E8 Markets vs Funded Trading Plus
E8 Markets
Funded Trading Plus
Computed verdict
E8 Markets costs less per unit of risk: $49.88 vs $54.9 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, E8 Markets comes out ahead (68 vs 64).
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.
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.
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 scales 80/20 to 90/10 at 20% profit and to 100% (lifetime) at 30%, so the advertised up-to-100% is accurate.