E8 Signature $100K challenge
E8 Futures's featured futures account: a 1-step evaluation with a 3% max loss and a 80% profit split. Every limit below is shown as a percentage and as an amount.
The numbers
- Account size
- $100K
- 1-step
- Price
- $280
- One-time fee
- Profit target
- 6%
- $6,000
- Daily loss limit
- None
- No daily limit
- Max loss
- 3%
- $3,000, end-of-day trailing
- Profit split
- 80%
- Payouts
- On demand (35% best-day rule)
- Minimum trading days
- None in the challenge, which can be passed in one day; 5 profitable days between payouts after the first
- Time limit
- Unlimited; futures accounts close after 7 days without a closed trade
- Max position size
- 8 minis / 80 micros
- Activation fee
- None
- Fee refunded
- No
How it compares
Target ÷ max loss
2.00
You need 2.00 times the allowed loss in profit before you pass.
Break-even return
0.35%
Return needed on the funded account for your share to cover the fee.
Cost per $100K
$280
In line with the $280 median for featured futures challenges.
What the rules mean in practice
- To pass, grow the $100K account by $6,000 (6%) without breaking a loss limit.
- There is no daily loss limit, so a bad day only fails the account if it breaks the overall max loss.
- The account fails if you lose $3,000 (3%). This is end-of-day trailing drawdown: the loss limit moves up once a day, based on your end-of-day balance, and ignores swings during the session.
- Consistency rule: None in the challenge; on the performance account the best day must be 35% or less of the cycle's profit before each payout
- At a 80% split, you need about 0.35% return on the funded account to earn back the $280 fee.
- Payouts: on demand once the 35% best-day rule is met, with 5 profitable days (closed profit of 0.3% or more) between payouts after the first; the earliest first payout is about 3 days into the performance stage.
- Dollar rules: profit target $1,500 / $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 and end-of-day drawdown $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,000 for the 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K accounts.
- The 150K drawdown is $4,000 for futures accounts bought after 1 October 2026 (it was $4,500 before); the configurator data gives 2.66%.
- The drawdown trails the highest closed end-of-day balance and locks at the starting balance once profit equals the drawdown amount or the first payout is taken.
- No daily limit in the challenge. The performance account has a 2% daily pause ($500 / $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000) that stops trading until the next day without failing the account.
- A buffer equal to the drawdown amount must stay in the account. Caps per request for accounts bought after 1 October 2026: payouts 1-2 $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,000 / $3,000; payouts 3-4 $1,250 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $3,500.
- Performance accounts close after 4 payouts (5 for accounts bought before 1 October 2026) and the trader receives a free challenge of the same size.
- Contract limits are margin-based: one mini counts as $10,000 of allowance and one micro as $1,000, with some exceptions such as silver at $2,000.
- Only an 80% payout share is offered on this product. No activation fee is charged after passing.
This is our reading of E8 Futures's published rules. The firm's own terms always take priority. See the full E8 Futures rules.
Other E8 Signature sizes
| Program | Target | Daily loss | Max loss | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E8 Signature1-step | $25K | 6% | None | 4% | 1.50 | 80% | $120 | Details |
| E8 Signature1-step | $50K | 6% | None | 4% | 1.50 | 80% | $170 | Details |
| E8 Signature1-step | $100K | 6% | None | 3% | 2.00 | 80% | $280 | Details |
| E8 Signature1-step | $150K | 6% | None | 2.67% | 2.25 | 80% | $450 | Details |
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E8 Signature $100K questions
How much is the E8 Signature $100K challenge?
The list price is $280, before any discount code. At the time of our check a 25% discount was available.
What is the profit target?
6% ($6,000).
What is the maximum loss?
3%, or $3,000, using end-of-day trailing drawdown. The loss limit moves up once a day, based on your end-of-day balance, and ignores swings during the session.
Is there a daily loss limit?
No. Only the overall max loss applies.
What profit split does it pay?
80%. Payouts: on demand (35% best-day rule).