Eightcap added simulated trading challenges to TradingView today (Thursday), allowing qualified clients to launch the broker evaluation product directly from the charting platform’s interface.
The Melbourne company has also begun offering eligible linked accounts a free subscription to TradingView Plus, which renews every month as long as traders continue to meet the criteria.
Eightcap has been a partner of TradingView since 2022, when it did so First, allow clients to trade live accounts directly from the platform’s charts. What’s new is that Eightcap Challenges, a pillar-style product, now works there too, with the free plan included.
Eightcap enters an already crowded lane. TradingView has over 100 million users and has become the default charting layer for retail traders, which is exactly why funded trading firms want their reviews to be within it rather than in a separate window.
FTMO, one of the biggest names in the industry, allows traders to execute simulated challenge trades Directly from TradingView charts via OANDAretail broker it Bought and folded into its kit.
This route has been around since 2025. Others are arriving at TradingView through a different door, with platforms like TradeLocker and Match-Trader embedding TradingView’s charting engine within their own software, then running reviews for the props on top.
Eightcap knows this model well Become one of the first regulated brokers to offer TradeLocker In January.
The difference in this week’s launch is where the trade actually takes place. The third-party support company usually needs the broker’s TradingView profile to connect it, in the way that FTMO relies on OANDA.
Eightcap is both a broker and a challenge operator, so its rating is linked to the proprietary TradingView interface without a partner in the middle.
The broker becomes its own support company
This dual role is a recent turn. In early 2024, Eightcap The companies have cut off the support that provided them with access to MetaTradera decision that was made during a large-scale crackdown by MetaQuotes on accounts linked to the support and pushed several companies out of business.
She came back with her own product Relaunching customizable Day Trader Challenges in November And run on its own infrastructure.
Adam Bock, President of Eightcap Tradesim
Adam Bock, president of Eightcap Tradesim, said at the time that the company “wanted to create something based on skill, not hype.”
The move of brokers to prop-style valuations, and prop firms buying brokers, has reshaped the sector for two years. FTMO went the other way and Bought OANDA to acquire regulated brokeragewhile many well-known brokers have built their own advertising arms.
Eightcap now falls on the broker side of this divide, offering the same valuation.
Free charts act as a hook for clients
The second part of the launch is a direct acquisition. Eligible linked accounts now receive the TradingView Plus plan at no cost, no promo code or payment, and the plan renews monthly as the trader continues to meet requirements.
The advantage occurs when brokers compete to own the TradingView relationship rather than just support it. For traders, the mechanisms below do not change: trading is simulated, and real returns follow only after passing the evaluation under their rules.
Eightcap added simulated trading challenges to TradingView today (Thursday), allowing qualified clients to launch the broker evaluation product directly from the charting platform’s interface.
The Melbourne company has also begun offering eligible linked accounts a free subscription to TradingView Plus, which renews every month as long as traders continue to meet the criteria.
Eightcap has been a partner of TradingView since 2022, when it did so First, allow clients to trade live accounts directly from the platform’s charts. What’s new is that Eightcap Challenges, a pillar-style product, now works there too, with the free plan included.
Eightcap enters an already crowded lane. TradingView has over 100 million users and has become the default charting layer for retail traders, which is exactly why funded trading firms want their reviews to be within it rather than in a separate window.
FTMO, one of the biggest names in the industry, allows traders to execute simulated challenge trades Directly from TradingView charts via OANDAretail broker it Bought and folded into its kit.
This route has been around since 2025. Others are arriving at TradingView through a different door, with platforms like TradeLocker and Match-Trader embedding TradingView’s charting engine within their own software, then running reviews for the props on top.
Eightcap knows this model well Become one of the first regulated brokers to offer TradeLocker In January.
The difference in this week’s launch is where the trade actually takes place. The third-party support company usually needs the broker’s TradingView profile to connect it, in the way that FTMO relies on OANDA.
Eightcap is both a broker and a challenge operator, so its rating is linked to the proprietary TradingView interface without a partner in the middle.
The broker becomes its own support company
This dual role is a recent turn. In early 2024, Eightcap The companies have cut off the support that provided them with access to MetaTradera decision that was made during a large-scale crackdown by MetaQuotes on accounts linked to the support and pushed several companies out of business.
She came back with her own product Relaunching customizable Day Trader Challenges in November And run on its own infrastructure.
Adam Bock, President of Eightcap Tradesim
Adam Bock, president of Eightcap Tradesim, said at the time that the company “wanted to create something based on skill, not hype.”
The move of brokers to prop-style valuations, and prop firms buying brokers, has reshaped the sector for two years. FTMO went the other way and Bought OANDA to acquire regulated brokeragewhile many well-known brokers have built their own advertising arms.
Eightcap now falls on the broker side of this divide, offering the same valuation.
Free charts act as a hook for clients
The second part of the launch is a direct acquisition. Eligible linked accounts now receive the TradingView Plus plan at no cost, no promo code or payment, and the plan renews monthly as the trader continues to meet requirements.
The advantage occurs when brokers compete to own the TradingView relationship rather than just support it. For traders, the mechanisms below do not change: trading is simulated, and real returns follow only after passing the evaluation under their rules.
