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The5ers Futures logoThe5ers Futures
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

CEO

Sean Bainton

Saul Lokier

Country

United Arab Emirates

Israel

Foundation

2021

2016

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Assets
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Agriculture, Energies
Refund
Payout Fee

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

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

Platforms
Tradovate, ProjectX, Volsys, DeepCharts
BlackArrow
Demo Account
Unknown
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Rise, Crypto, Transfer
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
  • Express: daily payouts
  • Direct: instant payout from day one

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

Payout Guarantee

Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

Minimum Withdrawal

$500 across all account types.

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

Maximum Withdrawal

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.

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
Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Two Steps
Max Drawdown

Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:

  • Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
  • Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
  • Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500

Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.

On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.

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

90% on all funded accounts and plans.

A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

dailyDrawdown

Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.

  • Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
  • Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
  • Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
Three Steps
Max Allocation
150,000
500,000
mandatoryBuffer
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Minimum Trading Days
  • No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
  • Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
  • Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active

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

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation

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

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
  • Express: no minimum
  • Direct: no minimum
Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

Maximum Trading Days

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

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

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

Consistency Rule
Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
  • AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
  • Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
  • Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
  • Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
  • Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
  • Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
  • Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
  • Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
  • Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
  • Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

Overnight positions
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