Alpha Capital Group vs E8 Markets

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	Alpha Capital Group United Kingdom	E8 Markets United States
Disclosure score	Well documented	Partially documented
Challenge from	$27 stated floor	Not yet verified?
Plan compared	Alpha One	E8 Classic
Model	1-Step	2-Step
Profit target	10%	8% → 4%
Daily loss limit	4% of the higher of opening balance or opening equity, on equity, including floating P/L. Resets 00:00 GMT+3	4% of the balance recorded at day start, on balance or equity. Resets 00:00 server time
Maximum loss limit	6% , from the highest end-of-day balance	8%
Consistency	40% — best day as a share of total profit (Payout eligibility)	40% — best day as a share of total profit (Payout eligibility)
Stop loss	Not yet verified?	Not yet verified?
Best profit split	80% On-demand	100% E8 Trader
Weekend holding	Allowed	Not yet verified?
News trading	Not yet verified?	Restricted window
Inactivity breach	30 days	60 days
Retroactive rule changes	0	0
Operator jurisdiction	United Kingdom	Texas, United States
Regulator disclosed	Not yet verified?	Not yet verified?
Restricted countries	Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Cuba, DR Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen (21, from the firm's checkout list dated 2026-07-23). US residents: no MT5, cTrader closed to new US customers.	Forex and crypto products: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Samoa, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Venezuela, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia (help centre, updated the week of 6 September 2026). Vietnam, India, Kenya and Indonesia are accepted but capped: E8 One only up to $200,000. Country is decided by the KYC document, not by location.

Only the first recorded plan of each firm is shown here. Full plan detail, sources and everything we could not verify are on each firm's page. Last verified 6 September 2026.

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