Eightcap Returns to Prop Trading With ‘Day Trader Challenges’
Eightcap has re-entered the prop trading arena, and this time the focus is firmly on short-burst, skill-based trading. The broker has launched Day Trader Challenges, a rapid-fire prop trading format built for traders who don’t want multi-week evaluations or marketing fluff.
Key Takeaways
- Fast, no-nonsense prop format: Challenges run in as little as one hour.
- Trader-controlled parameters: Choose duration, stake and multiplier.
- Skill-based design: Real-market simulation without the slow, multi-phase grind.
- Low barrier to entry: Start from $5.
- Instant access: Begin trading within 10 minutes via MT4, MT5, or TradeLocker.
- Same-day payouts available on successful challenges.
The move marks Eightcap’s first step back into the space, after the industry hype that left many traders wary of overpromised returns.
According to the firm, the new product was shaped through direct conversations with real intraday specialists: gap and price-action traders, breakout scalpers, FX pairs traders, etc, the kind of people who live inside their charts every day.
The concept is simple: fast sessions, tight parameters, and payouts tied directly to execution, not endless rulebooks.
“Day Trader Challenges were born from real conversations with the trading community,” said Adam Bock, Head of Eightcap Tradesim. “We wanted something grounded in skill, not hype; a challenge that traders control from start to finish, all in the space of a few hours.”
Built For The Way Active Traders Operate
Instead of multi-stage evaluations, traders choose their own setup and run the challenge in real market conditions.
Sessions can last 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours, stakes start from $5, and reward multipliers range from 2x to 10x. Higher multipliers and shorter windows increase the difficulty; longer sessions create a more balanced curve.
Challenges begin within 10 minutes of purchase and run on MT4, MT5, or TradeLocker.
Eightcap frames the product as part training tool, part pressure-test; it’s a way for traders to sharpen execution, test strategy discipline, and get instant feedback without the long-form “funded account” model the industry is known for.
Bock added, “Our goal is to make trading education more engaging and accessible. We’ve reimagined the traditional challenge for speed, control, and practical learning.”
