E8 Markets pricing runs from $14 to $2,469 depending on product, account size and which market you buy from. The list price is identical across Forex and Perpetual; the discount is not, and that single fact changes the cheapest route into a funded account.
By Marta Okonkwo · Checked 26 September 2026 · Every figure read from E8’s SimFi™ account configurator.
E8 Markets pricing is not one table. It is a product grid — four products, eight account sizes, three market groups — and the prices move on all three axes. This page sets out what was actually on the configurator on 26 September 2026.
E8 Markets pricing at a glance
The headline number most traders want is the $100,000 account:
| Product | List | Forex (−25%) | Perpetual (−50%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| E8 One | $488 | $366 | $244 |
| E8 Pro | $468 | — | $234 |
E8 Pro is the cheaper product at this size, and it is cheaper at almost every size. That is worth stating plainly because the naming implies the opposite.
E8 One pricing, every account size
E8 One list prices are identical whether you configure the account under Classic Markets or Perpetuals. Only the discount differs.
| Account size | List price | With code E8 (Forex) | With code E8 (Perpetual) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | $48 | $36 | $24 |
| $10,000 | $88 | $66 | $44 |
| $25,000 | $188 | $141 | $94 |
| $50,000 | $288 | $216 | $144 |
| $100,000 | $488 | $366 | $244 |
| $200,000 | $798 | $599 | $399 |
| $400,000 | $1,598 | $1,199 | $799 |
| $500,000 | $1,998 | $1,499 | $999 |
The $100,000 size is marked Recommended in E8’s own configurator.
E8 Pro pricing, every account size
E8 Pro carries a separate list price. Verified on the Perpetual tab:
| Account size | List price | With code E8 (Perpetual) |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | $28 | $14 |
| $10,000 | $59 | $30 |
| $25,000 | $138 | $69 |
| $50,000 | $218 | $109 |
| $100,000 | $468 | $234 |
| $200,000 | $949 | $475 |
| $400,000 | $1,999 | $1,000 |
| $500,000 | $2,469 | $1,235 |
E8 Pro is cheaper than E8 One up to $100,000 and more expensive above it. At $200,000 Pro costs $949 against One’s $798; at $500,000 it is $2,469 against $1,998. The crossover sits between $100,000 and $200,000.
No activation fee on any E8 Markets account
Confirmed on every configurator view: “No Activation Fee” appears against every product and size.
This is a real cost difference rather than a marketing line. A number of competing one-step prop firms add $99–$149 to unlock the funded account after a passed evaluation. On a $100,000 account that is a material share of the entry price, and E8 does not charge it.
What the E8 Markets discount code changes
Code E8 is displayed sitewide. The configurator states the saving applies “on first order”.
| Forex | Perpetual | |
|---|---|---|
| Discount shown | 25% | 50% |
| $100K E8 One | $366 | $244 |
| Saving vs list | $122 | $244 |
Same product, same list price, double the discount on one side. Verified twice on clean page loads. Full detail and the caveats are on our E8 Markets discount code page.
Two limits on that: E8 describes the code as first-order, and whether it stacks or repeats was not verified. Promotional percentages also move — this page is dated for that reason.
What you get for the money: SimFi™ Challenge and Performance
E8 Markets pricing buys a SimFi™ Challenge account, which converts to a SimFi™ Performance account on passing. Both stages are simulated. E8’s own framing:
“SimFi is a simulated trading environment that measures your discipline and pays you when it improves.”
All current products are single-phase. Any E8 Markets pricing page describing a two-phase evaluation fee structure is out of date. Price is only half the decision; how these accounts behave once you are trading is the other half.
Verified $100,000 parameters
| E8 One | E8 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Profit target | $9,000 (9%) | $6,000 (6%) |
| Max drawdown | $6,000 dynamic | $6,000 static |
| Daily drawdown | $4,000 | $2,500 |
| Daily profit cap | — | $2,000 |
| Consistency rule | 40% best day (Performance) | None |
| Payout split | 80% | 80% |
| First payout in as little as | 3 days | 0 days |
E8 Pro asks for a lower profit target — 6% against 9% — and imposes a daily profit cap in exchange. E8 One has no profit cap and a higher target.
These are defaults. The configurator exposes controls on drawdown and payout split, and E8 One offers 80%, 90% and 100% splits. A higher split will reprice the account; that was not verified and no figure is quoted for it here.
The three market groups, and which domain they live on
| Group | Instruments | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Classic Markets | Forex, commodities, indices, energies | e8markets.com |
| Perpetuals 24/7 | BTC, gold, oil, Nasdaq, Nvidia — liquidity by Hyperliquid | e8markets.com |
| Futures | NQ, ES, GC | e8futures.com |
Futures pricing is on a different domain with its own help centre and was not checked for this page. If you want E8 Zero or a futures account, the prices here do not apply to you.
“Crypto” is a legacy product name. E8’s help centre files E8 Pro Crypto, E8 One Crypto and E8 Signature Crypto under Legacy products. The live crypto market is Perpetual, on Hyperliquid. E8’s own prose still uses “Crypto” in places; that wording is stale, and any pricing page repeating it is describing retired products.
E8 Signature and E8 Zero
Two products exist that this pricing check could not verify:
- E8 Signature — the cheapest option, described by E8 as having softer rules and a Daily Pause (a soft breach) instead of a hard daily drawdown. Available on Forex and Futures. The configurator would not switch cleanly to this product, so no Signature prices are quoted here.
- E8 Zero — futures only, on e8futures.com. Consistency applies in the Challenge and Performance is unrestricted, with payout caps and a maximum of five payouts per account.
Quoting prices that were not read off the configurator would be inventing them. What both products do is covered in the four-product comparison.
E8 Markets prop firm details worth pricing in
Which markets and instruments are included
Classic Markets covers forex, commodities, energies and index products. Perpetuals 24/7 covers BTC, gold, oil, Nasdaq and Nvidia, with liquidity from Hyperliquid. The future markets — NQ, ES, GC — are on a separate domain with separate pricing. A single price is not a single product.
Trading platform, and why it affects more than charts
MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, cTrader and Match Trade. Per E8’s footer, MT5 runs under E8 Markets Ltd and the other three under E8 Funding LLC, so the trading platform you pick determines your counterparty. E8’s own domain records date the business to 2021: e8funding.com was registered in February 2021 and e8markets.com that October.
Rules that change what the price is worth
E8 does not impose minimum trading days on the products verified here, so a trader can start earning from a passed challenge quickly. What governs the pace is the best day rule — 40% on E8 One, 35% on E8 Signature, none on E8 Pro. News trading is permitted everywhere except the E8 One Performance stage. There is no trailing drawdown once an account clears its starting balance; the dynamic drawdown locks there.
Support and market data
E8 runs a public Discord community, linked from its own footer. Nothing about support quality was tested for this page, and no market data feed costs were found in the configurator — the prices above are the whole advertised cost of an account, with no separate data charge listed.
Is E8 Markets pricing good value?
Against the direct competition, the numbers that stand out are the absent activation fee and the Perpetual discount. A $100,000 E8 Pro account at $234 with no activation fee is inexpensive for a single-phase product at that size.
Against the risk, two things belong in the same sentence as the price. Payouts depend on passing third-party KYC with WorkMarket or Riseworks, and if you cannot onboard, E8 states it cannot pay you. And E8’s Trustpilot rating is currently suspended for fake reviews, while its homepage advertises a 4.79 score from a different source. Both are checkable facts, set out in is E8 Markets legit.
E8 Markets prop firm details: pricing questions
What does a prop firm trading account cost at E8 compared with the payout it can produce?
A $100,000 E8 Pro account on Perpetual costs $234 with the code. Its profit target is $6,000 and the profit split is 80%, so a trader who hits target and withdraws takes $4,800 gross against a $234 fee. That arithmetic is the reason challenge fees look cheap; the variable it hides is how many attempts a trader needs. Nothing here estimates a pass rate, because E8 does not publish one.
Is there a minimum number of trading days before a payout?
No minimum trading day requirement was found on the products verified here. On E8 One and E8 Signature the practical floor is set by the best-day rule rather than a day count — roughly three profitable sessions. E8 Pro and E8 Zero pay daily with no best-day requirement at all, so a single qualifying session can produce a payout.
Which trading platforms are included in the price?
MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, cTrader and Match Trade. Platform choice does not change what you pay, but E8’s footer states it changes which entity you contract with — TradeLocker, cTrader and Match Trade sit under E8 Funding LLC in Dallas, and MT5 under E8 Markets Ltd in Saint Lucia.
How much do E8 Signature and E8 Signature Futures accounts cost?
Not quoted here, because they could not be verified. The configurator would not switch cleanly to Signature during this check. Publishing a price that was not read off the checkout would be inventing it. What E8 Signature Futures does is documented: a soft-breach Daily Pause, payout caps with a permanent buffer, and a hard limit of five payouts per account for accounts bought after 14 July 2026.
Are futures accounts priced the same?
Unknown from this page. Futures — including E8 Zero and E8 Signature Futures — live on a separate domain with its own help centre, and none of the prices here were checked against it. Treat any page quoting a single E8 price list across forex, perpetuals and futures with suspicion.
What do the trading rules cost you in practice?
The rule that most affects realised value is the daily profit cap. E8 Pro caps daily profit at $2,000 on a $100,000 account, so a single outsized session cannot be banked in full. E8 One has no profit cap but asks a 9% target instead of 6%. Neither is better; they price the same product differently. Full detail is in the four-product comparison, and payout mechanics are in the payout rules.
The practical summary: the cheapest legitimate route into a $100,000 E8 account on 26 September 2026 was E8 Pro on Perpetual at $234, with no activation fee, a 6% profit target, a static drawdown and daily payouts with no best-day rule. Whether the static drawdown and $2,000 daily profit cap suit you is a separate question from price, and it is the one worth answering first.