Bootcamp cheaper to start · dearer to finish
The5ers High Stakes vs Bootcamp
Bootcamp costs a fraction of High Stakes at every size both ladders sell, and it imposes no daily loss limit during the evaluation at all. On the two things a buyer looks at first, it wins twice.
Then read the rest. Bootcamp allows 5% of overall drawdown against 10%, asks 3 phases rather than 2, and its fee arrives in two parts — the second when you pass. High Stakes refunds its fee instead. Passing reverses the ranking.
| Rule | High Stakes | Bootcamp |
|---|---|---|
| Phases | 10%, then 5% | 6%, 6%, 6% |
| Daily loss limit | 5% | none published |
| Overall drawdown | 10% | 5% |
| Losing trades before the attempt ends | 5 | 5 |
| Minimum trading days | 3 | none published |
| Profit split | 100% | 100% |
With no daily cap, Bootcamp's attempt ends on the overall drawdown alone. High Stakes has two caps and the daily one binds first, at 5% rather than 10% — which lands on the same count from the opposite direction.
Cheaper to start, dearer to finish
| Account | High Stakes | Bootcamp, to start |
|---|---|---|
| $5K | $35 | $22 |
| $25K | $176 | $95 |
| $100K | $491 | $225 |
The column on the right is half the price. The fee comes in two parts, and the second is the opposite of a refund: $22/$95/$225 to start, then $50/$205/$350 more on passing — $72/$300/$575 all in.
And the column in the middle comes back: the fee refund is shown at Step 2, alongside a $2 reward for completing Step 1.
The second instalment is quoted from the firm's rules rather than computed, because it is published as prose and not as a price ladder. Everything in the table above is arithmetic on figures the firm lists as figures.
What no daily limit is worth
Removing a daily cap removes a way to fail, and Bootcamp removes it entirely during the evaluation. That is genuinely valuable to anyone whose losing days cluster: on High Stakes a single 5% day ends the attempt however much room the overall cap still has.
What it costs is the overall cap itself, halved — and the arithmetic lands somewhere counter-intuitive. At 1% risk per trade, both programmes end after the same number of losing trades: 5 on High Stakes, where the 5% daily cap binds before the 10% overall one ever comes into play, and 5 on Bootcamp, where the 5% overall cap is the only cap there is.
The number is the same and it means the opposite thing. On High Stakes those 5 losses have to fall on one day, and the counter resets overnight. On Bootcamp they can fall across three months, and nothing resets. A trader who loses steadily is safer on High Stakes; a trader who loses in bursts is safer on Bootcamp. That is the actual choice, and neither headline figure states it.
Three phases rather than two also means the same account has to survive one more target, and a third phase is not a third of the work.
Where these rules were read
The5ers — challenge programmes explained — read 2026-08-05
Questions
- Is The5ers Bootcamp cheaper than High Stakes?
- To start, yes: $5K is $22 against $35, $25K is $95 against $176, $100K is $225 against $491. To finish, no. Bootcamp's own rules describe a second instalment payable on passing, and High Stakes refunds its fee at Step 2 — so passing reverses the order.
- Does The5ers Bootcamp have a daily loss limit?
- Not during the evaluation — the steps publish none, where High Stakes caps a day at 5%. The funded stage adds a 3% daily pause and a 4% max loss; the evaluation steps publish no daily limit. The trade-off is the overall cap: Bootcamp allows 5% where High Stakes allows 10%.
- How many phases does each have?
- Bootcamp has 3, each asking 6%. High Stakes has 2, asking 10% then 5%. More phases means more chances to breach the same account.
- What counts as a minimum trading day at The5ers?
- Minimum days are profitable days: closed profit of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each.