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The 5%ers Rules
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The 5%ers rules at a glance
The 5%ers's plans state a maximum drawdown of 5% of the account size, across 1 plan. News trading is conditional: high Stakes: no orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact news; Growth allows news trading; bracketing pending orders around high-impact news is prohibited on every program.
Compiled from 33 of The 5%ers's own published pages, read on 13 September 2026. Not verified by Prop Firm Pal: every value is what The 5%ers states about itself, quoted with the page it came from. A firm can change its rules at any time, so check the linked page before you pay for an account.
The 5%ers drawdown rules
The 5%ers's plans state a maximum drawdown of 5% of the account size, across 1 plan.
A daily loss limit figure is not recorded in the plan details we hold. The firm may still set one, so check its rules page rather than assuming there is none.
Dollar amounts are the published percentage applied to the account size.
Plan
Account size
Max drawdown
Drawdown type
Daily loss limit
Profit target
Bootcamp
Account size
$20K
Max drawdown
5% ($1,000)
Drawdown type
—
Daily loss limit
—
Profit target
6%
In The 5%ers's words
Plan figures: “Evaluation phase on a demo account” the5ers.com/…/high-stakes
The 5%ers minimum trading days and time limit
Rule
What The 5%ers states
Minimum trading days
What The 5%ers states
Applies — No minimum days to pass Growth; High Stakes funded accounts need 3 profitable days of at least 0.5% to scale
Time limit
What The 5%ers states
Applies — No time limit on the Growth, High Stakes and Bootcamp challenges; accounts expire after 30 days without trading; other programs not read
In The 5%ers's words
Minimum trading days: “In order to scale in the High Stakes program, traders need to reach the 10% target and have 3 profitable days.*” the5ers.com/…/how-much-is-the-profit-split-in-the5ers
Time limit: “Traders have all the time they need in order to pass the challenge.” the5ers.com/…/hyper-growth
The 5%ers news trading, EA and copy trading rules
Rule
What The 5%ers states
News trading
What The 5%ers states
Conditional — High Stakes: no orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact news; Growth allows news trading; bracketing pending orders around high-impact news is prohibited on every program
Expert advisors and automated trading
What The 5%ers states
Conditional — Prohibited: EAs that scalp during rollover, third-party EAs where other traders hold the same trades, EAs whose source code the trader does not own, and EAs that overload the server
Copy trading
What The 5%ers states
Conditional — Allowed between your own accounts until total capital reaches $500K; copying or coordinating trades with other traders is prohibited
Hedging
What The 5%ers states
Conditional — Hedge arbitrage across accounts, opposite positions across firms, and opposing positions used to inflate profitable days are prohibited; hedging within one account is not otherwise addressed
Martingale and grid strategies
What The 5%ers states
Not stated on the pages we read
High-frequency and latency arbitrage
What The 5%ers states
Not permitted
In The 5%ers's words
News trading: “Holding open trades over news is allowed. Executing orders 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news is not allowed.” the5ers.com/…/high-stakes
Expert advisors and automated trading: “Using an expert advisors from a provider where the trader does not own the source code;” the5ers.com/…/terms-and-conditions
Copy trading: “Yes, copy trading between your own accounts is allowed. However, once your total managed capital reaches $500K across all programs and accounts, copy trading across accounts is no longer permitted.” the5ers.com/…/is-copy-trading-allowed-in-the-hyper-growth-program
Hedging: “Situation: A trader simultaneously buys and sells the same currency pair on different accounts exploiting temporary pricing inefficiencies” the5ers.com/…/prohibited-trading-practices
High-frequency and latency arbitrage: “High-frequency trading, in which the majority of trade durations span is measured within a few seconds or less.” the5ers.com/…/prohibited-trading-practices
The 5%ers weekend and overnight holding
Rule
What The 5%ers states
Weekend holding
What The 5%ers states
Permitted
Overnight holding
What The 5%ers states
Permitted
In The 5%ers's words
Weekend holding: “Holding trades overnight and over the weekend is allowed” the5ers.com/…/high-stakes
Overnight holding: “Holding open trades overnight and over the weekend is allowed.” the5ers.com/…/bootcamp
The 5%ers scaling plan
Accounts scale on each 10% target in Growth and High Stakes (High Stakes also needs 3 profitable days) and on each 5% target in Bootcamp; High Stakes scales to $500,000 and the Bootcamp table to $4M.
Rule
What The 5%ers states
Largest account size
What The 5%ers states
$250,000
Maximum allocation
What The 5%ers states
$4,000,000
In The 5%ers's words
Scaling plan: “In order to scale in the High Stakes program, traders need to reach the 10% target and have 3 profitable days.*” the5ers.com/…/how-much-is-the-profit-split-in-the5ers
Largest account size: “$20K $100K $250K” the5ers.com/…/bootcamp
Maximum allocation: “Scale up to $4M in funded trading with industry-leading spreads.” the5ers.com
Other The 5%ers account rules
Rule
What The 5%ers states
Maximum number of accounts
What The 5%ers states
Applies — Bootcamp 4 accounts, each with a different trading method; High Stakes Classic 4 and New 11 accounts by size; Growth capped at $40,000 of evaluation capital
Prohibited instruments
What The 5%ers states
Not stated on the pages we read
Account sharing
What The 5%ers states
Not permitted
Inactivity
What The 5%ers states
Accounts expire after more than 30 consecutive days without trading activity
In The 5%ers's words
Maximum number of accounts: “Maximum number of active accounts per trader: 4 ( one $250K account + one $100K account + two $20K accounts).” the5ers.com/…/bootcamp
Account sharing: “Account Sharing or Reselling accounts with other individuals or entities” the5ers.com/…/prohibited-trading-practices
Inactivity: “Accounts without trading activity for more than 30 consecutive days will get expired.” the5ers.com/…/high-stakes
Not found on The 5%ers's pages
These were not stated on the pages of The 5%ers's site we read. They may be published somewhere we did not look, which makes them the questions to put to its support desk before paying.
a news trading rule for Bootcamp
whether martingale or grid strategies are allowed
which instruments, if any, are prohibited
the rules of the Instant Funding accounts the High Stakes page mentions
FAQs
What are The 5%ers's drawdown rules?
The 5%ers's plans state a maximum drawdown of 5% of the account size, across 1 plan.
Does The 5%ers have a scaling plan?
Yes. Accounts scale on each 10% target in Growth and High Stakes (High Stakes also needs 3 profitable days) and on each 5% target in Bootcamp; High Stakes scales to $500,000 and the Bootcamp table to $4M.
Does The 5%ers allow news trading?
Only under conditions. High Stakes: no orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact news; Growth allows news trading; bracketing pending orders around high-impact news is prohibited on every program.
Does The 5%ers allow EAs and automated trading?
Only under conditions. Prohibited: EAs that scalp during rollover, third-party EAs where other traders hold the same trades, EAs whose source code the trader does not own, and EAs that overload the server.
Does The 5%ers allow copy trading?
Only under conditions. Allowed between your own accounts until total capital reaches $500K; copying or coordinating trades with other traders is prohibited.
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