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The5ers Guide — Challenge Rules, Payouts, and What to Know
Overview
The5ers is a proprietary trading firm known for its High Stakes and Hyper Growth evaluation programs, which fund traders after a profit-target challenge with no time limit — accounts only expire after 30 consecutive days with zero trading activity. It's one of the few firms in the category that refunds the challenge fee itself once a trader receives their first payout from the funded account.
The5ers pros and cons
- Refunds the challenge fee itself with your first profit payout — a real cost difference from firms that never return it.
- No time limit on the challenge; accounts only expire after 30 consecutive days with zero trading activity.
- Payouts every 14 days once funded, among the more frequent cadences in the category.
- Base profit split starts at 50% before any scale-up plan — lower than FTMO's 80% starting split.
- Minimum trading days are defined as PROFITABLE days (at least 0.5% gain that day), not just any day with a trade — a stricter bar than firms that only require activity.
- Same 5% daily loss limit as FTMO on the High Stakes program, so it isn't materially looser on this specific rule.
What are The5ers’s challenge rules?
High Stakes account — 2-Step Challenge
| Profit target (Phase 1) | 10% |
|---|---|
| Profit target (Phase 2) | 5% |
| Max daily loss | 5% |
| Max total loss | 10% |
| Min trading days | 3 profitable days |
| Time limit | Unlimited (30-day inactivity expiry) |
| Profit split | 50% → 100% |
| Challenge fee | $275–$995, refunded at first payout |
Planning a challenge attempt?
Traderista’s Challenge Buffer Calculator tracks how much of The5ers’s daily and total loss limits you have left, in real time.
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