E8 Futures rules: E8 Zero Starter vs Max
E8 permits copying between accounts owned by the same trader, including Challenge and Performance stages. The current E8 Zero Starter and Max products use Tradovate, a 40% evaluation consistency ceiling and different payout caps.
Rules checked 4 November 2026against the firm's public help center.How we check
At a glance
- Copiers
- Own accounts only
- Futures route
- Tradovate
- Evaluation consistency
- 40% best day
- Evaluation drawdown
- 3% EOD dynamic; 4% ($1,000) at 25K and 2.66% ($3,990) at 150K
- Funded consistency
- None
- Minimum request
- $100; $125 at the 80% split
- Payouts per account
- 4; 5 if bought before 1 October 2026, 19:00 UTC+2
- Performance accounts
- 3 E8 Zero at once per household
E8 Zero Starter vs Max: cap per payout request
E8 says only the price and the payout caps differ. Both pay daily from a $100 minimum and allow four payouts per account (five if bought before 1 October 2026, 19:00 UTC+2). The split is 80% or 100%, chosen at purchase. Starter sells 25K to 150K and Max 25K to 200K. Profit above a cap stays in the account and cannot be requested later.
| Account | Zero Starter | Zero Max |
|---|---|---|
| 25K | $600 | $1,500 |
| 50K | $1,000 | $3,000 |
| 100K | $1,500 | $5,000 |
| 150K | $2,000 | Not offered |
| 200K | Not offered | $7,000 |
E8 Zero Challenge rules by account size
The drawdown trails the highest end-of-day closed balance and never locks in the Challenge. No day may be more than 40% of the profit target; a bigger best day raises the target to the best day divided by 0.4. In the Performance stage the drawdown trails the highest end-of-day closed balance, then locks at the starting balance once closed profit equals the drawdown or at the first payout request.
| Account | Profit target | Max loss | Daily loss | Contracts | Minimum days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,500 | $1,000 | None | 3 minis or 30 micros | None |
| 50K | $3,000 | $1,500 | None | 4 minis or 40 micros | None |
| 100K | $6,500 | $3,000 | None | 8 minis or 80 micros | None |
| 150K | $9,000 | $3,990 | None | 10 minis or 100 micros | None |
| 200K | $13,500 | $6,000 | None | 10 minis or 100 micros | None |
The funded balance still matters
Payout changes the floor
A Performance account's drawdown trails the highest end-of-day closed balance, then locks at the starting balance once closed profit equals the drawdown or at the first payout request, whichever comes first. A request that takes the balance down to the starting balance breaches the account.
Profit above the cap is not banked
Each request is capped by product and size. Profit left above the cap stays in the account as buffer; it cannot be requested later and does not count toward the next payout.
The payout count depends on purchase time
E8 Zero accounts bought from 1 October 2026, 19:00 UTC+2 get four payouts; earlier accounts keep five. Parts of E8's own article still say five, so check your dashboard. After the last payout the account closes and E8 gives a free Challenge of the same size.
No shared trading decisions
E8 allows copying across your own Challenge and Performance accounts but prohibits signal services, team trading and bots or other automated trading. Keep all accounts under one E8 profile.
Product names are specific
Use Zero Starter or Max terms for these figures. Other E8 products and historical accounts can differ.
What Copilink can act on
Standalone can act on daily loss, daily profit, evaluation goals and evaluation consistency. Trailing drawdown and funded consistency are monitoring-only. A flatten is a request, so confirm the position at the broker. Copilink cannot guarantee that E8 Futures approves a payout.
| Rule | E8 Futures | Copilink Standalone |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation profit target | E8 Zero Challenge: By account size | Acts on it. Sends a flatten request at the limit you set. |
| Evaluation consistency | E8 Zero Challenge: Best day limited to 40% of the profit target | Acts on it. Sends a flatten request at the limit you set. |
| End-of-day trailing drawdown | E8 Zero Challenge: Trails the highest end-of-day closed balance and never locks in the Challenge; E8 Zero Starter Performance and E8 Zero Max Performance: Trails the highest end-of-day closed balance, then locks at the starting balance once closed profit equals the drawdown or at the first payout request | You watch it. Standalone tracks intraday drawdown only. |
| Payout eligibility | E8 Zero Starter Performance and E8 Zero Max Performance: Minimum request and a cap per request | You watch it |
| Contract limits | By account size | You watch it |
| Same direction and hedging | Not allowed across accounts or traders | You watch it. Follower protection can send a flatten request for a follower left opposite or out of sync with its leader on the same instrument, after its delay. Hedging through a correlated instrument is not detected. |
Recent E8 Futures rule changes
E8 Futures rule questions
What is the difference between E8 Zero Starter and Max?
Apart from the sizes on sale, only the price and the cap per payout request. Both use the same Challenge: at 50K, a $3,000 target, a $1,500 end-of-day drawdown, a 40% best-day rule and no daily loss limit. At 50K, Starter caps each request at $1,000 and Max at $3,000, so four full payouts reach $4,000 on Starter and $12,000 on Max. Starter sells 25K to 150K; Max sells 25K to 200K.
What are the E8 Zero rules?
The Challenge is one step: reach the profit target ($3,000 on 50K) with no day above 40% of it, while the drawdown trails the highest end-of-day closed balance and never locks in the Challenge. There is no daily loss limit or minimum number of days, and news trading is allowed. Performance accounts have no consistency rule and pay daily from a $100 minimum, up to a cap per request, and close after four payouts on accounts bought from 1 October 2026, 19:00 UTC+2.
Scope: E8 Zero Starter and Max Futures products, Challenge and Performance; E8 Signature is not covered. Firm terms and purchased account agreements govern.