Who places the trades?

You do. You build and arm the agent yourself, and it runs on your own broker account through your own connection, so every order is yours. Before each order is sent, a firm-aware risk engine checks it against your rules and blocks anything that would breach. You can pause or disarm any agent at any time.

Is this only for prop-firm traders?

Prop-firm traders are the core audience, but the same platform works on any account you connect. Build a strategy, backtest it, run it, and watch the live account. You do not need a challenge to use the tool.

What does "AI" mean here?

It means the platform can host user-authored automation that may use AI or machine-learning logic. We do not promise alpha, prediction, or guaranteed outcomes.

Can I start with a simple rule?

Yes. The simplest path is the quick-rule flow: describe the trade, test it, then deploy it without building a full code project.

What is the marketplace rev share?

When authors sell strategies through the marketplace, Glitch Executor takes 30% and the author keeps 70%.

Which brokers and firm contexts are supported?

cTrader, TradeLocker, DXtrade, and MT4/MT5 via MetaApi for brokers; FundingPips Zero, FTMO Phase 1, MFF, Apex, The5ers, and GetLeveraged Turbo in Firm Mode.

On-demand payouts

The5ers High Stakes, rules + payout math

Standard static-DD product with an 8% target, 5% daily loss, 10% static max-loss, and a 3-profitable-days quota. No consistency rule, the 50% number that appears in older Glitch Executor copy was wrong.

The5ers High Stakes Classic Phase 1: 8% profit target, 5% daily loss (taken from prior-day equity or balance, whichever's higher), 10% static drawdown anchored to starting balance, and a requirement of 3 profitable days at ≥0.5% of starting balance each. The5ers has no consistency rule, strategies can run a single outsized winning day and still cash out (subject to the other rules). On-demand payouts on the funded stage.

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Difficulty: Hard (4/5)Drawdown style: static3 profitable days needed

Rules at a glance

The four numbers that matter.

Profit target

+8%

Above starting balance.

Daily loss

−5.0%

Against the previous day’s closing balance.

Drawdown floor

−10.0%

Static, fixed below starting balance.

Consistency cap

Not enforced at this stage.

Payout rules

When the money actually arrives.

Cadence

On-demand once eligible (funded stage; no fixed window)

Min profitable days

3 per 30

Profit split

50% at funded start, scales up to 100% via the growth program based on consistency

60-second pre-flight

Will your strategy survive The5ers High Stakes? Find out before you pay.

Glitch Executor runs your strategy against The5ers High Stakes's actual rules, daily loss, drawdown, target, consistency, over historical bars. You see exactly which day (if any) the firm would have terminated the account. Free to try with one connected account.

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Account sizes

Pick your evaluation tier.

Public pricing snapshot. Verify directly with The5ers High Stakes before purchase, fees and tiers change with promotions.

Account size	Eval fee	Profit target (8%)	Daily-loss budget
$5,000	$39	$400	$250/day
$20,000	$99	$1,600	$1,000/day
$60,000	$245	$4,800	$3,000/day
$100,000	$395	$8,000	$5,000/day

Common breach reasons

Where traders blow The5ers High Stakes accounts.

The patterns we see most often, informed by the rule structure, not anecdote. Each one is something our backtester catches on a pre-flight run.

5% daily-loss limit

Calculated against prior-day equity OR prior-day closing balance, whichever is higher. So a profitable previous session actually tightens your daily-loss floor for the next, a counter-intuitive trap.

10% static drawdown

Anchored at 10% below your initial balance for the entire challenge. Wider than the trailing-DD products in the lineup (FundingPips Zero, GetLeveraged Turbo) but unforgiving if a single oversized day pushes equity past the absolute floor.

3 profitable days required

You need 3 days with ≥0.5% of initial balance in realised profit. Lower bar than FundingPips Zero (7) and Apex funded (7), but still trips strategies that pass the target in one session and then sit out.

Compare

How The5ers High Stakes stacks up.

The5ers High Stakes

This firm

Target: +8%
Daily loss: −5.0%
Drawdown: −10.0% (static)
Consistency: none
Min profitable days: 3
Payout cadence: on-demand

Apex Trader Funding

Target: +6%
Daily loss: −2.0%
Drawdown: −5.0% (trailing)
Consistency: none
Min profitable days: none
Payout cadence: every 14d

Futures-focused. Apex 4.0 $50K Eval: 6% target ($3K), $2,500 trailing drawdown, EOD path has a $1,000 daily-loss limit (2%). No consistency rule in eval. Funded PA pays bi-weekly after the 10-day window.

MyForexFunds

Target: +8%
Daily loss: −5.0%
Drawdown: −8.0% (static)
Consistency: none
Min profitable days: none
Payout cadence: every 14d

PENDING RELAUNCH, court-vindicated and processing 2023 payouts, but new evaluations are NOT yet open as of the Q2 2026 audit. The historical 2-step model (8% target, 5% daily, 8% static DD) is preserved here for reference; verify the actual product when MFF reopens.

FAQ

Questions traders ask about The5ers High Stakes.

Does The5ers have a consistency rule?

No. Older Glitch Executor copy mentioned a 50% best-day rule, that was wrong (confused with a different firm during the initial rule catalogue). The5ers does not enforce consistency on best-day share. Strategies with concentrated winners are fine.

Why is the 10% static drawdown different from FTMO?

Both are 10% static, but The5ers anchors specifically to your initial balance and never adjusts. FTMO's 10% is also static but the firm allows for some balance recalculation when you scale into a new funded tier. For pre-flight purposes assume both are 'absolute -10% from start.'

Is The5ers High Stakes good for prop-firm beginners?

Moderate. The 5% daily loss is normal, the 10% static DD gives wide room, and the 3-profitable-days quota is easy to hit. The new High Stakes variant has a 10% target which makes it slightly harder than Classic; we model Classic (8% target) here. Verify which variant you're buying.

Can I get payouts immediately after passing eval?

After eval pass you enter the funded program with a 50% split. Payouts are on-demand once any profit milestone is reached. The growth program scales your share up over time based on consistency.

How we maintain accuracy

Who reviews these The5ers High Stakes numbers, and how often.

Authored and reviewed by Ryan Tran, Strategy Lead, Glitch Executor. Ryan owns the firm-rule engine that powers Glitch Executor backtest verdicts and live breach detection, and he audits The5ers High Stakes’s rules quarterly against the firm’s published terms.

Every quantitative claim on this page is sourced from The5ers High Stakes’s own published terms. Inferred or modelled numbers are labelled where they appear, not blended into firm-sourced figures.
The supported firm catalogue in this repo is reviewed quarterly; pricing and rule changes flagged by the public pricing watcher trigger a same-week update to this page when they affect the math.
We do not publish “guaranteed pass” claims, hidden ranking signals, or fabricated review counts. If we can’t cite it, we don’t state it as fact.

Sources & review

Where the numbers come from.

Rule values on this page are sourced from The5ers High Stakes’s own published terms and tracked in this repo’s firm-rule registry. Verify directly with the firm before you fund, promotions and tiers change.

Primary source: The5ers High Stakes challenge page
Last reviewed: 2026-05-26

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