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Also known as E8 Funding, E8Markets, E8, 8market, 8 markets.
Facts checked 2026-09-24 by BrokerCatalogue research desk (from the firm's own site) · AI visibility: Pipswire index 2026-Q3
Dallas, United States · founded 2021
E8 Markets is a proprietary trading firm based in Dallas, United States, founded in 2021. It offers one-step evaluations on forex, indices, commodities, crypto, stocks, futures. Funded accounts go up to $500,000. The profit split is 80% (configurable).
| Evaluation models | One-step |
|---|---|
| Asset classes | Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Futures, Indices, Stocks |
| Platforms | cTrader, E8 Terminal, Match-Trader, MT5, TradeLocker |
| Maximum allocation | $500,000 |
| Account sizes | $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k, $400k, $500k |
| Challenge fee from | $48 ($5K E8 One; $36 with code) |
| Profit split | 80% (configurable) |
| Payout frequency | first payout in as little as 3 days; daily on E8 Pro |
| Daily drawdown limit | 4% ($4,000 on $100K) |
| Maximum drawdown | 6% dynamic ($6,000 on $100K; configurable) |
| Minimum trading days | 1 |
| Time limit | none |
| Status | active |
Sources: e8markets.com/ · e8markets.com/compare-simfi-funded-accounts · checked 2026-09-24
Fields we could not verify on the firm's own site are left out rather than guessed. Rules and prices change often; the firm's site is the binding version.
| Visibility score (0–100) | 5 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Rank among 76 prop firms | #18 |
| Named in AI answers | 8% |
| Sentiment (0–100) | 7 |
| Recommended | 8% of answers |
| Own website cited | 0% of answers |
| Share of voice | 2% |
| Engine | Score |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.8 |
| Perplexity | 1.4 |
| Gemini | 2.9 |
| Claude | 9.4 |
| Google AI Mode | 15.5 |
| Google AI Overview | 6.6 |
| Google top-10 | 0 |
| Market | Score | Rank in market |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 7.7 | #12 |
| Philippines | 7 | #13 |
| Europe | 6.9 | #14 |
| United Kingdom | 6.4 | #17 |
| Germany | 5.9 | #17 |
| United States | 5.3 | #18 |
Source: Pipswire AI Visibility Index, 2026-Q3 (CC BY 4.0), 2,344 answers across 5 AI engines and Google, 16 markets. Visibility is not a quality rating.
E8 Markets scores 5 / 100 on the Q3 2026 Pipswire AI Visibility Index (rank #18 of 76) and is named in 8% of AI answers about which prop firm to use.
E8 Markets pays a 80% (configurable) profit split, with payouts first payout in as little as 3 days; daily on E8 Pro.
Challenge fees at E8 Markets start at $48 ($5K E8 One; $36 with code) for account sizes of $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k, $400k, $500k.
Maximum drawdown is 6% dynamic ($6,000 on $100K; configurable) and the daily drawdown limit is 4% ($4,000 on $100K).
No prop firm is a regulated broker: E8 Markets sells evaluations and funds (usually simulated) accounts, it does not hold client deposits under a financial licence.
Yes. People often type 8market, 8 markets or E8 Funding when they mean E8 Markets, the prop firm at e8markets.com. E8 Funding is an older name for the same firm. This profile covers that firm and no other.
E8 Markets is based in Dallas, Texas, and was founded in 2021. The firm's own site lists a second office in Prague. We checked the site on 24 September 2026.
On 24 September 2026 the firm listed MT5, TradeLocker, cTrader, Match-Trader and its own E8 Terminal. Platforms change, so check the firm's site before you buy a challenge.
Sources: e8markets.com, checked 24 September 2026. A prop firm is not a broker. The challenge fee is not refundable, most accounts are simulated, and most people who buy a challenge never get a payout.
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