Quick Answer — The 5%ers Futures Basecamp + Rebate
- • The 5%ers Futures is the firm's separate exchange-traded futures track on the Black Arrow platform; launched in beta February 2026
- • Two variants: Basecamp (standard commission) and Rebate (daily commission rebate up to 100% for high-volume traders)
- • Two-phase evaluation, $25K and $50K sizes, $50 evaluation activation plus $70 funded activation
- • 6% profit target on Eval, 4% on Funded, 3% end-of-day max loss both phases, 30% per-position consistency, 2 mini + 20 micro contract caps
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The 5%ers offers four CFD programs (1-step, 1-step paid, 2-step, 3-step) plus a separate Futures track on Black Arrow — picking the right program is the most important purchase decision. I run the Futures Basecamp/Rebate side personally; the CFD details come from the firm's Help Center. Full plan-by-plan comparison in my 5%ers accounts guide, or read the complete review. Sign up at The 5%ers with code 7QHKBHSAQV.
The 5%ers Futures is the firm's exchange-traded futures track, available as two variants (Basecamp and Rebate) running on the Black Arrow platform. The track launched in beta in February 2026 as a separate product from the four CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp), and it is the only place inside The 5%ers where traders can size into actual exchange-traded futures contracts rather than CFD synthetics.
The structure is two-phase. An evaluation phase with a 6% profit target leads to a funded stage with a 4% profit target. A 3% end-of-day maximum loss applies on both phases. A 30% per-position consistency rule caps how concentrated profits can be on any single trade. Contract sizing is limited to 2 mini plus 20 micro contracts across both phases. Account sizes are $25,000 and $50,000. Activation is $50 on the evaluation phase and $70 on passing to funded.
I have been running the Futures track on Black Arrow during the beta period. Over the last three months I passed multiple evaluations, ran funded accounts on the platform, and pulled $9,000 in payouts on the bi-weekly cadence the firm publishes. The track is the most distinct product in The 5%ers' lineup. It is the only futures-native option, the only Black Arrow program, and it carries rules that look more like a futures-firm playbook (Apex, Topstep, Tradeify) than the firm's CFD heritage. This article unpacks the structure, the variant difference between Basecamp and Rebate, the rule book, the platform context, and how it stacks against the futures-only firms most traders are weighing it against.
Basecamp vs Rebate: Which Track Fits You
As of May 2026, The 5%ers Futures sells the same evaluation under two product names: Basecamp and Rebate. Both run two-phase evaluations on Black Arrow, both offer $25K and $50K account sizes, both share the 6% / 4% profit-target structure, both use the 3% end-of-day max-loss rule, both apply the 30% per-position consistency rule, and both cap contracts at 2 mini plus 20 micro. The differentiator sits at the commission line, not at the rule book.
Basecamp is the standard-commission variant. The trader pays the full commission published by the firm on each filled contract, and that commission is netted out of P&L exactly as a futures trader would expect at most prop firms.
Rebate is the high-volume variant. The 5%ers describes it as returning up to 100% of commissions as a daily rebate. The exact mechanic (full vs partial rebate, qualifying volume thresholds, settlement cadence) is not enumerated in detail on the public Futures page beyond the "up to 100% daily" language. The frame the firm has used in its February 2026 launch coverage is that Rebate is for traders running enough size that commission becomes a meaningful drag on net P&L, and the rebate route returns that drag at the end of the trading day.
The decision rule is volume-driven. Traders running scalping or high-frequency intraday strategies on equity index futures, where commission per round-turn compounds across dozens or hundreds of trades a session, are the primary fit for Rebate. Traders running swing or low-frequency setups, where the commission load is small relative to per-trade reward, can ignore the Rebate angle and pick Basecamp without leaving meaningful money on the table.
Both variants are a fit for the same trader profile in every other respect. The rules, the platform, the payout cadence, the scaling structure, and the contract caps are identical. The choice is entirely about whether commission rebate moves your net P&L enough to justify picking the Rebate track at signup.
Account Sizes and Activation Fees
As of May 2026, The 5%ers Futures offers two account sizes across both Basecamp and Rebate: $25,000 and $50,000. The fee structure is two-stage and one-time at each stage, with no recurring monthly subscription.
| Stage | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation activation | $50 | One-time fee to start the eval phase |
| Funded activation | $70 | One-time fee paid on passing to funded |
| Reset | Variable | Applies if evaluation breaches and trader restarts |
| Monthly subscription | None | The 5%ers Futures uses a one-time-fee model |
The $50 evaluation activation is the same across the $25K and $50K sizes; the $70 funded activation is the same as well. This is structurally different from CFD programs at The 5%ers (where High Stakes opens at $19 Step 1 across all sizes, and Bootcamp totals $72 to funded across the staged structure). The Futures track does not stagger activation by account balance. The $25K and $50K sizes carry the same activation cost.
The funded balance and position-sizing headroom is what changes between the two sizes. A $50K funded account at 80/20 split allows materially larger position values to fit inside the 3% end-of-day max-loss envelope than a $25K account does, and the contract cap of 2 mini plus 20 micro applies in absolute terms rather than scaling with account size. This means the $50K account is the more efficient fit for traders pushing toward the upper end of the contract caps regularly.
The Futures track has no published per-tier price ladder beyond the two sizes. There is no $10K or $100K Futures account. The $25K and $50K are the available sizes as of May 2026.
The Rules That Define The 5%ers Futures
As of May 2026, The 5%ers Futures rule book is structured around six core constraints. Each one is enforced across both Basecamp and Rebate, and across both the evaluation phase and the funded stage unless noted.
| Rule | Evaluation | Funded | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 6% | 4% | Phase-specific |
| Max loss (end-of-day) | 3% | 3% | Both phases |
| Per-position consistency | 30% | 30% | Both phases |
| Contract cap | 2 mini + 20 micro | 2 mini + 20 micro | Both phases |
| Overnight holding | Up to 1 mini or 10 micro | Up to 1 mini or 10 micro | Both phases |
| Weekend holding | Not permitted | Not permitted | Both phases |
| Pre-close exit | 10 minutes before market close | 10 minutes before market close | Both phases |
| News trading | Allowed | Allowed | Both phases |
The 3% end-of-day max loss is the load-bearing risk rule. It is calculated on session close rather than on intraday equity, which is a meaningfully different mechanic from a trailing drawdown (Apex) or a daily intraday loss limit (Topstep, FTMO). A trader can have an intraday equity dip below 3% during the session and survive, as long as the position recovers and the session closes with the account inside the 3% envelope. The end-of-day basis trades flexibility against the cleanness of a hard intraday line. Traders coming from Apex's intraday trailing model find this less stressful, and traders coming from Topstep's hard daily limit find it more permissive.
The 30% per-position consistency rule caps how concentrated profits can be on any single trade. At payout, no single position can account for more than 30% of total profits. The rule is applied at the position level, not the daily level. This means it is fundamentally about position sizing and trade selection rather than about whether you happened to have one big day during the eval. The practical effect is that traders cannot pass an eval on a single home-run trade; profits have to be spread across at least four to five positions of comparable contribution to clear the rule.
The contract cap of 2 mini plus 20 micro is fixed across phases. There is no scaling of the cap by progress through the eval; the same caps apply on day one of evaluation as on day one of funded. The cap scales upward by 1 mini or 10 micro at each 10% profit milestone on the funded stage, which adds room for traders who hit the scaling tiers.
Overnight holding is allowed but capped at 1 mini or 10 micro contracts, meaningfully tighter than the intraday cap of 2 mini plus 20 micro. Traders running positions through the close need to size down to within the overnight cap before the 10-minute pre-close window or close out completely.
Weekend holding is not permitted. All positions must be flat going into Friday's close. The combination of the no-weekend rule and the 10-minute pre-close exit is enforced consistently and is a hard line. There is no exception for traders running multi-session swing setups.
News trading is allowed without a stated pre-news window restriction. This is structurally different from the High Stakes and Pro Growth CFD programs, which restrict new orders within 2 minutes of high-impact news events. On Black Arrow, the news rule is the same on Basecamp and Rebate and follows the standard futures-firm convention of allowing news trading subject to the rest of the rule set.
Trading Black Arrow
Black Arrow is The 5%ers' dedicated futures trading platform and the only execution venue for the Futures track as of May 2026. The platform is purpose-built for the Futures program. It is not the CFD MT5 environment, not the cTrader environment that opened up to US CFD traders in September 2025, and not Tradovate or NinjaTrader 8 (which are common at futures-only firms but not confirmed for The 5%ers).
The platform is platform-locked at signup. Choosing the Futures track means trading on Black Arrow only, with no router alternative for traders who would prefer Tradovate or NT8 from another firm. The 5%ers has indicated in its February 2026 launch coverage that additional platforms are planned, but as of May 2026 the public Futures page and help center reference Black Arrow as the operative platform.
The platform supports the standard futures order types and charting tools needed to run the contract caps and rule set the program defines. Third-party reports describe equity index futures (ES, NQ, YM, RTY and the corresponding micros), energy (CL, NG), metals (GC, SI), and bond and FX futures as available. The complete instrument list is not enumerated on the public Futures product page, so traders should verify symbol availability inside Black Arrow before sizing trades that depend on a specific contract.
The beta context matters. The track has been live since February 2026 and is the firm's first exchange-traded futures product, which means traders should expect the platform to evolve (additional features, additional symbols, additional platform options) over the coming quarters. The rule set, in contrast, has been stable since launch and is what the firm tests evaluations against. Unlike Pro Growth, which is a CFD program on MT5 introduced in 2026, the Futures track is exchange-traded only and runs exclusively on Black Arrow.
For traders coming from a Tradovate or NT8 setup at another firm, Black Arrow is the working environment for The 5%ers Futures and there is no fallback to the alternative platforms during the current build phase. The 5%ers' Black Arrow platform article in the platforms cluster covers the order interface, charting tools, and broker routing in more depth.
My Experience on The 5%ers Futures
I have been running the Futures track on Black Arrow during the beta period that started in February 2026. Over the last three months I passed multiple evaluations on the track, ran funded accounts, and pulled $9,000 in total payouts on the bi-weekly cadence the firm publishes. The process has been clean.
The 30% per-position consistency rule kept me honest on position sizing without ever tripping me. Once I built the eval around three to five comparable-contribution trades rather than chasing a single oversized win, the rule effectively became invisible. The 3% end-of-day max loss was the rule I had to internalize. Coming from intraday trailing-drawdown firms, the end-of-day basis is more permissive, and I had to recalibrate to think about session close rather than intraday equity peaks.
The contract caps of 2 mini plus 20 micro, with the overnight cap dropping to 1 mini or 10 micro, are easy to live with on equity index futures and energy. I never ran into a situation where the caps actively constrained the strategy, though traders running larger systematic size at futures-only firms will find the caps tighter than what they might be used to at Apex or Topstep with their progression-based sizing.
Payouts ran bi-weekly on the firm's published cadence. Five to eight business days per processing cycle was the typical experience, and the $9,000 cumulative across multiple withdrawals over the three months reflects the firm's published policy executing as documented. No held requests, no friction on processing, no payout disputes. The bi-weekly structure means cycle resets are predictable, and the platform's hub interface makes it straightforward to see when the next eligible date hits.
The honest framing is that this is specific to the Futures track on Black Arrow during the beta. The CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp) run on MT5 and cTrader and are different products with different rule profiles. My experience on Black Arrow does not generalize to a CFD trader's experience on MT5. For traders considering the CFD side, the The 5%ers main review covers the full program lineup and the account types overview compares the four CFD programs against the two Futures variants.
How It Compares to Apex / Topstep
The 5%ers Futures, Apex Trader Funding, and Topstep are all exchange-traded futures programs, but the rule profiles diverge on the most load-bearing dimensions. The differences are worth pricing into the decision because they change which trader profile fits each program.
Drawdown mechanic. The 5%ers Futures uses a 3% end-of-day max loss. Apex uses a trailing drawdown that follows account equity intraday until it locks at the initial balance plus a buffer. Topstep uses a daily-target structure on its Trading Combine. Traders who blow up on intraday equity swings find the end-of-day model more forgiving; traders who want a hard intraday line find Apex's trailing model cleaner conceptually.
Platform. The 5%ers Futures is platform-locked to Black Arrow. Apex and Topstep run on Tradovate, NinjaTrader 8, and the broader broker-router ecosystem that has become standard at futures-only firms. Traders with existing Tradovate or NT8 setups can plug directly into Apex or Topstep; The 5%ers Futures requires moving to Black Arrow.
Firm structure. The 5%ers Futures sits inside a multi-asset firm. The same brand also runs four CFD programs on MT5 and cTrader. Apex and Topstep are futures-only. Traders who want a single firm for both futures and CFD coverage have a structural reason to consider The 5%ers; traders who only trade futures and prefer specialist depth have a structural reason to consider Apex or Topstep instead.
Consistency rule. The 5%ers Futures uses a 30% per-position rule. Apex uses a 30% consistency rule applied at the daily level on funded payouts. Topstep applies different consistency frameworks across its products. The per-position framing on The 5%ers is structurally different. It constrains how concentrated any single trade can be at payout rather than how concentrated any single day can be.
For traders weighing the choice, the The 5%ers vs Apex comparison and the The 5%ers vs Topstep comparison in the comparison cluster cover the head-to-head matchups in more depth, including the contract caps, payout cadence, and pricing structures side by side.
The bottom line
The 5%ers Futures is the right futures-funded path for traders who want exchange-traded futures inside a multi-asset firm and are willing to trade on Black Arrow as the platform. The 6% / 4% target structure, 3% end-of-day max loss, and 30% per-position consistency rule are workable for traders who run their book around three to five comparable-contribution trades rather than home-run setups. The bi-weekly payout cadence and one-time $50 + $70 activation fee structure are competitive against the futures-only peer set, and the multi-asset firm context is real value for traders who want the option to run CFD strategies on the same brand.
For traders who already have a Tradovate or NinjaTrader 8 setup tied to a futures-only firm and value the platform continuity, Apex Trader Funding or Topstep are the more direct fits — the platform-locked Black Arrow requirement at The 5%ers Futures is the most important friction point in the decision. For traders running tight scalping volume where commission load matters, the Rebate variant is worth running over the standard Basecamp commission structure. For traders running swing or lower-frequency setups, Basecamp is the right pick and the Rebate angle is irrelevant. As always, verify current rules and pricing on the official Futures page before purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The 5%ers Futures?
The 5%ers Futures is the firm's exchange-traded futures track, separate from the four CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp). It runs on the Black Arrow trading platform and launched in beta in February 2026. The track offers two variants, Basecamp and Rebate, both built on the same two-phase evaluation, $25K and $50K account sizes, 6% evaluation target, 4% funded target, 3% end-of-day max loss, and 30% per-position consistency rule.
What is the difference between Basecamp and Rebate at The 5%ers?
Basecamp and Rebate share the same evaluation rules, account sizes, profit targets, drawdown limits, and platform. The difference is in commission treatment. Basecamp uses standard commission. Rebate is positioned for high-volume traders and returns up to 100% of commissions as a daily rebate. The trader profile most likely to favor Rebate is one running tight scalping or high-frequency intraday volume on Black Arrow where the commission line item materially affects net P&L.
What account sizes does The 5%ers Futures offer?
The 5%ers Futures offers two account sizes: $25,000 and $50,000. Both sizes are available across Basecamp and Rebate. The structural rules (profit targets, drawdown limits, consistency rule, contract caps, payout cadence) are identical at $25K and $50K; the difference is the funded balance and position-sizing headroom on the larger account.
How much does The 5%ers Futures cost?
The 5%ers Futures uses a two-stage activation fee structure. The evaluation phase costs $50 activation per account. On passing to the funded stage, a $70 activation fee applies. There are no monthly subscription charges; the fee is one-time per stage. Reset costs apply if an evaluation breaches and the trader chooses to restart. Verify current pricing on the Futures product page before purchase.
What platform does The 5%ers Futures run on?
The 5%ers Futures runs on Black Arrow, the firm's dedicated futures platform. Black Arrow is the initial and current platform for the track; The 5%ers has indicated additional platforms are planned but has not confirmed Tradovate, NinjaTrader 8, or any specific second platform on the official Futures page as of May 2026. The track is platform-locked at signup, and traders moving from Tradovate or NT8 at another firm should plan on Black Arrow as the working environment.
What is the 30% per-position consistency rule on The 5%ers Futures?
The 30% per-position consistency rule on The 5%ers Futures means no single position can account for more than 30% of total profits at the time of payout. The rule is applied at the position level rather than at the daily level (which is how most CFD-program consistency rules work) and is a core differentiator of the Futures track. Practically, it forces traders to spread profits across multiple positions rather than rely on a single home-run trade to clear the target.
What contracts can I trade on The 5%ers Futures?
The 5%ers Futures caps contract sizing at 2 mini plus 20 micro contracts in both the evaluation phase and the funded stage. Third-party reports include equity index futures (ES, NQ, YM, RTY and the corresponding micros), energy (CL, NG), metals (GC, SI), and bond and FX futures. The complete instrument list is not enumerated on the Futures product page, so verify symbol availability inside Black Arrow before sizing trades that depend on a specific contract being supported.
Does The 5%ers Futures allow overnight or weekend holding?
Overnight holding is allowed on The 5%ers Futures, capped at 1 mini or 10 micro contracts. Weekend holding is not permitted. All positions must be closed at least 10 minutes before the relevant market close. The pre-close rule is enforced on every session, and traders running into the close have to plan exits with the 10-minute buffer in mind.
When was The 5%ers Futures launched?
The 5%ers Futures launched in beta in February 2026. The Basecamp and Rebate variants were rolled out together as the firm's first exchange-traded futures product, separate from the four existing CFD programs. The beta status was confirmed in the firm's February 2026 press coverage and is still flagged on the Futures product page as of May 2026.
Can US traders join The 5%ers Futures?
Yes. The 5%ers Futures accepts US traders. Black Arrow accepts US traders and was a deliberate piece of the firm's US expansion strategy. US traders on the CFD side use cTrader (since September 18, 2025); on the Futures side, Black Arrow is the entry platform from day one.
How does The 5%ers Futures compare to Apex and Topstep?
The 5%ers Futures, Apex, and Topstep are all exchange-traded futures programs, but the rule profiles differ in load-bearing ways. Apex uses a trailing drawdown that follows account equity. Topstep uses a 50K daily-target structure on its Trading Combine. The 5%ers Futures uses a 3% end-of-day max loss (calculated on session close, not intraday equity) and a 30% per-position consistency rule. Apex and Topstep both run on Tradovate and NT8 ecosystems; The 5%ers Futures runs on Black Arrow exclusively. The 5%ers Futures sits inside a multi-asset firm; Apex and Topstep are futures-only.
What is the profit split on The 5%ers Futures?
The 5%ers Futures starts at an 80/20 profit split (trader/firm) on the funded stage and scales upward with account growth toward a $500,000 cap. Each 10% profit milestone triggers a scaling step that adds 5% buying power and 1 additional mini or 10 additional micro contracts to the contract cap. Payouts run on a bi-weekly cadence with a $150 minimum and 5 to 8 business-day processing typical.