Forex · Head-to-head
E8 Markets vs The5ers side-by-side comparison
A head-to-head look at E8 Markets and The5ers — both Forex prop firms. Ratings are aggregated from public trader review scores; the stronger value in each row is highlighted.
Key differences
- A $100K evaluation costs $95 at The5ers versus $280 at E8 Markets.
- E8 Markets offers up to a 100% profit split, ahead of The5ers's 80%.
- E8 Markets allows a 4% daily loss limit — more intraday room than The5ers's 3%.
- Payouts run on-Demand at E8 Markets and every 14 days at The5ers.
- E8 Markets funds accounts up to $500K, versus $250K at The5ers.
- E8 Markets supports Match Trader and TradeLocker, which The5ers doesn't offer.
Which fits comes down to priorities: a higher profit split favors E8 Markets, while a cheaper $100K evaluation points to The5ers.
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Compare their exact account models
E8 Markets and The5ers each sell several account models, and price, drawdown, consistency rules and payouts differ between them. These line up the products themselves rather than the companies.
E8 Markets vs The5ers: common questions
Answered from the comparison data on this page.
The5ers. A $100K account costs $95 there, against $280 at E8 Markets — $185 apart before any discount code.
E8 Markets, at up to 100% against 80% at The5ers. Both are the ceiling across each firm's programs — the split on a specific plan can be lower, and the table above shows the plan each figure comes from.
E8 Markets funds up to $500K on one account, against $250K at The5ers.
Payout cycle: On-Demand at E8 Markets, Every 14 days at The5ers. Those are the firms' own published terms — our payout tracker records what each has actually paid on-chain.
Overall drawdown is capped at 6% at both. The daily loss limit is 4% at E8 Markets against 3% at The5ers.
They score about the same — 4.8/5 for E8 Markets and 4.7/5 for The5ers. Scores are aggregated from public trader reviews, not from us.
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