E8 Markets rules

Varies by futures product. E8 Zero Futures has a 40% best-day rule in the Challenge stage only. E8 Signature Futures Challenge stage carries no consistency rule; Signature adds one later, at the funded stage instead.

Varies by futures product. E8 Signature Futures Performance stage requires a 35% best-day rule before any payout. E8 Zero Futures has no consistency rule once funded: "No consistency rules... No Daily profit cap."

Tick scalping is bounded, not banned: at least 50% of total profit must come from trades held 10 seconds or longer. Reliance on micro-scalping in illiquid hours is separately treated as simulated-environment abuse.

Same-account hedging is permitted: "You are only permitted to hedge positions within the same single Challenge or Performance account." Hedging the same instrument across multiple accounts, even your own, is banned.

HFT is defined and capped at more than 300 trades per day, grouped with automated trading in the prohibited-practices list. Trading below that daily count is not restricted as HFT.

Futures accounts (Challenge and Performance) are disabled after 7 days with no trade opened and closed. Any trade size, even 0.1 lots, qualifies. Travelers can email support in advance to avoid deactivation.

There is no live brokerage account at any stage. Every account, Challenge and Performance alike, stays in the simulated SimFi environment; funded traders receive payouts from simulated performance, never real capital.