Side by side · verified from each firm's own pages

AquaFunded vs E8 Markets

Rules placed next to each other, with the calculation basis written out — because two firms quoting the same percentage can be measuring completely different things.

What differs most.

They calculate the daily loss limit from different reference points, so the percentages are not directly comparable.

Account closed
Trading day over, account survives
Room to lose on day one
Profit still needed to pass phase one

Drawn to scale from each plan's own published numbers, on the plan compared in the table below. Day one is the only day on which every daily-loss basis agrees, which is what makes the two bars honestly comparable at all. Both maximum-loss floors sit at the same place on day one, $92,000. The two daily-loss floors are measured from different reference points, so they only line up on day one. From day two they move apart.

	AquaFunded United Arab Emirates	E8 Markets United States
Disclosure score	Well documented	Partially documented
Challenge from	Not yet verified	Not yet verified
Plan compared	2 Step Standard	E8 Classic
Model	2-Step	2-Step
Profit target	8% → 5%	8% → 4%
Daily loss limit	5% of the higher of opening balance or opening equity, on equity, including floating P/L. Resets 17:00 EST	4% of the balance recorded at day start, on balance or equity. Resets 00:00 server time
Maximum loss limit	8% Static floor, from initial balance	8%
Consistency	Not yet verified	40% — best day as a share of total profit (Payout eligibility)
Stop loss	Not yet verified	Not yet verified
Best profit split	90% Bi-weekly	100% E8 Trader
Weekend holding	Allowed	Not yet verified
News trading	Restricted window	Restricted window
Inactivity breach	30 days	60 days
Retroactive rule changes	0	0
Operator jurisdiction	United Arab Emirates	Texas, United States
Regulator disclosed	Not yet verified	Not yet verified
Restricted countries	Cuba, Iran, Syria, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal, Myanmar, Russia, Belarus, Sudan, South Sudan, Venezuela, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk (18 named by the firm, help centre article dated 7 July 2026). A further nine — Thailand, Brazil, Bulgaria, Japan, Jordan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines — may trade instant-funding models only, capped at $50,000 funded per trader.	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 re-checked 10 September 2026; the oldest record on this page was checked 6 September 2026. Each firm page carries its own date.

Not yet verified is not No. Where a cell reads "Not yet verified", we could not confirm the rule from the firm's own terms or help centre. It is not a claim that the rule does not exist.