Perpetuals Come to Prop Trading: MyFundedPerps, E8 and FFN

Perpetual futures, or perps, used to belong to crypto exchanges. In 2026 they arrived in prop trading. At least three firms now sell evaluations on simulated perps, covering crypto and, increasingly, stocks, indices and metals, around the clock. The newest of them paid out more than $1.4 million in October. Here is how perps prop accounts work, how the main offers compare, and what to watch before you try one.

What a perpetual future is

A perpetual is a futures contract with no expiry date. Instead of rolling from one month to the next, it uses regular funding payments between buyers and sellers to keep its price close to the underlying market. Perps have moved closer to the mainstream this year: in the US, the CFTC approved the first regulated bitcoin perpetual in May 2026 and asked for comments on energy perps a month later, as Finance Magnates reported.

For a prop trader, three things stand out. Most perps trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Leverage is usually high. And trading fees are often a percentage of each position’s value, rather than a fixed amount per contract.

The firms offering perps

MyFundedPerps

Launched in September 2026 by the team behind My Funded Futures, according to The Prop Journalist. It sells three 1 Step evaluations on accounts from $10K to $100K, all with a static maximum loss, a 3% daily loss limit and no minimum days or time limit:

The split is up to 90%, with one payout request a day from $100. After your first payout the loss floor moves up to your starting balance. Prices are referenced from Hyperliquid, Binance and Bybit, and there is no route to a live account. In October, Payout Junction tracked $1.43 million in verified MyFundedPerps payouts across 3,478 payouts, up 1,052% on September. That works out at about $412 a payout, small next to the $1,332 average across all firms.

E8 Markets

E8 replaced its crypto market with perpetual futures in September 2026, priced from a Hyperliquid data feed and traded on its own E8 Terminal, The Prop Journalist reported. Perps cover crypto, stocks, indices and metals, 24/7, on the E8 One and E8 Pro challenges only, not on MetaTrader or its other platforms. E8 charges a taker fee of 0.045% and a maker fee of 0.015% of each position’s value. Our guide to E8 One explains that challenge’s rules.

FFN Perps

Funded Futures Network launched FFN Perps in October 2026, with 134 markets traded 24/7, according to Finance Magnates. Its Core evaluations cost $35 to $199 for $10,000 to $100,000 accounts, with a single 7% target. Payouts work differently: a fixed amount each time the account closes 5% above its baseline for that payout cycle, such as $250 for a $500 gain on a $10,000 account. You keep 100% of each payout, but the account closes after its fourth, and lifetime payouts are capped at $50,000. Leverage runs up to 100x on bitcoin and ether.

Other futures firms have said perps are on the way, so expect this list to grow.

What is different from futures and CFD accounts

• The market never closes. Your maximum loss can be hit at 3am on a Sunday. There is no weekend close, so a position left open keeps moving while you are away. See weekend and overnight holding rules.
• Fees come off every trade. A fee charged on position value adds up fast for frequent traders, and it counts against your drawdown.
• High leverage, small room. A 3% static loss on a crypto account with high leverage leaves little space for a volatile market.
• Smaller payouts. MyFundedPerps’ average payout was about a third of the industry average in October.
• Everything is simulated. As at almost every prop firm, no orders reach a real exchange, and none of these firms offers a live account yet.

Before you buy a perps account

1. Check the trading fees and whether the simulator charges funding payments, as real perps do.
2. Work out your maximum loss in dollars, then see how far price can move against your usual position size before you hit it.
3. Read the payout rules closely. Fixed payouts, caps and accounts that close after a set number of payouts change what an account is really worth.
4. Remember these are new products. Prices and rules may change quickly, and our guide to rule changes explains how to protect yourself.

Key takeaways

• Perpetual futures have no expiry and usually trade 24/7 with high leverage.
• MyFundedPerps, E8 Markets and FFN Perps all now sell simulated perps evaluations.
• MyFundedPerps paid $1.43 million in October, but its average payout was about $412.
• Round the clock markets and per trade fees make drawdown harder to manage than on CME futures.