Head to head · 33 criteria compared Across pricing, rules and payout terms, Funded Trading Plus takes the lead (6 against 4). E8 Markets stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
Every E8 Markets product is now single-phase: a 6% target, withdrawals available from day three, and a split running from 80% to 100%. The trade-offs are a 35-40% consistency rule, no scaling plan, and a Trustpilot rating suspended in August 2026 for a breach of the platform's guidelines.
Criteria won: 4 / 33
A London firm founded in late 2021 and bought by Instant Funding in May 2026, Funded Trading Plus pays every 7 days on its 1-Step Express and Instant programs, with the split rising from 80 to 100% and scaling up to $5 million. The catch: intraday trailing drawdown on both, and a Trustpilot score the platform has pulled.
Criteria won: 6 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
E8 Markets
$260
Funded Trading Plus
$549
| Full comparison | E8 Markets | Funded Trading Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 76/100 | 80/100 ✓ |
| Trustpilot | — | — |
| Founded | 2021 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $110 | $89 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $260 ✓ | $549 |
| Refundable fee | No | Yes ✓ |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 500 K ✓ | 200 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | 6 % ✓ | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | — | 4 % |
| Max total drawdown | — | 6 % |
| Drawdown type | — | Trailing intraday |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 35 | — |
| Min trading days | — | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | — | — |
| Payout frequency | On demand (daily on E8 Pro; minimum $100) | Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic |
| Payout methods | rise | crypto and rise ✓ |
| Scaling plan | No | Yes ✓ |
| Max allocation | 500 K | 5 M ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, ctrader, tradelocker, match-trader | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto, futures ✓ | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto |
| Leverage | Forex 1:30, indices 1:15, metals 1:15, crypto 1:1 | 1:30 on 1-Step Express, 1:50 on 2-Step Classic |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | Yes | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | — | Yes |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose E8 Markets if… Choose Funded Trading Plus if… E8 Markets is the only one of the two to offer tradelocker. Funded Trading Plus covers dxtrade, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
Our trust pillar scores them 74/100 and 74/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
Funded Trading Plus opens at $89 against $110 for E8 Markets, a moderate gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $260 for E8 Markets against $549 for Funded Trading Plus. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
E8 Markets does not publish a clear drawdown model. Funded Trading Plus applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 4 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
E8 Markets keeps 100 % of profits, then pays On demand (daily on E8 Pro; minimum $100). Funded Trading Plus keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
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