DayTraders.com vs The5ers Futures: prop firm rules compared

DayTraders.com's Full plan trails the drawdown intraday: the floor follows the highest balance the account reaches during the session, open profit included, and never moves back down — a winning trade given back before it is closed still lifts it. For example, at DayTraders.com's Full plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $47,500, $2,500 under the start.

On DayTraders.com's EOD and S2F plans and The5ers Futures the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at DayTraders.com's EOD and S2F plans and The5ers Futures a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

DayTraders.com's Static plan uses a static drawdown: the floor is set once, the drawdown below the starting balance, and does not move for the whole evaluation. For example, at DayTraders.com's Static plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $49,000, $1,000 under the start.

A soft daily loss limit pauses the day instead of failing the account: reach it and open positions are flattened, trading stops until the next session, and the account stays open. DayTraders.com's EOD plan sets it at $1,250 on $50,000. DayTraders.com's Full and Static plans and The5ers Futures have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

DayTraders.com starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. DayTraders.com's Full, Static and EOD plans cap any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target and $1,875 of a $3,750 target. DayTraders.com's S2F plan caps any single day at 20% of total profit, so it takes at least 5 profitable days to finish inside the rule.

DayTraders.com requires at least 2 trading days before a pass; The5ers Futures sets no minimum number of days.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at DayTraders.com it is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account; The5ers Futures has no written answer on record. Written answers: DayTraders.com (read Oct 21, 2026).

DayTraders.com and The5ers Futures differ on 4 of the evaluation rules compared here: drawdown model, daily loss limit, max drawdown at $50K and minimum trading days. If your trades often run into open profit that you give back before closing them, start with the drawdown: DayTraders.com trails intraday or at end of day or holds a static floor, depending on the plan, while The5ers Futures trails at end of day. If you keep trading after a losing morning, look at what the daily loss limit does: DayTraders.com pauses the day at its daily loss limit on some plans and has no limit on others; The5ers Futures has no daily loss limit. In dollars at $50K, DayTraders.com asks for $3,000 of profit with $2,500 of drawdown room, The5ers Futures for $3,000 with $2,000. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: DayTraders.com needs at least 2 trading days, The5ers Futures sets no minimum.

Once funded, the profit split is 100% (Pro sim) at DayTraders.com and 80/20 at The5ers Futures. Payout terms — DayTraders.com: Every 8 qualifying days; The5ers Futures: Bi-weekly (every 14 days). DayTraders.com sells 4 plans: Full, Static, EOD and S2F; The5ers Futures sells one evaluation model. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan. If a strategy or bot will send your orders, DayTraders.com's written answer is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account, and The5ers Futures has no written answer on record.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on DayTraders.com's site and The5ers Futures' site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.