E8 Futures Zero Max 25k: rules, price and payouts
A one-phase one-time evaluation for a $25,000 futures account. Getting funded costs $148.20 in total. Every rule and price verified on E8 Futures's website on Sep 26, 2026.
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The rules in plain English
- Goal: make $1,500 of profit on the $25,000 account.
- End-of-day trailing drawdown: the floor sits $1,000 below your highest end-of-day balance and moves up when you close a day at a new high (never down). Losses during the day only count at the close.
- No daily loss limit.
- Consistency rule to pass: your best day can't be more than 40% of your total profit. Example: if your best day is $1,000, you need at least $2,500 of total profit.
- Position limit: 3 contracts.
- End-of-day trailing drawdown: the floor sits $1,000 below your highest end-of-day balance and moves up when you close a day at a new high (never down). Losses during the day only count at the close.
- No daily loss limit.
- No consistency rule once funded.
- Position limit: 1 contracts to start, up to 3 as profit grows.
- Up to 3 funded accounts at once.
Evaluation
Funded account
Cost, first payout and what you keep
Three steps: what you spend until the first payout, what the first payout pays you, and the difference.
1What you spend until the first payout
Most traders don't pass on the first try. Our estimate for an average trader: about 3.5 tries, so $523 on average to get funded, the figure on the cards. The field starts from that estimate, in whole tries; retries are counted at the firm's reset price when it sells one. Change it to match you.
Trading commissions aren't counted: the firm takes them from the account balance, not from your pocket.
2What the first payout pays you
Enter the profit in your funded account. We apply the buffer, the payout limit, your split and any fee.
You also need to meet: Profit needed: New profit each cycle.
3What you keep after the first payout
Break-even: with $750 of profit in the funded account, the first payout pays back everything you spent. At the earliest, the first payout can be requested 4 days after purchase (passing at the first try on the fewest days the rules allow; the firm's processing time comes on top).
An estimate: later payouts can have different limits. Always check the firm's current rules.
Every price option
| Option | Price | Activation fee | Total to get funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $148.20 | Free | $148.20 |
Bots, copy trading and trading costs at E8 Futures
- Semi-automated and fully automated trading are prohibited: trading bots, AI tools, and HFT (more than 300 trades per day).
- At least 50% of all profits must come from trades held 10 seconds or longer.
- Hedging across accounts, even your own, is prohibited.
- Copy trading is allowed across all accounts — challenge, performance and personal accounts — as long as they all belong to you; any copier tool may be used.
- Teams making the same trades, copying others and signal services are not permitted.
Checked on E8 Futures's own help center on Sep 30, 2026. Sources: Trading Policies and Prohibited Trading Strategies · Can I copy trades or trade as a team? · Instrument list and trading hours (commissions) . Compare every firm: prop firms that allow bots · copy trading.
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