The5ers Futures vs YLOS Trading
The5ers Futures and YLOS Trading side by side on price, rules and payouts.
- Cheapest challenge, The5ers Futures
- $59
- Biggest max. allocation, YLOS Trading
- $300K
- Longest running, The5ers Futures
- 10 years
At a Glance
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USTrading Rules
Each firm’s daily and maximum loss limits, as the firm sets them. Each firm’s profile says how its limits are measured.
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| Daily loss limitAcross the firm's programs | None | None to $750 |
| Max loss limitAcross the firm's programs | 4% | $1,200 to $7,500 |
| Daily drawdown | 2.5% daily drawdown on 100K and 150K accounts (Day Trade and Swing); reaching it permanently terminates the account. None on 25K and 50K. | No daily loss limit on Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom 2.0 or Instant Funding accounts. Static Prime: $750 daily loss limit. |
| Max drawdown | 4% trailing, calculated from the highest midnight (end of day) balance or equity, in both evaluation and funded stages. No lock level stated. | Evaluation (Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom): end of day, but the account is blocked immediately if the balance falls below the limit intraday. Funded: real time (tick by tick) trailing until profit equals the drawdown plus $100, then static. Freedom 2.0 funded: end of day, never becomes static. Static Prime: static $1,500 drawdown. EOD Drawdown add on available. |
| Minimum trading days | None; the evaluation can be passed in one day. No minimum profitable days rule. | Standard and No Activation Fee evaluation: minimum 1 day. Freedom 2.0 evaluation: at least 5 days with $50 profit a day. Funded payouts: 10 trading days with 7 winning days of $50 or more (Standard, No Activation Fee); 5 days with $200 net profit a day (Instant Funding). |
| Time limit | None; at least one trade every 14 calendar days or the account is closed for inactivity. | None; one time fee with no renewals. Accounts must record activity at least once every 7 days (a closed result of at least $100 positive or negative). |
| News trading | Allowed with no restrictions around economic releases. | Allowed in the evaluation. Funded accounts must not be positioned at the time of news releases (may trade immediately after). Freedom 2.0 funded and the Freedom Rules add on remove this restriction. Bracketing news with pending orders on both sides is prohibited. |
| Overnight and weekends | Day Trade: no overnight holding; close all positions and orders at least 10 minutes before the market close. Swing: overnight holding of 1 mini or 10 micros (25K, 50K), 2 minis (100K), 3 minis (150K). No weekend holding on either program. | Intraday only. All positions must be closed at least 30 minutes before the close (3:30 pm Chicago time on normal days); holding past the close blocks the account and zeroes the balance. No overnight or swing trading. |
| EAs and copy trading | High frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging are forbidden. Copy trading only between the trader's own 25K and 50K accounts, up to $75,000 in total. | No automation of any kind except the official Ylos Order Replicator. Copying external signals, copiers between different accounts, third party EAs, martingale, grid, hedging and microscalping (trades of 30 seconds or less in most trades) are prohibited. |
| Consistency rule | Per position: the best single trade must be less than 40% of total profit to qualify for a payout or scale up (evaluation and funded). | Funded Standard and No Activation Fee: no day above 40% of net profit in the period (resets after each withdrawal), plus a median rule (largest loss no more than 5 times the median winning trade) and contract size consistency. Instant Funding: 30%. Freedom 2.0: evaluation requires no single day to reach 40% of the target; no funded consistency, median or contract consistency rules. |
Payouts
When and how each firm pays once you are funded.
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| Profit split | 80/20 | Tiered on cumulative profit across all accounts: 100% of the first $15,000, 90% from $15,000 to $30,000, 80% above $30,000 |
| First payout | Funded account at least 14 days old with 4% profit on the initial balance. Caps per payout: $1,250 on 25K; 3% of initial balance on 50K to 150K (e.g. $3,000 on 100K). Evaluation fee refunded on the third payout. | Balance must exceed a buffer of the drawdown plus $100 (e.g. $52,600 on 50K). Compliance review within 1 business day, funds released to the wallet within 24 to 48 business hours. Initial withdrawals are capped by account size: $1,500 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $2,500 (100K), $2,750 (150K) and $3,500 (300K) per withdrawal. Freedom 2.0 caps: $1,000 (25K) and $1,500 (50K) per withdrawal. |
| Payout frequency | Every 14 days (biweekly); the cycle resets when an account is scaled. | Standard and No Activation Fee: every 10 trading days. Instant Funding: every 5 trading days. Freedom 2.0: one withdrawal per day. Requests accepted from 5 am Monday to 12 pm Friday Chicago time. |
| Minimum payout | Not listed | $500 on all account sizes; $250 on Freedom 2.0 |
| Payout methods | Rise (3.5% commission), Crypto (3.5% commission), Bank transfer (3.5% commission), Hub credits (no commission, non withdrawable, for program purchases only) | YLOS wallet, then transfer to bank account, Rise (international payments, per homepage FAQ) |
Platforms and Markets
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| Leverage | Not applicable; contract limits of 2 minis (25K), 4 minis (50K), 8 minis (100K) and 12 minis (150K), or micro equivalents. | Not applicable; contract limits of 4 minis (25K), 10 (50K), 14 (100K), 17 (150K) and 35 (300K) on Standard, No Activation Fee and Instant Funding; Freedom 2.0 2 minis (25K) and 5 minis (50K) per pricing page. |
| Scaling plan | Each 10% profit milestone (with consistency met and positions closed) triggers a risk review and a new account with 5% more balance plus the trader's 80% share of profit, and one more mini (10 micros) in contract limits, up to $500,000. | No scaling plan captured. A Live account with daily payouts is offered by invitation only. |
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