The5ers Free Trial, and the Rules of Each Program

The5ers does not publish a free trial or a free challenge. Entry is paid on all three of their programs, and the cheapest entry figure they state plainly is the $19 Cost on the smallest High Stakes plan. Their knowledge centre is filed by program, with no free-trial or demo topic among its sections.

Every figure below comes from The5ers' own pages. Their naming needs sorting out first: each program carries both a step count and a name, and summaries tend to use one or the other. This covers their CFD programs only. Their footer also lists Futures and Stock Trading, which are a different catalogue with their own rule sets, and none of those numbers appear here.

The numbers here are The5ers' own, checked on the5ers.com on 2026-10-07.

What are The5ers' rules?

Each program publishes a profit target, a maximum loss, a daily limit, a minimum number of profitable days, leverage and a time limit. The thresholds differ per program and per plan size, and sitting on top of them is a long list of prohibited practices that no table covers.

The numbers below are the smallest plan on each program page, the tab each page opens on. Larger plans sit on the same pages with different figures, so check the tab for your size.

What are the three programs, and which one is which?

Their own navigation lists them as "1 Step | Growth", "2 Step | High Stakes" and "3 Step | Bootcamp".

The Growth page sits at a URL that says hyper-growth, and inside it a plan strip offers Pro Growth and Hyper Growth, so Hyper Growth is a variant within the program rather than a program of its own. The page's own heading reads Growth.

Growth, the 1-step program

The $5K plan, columns as their table gives them:

Rule	Step 1	Pro Trader
Evaluation Target	10%	10%
Stop Out Level	6%	6%
Daily Loss	3%	3%
Profit Split	Up to 100%	Up to 100%
Time Limit	Unlimited	Unlimited
Leverage	1:30	1:30

Three more rows on that plan carry a single value between the two columns, so neither phase owns them: One Time Fee $52, Bonuses From $15, Minimum profitable days 3.

The plan strip offers $5K, $10K, $20K and $50K. Their specifications list caps what you can hold: "Maximum capital per trader on evaluation account sizes: $40,000." Assets are "Assets available: FX, Metals, Indices, crypto."

Growth's scaling table is worth reading before you trust the Up to 100% in the plan table. Its own prose reads "Your account will scale up upon meeting each 10% target, according to the following table:", and its Payout Ratio column reads 75%/25% on every row from $5,000 up to $300,000, 80%/20% at $350,000, and 80%-100% from $400,000 up. So the 100% figure in the headline belongs to the top of the ladder, not to the plan you buy. The table's last row is $500,000, while the page headline says "Grow your account up to $4,000,000".

High Stakes, the 2-step program

The $2.5K plan:

Rule	Step 1	Step 2	Pro Trader
Max Trading Period	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Minimum Profitable Days	3	3	3 for scaling
Maximum Daily Loss	5%	5%	5%
Maximum Loss	10%	10%	10%
Profit Target	10%	5%	10% For Scaling

Their own framing: "A 2-step challenge that’s high risk, high reward. Our most popular program!" The same page lists "Evaluation phase on a demo account", "Scale your account on every 10% target", "Eligibility for fixed payouts" and "80-100% profit split".

Two numbers that sit outside the phase columns on that plan. The Cost row reads $19, and the Profit Share row reads 80%-100%, with Refund appearing against the later phases. Those rows are not aligned against the Step 1, Step 2 and Pro Trader columns above them, so read them on their page for the size you want.

Leverage on High Stakes breaks the pattern across the three programs. Their specifications list reads "Leverage 1:100", against 1:30 on both Growth and Bootcamp. Assets are "Assets available: FX, Metals, Indices Oil and Crypto." Scaling on this program runs to "Scaling up to $500,000", on the same each 10% target as Growth.

The plan strip offers $2.5K, $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K and $100K, and splits into New and Classic tabs. The rule figures above read the same on both tabs; what changes between them is how many accounts of each size you may hold at once.

Bootcamp, the 3-step program

The $20K plan:

Rule	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Pro Trader
Initial Balance	$5,000	$10,000	$15,000	$20,000
Profit Target	6%	6%	6%	5%
Max Loss	5%	5%	5%	4%
Daily Pause	none shown	none shown	none shown	3%
Leverage	1:30	1:30	1:30	1:30
Time Limit	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Profit Share	none shown	none shown	none shown	Up to 100%
Bonus	$2 Hub Credit	none shown	none shown	none shown
Cost	$22	none shown	none shown	$50

Daily Pause is their term, and on this plan it appears against the Pro Trader column only. Nothing they publish defines it, so read it as their word rather than a daily loss limit renamed.

The Cost row is split: $22 against Step 1 and $50 against Pro Trader, which is what their line "Pay a low-cost entry fee and the rest upon success" describes. Their plan strip offers $20K, $100K and $250K.

Bootcamp is also the only one of the three that publishes trading rules in prose. In their words: "The maximum number of active Bootcamp accounts an individual can hold is 4:", then 1 at $250K, 1 at $100K and 2 at $20K. Also: "Each active account must have a different strategy and method connected to it." And: "Accounts without activity for more than 30 consecutive days will be closed." On holding: "Overnight and weekend movements are allowed with Bootcamp Accounts. However, please note that holding any indices over the weekend results in possible fees." And: "Leverage for all accounts: 1:30. Margin requirements applies. Check FAQs below."

Their Bootcamp scaling figures need reading at the source. The prose says "Your account will scale up upon meeting each 5% target, according to the following table:", the scaling table's own column header says 10%, and the first row's figures work out to 4% and 5% of the starting balance. The third column is headed Payout Ratio but carries dollar amounts rather than ratios, unlike the same column on the Growth page. Four readings of one ladder, so take scaling from their page rather than from any summary.

What is the daily loss limit, and what is the maximum loss?

By program: Growth publishes a 3% Daily Loss and a 6% Stop Out Level. High Stakes publishes 5% and 10%. Bootcamp publishes no daily figure for the evaluation steps, a 3% Daily Pause on the Pro Trader column, Max Loss 5% through the steps and 4% once at Pro Trader.

The Growth page's marketing bullets include "No daily stop-loss". Two screens below, the plan table has a Daily Loss row reading 3% in both columns. Both sit on the same page, and neither can be called the rule from outside, so read the plan table for your size and put the mismatch to their support before you pay.

A 3% daily limit on a $5,000 balance is $150, and a 6% stop out is $300. Working those out for your own size takes a minute with the drawdown calculator, and the position size calculator turns a limit like that into a lot size.

How many profitable days do you need?

Three on Growth and High Stakes, with the wording changing at the funded stage, and none published on Bootcamp. Growth's $5K plan lists Minimum profitable days 3 as a single value. High Stakes lists 3 in both evaluation steps and "3 for scaling" at Pro Trader. Bootcamp's $20K table carries no profitable-days row at all.

Growth contradicts itself here too. Its specifications list says "No minimum trades or days requirements for completing level 1", while the plan table on the same page gives Minimum profitable days 3. Another one for their support.

A profitable day is not simply a day you finished up. High Stakes publishes a threshold: "A profitable day is a day on which the closed positions made a positive profit* of at least 0.5% of the initial balance." Their footnote computes that positive profit as the lower of your midnight balance and your midnight equity, less the previous day's balance. On a $2,500 plan that is $12.50 a day, three times, from closed positions only.

So a rule of this kind is about how your result spreads across days rather than how much you made. Two strategies that finish on the same number can pass or fail on it, and a day that ends a few dollars up may not count at all.

Does The5ers have a consistency rule?

Not on the three program pages, but one does appear elsewhere on their site, so the answer depends on which plan you are buying.

None of Growth, High Stakes or Bootcamp carries a consistency figure, and neither does their prohibited-practices page. Their home page does. Under the heading Design your trading journey, a plan comparison carries a row reading "Consistency- Per Day" against 50% in both its evaluation and funded columns, on the $100K one-step card. That strip also has a Futures tab, and their futures plans are a separate catalogue with their own rules, so check which tab and which plan a figure belongs to before you count on it. Put it to their support for the plan you want.

What about trading the news?

Allowed on both programs that publish a rule for it, with a window around the event. Growth: "News trading is allowed. (except for bracket strategies around news or others mentioned on our T&C)". High Stakes allows it in the same breath and then names the window: "Considering taking moves during high-impact and breaking news is allowed." and "Performing moves 2 minutes before or after high-impact news events is not allowed."

What is prohibited?

Their longest rule set, and the one where most of the judgement lives. Their framing: "some trading practices that tend to abuse our system and programs are completely forbidden and are a strict violation of our Terms and Conditions", and "This works both for our evaluation phases and funded accounts." The page is stamped "last update: July 28, 2026".

Practices they name, in their own labels: Arbitrage Trading; "High-frequency trading, in which the majority of trade durations span is measured within a few seconds or less"; "Bulk trading, is when multiple trades are open simultaneously"; a bracketing strategy of pending orders around high-impact news; taking advantage of price-display errors or delays; "Trade coordination or copy trading with other traders or accounts"; "One-sided bets, which refer to a trading strategy where the user consistently takes positions in one single direction"; Tick Scalping; Hedge Arbitrage Trading; Reverse Arbitrage Trading; Account Sharing or Reselling; "Account Management Services “Pass your Challenge” is also prohibited"; cross-operator coordinated trading across accounts at different firms; and three separate clauses about Expert Advisors, including "Using an EA from a provider where the trader does not own the source code."

Two of those clauses matter if you test by hand.

On manufacturing profitable days: "Using trading strategies that artificially distribute profit across multiple days without proportionally distributing market risk, such as holding opposing positions on the same or highly correlated instruments, or partially closing and managing the same trade idea across multiple trading days, in order to artificially inflate the number of profitable days recorded on the account."

On changing your size: "Opening position sizes or a number of positions that are substantially larger or smaller than your typical trading activity, whether compared across your own accounts or between your evaluation and funded account stages".

Their consequence, in their words: "Any refund or profit will not be processed, and you will be permanently banned from The5ers Fund."

Their wording leans on "market-standard risk management practices that a reasonable person would apply", and on speculative position-taking that resembles gambling rather than legitimate proprietary trading. Those are judgement clauses, not thresholds, and ours does not score them. A record of your own tested trades can show whether your size and your method stay steady, which is the behaviour the clauses are pointed at.

Is The5ers instant funding?

No. Their instant-funding URL redirects to the Growth program page, which is a one-step evaluation. The closest thing they publish is a single evaluation step before a Pro Trader account, rather than funding on purchase.

What does it cost?

Four figures, and they do not line up into one price list.

• Growth, $5K plan: a One Time Fee of $52.
• High Stakes, $2.5K plan: a Cost row reading $19, the cheapest entry figure on any of the three pages.
• Bootcamp, $20K plan: $22 against Step 1 and $50 against Pro Trader.
• The Bootcamp page's own title string reads "The Bootcamp program - $95", which matches no row on the $20K plan. Their plan strip also offers $100K and $250K, so read the title as a program-level figure rather than the price of the plan the page opens on.

A site-wide banner also advertises "Limited Time Offer! Industry’s Lowest" with "$100K For $149", which is a promotion rather than a standing price.

What does The5ers say it is?

Their own disclaimer is worth reading before you pay anyone for an evaluation: "The Company is not a broker, custodian, exchange, financial institution, trading platform, fiduciary, or investment fund, and does not provide financial services or hold client deposits." On the accounts themselves: "The simulated balance provided for evaluation purposes is fictitious, does not represent real currency or deposited capital, and conveys no right of ownership or withdrawal."

The site is operated by "FIVE PERCENT ONLINE LTD, a company registered in Israel with company number 515864007", and their home page carries "since 2016".

How would you know whether your strategy survives these rules?

By scoring trades you have already taken against the published thresholds, before any fee is involved. That is what the Prop Firms scorer in ChartLabs does, and The5ers is one of the firms in its catalog.

You backtest a strategy by hand, and the scorer takes those closed trades, turns them into a return stream and re-simulates it against each challenge's published rules: the profit target, the daily loss limit, maximum drawdown in its static, trailing and trailing intraday forms, minimum trading days, consistency rules, time limits and weekend holding rules. Each challenge comes back as Pass, Almost, Not yet or Failed, with the one rule that held you back named beside the verdict. We maintain the catalog and it is read only, so the rules you are scored against are the firms' own.

There is a risk per trade slider above the results. Move it and everything re-scores, because the same trades at a different size produce a different equity curve. On a program with a 3% daily limit and a 6% stop out, that is a difference that matters.

The two boxes on the right are constraints of your own rather than any firm's, and both are optional.

Two honest limits, stated once. The profitable-days rule, its 0.5% threshold and their clause about manufacturing profitable days are all about how a result spreads over time, and a backtest scores the trades you closed. And nothing we build reads their prohibited list. A scorer answers the threshold questions, and the judgement clauses are between you and them.

More on the scorer in Prop Firm Backtesting. If you are new to testing by hand, start with Backtesting a Trading Strategy, and Forex Backtesting covers the data side.

Prop firms change their rules and their prices, so treat their pages as current and this one as a snapshot. Then score your own backtested trades against their published limits before you pay an entry fee. ChartLabs is $20 a month or $200 a year, one plan with everything included, and the trial is 7 days with no credit card: start the free trial.