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The5ers Futures logoThe5ers Futures
Headquarters

1 Allied Business Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, England, AL5 4UT

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

CEO

Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler

Saul Lokier

Country

United Kingdom

Israel

Foundation

2023

2016

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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
Equity Indexes, Currencies, Metals, Commodities, Crypto, Rates
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Agriculture, Energies
Brokers
ACG Markets
Payout Fee

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

Platforms
AlphaTrader, TradingView, WealthCharts, Quantower, Deepcharts
BlackArrow
Payout Methods
ACH, Wire Transfer, SWIFT, Wise, Rise
Rise, Crypto, Transfer
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Zero, Standard and Advanced: Up to 4 times per month after 5 winning trading days of $200 or more
  • Direct: Up to 4 times per month after meeting its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule

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

Payout Guarantee

Same day

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

Maximum Withdrawal
  • Advanced: $15,000 per account
  • Zero 25K: $1,000
  • Zero 50K: $1,500
  • Zero 100K: $2,500
  • Standard 50K: $3,000
  • Standard 100K: $4,000
  • Standard 150K: $5,000
  • Direct 25K: $1,000
  • Direct 50K: $2,000
  • Direct 100K: $2,500
  • Direct 150K: $3,000

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
  • Zero: $200
  • Standard: $500
  • Advanced: $1,000
  • Direct: $500

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

Other Payout Requirements

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

Commission

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

Account Reset

Evaluation Resets

Evaluation reset prices are shown in each challenge. Paying the next monthly subscription also resets an Evaluation.

 

Qualified Resets

Available after a breach on Zero and Standard Qualified accounts.

Plan 25K 50K 100K 150K
Zero $399 $499 $799
Standard $599 $799 $999
Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Max Drawdown
  • EOD trailing on every plan
  • Locks at the starting balance
  • Does not reset after a performance fee

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

Free Trial
dailyDrawdown
  • Advanced: none
  • Zero: applies in Evaluation and Qualified; hitting it locks the account until the next trading day
  • Standard: none in Evaluation; applies once Qualified
  • Direct: applies from day one
Max Allocation
  • Zero, Standard and Direct: up to 5 Qualified accounts
  • Advanced: up to 3 Qualified accounts; an active Advanced Qualified account limits the user to 3 total
500,000
mandatoryBuffer
Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days

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

Minimum Trading Days
  • Zero (Evaluation): 1 day
  • Standard (Evaluation): 2 days
  • Advanced (Evaluation): 3 days
  • Zero, Standard and Advanced Qualified: 5 winning days of $200 or more before each performance fee
  • Direct: no minimum trading days; withdrawals require its profit target and 20% consistency rule

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

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation fee on any plan. Direct is paid once; Zero, Standard and Advanced charge monthly only during Evaluation.

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

Minimum Profitable Days

Zero, Standard and Advanced require 5 winning days with at least $200 profit each before every performance fee request. Direct requires its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule.

Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

Zero, Standard and Advanced use a monthly Evaluation fee. Direct is one-time.

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

Profit Split

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
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News Trading
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hasInactivityRule

10 trading days

Consistency Rule
Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • All or Nothing Approach
  • Order Book Spamming
  • Tick or Micro Scalping
  • Exploiting Absence of Slippage / Favorable Fills
  • Multiple Limit Orders at Same Price
  • Gambling Tendencies / Account Rolling (Account Stacking)
  • Reverse Trading / Hedging
  • Trading Illiquid or Gapped Markets for Isolated Fills
  • Non-Compliance with CME Group Rules
  • Group Trading (Collaborative Trading)

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

Overnight positions
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