
Forex prop firm · Flexibility grade A
The5ers Review
- Max profit split
- 80%
- Challenges from
- $19
- Largest account
- $250K
- Payouts
- Every 14 days
- First payout
- 14 days
UK-based CFD prop firm operating since 2016 with four core programs
The5ers discount code — full terms & discounted pricesHow The5ers compares
Strengths
- Challenges start from $19 — cheaper than the typical entry among the 19 forex firms we track.
- Rated 4.7/5 across public trader reviews — above the 4.4 median among the 19 forex firms we track.
The5ers suits traders who value a lower entry price.
Ratings
Ratings aggregated from public trader review scores, verified 2026-08.
About The5ers
The5ers is a UK-based proprietary trading firm operating since January 2016, offering four programs across 15 configurations with account sizes from $2,500 to $250,000. It trades CFDs on forex, indices, metals, energies, crypto, and commodities across cTrader and MT5.
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Challenges & pricing
The5ers' cheapest plan is a $2,500 2-step account at $19; the largest funded account is $250,000 ($225). In total The5ers lists 22 plan configurations across 4 account models, with profit splits up to 80%.
The5ers' High Stakes runs from a $2,500 2-step account at $19 up to $100,000 at $491, with a profit target of P1 8% / P2 5% or P1 10% / P2 5%, a max loss of 10%, a daily loss limit of 5% and a profit split of 80%.
Choose your model type — pricing and rules differ by type.
About the High Stakes program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Max loss | 10% static maximum loss from initial balance |
| Daily loss | 5% in evaluation and funded stages |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | 3 profitable days per evaluation phase; 3 profitable days before withdrawal/scaling |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | 10% static maximum loss; 5% daily loss |
| Max allocation | $500,000 |
| Scaling plan | Scales after each 10% funded target, up to $500,000 |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | Every 2 weeks |
| First payout | 14 days after funded activation; $150 minimum profit |
| Processing time | Typically up to 3 business days after approval |
| Min days to payout | 14 |
| Refund policy | Program page advertises a funded-stage refund; general terms allow refunds within 14 days only before trading activity |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed; index positions incur high swaps |
| Overnight holding | Allowed |
| Hedging | Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited |
| Copy trading | External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts |
| Expert advisors | Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators |
| Other restrictions | No execution from 2 minutes before through 2 minutes after high-impact news; 30-day evaluation and 60-day funded inactivity limits |
| Commission / lot | Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published |
| Access | |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5 Hedge |
| Payout methods | Rise, Crypto, Bank transfer, Hub Credits |
The5ers' Hyper Growth runs from a $5,000 1-step account at $260 up to $20,000 at $850, with a profit target of 10%, a max loss of 6%, a daily loss limit of 3% and a profit split of 50%.
About the Hyper Growth program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% evaluation and each funded milestone |
| Max loss | 6% static stop-out below initial account size |
| Daily loss | 3% daily pause; account resumes the next trading day |
| Profit split | Starts at 50%; moves to 75% at the next scale and ultimately 100% |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | None |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | 6% static stop-out and 3% daily pause |
| Max allocation | $4,000,000 |
| Scaling plan | Doubles after each 10% funded target, up to $4,000,000 |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | Every 2 weeks |
| First payout | 14 days after funded-account activation; $150 minimum profit |
| Processing time | Typically up to 3 business days after approval |
| Min days to payout | 14 |
| Refund policy | Non-refundable |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed; index positions incur high swaps |
| Overnight holding | Allowed |
| Hedging | Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited |
| Copy trading | External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts |
| Expert advisors | Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators |
| Other restrictions | No news bracketing; 30-day inactivity expiry; general prohibited-practices policy applies |
| Commission / lot | Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published |
| Access | |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5 Hedge |
| Payout methods | Rise, Crypto, Bank transfer, Hub Credits |
The5ers' Pro Growth runs from a $5,000 1-step account at $52 up to $50,000 at $329, with a profit target of 10%, a max loss of 6%, a daily loss limit of 3% and a profit split of 75%.
About the Pro Growth program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% evaluation and funded scaling milestones |
| Max loss | 6% static stop-out below initial balance |
| Daily loss | 3% daily loss; breach terminates the account |
| Profit split | Starts at 75%; scales toward 100% |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | 3 profitable days during evaluation |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | 6% static stop-out and 3% daily loss |
| Max allocation | $500,000 |
| Scaling plan | Incremental scaling after each 10% target, up to $500,000 |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | Every 2 weeks |
| First payout | 14 days after funded-account activation; $150 minimum profit |
| Processing time | Typically up to 3 business days after approval |
| Min days to payout | 14 |
| Refund policy | Refundable within 14 days only before trading activity and absent a breach |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed; index positions incur high swaps |
| Overnight holding | Allowed |
| Hedging | Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited |
| Copy trading | External, other-trader and coordinated copying are prohibited; current own-account guidance conflicts |
| Expert advisors | Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators |
| Other restrictions | 3 profitable days of at least 0.5% initial balance; no news bracketing; 30-day inactivity expiry |
| Commission / lot | Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published |
| Access | |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5 Hedge |
| Payout methods | Rise, Crypto, Bank transfer, Hub Credits |
The5ers' Bootcamp runs from a $20,000 3-step account at $22 up to $250,000 at $225, with a profit target of 18%, a max loss of 5%, a profit split of 50% and a one-time activation fee from $205.
About the Bootcamp program
Rules that apply to every account size above.
| In detail | |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 6% / 6% / 6%; funded scaling target 5% |
| Max loss | 5% static maximum loss per evaluation stage |
| Daily loss | None during evaluation; 3% daily pause when funded |
| Evaluation | |
| Min trading days | None during evaluation |
| Funded account | |
| Funded drawdown | 4% static maximum loss; 3% daily pause |
| Max allocation | $4,000,000 |
| Scaling plan | Scales after each 5% funded profit target, up to $4,000,000 |
| Payouts | |
| Payout frequency | Every 2 weeks |
| First payout | 14 days after funded-account activation; $150 minimum profit |
| Processing time | Typically up to 3 business days after approval |
| Min days to payout | 14 |
| Refund policy | Non-refundable |
| Trading rules | |
| Weekend holding | Allowed; index positions incur high swaps |
| Overnight holding | Allowed |
| Hedging | Ordinary hedging is allowed; hedge arbitrage and cross-account or cross-operator offsets are prohibited |
| Copy trading | Copying between Bootcamp accounts and external or other-trader copying are prohibited |
| Expert advisors | Allowed with visible stop-loss and owned source code; no copying, tick scalping, HFT, latency/reverse/hedge arbitrage, or emulators |
| Other restrictions | Mandatory stop-loss; no news bracketing; 30-day inactivity expiry; general prohibited-practices policy applies |
| Commission / lot | Approximately $4 per lot; no exact program-specific schedule published |
| Access | |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView for US web access |
| Payout methods | Rise, Crypto, Bank transfer, Hub Credits |
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The5ers payoutsRecent changes
Reviewed updates to The5ers's pricing, account configuration, FAQs and trading rules, tracked in Fine Print.
- Account config
Wording change: “funded stages” to “pro stages” for Hyper Growth.
- Before
- … profit target, maximum
lossand daily pause remain the same for thefundedstages for Hyper Growth Program - After
- … profit target, maximum loss, and daily pause remain the same for the pro stages for Hyper Growth Program
- Price
Refund timing changed from within 14 days to 5 days cash then Hub Credit
- Before
- Within 14 days of making a purchase.
- After
- Within 5 days of purchase: You may request a full monetary refund. After 5 days from purchase: You may request a refund in the form of Hub Credit only.
- Rules
High Stakes withdrawal requirement added: 3 profitable days
New value: - 3 profitable days is a mandatory requirement, prior to withdrawal, in the High Stakes program only IMPORTANT NOTE: The rule was reverted to original stance which doesn't require any profitable trading days before withdrawal. The revert happened before we launched the final version of "Fine Print" therefore it didn't catch this important update.
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The5ers FAQs
Answers sourced from The5ers’s own help center.
There are four routes. Bootcamp runs three challenge steps on demo, with a 6% profit target and 5% max loss per step. High Stakes is a two-phase evaluation — 10% then 5% targets — with a 10% overall max loss and 1:100 leverage. Hyper Growth and Pro Growth both use a 10% target and 6% max loss at 1:30 leverage. Bootcamp and Hyper Growth can scale as far as $4,000,000, while High Stakes and Pro Growth scale to $500,000.
There is no calendar deadline — you can take as long as you need to reach the target. The only timing rule is activity: any account left untouched for 30 consecutive days is closed. On Bootcamp there is one extra wrinkle — each level stays accessible for up to 48 hours after you complete the previous one.
The split is milestone-based rather than one fixed number: it starts lower and scales up as you hit growth targets, reaching as high as 100%. On the High Stakes program the range runs from 80% to 100%. Because the starting point depends on which program you buy and how far you have scaled, check the current figure for your specific plan.
Your first payout is available 14 days after your funded account is activated, then on a bi-weekly cycle after that. The minimum withdrawal is $150 once the profit split has been applied, and approved requests are typically processed within 5–8 business days. You can take payouts via Rise, cryptocurrency, or bank transfer, or add them to your dashboard as Hub Credits.
They vary by program. Max loss is 5% per step on Bootcamp, 10% overall on High Stakes, and 6% on Hyper Growth and Pro Growth. On the daily side, High Stakes applies a 5% daily loss limit and Pro Growth a 3% daily loss, while Bootcamp and Hyper Growth use a 3% daily pause on funded accounts — meaning you stop for the day and resume at 00:00 platform time rather than breaching the account.
Yes, within limits that differ by program. On Bootcamp and Hyper Growth, news trading is allowed but bracketing strategies around releases are not. On High Stakes you may hold positions through a news event, but orders executed in the window from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release are restricted.
All trading is on cTrader, available on desktop and mobile. Leverage depends on the program — 1:100 on High Stakes and 1:30 on Bootcamp, Hyper Growth, and Pro Growth.
EAs are permitted, though 'stealth mode' stop-losses are not supported, and you may copy your own trades between your accounts. Two exceptions are treated as prohibited: widely-distributed third-party EAs that many traders run simultaneously, and EA services where you have no access to the underlying source code.
The5ers bans strategies aimed at exploiting the platform rather than the market. That includes arbitrage and hedge arbitrage, high-frequency and tick scalping, scalping during rollover, bracketing news, bulk or one-sided position taking, exploiting system errors or latency, overleveraging, coordinating trades across accounts or across firms, and selling or managing accounts for a fee. These are treated seriously — an abuse finding can end the entire relationship, not just close one account.
No. You are not required to close positions overnight, and holding trades over is permitted on the evaluation programs.
The5ers legally owns the funded trading accounts that traders operate. You must trade under your own legal name and register a single email address, and accounts may not be accessed from multiple IP addresses. All traders complete KYC identity verification before being funded.
Yes. Swap-free accounts are available for traders who observe Islamic finance principles and need to avoid overnight interest.
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