E8 Futures
Trustpilot withholds this firm's rating and serves a fabricated-reviews notice in its place. A second charge stood here for a fortnight and has been withdrawn: that the funded stage adds a 35% consistency rule and a daily drawdown limit the evaluation does not have. It may well be true — it is not the kind of thing anybody invents — but it was read on e8markets.com/futures, and that page answered 403 on 30 July and 404 on the 31st and again on 3 August. We cannot show it to you, so we do not charge it.
The futures division keeps its own site (e8futures.com) and its own help centre, and both are readable: the terms, the EOD drawdown mechanic, the payout caps and the five-payout stop are all quoted in its rules file. The floor is an end-of-day trail that locks at the opening balance rather than one that chases you, and the 35% best-day rule only delays a request. What costs a trader is on the cash side: a buffer equal to the entire drawdown can never be withdrawn, per-request caps start at $1,000–$3,250 and rise by cycle, and after five payouts the account is closed whatever is left in it. Every account at every stage is simulated — the Terms say so, and the help centre says so in a page of its own.
Not enough published data to simulate this firm’s floor.
This firm publishes its floor by account size — see the cited table below.
Crossed one of the seven hard bars. Open the row and it names which one, with the mechanism spelled out. This is not a low grade — no quantity of virtue elsewhere buys it off, which is why it carries no rank at all.
Disqualified for
Trustpilot: fabricated-reviews warning
Trustpilot withholds the rating and serves a fabricated-reviews warning — a third party concluding the firm faked its own reviews. A low score is not this; every prop firm has angry traders. This is separate from having no legal entity: a firm can publish its registration number and still be caught doing it.
What they published
This address no longer answers. What came back is saved with the page.
Scorecard
10Trails on daily closes only, then freezes at your starting balance
A named company, but no financial regulator anywhere — or a light-touch one only
A per-request cap well below the account size
Overstates size or speed, but costs you nothing
Reviews suppressed for manipulation, or the firm is gone
Each axis is scored 0–5 against a published scale. The line under each bar is the rung this firm landed on — not our summary of it, the scale entry itself.
The score is published anyway, because it is the honest picture: a firm can be strong on four axes and still be disqualified on one mechanism. A disqualifier is not a low grade — it is a rule we will not trade under at any price.
Plan by plan
3 of this firm’s challenges were read plan by plan, with a citation behind every answer. See them side by side →
One exam, 6% target, an end-of-day floor that locks at the opening balance and a 2% soft pause that exists only once funded. The 35% best-day rule delays a request without failing the account; the five-payout stop closes it whatever is left.
The same rulebook as Zero MAX with a smaller table: no daily limit, no funded consistency and daily payouts, against a per-request cap fixed by size and a hard stop at five payouts.
Identical rules to Zero Starter and a dearer price for a bigger cap: $3,000 / $5,000 / $7,000 a request, still stopping at five payouts.
Trustpilot
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Trustpilot removed reviews it found to be fake and withheld the rating. This is not a low score — it is a third party concluding the firm wrote its own praise.
What this firm published
Everything below is quoted from a page we opened, on the date shown. The quotes are in the firm’s own language, exactly as published — never edited, never shortened, never swapped for a translation. On the Spanish edition our own rendering appears underneath each one, unquoted and marked as ours: the quotation marks on this site mean the words are the firm’s, and nothing we wrote ever wears them. Where we have not read enough to put a number on an axis, we say so instead of guessing.
3/5
Can you even pass?
Almost nobody who pays for an evaluation ever reaches a funded account, so this is the part of the product most customers actually buy. Every firm advertises its profit target; none of them advertises that target next to how much you are allowed to lose while chasing it.
2/5
Can you keep the money?
The drawdown takes the account away; the payout rules take the money. Answered by whichever of the two we can measure and is worse — they are two ways of losing the same thing, so a good half cannot pay for a bad one.
2/5
Is anyone behind it?
A named company, a market, and rules you could read before paying. These three do not substitute for one another — a company you can sue does not stop existing because the account is a simulation — so this is the average of the ones we could measure, not the worst.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.52.40/8
“$1,500 Profit Target - $25,000 account $3,000 Profit Target - $50,000 account $6,000 Profit Target - $100,000 account $9,000 Profit Target - $150,000 account”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“Inactivity rule - There is no time limit, however, after 7 days of inactivity, the account is disabled.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in1 days2/2
“Profit Target $6,000 EOD Dynamic Drawdown $3,000 Pass in as little as 1 Day”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“If you have failed one of your accounts at any stage, you are eligible for a 10% discount to restart your journey from the Challenge phase.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%—
“$1,500 Profit Target - $25,000 account $3,000 Profit Target - $50,000 account $6,000 Profit Target - $100,000 account $9,000 Profit Target - $150,000 account”Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“Your Loss Level rises (at the EOD) only when you close a profit, NOT when your equity increases.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“Once your account reaches a closed profit in the amount of EOD Dynamic Drawdown or you request your first payout, the Drawdown locks on the initial balance level, becomes fully static, and won't move further anymore (this does not apply in challange of E8 Zero).”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedno change1/2
“if your account equity or balance reaches/falls below the loss level, your account will be permanently closed for breaching the EOD Dynamic Drawdown rule.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“Once your account reaches a closed profit in the amount of EOD Dynamic Drawdown or you request your first payout, the Drawdown locks on the initial balance level, becomes fully static, and won't move further anymore (this does not apply in challange of E8 Zero).”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.2%, measured on live equity, open trades included0.30/2
“Available on SimFi Performance stage (only) for: E8 Signature Forex, E8 Signature Crypto, E8 Signature Futures”“We take 2% of your initial Balance and convert it to a fixed $ Every new day, we set your pause line = Balance of the new day - that fixed $.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed4%no change0.25/1
“$1,000 EOD - $25,000 account $2,000 EOD - $50,000 account $3,000 EOD - $100,000 account $4,500 EOD - $150,000 account”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“On E8 Signature Futures, there is a maximum number of payouts per account: 5.”The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesthe account ends · the consistency calculation starts over · the profit you must make starts over0/3
“On E8 Signature Futures, there is a maximum number of payouts per account: 5.”“When you request a payout, your "Current Best Day" and "Current Performance" are reset.”“On E8 Signature Futures, for your current payout, only profit earned during the current cycle is eligible. Meaning Unused profits from previous cycles don't carry over.”The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsThey state there is none.it delays the payout2.10/3
“Challenge account - No Performance account - 35% best day”“If one day exceeds this limit, you don't lose your account; you simply need to continue trading to increase your total profit.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“if E8 otherwise determines in its sole discretion that you do not meet the eligibility requirements or are not in compliance with the agreements, E8 reserves the right to terminate your account and withhold or revoke the awarding of any payout awards associated with such account.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for money3 days2/2
“the earliest first payout can be requested is 3 days from the start of your trading period in the performance stage.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you2.2% of the account, at worst0.50/2
“Account size $25,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 1. Payout $1,000 $1,250 $2,250 $3,250”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey state there is none.1/1
“We don't charge any commissions or fees for payouts, but the processor of the payouts may charge depending on the option you are using.”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no change—
“You can trade news on E8 Signature without any restrictions (This includes SimFi challenge account (phase-1) and SimFi performance Account)”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondsno change—
“Tick Scalping - A minimum of 50% of all profits must come from trades with a holding period of no less than 10 seconds.”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendno change—
“It is not possible to hold positions overnight on the E8 Zero and E8 Signature Futures models. All open positions are being forced closed each day at 15:10 CT”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Each instrument might have a different Margin per 1 contract. Each Account balance has different allowed contracts (margin).”Limit on position size2 · 4 · 8 · 12no change—
“E8 Signature Account Balance Maximum Contract Size $150,000 12 Contracts ($120,000 margin) $100,000 8 Contracts ($80,000 margin) $50,000 4 Contracts ($40,000 margin) $25,000 2 contracts ($20,000 margin)”No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“All accounts at E8 Markets are demo accounts within a simulated environment powered by real market data.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“Unlimited Trading Days - There is no time limit, but you need to place and close at least one trade every 7 days.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“No minimum Trading days.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“If you have failed one of your accounts at any stage, you are eligible for a 10% discount to restart your journey from the Challenge phase.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive · Profit target
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“Your Loss Level rises (at the EOD) only when you close a profit, NOT when your equity increases.”“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedno change1/2
“if your account equity or balance reaches/falls below the loss level, your account will be permanently closed for breaching the EOD Dynamic Drawdown rule.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“The moment your first payout is processed, the EOD loss level moves up to your initial balance and stays there permanently.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily limits No”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed3%no change0/1
“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Maximum amount of payouts per account: 5 This determines how many payouts you can request in total from one account. After you request 5 payouts, no matter the remaining buffer or how much you requested in total payouts, the cycle is closed, the account is deactivated, and you move on with the free Challenge of the same size.”The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesthe account ends · the profit you must make starts over0/3
“After you request 5 payouts, no matter what amount you requested in total, the cycle is closed, the account is deactivated, and you move on with a free Challenge account of the same size.”“No. Each cycle's payout comes only from profits generated in that cycle. Whatever stays in the account after a request is considered a buffer - it simply remains in the account.”The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“Your profit should not exceed 40% of the total profit target in a single day. If it does, your profit target increases by the amount you made over that limit.”“No consistency rules No minimum trading days No minimum profitable days No Daily profit cap”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“if E8 otherwise determines in its sole discretion that you do not meet the eligibility requirements or are not in compliance with the agreements, E8 reserves the right to terminate your account and withhold or revoke the awarding of any payout awards associated with such account.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“Yes, you can request daily payouts as long as you reach a minimum payout amount of $100.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you1.1% of the account, at worst0/2
“E8 Zero Starter: $50,000 - $1,000 $100,000 - $1,600 $200,000 - $2,100”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey state there is none.1/1
“We don't charge any commissions or fees for payouts, but the processor of the payouts may charge depending on the option you are using.”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no change—
“You can trade news on E8 Zero without any restrictions (This includes SimFi challenge account (phase-1) and SimFi performance Account)”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondsno change—
“Tick Scalping - A minimum of 50% of all profits must come from trades with a holding period of no less than 10 seconds.”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendno change—
“It is not possible to hold positions overnight on the E8 Zero and E8 Signature Futures models. All open positions are being forced closed each day at 15:10 CT”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Each instrument might have a different Margin per 1 contract. Each Account balance has different allowed contracts (margin).”Limit on position size4 · 8 · 102 · 3 · 4—
“E8 Zero Futures Simfi Challenge Account Balance Maximum Contract Size $200,000 10 Contracts ($100,000 margin) $100,000 8 Contracts ($80,000 margin) $50,000 4 contracts ($40,000 margin)”“E8 Zero Futures Simfi Performance Account Balance Starting Maximum Contract Scaling trigger 1 (1.5% reached in profit) Scaling trigger 2 (3% reached in profit) $200,000 4 Contracts ($40,000 margin) 7 ($70,000 margin) 10 ($100,000 margin) $100,000 3 Contracts ($30,000 margin) 5 ($50,000 margin) 8 ($80,000 margin) $50,000 2 contracts ($20,000 margin) 3 ($30,000 margin) 5 ($50,000 margin)”No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Max contract size in the E8 Zero Performance stage is scalable - you start with smaller contract sizes and increase them based on locked profit at the end of the day. Secure 1.5% profit, and you unlock Scaling Trigger 1 the next day. Secure 3%, and you unlock Scaling Trigger 2.”How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“All accounts at E8 Markets are demo accounts within a simulated environment powered by real market data.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“Unlimited Trading Days - There is no time limit, but you need to place and close at least one trade every 7 days.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“No minimum Trading days.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“If you have failed one of your accounts at any stage, you are eligible for a 10% discount to restart your journey from the Challenge phase.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive · Profit target
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseit rises with the day's closing balanceno change1.65/3
“Your Loss Level rises (at the EOD) only when you close a profit, NOT when your equity increases.”“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance3/3
“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedno change1/2
“if your account equity or balance reaches/falls below the loss level, your account will be permanently closed for breaching the EOD Dynamic Drawdown rule.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitit tightens, down to the balance the account opened with0/2
“The moment your first payout is processed, the EOD loss level moves up to your initial balance and stays there permanently.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.no change2/2
“Daily limits No”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed3%no change0/1
“3% EOD-Dynamic Drawdown - A moving loss limit based on your highest end-of-day balance. It only updates once per day at market close (intraday equity swings do not move it). It locks permanently at the initial balance level.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Maximum amount of payouts per account: 5 This determines how many payouts you can request in total from one account. After you request 5 payouts, no matter the remaining buffer or how much you requested in total payouts, the cycle is closed, the account is deactivated, and you move on with the free Challenge of the same size.”The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesthe account ends · the profit you must make starts over0/3
“After you request 5 payouts, no matter what amount you requested in total, the cycle is closed, the account is deactivated, and you move on with a free Challenge account of the same size.”“No. Each cycle's payout comes only from profits generated in that cycle. Whatever stays in the account after a request is considered a buffer - it simply remains in the account.”The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“Your profit should not exceed 40% of the total profit target in a single day. If it does, your profit target increases by the amount you made over that limit.”“No consistency rules No minimum trading days No minimum profitable days No Daily profit cap”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“if E8 otherwise determines in its sole discretion that you do not meet the eligibility requirements or are not in compliance with the agreements, E8 reserves the right to terminate your account and withhold or revoke the awarding of any payout awards associated with such account.”“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“Yes, you can request daily payouts as long as you reach a minimum payout amount of $100.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you5.0% of the account, at worst1.60/2
“E8 Zero Max: $50,000 - $3,000 $100,000 - $5,000 $200,000 - $7.000”$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Profit required before the first requestThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey state there is none.1/1
“We don't charge any commissions or fees for payouts, but the processor of the payouts may charge depending on the option you are using.”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.no change—
“You can trade news on E8 Zero without any restrictions (This includes SimFi challenge account (phase-1) and SimFi performance Account)”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondsno change—
“Tick Scalping - A minimum of 50% of all profits must come from trades with a holding period of no less than 10 seconds.”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendno change—
“It is not possible to hold positions overnight on the E8 Zero and E8 Signature Futures models. All open positions are being forced closed each day at 15:10 CT”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Each instrument might have a different Margin per 1 contract. Each Account balance has different allowed contracts (margin).”Limit on position size4 · 8 · 102 · 3 · 4—
“E8 Zero Futures Simfi Challenge Account Balance Maximum Contract Size $200,000 10 Contracts ($100,000 margin) $100,000 8 Contracts ($80,000 margin) $50,000 4 contracts ($40,000 margin)”“E8 Zero Futures Simfi Performance Account Balance Starting Maximum Contract Scaling trigger 1 (1.5% reached in profit) Scaling trigger 2 (3% reached in profit) $200,000 4 Contracts ($40,000 margin) 7 ($70,000 margin) 10 ($100,000 margin) $100,000 3 Contracts ($30,000 margin) 5 ($50,000 margin) 8 ($80,000 margin) $50,000 2 contracts ($20,000 margin) 3 ($30,000 margin) 5 ($50,000 margin)”No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Max contract size in the E8 Zero Performance stage is scalable - you start with smaller contract sizes and increase them based on locked profit at the end of the day. Secure 1.5% profit, and you unlock Scaling Trigger 1 the next day. Secure 3%, and you unlock Scaling Trigger 2.”How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsat a larger simulation—
“All accounts at E8 Markets are demo accounts within a simulated environment powered by real market data.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
The rules in writing
Could you read the rule before paying, and can they change it afterwards?
Where the rule that binds you is publishedin a help-centre article the contract never mentions1.20/4
“you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Service, and all rules and policies posted on the Platform, including the FAQs, ESPA, our Privacy Policy.”If the rule that binds you lives in a help article your contract never mentions, you did not sign it.
Can it change the rules without noticeyes, and it says so0.60/3
“E8 reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to update, amend, or revise these Terms at any time. Any such changes will become effective immediately upon posting to the Platform, unless otherwise stated.”The clause that makes every dated verdict perishable, including ours. Near-universal, so not fatal.
Is the binding document datedyes2/2
“E8 FUNDING LLC TERMS OF SERVICE Effective Date: 11/03/2025”Without a date you cannot tell whether the rule you read is the rule they apply.
Two official pages that disagree
the fees · costs money
“4.2 No Refund Policy. All fees paid to E8 are non-refundable under any circumstance, including but not limited to:”“A refund of the initial fee is possible if: You are on phase 1 of your challenge, and there is no trading activity on the account you have purchased The account is not older than 30 days from the date of initial purchase”The company behind it
If it goes wrong, which company do you claim against, and under whose laws?
The company you contract withE8 Funding LLC4/4
“These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("you," "your," or "Participant") and E8 Funding LLC ("E8," "Company," "we," or "us").”With no named company there is nobody to sue.
Where it is registeredState of Texas, United States2/2
“These Terms, and any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or related to them or the Platform, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to its conflicts of law principles.”A claim in the Czech Republic and a claim in St Vincent are not the same claim.
Its registration numberThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What turns a name into something checkable in a public register.
That company owns the brandyes2/2
“E8 Markets (E8 Funding) was founded in 2021.”Signing with a company other than the brand’s owner separates who sold to you from who answers to you.
The people behind it are namedThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Named people can be looked up. A company on its own cannot always be.
Almost no firm here has a financial regulator, because selling simulated evaluations is not a regulated activity anywhere. Of the 114 firms we scored by hand, 96 sat in the bottom two rungs of backing for this reason. So we do not count it against anyone — it only adds when a firm genuinely has one.
The market
Do your orders reach a market, or is all of it a simulation?
What the funded account issimulated, with no route to real capital0/4
“All accounts at E8 Markets are demo accounts within a simulated environment powered by real market data. This applies to all accounts, including SimFi Challenge accounts (Phase-1) and SimFi Performance accounts (After you reach the profit target in the Challenge stage).”The question that separates a firm that earns when you lose from one that earns when you last.
Conditions to reach a real marketNo such thing in this plan.—
“All accounts at E8 Markets are demo accounts within a simulated environment powered by real market data. This applies to all accounts, including SimFi Challenge accounts (Phase-1) and SimFi Performance accounts (After you reach the profit target in the Challenge stage).”Promising a route to a real market without publishing the conditions is promising nothing.
Almost none names a broker or a clearing house either, and that follows from the account being a simulation rather than being a second, separate failing. Charging for both would count one fact twice.
We read the rules of every plan it sells and issued a verdict on each one.