Prop Firm Research Reports & Blacklist (2025-2026)

Trader Allegations (@ohajielom — 190 RT / 1,844 likes):

• Accused E8 of refusing to process two payout requests totaling $94,200 ($40,000 + $54,200).
• Trustpilot review (Aug 4, 2026): "$40,000 + $54,200 = $94,200 total payout pending, still unpaid."
• Claimed: "You reached out to make me one of your 500 unpaid affiliates; I declined, and you withheld my payout."
• Stated that refund requests were categorically rejected.

E8 Official Response (115 likes):

1. 4% risk occurred on a single idea during evaluation.
2. Risk team warned: "ideal risk per trade idea must not exceed 1%."
3. Trader allegedly took 7% risk on funded account, deemed a "serious breach".
4. Claimed a second chance $500K account was issued, but behavior repeated leading to deep drawdown and termination.

Reported by @propfirmeye: A trader collected $62,000 in payouts across 5 accounts with zero rule violations, and was subsequently banned permanently. Sarcastic industry reaction: "His only Crime? He kept winning."

TrailingStopLoss (July 2026): "E8 makes evaluations easy and funded accounts extremely restrictive. Once funded, best-day caps, news blackouts, trailing drawdown, and multiple payout gates activate."

1. 14-Day Wait: From first trade on funded account.
2. 5 Profitable Days: Min 0.3% realized profit per day — RESETS after every payout.
3. Profit Buffer: Must leave EOD drawdown equivalent in account balance.
4. Best-Day Rule: Single day profit capped at 35% (Signature) or 40% (One).
5. Initial Payout Caps: First 2 payouts capped at 2.5% of account size.

E8 does pay certain traders, but the separation between paid and denied traders is arbitrary and governed by one-sided clauses. High negative review influx in Q3 2026 and documented account closures despite green dashboard checks warrant extreme caution.

FTM processes small/medium retail payouts rapidly to build social proof; however, unverified registries, 404 terms pages, Trustpilot rating suspension, and punitive 1% floating rules place it in the high-risk bracket.

• Market Model: Simulated CME futures environment running on live CME market data feeds.
• Profit Split: 90% on standard models, up to 100% profit withdrawal on Pro models.
• Drawdown Calculation: End-of-Day (EOD) Trailing Drawdown. Intraday equity fluctuations do not trail the stop level higher; calculation is strictly based on the end-of-session balance.
• Activation Cost: $0 — Passing evaluation and activating the sim-funded account carries zero extra fees.
• Consistency Rule: Enforced exclusively during the Evaluation phase. NO consistency rule on the Sim-Funded phase.
• Locked-in Rules: Account rules, targets, and parameters cannot be retroactively modified during the account lifecycle.

• Withdrawal Ratio: Up to 50% of profits on Growth plans vs up to 100% on Pro plans.
• 50K Risk/Reward Profile: Pro model offers a 1:1 ratio ($3,000 profit target vs $3,000 max drawdown), compared to a $2,000 drawdown limit on Growth.
• Evaluation Rules: Growth model carries no daily loss limit during evaluation, whereas Pro enforces a strict daily hard limit.
• Payout Ceiling: Growth accounts cap payouts between $2,500 and $4,000, whereas Pro accounts allow caps from $5,000 up to $8,000.

• Maximum Accounts: Up to 3 active accounts simultaneously per user (maximum total $450,000 simulated capital).
• Profit Split: Standard 90/10 ratio (90% to the trader).
• Minimum Withdrawal: $20 | FTMO Processing Fee: $0 (0%).
• New Profit Requirement: At least 50% of the withdrawn amount must be covered by newly generated trading profits.
• First Payout: Can be requested 14 days after the first trade is executed on the funded account.

• Iran, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea | Entities on international sanction lists | Company Trusts.
*Exception: Citizens of Iran, Syria, or Myanmar can be accepted upon proof of EEA (European Economic Area) residency and an EEA bank account.

Other Restricted Countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Belize, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Western Sahara, etc. (Ukraine: Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia).

Natural persons who are at least 18 years of age. Corporate applications are handled directly through institutional support.

The rules, profit targets, and limits in effect at purchase remain permanently fixed throughout the lifetime of that account.

There is no maximum time limit to reach the profit target during the evaluation phase.

For eligible accounts, payout requests are approved within 8-24 hours on average and dispatched to the selected channel.

All-Time Single Payout Record: $1,206,225

Notable Documented Payouts:

• Paul (USA): $500,180
• Leo (Portugal): $197,262
• Maik (Germany): $114,907
• Ugnius (Lithuania): $99,706
• Fabian (USA): $96,649
• Pepijn (Netherlands): $76,000