The 5%ers Strategy Guide: What Works on Each Program (2026)

The 5%ers does not run a single trading strategy. It runs five different programs, and the rules of each program reward a different style of trader. As of May 2026, the firm offers Hyper Growth (1-step CFD), Pro Growth (1-step CFD introduced in 2026), High Stakes (2-step CFD), Bootcamp (3-step CFD), and Futures Basecamp/Rebate on Black Arrow (2-phase futures, beta since February 2026). Each program has a distinct rule stack: daily loss handling, drawdown structure, profit split, leverage cap, minimum trading day requirements, and asset coverage all change. The right strategy at The 5%ers is the one that fits the program you picked. Get that wrong and the rules grind your edge before you reach a payout.

This guide maps trading style to program fit across all five products. Scalpers and intraday Forex traders find their home in Hyper Growth's 3% pause-not-terminate structure with zero minimum trading days. Structured day traders who can show three profitable days fit Pro Growth's stricter terminate-on-3% rule. Swing traders run High Stakes for the 1:100 leverage and overnight permission. Systematic traders who want enforced stop-loss discipline pick Bootcamp's mandatory SL with a 2% per-position risk cap. Futures intraday traders run Black Arrow's 2 mini / 20 micro setup with the 30% consistency rule and end-of-day 3% maximum loss. The matrix is real and structural, and no competitor prop firm matches the strategy-fit depth on a per-program basis.

I have personal experience on the Futures track. I've passed multiple 5%ers Futures evaluations and pulled $9,000 in payouts over the last three months. The process has been clean, bi-weekly payouts hit on schedule, and the 30%-per-position rule kept me honest without tripping me. The CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp) are documented from the firm's own pages and verified rule sets, not from my own trading. The strategy fit is structural. The math and the rule profiles tell you what works on each program before you spend a dollar on the evaluation fee.

Strategy-to-program match matrix

The 5%ers program selection comes down to four variables: how strict is the daily loss rule, what leverage is available, what assets are supported, and how does the evaluation structure handle minimum trading frequency. The matrix below pins the trader profile to the right program based on those four variables.

The matrix produces a clear sort. Anyone who walks in saying "I scalp ES futures intraday" knows immediately to look at Black Arrow. Anyone who says "I hold positions for 3 days on EUR/USD" knows immediately to look at High Stakes. The mismatch traders, the ones who pick a program because it sounds cheap or because a friend used it, usually break on a rule that does not match how they trade. The rule, not the price tag, is what matters.

Hyper Growth and Pro Growth, built for active traders

Hyper Growth and Pro Growth are both 1-step CFD evaluations with the same account sizes ($5K, $10K, $20K) and the same 10% profit target, but they handle daily loss completely differently and that difference defines the entire strategy fit.

Hyper Growth's 3% daily loss rule pauses the account until the next server reset rather than terminating it. A trader who hits a brutal session, crosses the 3% line and stops trading does not lose the evaluation. The account locks for the rest of the day and reopens at the next reset. The rule is functionally a session-ender, not an account-ender. There is no minimum trading day requirement either. A scalper or burst day trader can pass the 10% target in five aggressive sessions or fifteen distributed ones, with no quota forcing extra trade days that introduce extra risk. The 6% maximum drawdown from initial balance is the only hard stop-out, and the unlimited time allowance means there's no countdown clock.

Pro Growth (the new 2026 1-step variant) is structurally stricter. The 3% daily loss terminates the account on the spot. There is no pause forgiveness. Three minimum profitable days are required, each closing at least 0.5% of the account balance in profit. The trader has to show distributed earning, not a single big day. Profit split starts at 75/25 (versus Hyper Growth's 50/50), scales to 80/20 and reaches 100% on a $500K scaling cap.

The strategy implication is plain. Hyper Growth fits the trader who treats prop evaluations as risk-on burst sessions: high lot size on the best setups, walk away when the day goes wrong. Pro Growth fits the trader who already trades with structured tempo and wants the better profit split from day one. The same trader could pass either evaluation, but the right pick depends on whether they value daily forgiveness (Hyper Growth) or higher payout split (Pro Growth).

For both programs, position sizing math under the daily loss rule is the central discipline. On a $10K Hyper Growth account, the 3% line is $300 of intraday loss. A trader running 0.1 lots on EUR/USD with a 30-pip stop sits at $30 risk per trade, ten trades to hit the pause threshold. Increase lot size to 0.5 lots and that's $150 per trade, two losing trades and the day is over. Most traders hit pause not because they had a single catastrophic trade but because they over-sized after a small early loss. The math punishes revenge trading specifically.

Asset coverage is identical on the two programs: FX, Metals, Indices, and Crypto on MT5 Hedge or cTrader. Crypto is CFD only. There is no spot crypto and no exchange-traded crypto futures. The Hyper Growth $40,000 max-per-trader cap means a trader running multiple Hyper Growth accounts cannot exceed $40K combined funded balance. Pro Growth caps at one of each size: one $5K, one $10K, one $20K, in parallel.

News trading is allowed on both. Bracket strategies (simultaneous pending buy-stops and sell-stops on either side of current price aiming to catch a breakout) are banned across all 5%ers programs. Holding through a high-impact release is fine; placing two pending breakout orders ahead of one is not.

High Stakes, the swing trader's program

High Stakes is the 2-step CFD evaluation with $2.5K, $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, and $100K account sizes. It carries the highest leverage at the firm at 1:100, which is the structural reason swing traders gravitate to it. Overnight holding is allowed across forex, metals, oil, and crypto. Weekend holding is permitted but indices carry a meaningful weekend swap.

The 2-step structure is conventional: Step 1 requires a 10% profit target, Step 2 requires 5%, and funded scaling adds 10% per tier from there. Each phase has a 5% daily loss rule that terminates the account (no pause forgiveness like Hyper Growth) and a 10% maximum drawdown from initial balance that also terminates. Three minimum profitable days at 0.5% or more each are required per phase. Step 1 entry costs $19 across all account sizes (the official page is explicit on that), and larger sizes carry additional progression costs that the firm asks traders to verify on the signup page before purchase.

The 1:100 leverage is rope. On a $25K account, 1:100 means $2.5M notional exposure is technically available. That is far more than any disciplined swing trader needs. The rule that matters is the 5% daily loss at $1,250 on $25K, and that is what defines position sizing. A swing trader holding a single 1-lot EUR/USD position with a 100-pip stop sits at $1,000 risk. A second simultaneous position breaches the daily loss line if both go against them. Sizing for the daily loss rule, not the leverage cap, is the actual constraint.

Overnight holding economics matter. Forex pairs carry standard rollover swaps that sometimes pay positive carry. Metals carry storage charges. Oil carries futures roll costs that swing traders should price into entry levels. Indices carry the highest swap of any asset class on weekends specifically. A long S&P CFD held over Saturday on a 1-lot position can cost $40 to $80 in swap depending on the broker quote, which compounds across multi-week holds. The rule isn't that overnight is forbidden; the rule is that the cost is real and most retail traders have not priced it in.

News trading on High Stakes follows the same template as the other CFD programs: holding through is allowed, no new orders within 2 minutes before or after a high-impact release, bracket entries are banned. A swing trader can absolutely hold a position through CPI or NFP. They cannot, however, set a buy-stop and sell-stop straddle ahead of the print expecting one to fill on the spike.

The funded payout path on High Stakes is generous. Profit split starts at 80/20, scales to 85/15 at $175K balance, 90/10 at $250K, and 100% at $350K, with fixed payouts of $4K to $10K at the top tier balances. The minimum profitable days rule (3 per phase, each at 0.5% or more) is the tempo constraint that prevents pure long-hold swing strategies. A trader who carries one position for two weeks may not satisfy three distinct profitable days. The practical workaround is closing winners at logical levels and re-entering rather than running a single trade for the full duration.

Bootcamp, structured discipline strategy

Bootcamp is The 5%ers' 3-step evaluation built specifically around mandatory stop-loss discipline. The structure is unusual: starting accounts are $20K, $100K, or $250K, but the evaluation runs through three escalating stages before funded status. As of May 2026, total cost to funded is $72 across all starting tiers ($22 at Step 1 plus $50 at funded activation). The progression itself is free between Step 1 and the funded stage.

The mandatory stop-loss rule defines everything else. Every position must have a visible stop-loss attached, with no stealth, no mental stops, and no "I'll set it after the spike". The stop must be placed in the platform such that the broker can see it. The rule is enforced at order placement: opening a position with no SL counts as a violation. The 2% maximum risk per position is the second part of the same rule. A stop-loss placed too far from entry that risks more than 2% of account balance also counts as a violation. Five total violations terminates the account permanently.

The math on a $20K starting tier is straightforward. The 2% line is $400 of risk per position. At 1:30 leverage, that supports a position size of roughly 0.5 lots on EUR/USD with a 40-pip stop, or 0.2 lots with a 100-pip stop. Bootcamp's 1:30 leverage cap is moderate (lower than High Stakes' 1:100), but it pairs with the 2% rule to enforce conservative sizing structurally. Most violations happen not because the trader chose to skip the stop but because they widened it after entry to avoid getting stopped on a wick, and the new wider stop pushed the position past the 2% line.

Bootcamp does not offer crypto. The asset menu is FX, Metals, and Indices only. Traders who specifically want crypto exposure must use Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, or High Stakes. The Bootcamp rule structure does not support it. Bootcamp's leverage is fixed at 1:30 and overnight/weekend holding is allowed (with the same indices weekend swap caveat as the other programs).

The funded stage adds a 3% daily pause line on top of the existing rules. This is the only pause-style rule on Bootcamp, and only after funding. The funded profit target drops to 5%, the maximum loss tightens to 4%, and the violation counter remains active. Profit split scales from 50/50 at funded entry to 75/25, 80/20, and 100% at higher scale tiers up to a $4M scaling cap.

The strategy fit is unambiguous. Bootcamp rewards trend-following systems with mechanical stop placement, mean-reversion grids with hard exit rules, and any rule-based approach that already operates with fixed stops. Discretionary scalpers who place stops mentally and adjust in real time will struggle with the visibility requirement. Traders who scale into positions over multiple entries need to stop and check that each entry's SL still falls under the 2% line on the combined position. That's where the 5-violation counter usually gets traders.

Black Arrow Futures, intraday rules drive your edge

Futures Basecamp and Rebate launched in beta in February 2026 on the Black Arrow platform. Account sizes are $25K and $50K with a 2-phase evaluation: 6% target on the eval phase, 4% on the funded phase. Activation is $50 for evaluation and $70 upon passing to funded. There is no monthly fee.

I trade this program. I've passed multiple 5%ers Futures evaluations and pulled $9,000 in payouts over the last three months. The process has been clean, the bi-weekly payouts have hit on schedule, and the rule stack rewards distributed intraday trading. I was among the earliest funded Futures traders on Black Arrow when the program launched. The deeper article that walks through every Futures rule from the inside is the Black Arrow Futures intraday strategy guide. This section covers the rule stack at the strategy-fit level.

The four rules that shape every intraday decision on Futures are:

End-of-day 3% maximum loss. Drawdown is checked at session close, not intraday. An intraday floating loss of 4% that recovers to a $200 gain by close does not breach the rule. An intraday floating loss of 2% that closes the session at -3.1% does breach. The basis matters because it tolerates real intraday volatility. The rule punishes session-close outcomes, not wick-touches. This is the structural reason the program is friendlier to mean-reversion and scaling-in approaches than firms with intraday-trailing drawdowns.

30% per-position consistency. No single closed position may produce more than 30% of total funded profits at the time of payout. If a trader closes ten positions for a combined $1,000 profit, no individual closed trade may have produced more than $300. Concentrated single-trade profits trigger the rule and delay payout. The practical strategy is distributed sizing: multiple smaller wins across multiple trades rather than one large position. Scaling into a setup over several entries that each close separately can help, since the rule looks at closed positions individually.

2 mini / 20 micro contract limits. The ceiling caps aggressive sizing. On a $50K account, two minis of ES at 1:1 buying power is roughly $100 per tick exposure: meaningful but not catastrophic. Twenty micros is one-tenth the size with finer granularity. Most distributed scalpers run all micros. Most position traders run mixed mini/micro to satisfy the consistency rule via fractional closes.

10-minute pre-close exit mandate. All positions must close at least 10 minutes before the regular session close. For ES that means flat by 4:50 PM ET. Black Arrow can be configured with an alarm at 4:45 PM as a habit-builder. The rule catches enough traders that it's worth automating the exit reminder.

Weekend holding is not permitted at all. Overnight holding is allowed up to 1 mini or 10 micro contracts. The funded stage adds 5% buying power and 1 mini / 10 micros of additional exposure at each 10% scaling milestone, with a $500K scaling cap.

Instruments tradeable on Black Arrow include the equity index futures (ES, NQ, YM, RTY) and their micros (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K), energy (CL, NG), metals (GC, SI), bond futures, and FX futures. Three months in, the platform has been stable for me. The early beta period had typical platform-launch friction, but execution and reporting are consistent now.

The strategy fit on Futures is intraday-focused: distributed scalping, intraday swing trading, mean-reversion approaches, and event-day scalping (NFP, FOMC, CPI). Pure overnight strategies don't fit the 1-mini overnight cap. Pure HFT strategies hit the 30% consistency rule on every concentrated position. The sweet spot is six to fifteen trades per session, distributed across multiple winners, with hard stops respected and the 10-minute close mandate baked into the routine.

What The 5%ers bans across all programs

Five categories of trading approach are banned firm-wide regardless of program. Understanding the bans matters because the rules work as a filter. If your strategy depends on any of these patterns, The 5%ers is structurally not a fit.

Tick scalping. Sub-second holding times targeting one or two ticks of profit as a sustained pattern. The rule isn't that any short-duration trade is banned; occasional short scalps within a normal mix are fine. The pattern of repeatedly entering and exiting in under a second to capture a tick is the prohibited behavior.

High-frequency trading and automated execution at scale. Manual trading with EAs that confirm setups and execute with discretionary review is permitted. Fully-automated bots that fire orders without human intervention, particularly at high frequency, are not. Emulator-based EAs (running on a non-MT5 backend that pipes into the platform) are also banned.

Latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage, and reverse arbitrage. Three specific arbitrage patterns are called out. Latency arbitrage exploits price differences across brokers. Hedge arbitrage involves opening offsetting positions across firms. Reverse arbitrage involves coordinated sizing to extract risk-free returns from broker spread mechanics. All three are explicit ban targets.

Bracket strategies. Simultaneous pending buy-stops and sell-stops on either side of current price designed to catch a breakout in either direction. The rule applies regardless of whether the trade is around a news event or a pure technical breakout. Holding through news is fine; placing two pending orders straddling current price is not.

Copy trading and account coordination. Coordinating trades across your own multiple 5%ers accounts is banned. Copy-trade signal-following from third-party services is banned. The firm tracks coordination patterns at the account level and treats them as basis for termination without refund.

The bans are uniform across Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp, and Black Arrow Futures. The rationale tracks across the industry: these patterns expose the firm to risk it cannot price into the evaluation fee. A strategy that depends on any of them will not work at any prop firm with serious risk management, not just at The 5%ers.

For traders weighing rule severity against opportunity, the rules overview covers every rule in detail with the program-specific differences. The account types comparison lays out which program structurally fits each profile when the rule lookup gets complex.

Choosing your program: a decision framework

Three questions get you to the right program without overthinking it.

Question 1: do you trade futures or CFD? If futures, you go to Black Arrow. The four CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp) trade FX, metals, indices, and crypto on MT5 or cTrader and do not offer exchange-traded futures. Black Arrow runs the futures track exclusively. There is no overlap.

Question 2: how forgiving do you need the daily loss rule to be? If you want a daily loss that pauses rather than terminates (meaning a brutal session does not end your evaluation), Hyper Growth is the only CFD program offering that. Pro Growth, High Stakes, and Bootcamp all have terminating daily loss rules. The Futures program has an EOD 3% rule that's more forgiving than intraday-trailing competitors but still terminates if the session closes past the line.

Question 3: how much leverage and asset breadth do you need? High Stakes is the only program with 1:100 leverage and the only one with Oil exposure. Hyper Growth and Pro Growth offer 1:30 forex leverage with crypto. Bootcamp offers 1:30 with no crypto. Black Arrow Futures uses contract margining, not leverage ratios.

The three questions usually narrow the choice to one program in under thirty seconds. The mistake to avoid is starting from price. The cheapest evaluation is not the best fit if its rule profile fights the way you trade. Pay $50 more for the program that matches your style and you save the $50 in avoided breaches.

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The bottom line

The 5%ers is the right prop firm for a trader who has a defined strategy and wants to match it to a program whose rules reward that style. Scalpers and burst day traders pick Hyper Growth for the 3% pause forgiveness and zero minimum trading days. Structured intraday traders pick Pro Growth for the higher starting profit split and the three-profitable-day discipline. Swing traders pick High Stakes for the 1:100 leverage and overnight permission across forex, metals, oil, and crypto. Systematic traders pick Bootcamp for the mandatory stop-loss visibility and 2% per-position cap that forces structural risk discipline. Futures intraday traders pick Black Arrow for the EOD 3% drawdown basis, 30% per-position consistency, and 2 mini / 20 micro contract setup. The firm is not the right fit for traders who want fully automated execution, tick-scalping bots, bracket-order news strategies, or pure overnight swing trades on futures. The bans and the contract limits filter those approaches out by design. For everyone else, the program-fit matrix means there is almost certainly one of the five products that maps cleanly to how you already trade. Start there, not at the cheapest price tag.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best strategy for The 5%ers?

The 5%ers does not have a single best strategy. It has five different programs whose rules each reward a different style. As of May 2026, scalpers and intraday Forex traders fit Hyper Growth (3% pause, no minimum trading days). Swing and overnight traders fit High Stakes (1:100 leverage, 2-step). Systematic stop-loss-disciplined traders fit Bootcamp (mandatory SL, 2% risk cap). Futures intraday traders fit Black Arrow (30% consistency, EOD 3% max loss). Structured day traders with three profitable days fit Pro Growth. Match strategy to program rules first.

Which 5%ers program is best for day trading?

Hyper Growth is the strongest day-trading fit at The 5%ers. The 3% daily loss rule pauses your account until the next server reset rather than terminating it, which means a single rough session does not end the evaluation. There is no minimum trading day requirement, so burst-session day traders can pass quickly. The 6% maximum drawdown is the only hard stop-out. Crypto, FX, metals, and indices are all available. For day traders who want stricter session discipline, Pro Growth is the alternative: same 1-step structure but the 3% daily loss terminates and three profitable days are required.

Which 5%ers program suits swing traders?

High Stakes is the swing-trader program at The 5%ers. The 2-step evaluation gives 1:100 leverage, the highest at the firm, which lets swing traders hold larger positions with smaller capital. Overnight holding is allowed across forex, metals, crypto, and oil. Weekend holding is allowed but indices carry a high swap on Saturdays. The 5% daily loss rule terminates the account on either phase, so position sizing must respect that floor. The minimum profitable days rule (3 per phase, each at 0.5% or more) forces enough trade frequency that pure long-hold swing traders may need to close-and-reopen rather than carry a single trade for weeks.

What strategy works on The 5%ers Bootcamp?

Bootcamp is built for systematic traders who want a mandatory stop-loss rule and a hard per-position risk cap of 2% of account balance. Every position must have a visible stop-loss in the platform, with no stealth or mental stops. Five violations terminates the account, where a violation is either opening a position with no SL or placing an SL that risks more than 2%. Strategy fits trend-following systems, mean-reversion grids with hard exits, and any rule-based approach that already uses fixed stops. Discretionary traders who place stops mentally and adjust on the fly will struggle.

What is the best strategy for The 5%ers Futures on Black Arrow?

Futures Basecamp and Rebate run on Black Arrow with a rule stack that shapes intraday strategy: 30% per-position consistency, 2 mini and 20 micro contract limits, end-of-day 3% maximum loss (not intraday trailing), and a 10-minute pre-close exit mandate. The structure favors distributed scalping and intraday swing trading on ES, NQ, YM, RTY, and the equivalent micros. Concentrated single-position profits trigger the consistency rule, so traders should aim for several smaller wins rather than one large position. Weekend holding is not permitted; overnight holding is capped at one mini or ten micros.

Can I scalp on The 5%ers?

Scalping is allowed across The 5%ers programs with two specific bans. Tick scalping (sub-second holding times targeting one or two ticks) is prohibited. High-frequency trading with automated execution is prohibited. Manual scalping with realistic holding periods and stop placement is fine. Hyper Growth is structurally the most scalper-friendly because the 3% daily loss pauses rather than terminates. On Futures, the 2 mini / 20 micro contract ceiling and 30% consistency rule constrain how aggressively a scalper can size into a single setup.

Does The 5%ers allow news trading?

The 5%ers allows holding through news on every program. New orders cannot be placed within 2 minutes before or after a high-impact news release on High Stakes and Pro Growth. Bracket strategies (pending buy-stops and sell-stops on either side of price to catch a news breakout) are prohibited across all programs. The Bootcamp news rule mirrors this: holding through news is allowed, bracket entries are not. Black Arrow Futures allows news trading without the 2-minute new-order window.

What is the difference between Hyper Growth and Pro Growth?

Hyper Growth and Pro Growth are both 1-step CFD programs with $5K, $10K, and $20K account sizes and a 10% profit target. The difference is rule severity. Hyper Growth uses a 3% daily loss that pauses the account until the next server reset, has no minimum trading day requirement, and starts at a 50/50 profit split. Pro Growth uses a 3% daily loss that terminates the account, requires three profitable days each at 0.5% or more of balance, and starts at 75/25 split with a different scaling cap of $500K. Pro Growth is stricter and starts paying out more. Hyper Growth is more forgiving but ramps slower.

How does the 30% consistency rule on The 5%ers Futures work?

The 30% consistency rule on The 5%ers Futures (Black Arrow) means no single closed position may generate more than 30% of total funded profits. If a trader closes ten positions for a combined $1,000 profit, no individual closed trade may have produced more than $300. The rule is checked at payout request, not in real time. Practically, traders distribute risk across multiple smaller wins rather than swinging into a single oversized position. Scaling into a position over several entries that each close separately can help, since the rule looks at closed positions individually.

Can I hold positions overnight on The 5%ers?

Overnight holding is allowed on Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, and Bootcamp across the supported asset classes. Indices held overnight or over weekends carry a high swap on the platform. Black Arrow Futures permits overnight holding only up to one mini or ten micro contracts and prohibits weekend holding entirely. All Futures positions must close at least 10 minutes before regular session close regardless of overnight permission.

What strategies are banned across all 5%ers programs?

The 5%ers bans tick scalping, high-frequency trading, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage, reverse arbitrage, copy trading, and account coordination across all programs. Bracket strategies (simultaneous pending buy-stop and sell-stop orders on either side of current price designed to catch a breakout) are prohibited regardless of program. EAs and automated trading are permitted only if they do not implement any of the above banned patterns; emulator-based EAs are also banned.

What is the minimum risk-per-trade on Bootcamp?

Bootcamp requires every position to have a visible stop-loss that risks no more than 2% of the account balance. On a $20K starting tier that means $400 maximum risk per position. The rule is checked at order placement, not at exit. Opening a position with a stop that prosecutes a 3% risk counts as a violation even if the stop never gets hit. Five total violations terminates the account permanently.

Can I trade crypto on The 5%ers Bootcamp?

No. Bootcamp lists FX, Metals, and Indices only. Crypto is available on Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, and High Stakes (as CFD) and is not available on Bootcamp or Futures. Traders who want exposure to BTC, ETH, and other crypto pairs should choose Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, or High Stakes.

What is the best 5%ers program for a futures-only trader?

Futures Basecamp or Rebate on Black Arrow is the only choice for futures traders. The 5%ers' four CFD programs (Hyper Growth, Pro Growth, High Stakes, Bootcamp) trade FX, metals, indices, and crypto via MT5 or cTrader, not exchange-traded futures. Black Arrow is a separate platform for ES, NQ, YM, RTY, and the equivalent micros plus CL, NG, GC, and SI energy and metals contracts. Account sizes are $25K and $50K with a 2-phase evaluation.

How fast can I get paid on The 5%ers?

First payout eligibility is 14 days after the funded account is activated, with subsequent payouts on a bi-weekly cadence (every two weeks from the last approved withdrawal). Minimum withdrawal is $150 after the profit split is applied. Maximum per cycle on crypto is $1,500. Processing time is 5 to 8 business days. The cadence applies across all programs.

Do I need to pass an interview to get paid?

The 5%ers may request a video verification interview before approving a payout. Failure to schedule the interview within 5 business days of the request results in payout denial and account termination. The firm exercises broad discretion in when to request an interview. Traders should ensure their account information matches government ID before requesting any payout to avoid scheduling friction.

Can I run multiple 5%ers accounts at once?

Yes, with program-specific limits. Hyper Growth caps total exposure at $40,000 across accounts. High Stakes allows one $2.5K, one $5K, one $10K-or-$25K, and one $50K-or-$100K account in parallel. Bootcamp allows one $250K, one $100K, and two $20K accounts, with each requiring a different trading method. Pro Growth permits one of each size ($5K, $10K, $20K). Coordinated trading or copy trading across your own accounts is banned.

Does The 5%ers allow EAs and bots?

Expert Advisors and automated trading are allowed on MT5 across all CFD programs, with the exception of tick scalping bots, HFT systems, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage, and emulator-based EAs. Black Arrow Futures permits semi-automated trading within Black Arrow's supported feature set. Copy trading across accounts and signal-following automation are banned. If a strategy depends on sub-second execution it is not a fit.

What is the leverage on each 5%ers program?

As of May 2026, leverage by program is: Hyper Growth at 1:30 forex, lower on indices/metals; Pro Growth at 1:30 forex, 1:25 indices/metals, 1:1.5 commodities, 1:0.60 crypto; High Stakes at 1:100 across supported assets; Bootcamp at 1:30; Black Arrow Futures uses futures contract margining (no leverage ratio applies, since buying power is set by contract limits). High Stakes' 1:100 is the highest at the firm and the reason swing traders gravitate to it.

When did The 5%ers Futures program launch?

The 5%ers Futures Basecamp and Rebate programs launched in beta in February 2026, running on the Black Arrow platform. The launch coincided with the firm's broader push into US trader access (cTrader was added to the CFD programs in September 2025 to enable US participants where MetaQuotes is not available). Paul has been trading the Futures track since the beta rollout and has pulled $9,000 in payouts over the last three months.