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The5ers rules, explained

The rules that can fail a The5ers account or cost you a payout, for each of its 4 programmes: daily loss, maximum loss, news, weekends and payouts. Checked against The5ers’s own pages on 26 October 2026.

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High Stakes

5% daily · 10% static max loss · 10% then 5% target

Account sizes
$2,500, $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K
Profit target
Step 1 10% · Step 2 5%
Trading days
3 profitable days per phase, each closing at least 0.5% of the account in profit.
Daily loss limit
5% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account.
Maximum loss
10% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation
No trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news. Doing so can fail the account.
News, Pro Trader
No trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news. Doing so can fail the account.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 2 weeks 80%.
Also note
The page says trading 2 minutes either side of high-impact news is not allowed but not what happens if you do; PAYOUT treats it as a breach. Payouts need $150 profit.

Source: the5ers.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Hyper Growth

3% daily pause · 6% static stop-out · 10% target

Account sizes
$5K, $10K, $20K
Profit target
Step 1 10%
Daily loss limit
3% of the day’s opening balance. Hitting it pauses trading until the next day.
Maximum loss
6% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 2 weeks 50% (rising with scale).
Also note
Hitting the 3% daily loss pauses trading until the next day; it does not fail the account. News trading is allowed.

Source: the5ers.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Pro Growth

3% daily · 6% static max loss · 10% target

Account sizes
$5K, $10K, $20K, $50K
Profit target
Step 1 10%
Trading days
3 profitable days per phase, each closing at least 0.5% of the account in profit.
Daily loss limit
3% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account.
Maximum loss
6% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 2 weeks 75% (rising with scale).

Source: the5ers.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Bootcamp

No daily limit on steps · 5% max loss · 6% per step

Account sizes
$5K, $10K, $15K, $20K, $25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, $150K, $200K, $250K
Profit target
Step 1 6% · Step 2 6% · Step 3 6%
Daily loss limit
None
Maximum loss
5% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
Limits by phase
Pro Trader: 3% daily loss (pauses trading), 4% max loss.
Weekend holding
Allowed.
Other limits
30 days without a trade ends the account.
Payouts
Every 2 weeks 50% (rising with scale).
Also note
Pick the balance of the step you are on: each step of a plan has a larger account. A stop loss is required on every position. News trading is allowed.

Source: the5ers.com, checked 26 October 2026.

Trading The5ers with PAYOUT

PAYOUT holds these rules for every The5ers programme above and checks each trade against them before it goes in. The5ers’s web terminal opens inside PAYOUT.

Daily loss limit
3–5% a day · none on some programmes
Max loss
4–10% · static
Your daily stop
Your own limit, tighter than the firm’s
No hedging
No buy and sell open on the same pair
No one-sided bets
Under 2% of the account on one direction, across correlated pairs
Cooling off
2 min after any exit · 30 min before the same side again

Not checked by PAYOUT: news windows. Keep an eye on these yourself.

The5ers announced a change from 10 to 1 contract per lot on indices; its specifications page doesn’t confirm the current figure.

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