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Headquarters

Paris

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

CEO

Léon Grimm

Saul Lokier

Country

France

Israel

Foundation

2023

2016

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia (certain sectors), Georgia (specific territories), Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia), Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Congo Republic, Crimea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Donetsk, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Kherson, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luhansk, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaporizhzhia
Assets
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Energies, Agriculture, Interest Rates, Crypto
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Agriculture, Energies
Brokers
TFeed, dxFeed, Rithmic, Edge Clear
No data
Payout Fee

Merit Live: Phoenix covers the processor fee on withdrawals above $500.

3.5% for Rise, cryptocurrencies and bank transfers. No fee when the payout is converted into Hub Credits.

Platforms
Odin, Quantower, ATAS, Volumetrica, DeepCharts, DeepDOM, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MultiCharts, Jigsaw, Bookmap, MotiveWave, Investor/RT, Tiger.Trade, Overcharts, Volfix, Optimus Flow, Photon, Inside Edge Trader, QScalp, Agena Trader
BlackArrow
Payout Methods
Payoneer, Wise, PayPal
Rise, Crypto, Transfer
Live Account
Yes

Live Funded account at EdgeClear on Rithmic. Classic and Spark: after 4 payouts. Daily: once $1,200/$3,000/$6,000 has been paid (Seed/Starter/Growth). Merit: straight to Live on approval. Risk review required; if not passed, the pre-funded payout limit may be extended instead. Live amount: Classic $1,250/$2,000/$3,500; Spark $400/$1,000; Daily $500/$1,250/$2,000; Merit $2,000. Static drawdown, daily limit agreed with the trader, and every rule waived except overnight and over-week positions. Other funded accounts go dormant on transfer.

No

The5ers states that all activity is conducted in a simulated trading environment.

Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency

Classic: weekly, first payout after 5 trading days and then every 5. Spark: bi-weekly, first payout after 5 trading days. Daily: any trading day once profit matures (3 trading days; 5 for a day above 30% of total profit and above the tier's daily cap). Merit Live: any time, up to 10 per day. Processing: 2 to 3 business days.

First payout after 14 days; subsequent payouts every 14 days after the last approved withdrawal.

Maximum Withdrawal

Per payout: Classic $600/$1,000/$2,000 (Starter/Growth/Scale); Spark $300/$400 (Seed/Starter). Daily: $200/$500/$1,000 per trading day (Seed/Starter/Growth), with $1,000 per day per trader across all Daily accounts. Merit Live: no maximum. PayPal: $2,000 per month.

25K: $1,250. 50K: payouts 1–4 are capped at $1,500 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000; later payouts remain capped at $3,000. 100K and 150K: 3% of the current balance.

Minimum Withdrawal

Classic and Daily: $75. Spark: $30 (Seed) or $75 (Starter). Merit Live: $1.

A payout can be requested after reaching at least 4% profit over the initial account balance.

Other Payout Requirements

After passing: review of up to 72 hours, then KYC and Pre-Funded contract within 48 hours. The trailing drawdown locks at the starting balance on the first payout. Every denied payout comes with a written reason from the risk team. No crypto payouts.

The funded account must be at least 14 days old and have reached at least 4% profit. The 14-day cycle restarts after scaling.

Payout Guarantee
No data

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

Commission

Per contract and side on TFeed; dxFeed is double. ES, NQ, RTY and YM $1.09; MES, MNQ, M2K and MYM $0.35; CL $1.15; MCL $0.43; GC $1.20; MGC $0.43; NG $1.20; 6E $1.20; ZN $0.80; ZB $0.83; BTC $3.38; MBT $1.38. Same rates on every line, in evaluation and funded.

Standard futures: $5 per side. Micro futures: $2.50 per side.

Account Reset

Classic, Daily and Spark: unlimited, by paying the fee or with reset coupons (one per month the challenge stays alive; they stack and never expire). Classic: a failed account is reset free at renewal. Merit: no reset.

No data
Add-ons
Yes

Performance Review (+20% on the price): 20 to 30 page report on the trader's own trades. Free ATAS licence with dxFeed.

No data
Instant
No
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Limited

Scaling beyond the Classic plan on request, after a full review of the trades.

Yes

At every approved 10% profit milestone, buying power increases by 5%, up to $500,000.

Max Drawdown

Classic and Daily: end-of-day trailing in evaluation and funded. Spark: end-of-day trailing in evaluation and real-time trailing once funded. The trailing drawdown locks at the starting balance. Merit: static, the whole $2,000 balance. Live: static.

4% EOD trailing drawdown, calculated from the highest midnight balance or equity. After a payout, it resets to 4% below the new balance.

Profit Split

Classic and Spark: 90%. Daily: 80%. Merit: 50% until the trader has withdrawn twice the starting balance, then 80%.

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

Daily Drawdown

Classic, Daily and Spark: none. Merit: 25% dynamic (soft breach). Live: agreed with each trader based on their results.

No data
Max Allocation
700,000
500,000
Mandatory buffer
Limited

Classic and Daily: a locked buffer equal to the maximum drawdown stays in the account and is not withdrawable. Spark and Merit: none.

No
Maximum Accounts

Unlimited challenges. Pre-funded: 5 on TFeed (up to 3 Spark, 3 Daily, 3 Classic Growth or Scale and 5 Classic Starter) and 3 on dxFeed. Live: up to 5, at Phoenix's discretion. Merit: one attempt; another requires buying a Classic or Daily account first.

No data
Maximum Trading Days

No deadline. Spark closes after 90 days without a trade. Merit: 30 calendar days.

No time limit. At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

Minimum Trading Days

Classic and Daily: 2. Spark: 1. Merit: none; the challenge lasts 30 calendar days.

The evaluation can be passed in one trading day while respecting the consistency rule.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No monthly fee on funded accounts. Activation: $29 one-time on Spark; $0 on Classic, Daily and Merit. Live: CME professional data at $135/month per exchange, deducted from the account.

No monthly fee. The current program catalogue shows no activation fee.

Points Reward Program

Phoenix Extra: PHX earned for ideas and ambassador work, usable on accounts, resets and activation fees. Not convertible to cash.

No data
Minimum Profitable Days

Classic: 5 days between payouts with at least $100/$200/$300 profit (Starter/Growth/Scale). Spark: 5 days with at least $40 (Seed) or $100 (Starter). Daily and Merit: none.

No data
Position size scaling
Limited

Classic: the contract limit rises with profit at $1,000, $2,000 and $4,000 up to the account maximum, in evaluation and funded, and drops if profit falls back. Spark, Daily and Merit: full size from day one. Live: one extra mini per $2,000 of profit.

Yes

Every approved 10% profit milestone adds 1 mini and 10 micro contracts.

Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

Classic: monthly subscription every 30 days, cancelled automatically on passing; dxFeed adds $20/month. Daily, Spark and Merit: one-time payment. No refunds.

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

Expert Advisor (EA)
No

HFT and bots that trade without the trader are prohibited. Tools that assist the trader (hotkeys, DOM, alerts) are allowed.

No

Algorithmic and high-frequency trading are prohibited.

VPN
Yes

VPN, VPS and proxy allowed; sessions are monitored and identity documents may be requested.

Yes
Hedging
No

Opposite positions on the same asset across accounts, own or someone else's.

No
Scalping
Yes

No minimum trade duration.

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No

Rotating through accounts, each risked in full on the same bet until one hits, is prohibited. Holding several accounts is allowed.

Yes
Martingale
Limited

Allowed within a single account, also DCA. Prohibited across accounts.

Yes
Copy Trading
Yes

Same direction across the trader's own accounts. Thor is included with TFeed.

Limited

Only between the trader's own 25K and 50K accounts, with a combined maximum allocation of $75,000.

News Trading
Yes

Including Tier 1 releases, at every stage.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

Pre-funded: one trade every 7 calendar days, otherwise the account closes without a payout. Live: 30 days, not applied mechanically. Challenges: none, except Spark (90 days).

Yes

At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

Consistency Rule
Limited

Classic and Daily evaluations: best day up to 50% of total profit; exceeding it only delays passing. Spark funded: 30%. No rule on Classic and Daily funded, Spark evaluation or Merit.

Yes

40% per-position consistency rule during evaluation and funded stages. It is calculated using accumulated profitable trades; losing trades are not deducted.

Hold Weekend
No
No
Prohibited Strategies

Hedging between accounts, account rolling, martingale or loss recovery across accounts (also at other firms) and HFT or bots. On funded accounts: flipping and one-tick trading on bonds. Stop trading a contract within 2% of its CME daily price limit.

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

Overnight positions
No

Positions must be closed before the session ends, at every stage including Live. Breach: funded account denied, or payout denied and account closed.

Limited

Day Trade does not allow overnight positions. Swing allows limited overnight exposure: 1 mini/10 micros on 25K and 50K, 2/20 on 100K and 3/30 on 150K.

Requires Stop Loss
No data
No
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