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E8 Markets — trailing drawdown

Rules read from E8 Markets's own documentation on 2026-07-30 · rules/e8-markets

E8 Markets's E8 One (customizable 4-14% Dynamic Drawdown / 80-90-100% payout split; this file = the /e8-one page's own default config, 6% drawdown / 80% split) models its maximum drawdown as a trailing floor at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (5k, 10k, 25k, 50k, 100k, 200k, 400k, 500k): the threshold tracks the highest closed balance after each closed trade and never moves back down. The floor stops trailing once it locks; the corpus records a lock condition for this program.

FieldValue
Allowance6% ($300)
Basisbalance_closed_trade
Includes unrealized P&LYes
Evaluatedeod
Locks / freezes{"at":"initial_plus_abs","value":0}
""Highest Closed Balance - Drawdown amount (6%) = Loss level" — the ratchet reference is the highest CLOSED-trade balance, not intraday/floating equity"Source: https://help.e8markets.com/en/articles/11782996-dynamic-drawdown — retrieved 2026-07-30

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