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The5ers Futures logoThe5ers Futures
Headquarters

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

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

CEO

Dylan Elchami

Saul Lokier

Country

United States

Israel

Foundation

2021

2016

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Congo Republic, Crimea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Donetsk, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Kherson, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luhansk, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaporizhzhia
Assets
Futures
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Agriculture, Energies
Payout Fee

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

3.5% for Rise, cryptocurrencies and bank transfers. No fee when the payout is converted into Hub Credits.

Platforms
Tradovate
BlackArrow
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Rise, Crypto, Transfer
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Signature Futures: on demand once all payout requirements are met.
  • Zero Starter and Zero Max: daily, minimum $100.

First payout after 14 days; subsequent payouts every 14 days after the last approved withdrawal.

Payout Guarantee

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

Maximum Withdrawal

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.

25K: $1,250. 50K: payouts 1–4 are capped at $1,500 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000; later payouts remain capped at $3,000. 100K and 150K: 3% of the current balance.

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

A payout can be requested after reaching at least 4% profit over the initial account balance.

Other Payout Requirements

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

The funded account must be at least 14 days old and have reached at least 4% profit. The 14-day cycle restarts after scaling.

Commission

Standard futures: $5 per side. Micro futures: $2.50 per side.

Account Reset

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

Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Max Drawdown

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.

4% EOD trailing drawdown, calculated from the highest midnight balance or equity. After a payout, it resets to 4% below the new balance.

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

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

Free Trial
dailyDrawdown
  • Signature Challenge: none.
  • Signature Performance: 2% Daily Pause (soft breach; trading resumes the next day).
  • Zero Challenge and Performance: none.
Max Allocation
  • 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.
500,000
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Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days

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

No time limit. At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

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

The evaluation can be passed in one trading day while respecting the consistency rule.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation fee or recurring subscription.

No monthly fee. The current program catalogue shows no activation fee.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • 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.
Position size scaling
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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee. No subscription.

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
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Copy Trading
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News Trading
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Consistency Rule
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Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • 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

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

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