E8 Futures review: rules, prices and payouts
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Trust score
TrustpilotE8 Futures has no displayed TrustScore because Trustpilot has placed a fake-review warning on the brand-wide E8 Markets profile (3,302 reviews), where praise for clear rules and named support staff sits beside 1-star reports of large unpaid payouts, rule changes after passing and inactivity deactivations.
E8 Signature 1-Step - 50K is a one-time fee of $170, so the months slider does not change it.
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Summary
E8 Futures is the futures side of E8 Markets, a Dallas-based simulated trading firm operating since 2021. It sells one-step challenges with one-time fees and no activation fee. E8 Signature can be passed in a day and uses an end-of-day drawdown that locks at the starting balance, with a soft 2% daily pause once funded. E8 Zero has a 40% best-day rule in the challenge only, then daily payouts from $100 with per-request caps and up to four payouts per account. News trading is allowed, positions close at 15:10 CT, and bots are banned. is not on the futures restricted list.
Firm overview
Instruments and assets
Commissions
Round trip per contract: commission $2.58 (standard) / $0.78 (micro), plus exchange/NFA (e.g. ES $2.80, MES $0.74, CL $3.04) and $0.38 clearing.
Consistency
Firm rules
Challenges
| Program | Account | Price | Activation | Target | Max loss | Drawdown | Daily loss | True cost (1 mo) ↓ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E8 Futures · E8 Signature 1-Step - 100K | $100K | $280 once | $0 (Free) | $6,000 | $3,000 | EOD trailing | None | $280 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Signature 1-Step - 150K | $150K | $450 once | $0 (Free) | $9,000 | $4,000 | EOD trailing | None | $450 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Signature 1-Step - 25K | $25K | $120 once | $0 (Free) | $1,500 | $1,000 | EOD trailing | None | $120 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Signature 1-Step - 50K | $50K | $170 once | $0 (Free) | $3,000 | $2,000 | EOD trailing | None | $170 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Max - 1-Step - 100K | $100K | $588 once | $0 (Free) | $6,500 | $3,000 | EOD trailing | None | $588 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Max - 1-Step - 200K | $200K | $1,088 once | $0 (Free) | $13,500 | $6,000 | EOD trailing | None | $1,088 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Max - 1-Step - 25K | $25K | $228 once | $0 (Free) | $1,500 | $1,000 | EOD trailing | None | $228 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Max - 1-Step - 50K | $50K | $328 once | $0 (Free) | $3,000 | $1,500 | EOD trailing | None | $328 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Starter - 1-Step - 100K | $100K | $338 once | $0 (Free) | $6,500 | $3,000 | EOD trailing | None | $338 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Starter - 1-Step - 150K | $150K | $438 once | $0 (Free) | $9,000 | $3,990 | EOD trailing | None | $438 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Starter - 1-Step - 25K | $25K | $128 once | $0 (Free) | $1,500 | $1,000 | EOD trailing | None | $128 | Get |
| E8 Futures · E8 Zero Starter - 1-Step - 50K | $50K | $218 once | $0 (Free) | $3,000 | $1,500 | EOD trailing | None | $218 | Get |
Payouts
Restricted countries
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Announcements
FAQ
Reddit corner
Public Reddit threads about this firm — titles and short paraphrased themes, not full posts.
- E8Markets Futures?!
Early reactions to E8's futures program, focusing on its consistency requirement and payout caps.
- sorry but E8 Markets are changing the game AGAIN with this...
Discussion of a new E8 product or rule change and whether it is actually trader-friendly.
- Stay away from E8 Markets - full breakdown of how they handled my $500K account payout
A trader details a disputed payout on a large account; single account of events.
- E8 System failures, payout issues, and account closure after unresolved platform faults
A trader blames platform faults for losses and says the account was closed before the issue was resolved.
- E8 issues
Short thread collecting complaints about E8 support and account handling.
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Is E8 Futures legit?
E8 Futures publishes payout policies, but E8 Markets has a material review-platform warning: Trustpilot has made its brand rating unavailable after removing fake reviews. That warning does not itself establish a payout failure. Signature Futures also limits the number of payouts per account. We would assess the specific contract and account lifecycle rather than rely on a historic brand score.
- Founded
- The founding date is not confirmed by the official sources cited here.
- Trustpilot
- The E8 Markets brand page has no available rating because of a guidelines breach. Trustpilot says it removed fake reviews. This is not a futures-only profile. Checked October 2026.
- Payouts
- The futures payout guide states a $100 minimum net of the profit split; an 80% share requires a $125 request. Eligibility depends on the model. Signature requires a buffer matching its EOD Dynamic Drawdown and payout caps. Signature Futures bought after October 1, 2026 at 17:00 UTC is limited to 4 payouts.
- Watch out for
- After its payout limit, a Signature Futures account is deactivated and replaced with a free same-size challenge, regardless of the remaining buffer. The Trustpilot brand-rating warning is another reason for caution.
- Our take
- We would examine both the payout-cycle closure rule and review-platform warning before paying, rather than treat published rules as a reliability guarantee.
Updated 2026-10-26
E8 Futures price history and rule changes
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Cheapest $25K plan, list price
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