The5ers
CFDOverview
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Firm Name
The5ers
- Established
January 2016
- Location
United Kingdom
- CEO
Saul Lokier
- Trustpilot Rating
4.7
- Community Rating
4.7 (1,281 reviews)
- Instrument Types
CFD
- Programs
1-Step (Pro Growth, Hyper Growth, Summer), 2-Steps (High Stakes, Summer), 3-Steps (Bootcamp)
- Account Sizes
$5,000 - $250,000
BROKER & PLATFORM
- Broker
Commercial Liquidity Provider
- Platforms
cTrader, MT5, TradingView
PAYMENT & PAYOUT METHODS
- Payment Methods
Apple Pay, Bank Transfer, Credit/Debit Card, Crypto, Google Pay, PayPal
- Payout Methods
Bank Transfer, Crypto, HUB Credits, Riseworks
INSTRUMENTS & ASSETS
- Assets
FX, Metals, Indices, Energy, Crypto
Challenges & pricing
| Product | Account | Price | Phase 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Growth | $5,000 | $46.80 $52.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Pro Growth | $10,000 | $88.20 $98.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Pro Growth | $20,000 | $170.10 $189.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Pro Growth | $50,000 | $296.10 $329.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Hyper Growth | $5,000 | $247.00 $260.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Hyper Growth | $10,000 | $427.50 $450.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Hyper Growth | $20,000 | $807.50 $850.00 | 10% | Get funded |
| Summer 1-Step | $100,000 | $224.10 $249.00 | 10% | Get funded |
Rules & conditions
LEVERAGE
- Leverage by Asset & Program
- FX1-Step 1:302-Steps 1:1003-Steps 1:30Metals1-Step 1:252-Steps 1:253-Steps 1:25Indices1-Step 1:252-Steps 1:253-Steps 1:25Energy1-Step 1:1.52-Steps 1:53-Steps n/aCrypto1-Step 1:0.62-Steps 1:23-Steps 1:0.6
COMMISSIONS
- FX
$4 per standard lot
- Indices
No commissions
- Crypto
0.06% per lot
- Metals
0.002% per lot
- Energy
0.06% per lot
CONSISTENCY RULES
- Consistency Rule
- 1-Step Summer Plan: 50% best day rule (evaluation & funded)2-Step Summer Plan: 50% best day rule (funded)Other programs: none
FIRM RULES - GENERAL
- Copy Trading
- ›Allowed for High Stakes & Hyper Growth with limits
- ›not allowed between two Bootcamp accounts
Above $500K AUM: same trades across accounts no longer possible- ›External copy only from own accounts
- ›third-party copy not allowed
Partnership with Prop Firm One
- Expert Advisors (EAs)
Allowed if a stop loss is set on every position
Must notcopy others' signalstick scalplatency/reverse/hedge arbitrageuse emulatorsViolations = cancelled & banned
Applies to: all programs incl. Bootcamp and Hyper Growth- Inactivity Rule
Accounts expire after 30 consecutive calendar days without new orders.
- Prohibited Practices
- ›One-sided bets (consistent single-direction positions without proper analysis)
- ›arbitrage (exploiting price discrepancies or glitches)
- ›bracket strategies around high-impact news
- ›system exploitation (price-display errors, update delays)
- ›overleveraging / overexposure to a single or correlated instruments
- ›position-sizing inconsistency (sizes far off your typical activity, across accounts or eval vs funded; cumulative overexposure in correlated instruments)
Full list: the5ers.com/faqs/prohibited-trading-practices/
FIRM RULES - HIGH STAKES (2-STEPS)
- Min Profitable Days
3 profitable days (closed positions ≥ 0.5% of initial balance)
- News Trading
- High Stakes & Summer Plan: no executing orders from 2 min before until 2 min after high-impact news
FIRM RULES - BOOTCAMP (3-STEPS)
- Stop-Loss Requirement
Mandatory on all positions/orders, must be set within 3 min of placement
- Max Risk Per Position
SL must not risk more than 2% of account balance
- Daily Pause (Funded)
3% daily pause (soft breach)
- Risk Violations
Opening without SL or risking >2% = risk violation. 5 violations = account termination.
FIRM RULES - HYPER GROWTH (1-STEP)
- News Trading
- Hyper Growth, Pro Growth & Bootcamp: allowed except for bracket strategies around news
GENERAL CHALLENGE PARAMETERS
- Max Daily Drawdown (High Stakes)
Varies by program
- Max Total Drawdown
Varies by program
- High Stakes Phase 1 Target
8%
- High Stakes Phase 2 Target
5%
- Hyper Growth Target
10%
- Bootcamp Targets
Varies per step
- Min Profitable Days (High Stakes)
3 days (≥0.5% of initial balance)
Payouts
PAYOUT POLICY
- Profit Split (Bootcamp/Pro Growth/Hyper Growth)
Starts at 50%, scales to 75% at next stage, up to 100%
- Profit Split (High Stakes)
Starts at 80%, scalable to 100%
- Payout Frequency
Bi-weekly
Summer Plan payout caps$2,000 per payout cycle (100K)$3,000 (200K)Summer 1-Step funded target: 10% (same as the evaluation)- Minimum Withdrawal
- ›$150 (after profit split applied)
- ›Summer Plan: $250
- Payout Commissions
- Rise / Crypto / Bank Transfer3.5%HUB Credits: 0%
- Scaling Plan Details
- https: //help.the5ers.com/how-much-is-the-profit-split-in-the5ers/
Restricted countries
RESTRICTED COUNTRIES
- Restricted Countries
Afghanistan
Belarus
Burundi
Central African RepublicCrimea
Cuba
DR Congo
Eritrea
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Myanmar
North Korea
Palestinian Territory
Papua New Guinea
Republic of the Congo
Russia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Yemen
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The5ers is a CFD/forex prop firm with 21 challenges tracked in our database, priced from $19 to $807.5, funding accounts up to $250K. The verified code PROPFT takes 10% off, already applied to every price we list. Funded traders keep up to 100% of profits. Across 1,250 aggregated trader reviews it averages 4.7/5. The5ers holds the best high-volume review score we track, built largely on repeat-payout traders, and its $95 Bootcamp remains the cheapest route to a $100K account in CFD prop. Payouts settle in 24-48 hours on a bi-weekly cycle.