CFD / FX
The5ers Bootcamp
$20,000 account
Selected public offer only. Buyer eligibility and other variants are outside this comparison.
Sources checked 19 September – 24 October 2026. Reviewed by a site member and AI assistants. Release pfw-release-2026-10-24-pilot-2, approved 24 October 2026. Each source shows the date it was last checked.
Costs
List price
List price: $22 one-time
Conditions and limits. $22 to start and $50 on reaching the funded account, $72 in all, each paid once.
Official source: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 23 October 2026).
About this rule. The advertised base price of the selected account and how it is billed. A temporary public offer, available without a code, is shown beside it with any conditions the firm states, while a recent check confirms it; codes, optional purchases and unverified buyer charges are excluded.
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Fee per $1,000 of opening risk
Fee per $1,000 of opening risk: $288.00
Conditions and limits. Advertised-base cost; buyer tax/payment charges deferred.
How this is calculated. (List price × charges in a 30-day attempt + activation fee + platform and data fees), in US dollars, divided by the opening loss allowance and multiplied by 1,000.
- List price
- $22 one-time
- Charges in a 30-day attempt
- 1
- Activation fee
- $50
- Platform and data fees
- None
- Opening loss allowance
- $250
- Result
- $288.00
Promotions, coupons and optional add-ons are excluded.
Final buyer charges such as taxes or payment fees are not verified.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 23 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Bootcamp payment structure (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Which trading platform do you use for CFDs? (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: What is drawdown and how is it calculated? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. The advertised base cost of a 30-day attempt in US dollars, divided by the opening loss allowance and multiplied by 1,000. A cost scenario for comparing accounts, not an all-in price.
Activation fee
Activation fee: $50
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Bootcamp payment structure (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. A mandatory charge to activate a funded account after passing, if any.
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Platform and data fees
Platform and data fees: None
Official source: The5ers · FAQ: Which trading platform do you use for CFDs? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Mandatory platform or market-data charges on top of the list price, if any.
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Read the guide: What market data is included, and what costs extra?
Payout processing fees
Payout processing fees: Rise, crypto and bank-transfer payouts carry a 3.5% commission, and a bank may charge more. Payouts taken as Hub credit carry none.
Official source: The5ers · FAQ: Withdrawals (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Charges deducted when a payout is sent, which depend on the payment method.
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Read the guide: How do payout processing fees affect cash received?
Evaluation & risk
Opening loss allowance
Opening loss allowance: $250
How this is calculated. Opening balance minus the opening total-loss floor, for each required evaluation phase. The smallest result is used.
- Phase 1 opening balance
- $5,000
- Phase 1 opening total-loss floor
- $4,750
- Phase 2 opening balance
- $10,000
- Phase 2 opening total-loss floor
- $9,500
- Phase 3 opening balance
- $15,000
- Phase 3 opening total-loss floor
- $14,250
- Result
- $250
Daily loss limits and any trailing of the floor after the opening are separate rules.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: What is drawdown and how is it calculated? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. How much the account can lose from its opening balance before the total-loss rule is broken, using the smallest allowance across the required evaluation phases. An account bought without an evaluation uses its funded account's allowance. It is not daily headroom, live capital or a pass probability.
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Read the guide: How do you calculate the opening loss allowance?
Difficulty ratio
Difficulty ratio: 3.60
How this is calculated. For each required evaluation phase, the profit target divided by that phase's opening loss allowance. The results are added.
- Phase 1 profit target
- 6% of $5,000 = $300
- Phase 1 opening loss allowance
- $250
- Phase 2 profit target
- 6% of $10,000 = $600
- Phase 2 opening loss allowance
- $500
- Phase 3 profit target
- 6% of $15,000 = $900
- Phase 3 opening loss allowance
- $750
- Result
- 3.60
This describes the shape of the evaluation; it is not a pass probability.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: What is drawdown and how is it calculated? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Each required phase's profit target divided by that phase's opening loss allowance, added together. More target per dollar of allowed loss gives a higher number; an account bought without an evaluation has no target, so its ratio is 0. It describes the shape of the evaluation, not the chance of passing.
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Evaluation route
Evaluation route: Three evaluation steps on growing balances ($5,000, $10,000 and $15,000), then the $20,000 funded account.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. The exact variant compared here and the stages between purchase and a funded account.
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Read the guide: What do one-step, two-step, three-step, and instant funding mean?
Profit targets
Profit targets: 6% then 6% then 6%
Conditions and limits. 6% in each of the three steps ($300, $600 and $900).
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: What is drawdown and how is it calculated? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. The profit each required evaluation phase must reach, as a share of the opening balance. An account bought without an evaluation has none.
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Read the guide: How does the journey from purchase to payout work?
Total and daily loss
Total and daily loss: Maximum loss 5% of each step's initial balance (floors $4,750, $9,500 and $14,250), and 4% on the funded account ($19,200). No daily limit in the steps; the funded account has a 3% daily pause.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: What is drawdown and how is it calculated? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. The overall and daily loss limits, how they move, and what balance or equity they are measured against.
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Read the guide: Why can two “5% daily loss” rules produce different limits?
Minimum days and time limits
Minimum days and time limits: No time limit. No minimum number of trading days is stated.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. The minimum number of trading or profitable days each evaluation phase requires, including any minimum the firm states a consistency rule sets, any time limit for passing, and any inactivity period after which the account is closed.
Payouts
First and later payouts
First and later payouts: First withdrawal 14 days after the funded account is activated, then every 2 weeks from the last approved withdrawal; scaling restarts the 14 days.
Official source: The5ers · FAQ: Withdrawals (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. When the first payout can be requested and how often later requests are allowed. Waiting periods, qualifying days, review and payment are separate clocks.
Payout minimums and caps
Payout minimums and caps: A withdrawal can be requested from $150 of profit, and crypto withdrawals are limited to $1,500 each. No payout cap is stated.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Withdrawals (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Crypto withdrawals (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. The smallest request allowed and any limit on how much can be withdrawn per request or cycle.
Funded consistency rules
Funded consistency rules: No consistency rule and no minimum number of profitable days for payouts are stated.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Withdrawals (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. Rules on how profit must be spread across days or trades before a funded payout, and any required profitable days.
Published processing time
Published processing time: The5ers says review usually takes 24–48 business hours, and approved withdrawals are processed in up to 3 business days.
Official source: The5ers · FAQ: Withdrawals (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. How long the firm says review and payment take after a request. These are published estimates, not measured times.
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Read the guide: What do “24-hour,” “instant,” and “on-demand” payouts mean?
Refunds
Fee refund with a reward
Fee refund with a reward: A $2 Hub credit bonus after the first step. No refund of the fees is stated.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Bootcamp payment structure (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. Whether and when the challenge fee is paid back after a successful payout.
Cancellation refund
Cancellation refund: Within 5 days of purchase and before any trade, the fee can be refunded; after 5 days, only as Hub credit.
Official source: The5ers · FAQ: Cancellation and refund policy (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Whether a purchase can be cancelled and refunded, and on what conditions.
Trading rules
News trading
News trading: News trading is allowed, except bracketing: placing buy and sell stops around the news.News trading: allowed in both stages.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Can I trade during news? (checked 6 October 2026).
News trading by stage
- Evaluation and funded
- Allowed. News trading is allowed, except bracketing pending buy and sell stops around the news.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Can I trade during news? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Restrictions on opening, closing or holding positions around scheduled news.
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Read the guide: What does a news-trading restriction actually restrict?
Overnight and weekend holding
Overnight and weekend holding: Overnight and weekend holding is allowed; indices held over the weekend carry very high swaps. An account is closed after 30 days without activity.Overnight and weekend holding: allowed in both stages.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 6 October 2026).
Overnight and weekend holding by stage
- Evaluation and funded
- Allowed. Overnight and weekend holding is allowed; indices held over the weekend carry very high swaps.
Official sources: The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: How does the Bootcamp program work? (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Whether positions can be held overnight and over the weekend.
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Read the guide: Which CFD/FX accounts allow overnight and weekend positions?
Expert advisors and copying
Expert advisors and copying: Your own EAs are allowed if they avoid the prohibited types. Each Bootcamp account must be traded with a different strategy, so you cannot copy trades between your Bootcamp accounts.Expert advisors: restricted in both stages.Copying your own trades: restricted in both stages.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Can I use an Expert Advisor (EA)? (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · FAQ: Can I copy my own trades? (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 7 October 2026).
Expert advisors by stage
- Evaluation and funded
- Restricted. Only EAs whose source code you own, with a visible stop-loss. EAs that copy others' signals, tick-scalp, or use latency, reverse or hedge arbitrage, high-frequency trading or emulators are prohibited.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Can I use an Expert Advisor (EA)? (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · Prohibited trading practices (checked 6 October 2026).
Copying your own trades by stage
- Evaluation and funded
- Restricted. Each Bootcamp account must be traded with a different strategy, so you may not copy trades between your Bootcamp accounts. Copy or coordinated trading with other traders is prohibited.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Can I copy my own trades? (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · Bootcamp program (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · Prohibited trading practices (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. Whether automated strategies are allowed and whether trades can be copied between your own accounts.
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Read the guide: Automation and copying: what actually needs permission?
Contractual penalties
Contractual penalties: No fine or per-breach penalty in The5ers' terms. Prohibited trading, evading country restrictions or public disparagement can end the account with no refund and forfeit accrued profits; prohibited trading also brings a permanent ban. The trader indemnifies the firm for violations of the terms.
Official sources: The5ers · Terms and conditions (checked 7 October 2026); The5ers · Prohibited trading practices (checked 7 October 2026).
About this rule. Penalties the terms set out for rule breaches beyond failing the account.
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Read the guide: Is it a prohibition, a condition or a review trigger?
Platforms & eligibility
Platforms
Platforms: MetaTrader 5, cTrader ($10 extra) and TradingView outside the US; TradingView only for US clients. The choice is final once bought.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Which trading platform do you use for CFDs? (checked 3 October 2026); The5ers · Terms and conditions (checked 3 October 2026).
About this rule. The platforms the firm offers in this market, with any extra charge or country limit it states. It is the firm's list for all its accounts in the market.
Platform access and eligibility
Platform access and eligibility: MT5, cTrader or TradingView; US residents trade on TradingView. Open to traders aged 18 or over (or the legal age, if higher) outside The5ers' forbidden territories.
Official sources: The5ers · FAQ: Which trading platform do you use for CFDs? (checked 6 October 2026); The5ers · Terms and conditions (checked 6 October 2026).
About this rule. Who can buy the account: age, identity checks and country restrictions, and any platform limits by country.
Ratings
Not rated. Overall program scores and reliability ratings are not published yet; the figures above are measurements of stated terms, not a verdict.