E8 Markets vs Funded Trading Plus
E8 Markets
Funded Trading Plus
Computed verdict
There isn't a current verified offer on both firms, so we don't call a cost winner. On the overall score, Funded Trading Plus comes out ahead (94 vs 83).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
The trailing drawdown rises only on CLOSED profits (equity never moves it) and locks at the initial balance once you gain the drawdown amount; Pro uses a static 8% and Signature an EOD trail of $1,000–$4,500 by size. E8 One's default max drawdown is contested between two of E8's own help articles — 6% (customisable 4–14% at checkout) in one, 4% in the other — so check the figure on your own checkout and, until you have, trade to 4%.
Express and Instant use a 6% relative drawdown trailing the CLOSED balance high (floating equity never moves it) that locks at the starting balance; the 2-Step Classic uses a static 8% on both phases.
A hard daily limit (fixed dollars off initial balance) of 3% on One and 2.5% on Pro that permanently closes the account on an equity or balance touch; Signature only has a soft 2% pause in the Performance stage. E8's own pages disagree on the One figure: the product article says 3% while the Dynamic Drawdown article puts the default at 4% — unresolved, and we publish both.
A 4% daily limit (6% on Instant) whose basis is in documented conflict between the prior day's closed balance and the higher of balance or equity, plus a hard 3% per-symbol daily limit on Classic.
A best-day rule only in the funded stage: your top day can't exceed 40% (One) or 35% (Signature) of total profit when requesting a payout — the payout is merely deferred, the account survives; Pro has none.
The Classic requires no day to exceed 35% of net profit in each step, and the funded account 50% per payout period — it never fails the account, only delays passing or paying.
Single phase: $4,500 (9%) target, no minimum days; $3,000 (6%) max drawdown, $2,000 (4%) daily.
7% per phase ($3,500), no minimum days; static 8% ($4,000) max overall loss, 4% daily.
First payout from just 3 days into the funded stage (daily on Pro and Zero), at an 80/90/100% split chosen at purchase and paid via Rise or WorkMarket, subject to the best-day rule.
Withdrawals begin day 1 on Express/Instant then every 7 days; the 2-Step Classic pays every 10 days. The split starts at 80/20 and rises to 90/10 at 20% profit. Beyond that, FT+'s own channels disagree: the homepage advertises "up to 100% via add-ons", while the help centre's Profit Split article documents the ladder stopping at 90/10 and no 100% tier at all. Unresolved, and we do not pick a side — until FT+ documents it, treat 90% as the ceiling you can point to in writing and 100% as unconfirmed.
$50K E8 One: $288 at the configurator default of 6% maximum drawdown and 80% split — the price moves with those settings. What code E8 takes off is disputed between E8's own pages: their discount page says 10%, which is $259, while the configurator applies 25%, which is $216. We show both and do not pick. "No Activation Fee" is E8's own wording; no monthly fee is documented.
$100K 1-Step Express: $549, read on Funded Trading Plus' own site. A second-hand table puts the $50K Express at $349. For Classic we hold only the ends of the ladder, $89 at $10K and $549 at $100K, so we publish no $50K Classic figure. Size-tiered codes run on their own pages: SIZE25 covers $25K to $50K, SIZE20 covers $100K to $200K. Recurring and activation fees are undocumented rather than confirmed absent.