Our Verdict
The5ers looks legitimate and materially more mature than most firms in the sector. It has a long operating history, real leadership, real structure, and clear evidence that payouts do happen. The main caution is not whether the firm exists, but how much discretionary power it holds at payout stage. Video interviews, broad prohibited-practice rules, and hard-edged enforcement language mean profitable traders should expect real scrutiny. This is a credible prop firm, but not a frictionless one.
The5ers is one of the more established firms in prop trading. Founded in 2016, it operates through Five Percent Online Ltd and publicly identifies founder Gil Ben Hur and CEO Saul Lokier. Official materials reference registrations in both England & Wales and Israel, and the leadership page shows a real executive team across risk, finance, legal, operations, and support.
That alone makes The5ers more credible than most newer prop firms.
The firm offers three main paths — Bootcamp, Hyper Growth, and High Stakes — with scaling plans reaching up to $4M and profit splits up to 100% at the highest tiers. It also claims 149 employees in 23 countries and 3,741 monthly payouts. These are company claims, not independently audited figures, but they still point to a larger operating footprint than the average prop startup.
The biggest issue is not fake payouts. It is payout-stage compliance power.
The5ers explicitly reserves the right to request a video interview during user verification. Under its terms, failure to schedule that interview within five business days can result in denial of pending payouts, cancellation of accounts, and termination of the collaboration. This is not theoretical. Recent Trustpilot reviews show both sides of it: one trader said they completed the binding risk interview and then received payout, while another said a VPN issue caused them to miss the interview and their cooperation application was terminated without a reschedule.
The firm’s prohibited-practices framework is also unusually broad. Its help center bans not only obvious abuse like arbitrage and account resale, but also copy trading, account management services, one-sided bets, bulk trading, HFT, tick scalping, and some third-party EA usage. The stated consequence is severe: if the company finds system abuse, refund or profit will not be processed and the trader can be permanently banned.
That creates real discretionary power at the exact moment a trader becomes expensive to the firm.
The public review signal is mostly positive, but not perfectly clean. Several recent Trustpilot reviews describe repeated payouts and smooth withdrawals. At the same time, one positive review openly referenced Telegram challenge-passing help (@Bennypass), which weakens the purity of at least part of the review pool. Additional indexed complaints surfaced via SearXNG, including allegations tied to interview-based payout withholding, though those claims were not fully independently verifiable due source-access limits.
Bottom line: The5ers appears legitimate and materially more mature than most firms in the sector. But traders should not mistake maturity for low-friction fairness. This is a firm with real payouts, real infrastructure, and real compliance teeth.
Bootcamp
Hyper Growth
High Stakes
The help center lists broad prohibited conduct, including:
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