• $150K: 12 / 120

Sprint Challenge

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 7 / 70

FLEX Challenge

• $50K: 3 / 30
• $100K: 5 / 50
• $150K: 8 / 80

Instant Funded

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 4 / 40
• $75K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 6 / 60
• $150K: 8 / 80

One-time fee. No subscription.

One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint, FLEX Challenge and GOAT Access are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.

Semi-automated and fully automated trading, including bots, AI tools and HFT above 300 trades per day, is prohibited on Futures.

Personal automated strategies and EAs are allowed, provided they are consistent with the trader's style and do not exploit system vulnerabilities, latency, or data feed anomalies. Strategies designed to manipulate the simulated environment are prohibited.

Futures accounts use a netting system. Hedging across multiple accounts or users is prohibited.

At least 50% of total profit must come from trades held for 10 seconds or longer.

Manual scalping allowed. Tick scalping and trades closed within 2 minutes have their profits deducted (micro-scalping rule). FLEX is exempt from the 2-minute rule: at each payout, at least 50% of closed trades and 50% of net profit must come from trades held longer than 1 minute; otherwise the payout is declined and sub-minute profit deducted. Tick scalping remains prohibited.

There is no fixed percentage risk cap, but irresponsible, all-or-nothing or disproportionate risk-taking can trigger review or account termination.

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader. Team trading, signals and copying another trader are prohibited.

Copy trading between your own accounts is allowed (e.g. between multiple GFF accounts in your name). Bundle discounts (2 or 3 accounts) are available and you can copy trades to all simultaneously. Cross-user copy trading is not addressed in the helpcenter.

Evaluation phase (EOD, Sprint, FLEX)
No news trading restrictions.

Funded phase (all account types including Instant)
2-minute buffer around high-impact news events. Within 2 min before/after release you cannot open, close or trigger pending orders. Positions opened before the window may be held through the event.

GOAT Access
News trading not allowed.

Microscalping rule
EOD, Sprint, Instant: profits from trades closed within 2 minutes of opening are deducted (not a breach but profits invalid).
FLEX: microscalping rule does NOT apply.

The account closes after 7 days without opening and closing at least one trade.

15 consecutive days without trades results in account breach. Applies to both evaluation and funded accounts. Once breached, account cannot be reinstated and fees are non-refundable. Notify support in advance if you plan to be away.

• Zero Challenge: 40% Best Day rule; if the best day exceeds 40% of total profit, the effective target increases.
• Zero Performance: no consistency rule.
• Signature Challenge: no consistency rule.
• Signature Performance: 35% Best Day rule for payout eligibility.

No single day can represent more than:

• EOD Challenge — Evaluation: 50% of total profits. Funded: 30% during a payout period.
• Sprint Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: 35%.
• FLEX Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: none.
• Instant Funded — 20% (the tightest of all plans).
• Instant Lite — 15% for the 1st payout, 20% for the 2nd, 25% from the 3rd onwards.
• GOAT Daily — Evaluation: 40%. Funded: none.
• GOAT Access: none during the evaluation.

Violating the rule blocks the next payout but does not close the account.

Overnight holding NOT permitted (all account types). All positions must be closed before the end of the trading session. Weekend holding also NOT permitted.

• 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

• Tick scalping and other extremely short-duration trading.
• Except on FLEX, trades closed within 2 minutes - profits are deducted (micro-scalping rule).
• Unrealistic execution that relies on simulated market conditions (slippage, liquidity, partial fills) not replicable in live.
• Holding positions overnight or over the weekend.
• Trading affected instruments inside the 2-minute high-impact news buffer on funded accounts.

All positions are forcibly closed every trading day at 15:10 CT. Trading is permitted from 17:00 to 15:10 CT.