Summary
Israel-based prop firm established in 2016. Known for transparent rules, live-account evaluations, and a cTrader/MT5 stack. The High Stakes Challenge is a two-step evaluation with 8% + 5% targets and 10% max drawdown. Algo trading is fully supported, including EAs running 24/5.
- EAs allowed on cTrader + MT5, no restrictions
- News trading allowed (no blackout windows)
- Weekend and rollover holding allowed
- No consistency rule — one big winning day is fine
Challenge structure
Every phase, target, drawdown, and time limit — normalized.
| Phase | Target | Min days | Time limit | Daily DD | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | 8% | 3 | ∞ | 5% | 10% (static) |
| Stage 2 | 5% | 3 | ∞ | 5% | 10% (static) |
| Funded | — | — | ∞ | 5% | 10% (static) |
Algo rules
What strategies and automation the firm permits.
- · External signal-copying services not permitted.
- · You may run the same strategy across your own The5ers accounts.
- · Arbitrage strategies (latency, tick) explicitly banned.
Time rules
Consistency
No consistency constraints. A single big winning day is fine.
Payouts
- First payout
- 14 days
- Subsequent
- 14 days
- Profit split
- 80% → 100%
Account size doubles at +10% profit milestones. Profit split starts at 80%, scales to 100% as account grows.
Prohibited
- Latency arbitrage
- Tick scalping exploits
- Reverse arbitrage
- Hedging between accounts / counterparties
- Use of leaked or non-public news
- Exploiting demo-feed pricing errors
Sources
Every rule on this page is traceable to a public firm document. If these drift, flag it on GitHub and we'll re-encode.
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