Prop Firm Information Differences: E8 Markets & QT Funded

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Field E8 Markets Active QT Funded Active
Data Source PropFirmMatch.com PropFirmMatch.com
Official Site e8markets.com qtfunded.com
πŸ“ Firm Overview
Broker Virtual Markets Quant Tekel
Platform cTrader, Match Trader, Platform 5, TradeLocker cTrader, MT5, TradeLocker
Payment Methods Apple Pay, Credit/Debit Card, Crypto, Google Pay, Nuvei Apple Pay, Credit/Debit Card, Crypto, Google Pay, Local Payment Methods, PayPal, UPI Payment
Payout Methods Plane, Riseworks Crypto
πŸ“ Instruments and Assets
Type of Instruments CFD CFD
Assets Crypto, Energy, FX, Indices, Metals Crypto, FX, Indices, Metals, Other Commodities
πŸ“ Leverage
Leverage Info 1-Step
  • FX: 1:30
  • Metals: 1:15
  • Indices: 1:15
  • Energy: 1:15
  • Crypto: 1:1
Instant
  • FX: 1:50
  • Metals: 1:15
  • Indices: 1:20
  • Crypto: 1:1
  • Other Commodities: 1:20

2-Steps
  • FX: 1:100
  • Metals: 1:35
  • Indices: 1:35
  • Crypto: 1:2.5
  • Other Commodities: 1:35

3-Steps
  • FX: 1:50
  • Metals: 1:15
  • Indices: 1:20
  • Crypto: 1:1
  • Other Commodities: 1:20
πŸ“ Commissions
Commission Info
  • FX: Standard spreads accounts : Free | Raw spread accounts: $5/lot
  • Metals: Standard spreads accounts : Free | Raw spread accounts: $6/lot
  • Indices: Standard spreads accounts : Free | Raw spread accounts: $6/lot( Nas, S&P, Dax, Nikkei), $12/LOT(DOW Jones, Australia 200 indices)
  • Energy: Standard spreads accounts : Free | Raw spread accounts: $6/lot
  • Crypto: $35/lot
  • FX: QT Power, QT Prime (Raw spread), QT Ultra & QT Instant: $4 per lot | QT Prime (Variable spread): No commission
  • Metals: QT Power, QT Prime (Raw spread), QT Ultra & QT Instant: $4 per lot | QT Prime (Variable spread): No commission
  • Indices: QT Prime (Raw spread), QT Ultra & QT Instant: $4 per lot | QT Power & QT Prime (Variable spread): No commission
  • Crypto: QT Power, QT Prime (Raw spread), QT Ultra & QT Instant: $4 per lot | QT Prime (Variable spread): No commission
  • Other Commodities: QT Prime (Raw spread), QT Power and QT Instant - $0 on Oil | QT Ultra - $4 on Oil | QT Prime (Variable spread) - No commissions across all trading instruments
πŸ“ Consistency Rules
Consistency Info
  • E8 One: A consistency rule of 40% applies, that means that one trading day can not equal or be greater than 40% of the total profits made.
  • E8 Signature: A consistency rule of 35% applies, that means that one trading day can not equal or be greater than 35% of the total profits made."
QT PRIME(2 & 3 STEP):
  • Optional (35% consistency score Only compulsory with on demand payout & 100% profit split)
QT Power:
  • Both Challenge and Funded Accounts must maintain a 35% consistency score.
QT Instant:
  • No single trading day’s profit can exceed 25% of total profits at withdrawal time.
πŸ“ Firm Rules
Firm Rules Info Max Position Size
  • 50 lots per order for FX and indices
  • 20 lots per order for XAUUSD
Independent Evaluation
  • Each trading evaluation must be completed independently.
Server Request Limitation
  • There is a limit of 100 orders you can enter at a time, 2000 modifications of TP/SL and orders per day.
  • The maximum position limit per day is also 2000.
Risk Management
  • Risking your entire daily drawdown on a single trade is not permitted.
  • Engaging in prohibited trading practices will result in termination from our program and a refund of the fee paid from the account where this rule was broken.
Hedging
  • Hedging across multiple accounts, even those belonging to the same trader, is strictly prohibited.
Trade Duration
  • You cannot hold more than 50% of your trades for under one minute.
Risk Exposure Limitation
  • E8 reserves the right to de-risk trading strategies by limiting risk exposure to no more than 1% per trade idea or time horizon if prohibited practices are detected.
Copy Trading
  • Allowed: You can copy trades from or to your personal account, another account, or even between multiple E8 Trader accounts, or between E8 Trader account and evaluation account (As long as these are your own trades from your own account).
  • Restriction: You cannot copy trades (or use the same trading ideas) between multiple E8 evaluation accounts. Each evaluation must be done independently.
EAs (Expert Advisors)
  • Allowed: You can also use any EA (Expert Advisor) as long as we don't see multiple users executing the same trades/strategy. We limit one strategy per user, so if we see multiple users utilize the same EA, it may lead to the termination of your account. So even though the use of third-party EA is allowed, we recommend that each user use their own programmed EA.
News Trading
  • Allowed: Evaluation stage and E8 Signature Funded stage, Not allowed: E8 One Funded stage 5 minutes before or after high-impact news.
Signature Program
  • Overnight and weekend trading is not allowed.
Inactivity
  • After 60 days of inactivity, the account is disabled and there is no entitlement to a refund.
GENERAL RULES
Expert Advisors (EA) & Trade Copiers
  • Pre-Approval for EA: Only Risk Management EAs are allowed which must go through a pre-approval process at [email protected] .
  • Trade Copiers: Web-based and software trade copiers are permitted upon requesting approval via [email protected] . However, if the trader's account is flagged for any reason, the firm may request additional information about the master account and the trade copier.
  • Any use of Unauthorized EAs and/or Trade Copiers without approval WILL result in account forfeit.
Copy Trading & Allocation Rule
  • Traders are permitted to copy trades only between accounts personally owned by them, including brokerage or other prop firm accounts
  • Total Max Allocation
  • Extra Accounts Beyond Allocation
  • QT Instant Funding
  • QTFunded's partnership with Prop Firm One enables you to extend your copy trading capabilities even further. PF1 allows traders to seamlessly copy trades across different proprietary firm accounts within a single platform, offering increased flexibility and a broader range of opportunities. This means that, in addition to QTFunded’s internal copy trading feature, PF1 empowers users to manage trades across multiple firms, enhancing scalability and trading efficiency without breaching QTFunded’s core rules. For more details on this enhanced functionality, visit https://propfirmone.com .
  • No Group Trading: If multiple traders are detected using the same EA and placing identical trades, the account will be flagged for violating No Group Trading rules, which may lead to account closure.
Excessive Exposure
  • Risking more than 75% of your daily or max drawdown limits/lot limits within their open positions will face the penalty of having their evaluations reset to phase 1 at the event of an evaluation pass.
Prohibited Trading Strategies
  • Latency Trading, Arbitrage Trading, High-Frequency Trading: Includes tick scalping, reverse trading, group hedging, order book spamming, flooding the server with messages due to incorrect use of an algorithm, and one-sided betting.
  • Excessive One-Sided Positions: These can disrupt liquidity and create unnatural price movements.
  • Toxic Behaviors: Any trading behaviors deemed toxic by the Risk Department (these will be communicated to you).
  • All-or-Nothing Approach: https://qtfunded.kb.help/prohibited-trading-strategies
  • Account Management Services: Not allowed. All trades must be conducted by the account holder. Expert Advisors (EAs) require prior review and approval.
Inactivity rule
  • If no trading activity occurs for 30 consecutive days, the account will be breached and deleted and cannot be reinstated.
Code of Conduct
  • No use of offensive or profane language
  • No racism or discriminatory remarks
  • No abusive or threatening behavior
  • No harassment of staff
  • No public negativity intended to damage the community
  • No actions that deliberately create fear, uncertainty, or discontent
  • Any dishonest or toxic behaviors
  • Violations of this code of conduct will result in immediate action, including removal from our platforms and a permanent ban from our services as well as forfeiture of any accounts held with us and accrued simulated profit.
VPN/VPS/IP/Device Rules
  • The use of VPNs and VPS is permitted; however, account credentials must be protected at all times.
  • Multiple IP addresses and devices are allowed, all trading activity must be conducted solely by the verified account holder who completed the KYC process
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QT PRIME
Minimum trading days
  • Evaluation: 4 trading days per phase
  • Funded: 4 trading days with at least 2 profitable days with a minimum of 0.5% profit each.(Applies only to the first payout cycle and does not apply to Prime On-Demand)
  • Trading activity should reflect a consistent strategy and realistic trade sizing across these days
News Rule
  • Evaluation: Allowed with No Restrictions
  • Funded: Restrictions of 5 minutes before or after high Impact News. You may hold or trigger orders placed 5+ minutes before news, but opening, closing, modifying trades, or editing/canceling orders within 5 minutes before/after or during news is strictly prohibited β€” violations result in a hard breach.
  • QT PRIME ON-DEMAND DOES NOT have the news rule applied
Gambling Rules
  • Evaluation: No set risk restriction but must abide to the 75% Over exposure - restriction stated in General rules.
  • Funded: Funded traders must not expose more than 2.5% of their initial account balance at any one time.
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QT POWER
Minimum Trading Days
  • Evaluation: 4 trading days is required for each phase.
  • Funded: No minimum Trading days
News Rule
  • Evaluation: Allowed
  • Funded: Allowed
Max Risk per Trade
  • The maximum risk per trade or overall open positions is 2% of the accounts balance (Hard Breach)
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QT INSTANT
Minimum Trading Days
  • Traders must trade for at least 5 separate trading days before requesting a withdrawal.
News Trading
  • Restrictions of 5 minutes before or after high Impact News. You may hold or trigger orders placed 5+ minutes before news, but opening, closing, modifying trades, or editing/canceling orders within 5 minutes before/after or during news is strictly prohibited β€” violations result in a hard breach.
MAX RISK RULE
  • 2% max risk allowed - violation of this is a HARD BREACH
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QT ULTRA
  • Minimum Trading Days
  • Evaluation: 5 trading days is required for each phase.
  • Funded: 5 profitable trading days of at least 0.25% Profit each day
News Trading
  • Evaluation: Allowed
  • Funded: Restrictions of 5 minutes before or after high Impact News. You may hold or trigger orders placed 5+ minutes before news, but opening, closing, modifying trades, or editing/canceling orders within 5 minutes before/after or during news is strictly prohibited β€” violations result in a hard breach.
Max Risk Rule
  • Traders must not expose more than 1.5% of their initial account balance at any one time.
πŸ“ Payout Policy
Payout Policy Info Signature program:
  • A consistency rule of 35% is required, with a minimum of 5 trading days achieving at least 0.3% each and a buffer equivalent to your EOD trailing drawdown.
Minimum payout amounts:E8 One:
  • A consistency rule of 40% and your net profit (payout share) must be greater than 50% of your daily drawdown. Minimum payout amounts: Rise – $250, Plane – $50.
E8 One:
  • If your profits exceed the Trailing Drawdown, you can request a payout. However, you must leave enough funds as a drawdown buffer, removing all profits will trigger account closure.
QT Instant
  • Traders are eligible for an 80% profit split on their account every 14 days.
  • 5% minimum profit generated and a 25% Consistency score to be eligible for payout
QT Prime
  • Bi-weekly Payouts with 80% profit split, 90% with Add-on | On Demand(with 35% consistency score, A Minimum of 3% to be requested & 100% profit split)
QT Power
  • Payout on demand is now standard for all QT Power accounts (minimum requirements and a 35% consistency score must be met) with 80% profit split), 90% with Add-on.
QT Ultra
  • Profit split of 80%.
  • 15% of the challenge phase's target profit is paid on first payout.
  • The first payout is on a 21 day cycle and then 14 days for the subsequent payouts.
  • Minimum withdrawal is 2% of the account size
Minimum Payout
  • (QT Instant, Prime & Power): 1% or $100 whichever is higher | QT Ultra: 2% of the account size.
Note: If you miss the payout request day, you must complete another payout cycle and complete the requirements again to make the new cycle eligible for payout - please contact the Risk team via live chat to have your payout date adjusted.
Scaling Plan
πŸ“ Restricted Countries
Countries List Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Crimea (Region of Ukraine), Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Free State), Ethiopia, Guam, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, Myanmar (Burma), Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Regions of Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Russia, Samoa, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Venezuela, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia Belarus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Pakistan, South Korea, Syria

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E8 Markets

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QT Funded

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