The5ers Futures vs Upcomers Futures at a glance

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

Building A1, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Saul Lokier

Jakub Zeliska

Israel

United Arab Emirates

2016

2023

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

Bank transfer: USD 19.90 + 2.49%. Crypto: USD 19.90 + 30%; reduced to USD 19.90 + 2.49% when more than 50% of the trader's purchases were paid in crypto.

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

Futures accounts are simulated (sim-funded).

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

Classic: whenever the conditions are met. Vanguard: after 5 qualifying days for the first payout. Upcomers states same-day processing after approval.

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

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.

Classic (payouts 1–5): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 800/1,600/2,400/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,400/2,800/4,200/5,000/6,000; 150K 2,000/4,000/5,000/5,000/9,000; 200K 2,600/5,000/5,000/5,000/12,000; 300K 3,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/18,000; 400K 4,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/23,500 USD. Vanguard (payouts 1–7): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 1,000/2,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,600/3,200/4,800/5,000/6,000/6,000/6,000; 150K 1,900/3,800/5,000/5,000/9,000/9,000/9,000; 200K 2,300/4,600/5,000/5,000/11,500/12,000/12,000; 300K 3,100/5,000/5,000/5,000/15,500/18,000/18,000 USD. The checkout sells Vanguard 400K, but the current public table does not yet publish its cap; confirm with support.

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

USD 100.

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

Realized profit and all positions closed; at least 1% profit since the previous payout. 20% Best Day Rule. Before the first payout, Vanguard requires 5 profitable days with at least 0.5% profit each.

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

Vanguard offers instant funding with no evaluation.

Thunderbolt Classic is a one-step evaluation with a 6% target.

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

+35% every 4 months, up to USD 4,000,000, with 15% cumulative growth, at least 2 payouts and a positive final cycle.

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

Real-time trailing: 4% on Classic and 3% on Vanguard. It locks at the initial balance after the account grows by that same percentage.

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

90% selected for these prices. Checkout also allows 80% or 100%, adjusting the price.

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

No time limit to pass Classic; all futures accounts close after 14 calendar days without closing a trade.

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

Classic can be passed in 1 day. Vanguard has no evaluation.

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

No activation fee or recurring platform/data subscription stated by Upcomers.

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

The contract limit depends on account size and does not drop after funding.

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

One-time payment based on program, size and profit split. The table shows the regular 90% price before any promotional code.

Resets are available when offered by Upcomers. A rule-violation reset permanently limits future payouts on that account to 50%.

Thunderbolt Classic includes an optional Trial Phase; Vanguard has no evaluation.

Classic: 3% in evaluation and 2% when funded. Vanguard: 2%. Resets at 5:00 PM ET.

No fixed account-count limit; total funded capital cannot exceed USD 1,500,000 across all Upcomers programs.

Vanguard requires 5 days with at least 0.5% profit each before the first payout; they do not need to be consecutive.

Algorithmic and high-frequency trading are prohibited.

Bots and automation are allowed when the strategy is unique and responsible; no HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage, feed abuse or mass-shared strategies.

Upcomers' general VPN/VPS and identity-verification rules apply.

Allowed within the same account; coordinating opposite positions across accounts or people to bypass rules is prohibited.

Normal scalping is allowed; tick scalping and latency exploitation are prohibited.

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

Allowed between your own accounts; prohibited between different people.

At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

Automatic closure after 14 calendar days without closing a trade; the clock starts at purchase and resets with every closed trade.

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

20% Best Day Rule: the best day cannot represent more than 20% of total profit when requesting a payout.

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage or latency abuse, feed/price abuse, mass-shared strategies, martingale, account rolling and any practice designed to exploit the simulated environment.

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.

Hard maximum loss of 1.5% of account size per open trade. Positions in the same instrument and direction count as one trade.