Forex · Head-to-head
FTMO vs The5ers side-by-side comparison
A head-to-head look at FTMO and The5ers — both Forex prop firms. Ratings are aggregated from public trader review scores; the stronger value in each row is highlighted.
Key differences
- Challenges at The5ers start from $19, against $79 at FTMO.
- FTMO offers up to a 90% profit split, ahead of The5ers's 80%.
- Overall drawdown is capped at 10% at FTMO, versus 6% at The5ers.
- FTMO supports DXTrade and MT4, which The5ers doesn't offer.
Which fits comes down to priorities: a higher profit split favors FTMO, while a lower entry price points to The5ers.
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The5ers payoutsCompare their exact account models
FTMO and The5ers each sell several account models, and price, drawdown, consistency rules and payouts differ between them. These line up the products themselves rather than the companies.
FTMO vs The5ers: common questions
Answered from the comparison data on this page.
FTMO, at up to 90% against 80% at The5ers. Both are the ceiling across each firm's programs — the split on a specific plan can be lower, and the table above shows the plan each figure comes from.
The5ers funds up to $250K on one account, against $200K at FTMO.
Both publish the same payout cycle: Every 14 days. First payout at both: 14 days. Those are the firms' own published terms — our payout tracker records what each has actually paid on-chain.
Overall drawdown is capped at 10% at FTMO and 6% at The5ers. The daily loss limit is 3% at both.
They score about the same — 4.7/5 for FTMO and 4.7/5 for The5ers. Scores are aggregated from public trader reviews, not from us.
Yes, on cTrader and MT5, which both support. DXTrade and MT4 are only at FTMO.
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