Firm file — checked October 22, 2026
The famous $19 entry is real — and it buys a $2,500 account, step 1 only. The program is honest arithmetic at small sizes, with one hard ban beginners learn late.
Facts checked October 22, 2026
The5ers' High Stakes is a 2-Step program (10% then 5%, 5% daily, 10% static maximum) whose smallest ticket — $19 for a $2,500 account — is the cheapest serious test in this dataset. The headline is not a lie; it is a size. The same discipline at $100K costs $491, and the rules — including 3 profitable days (at least 0.5% closed profit) per phase — are identical at every size, which is precisely why the checker so often sends The5ers buyers to the smallest row.
High Stakes bans opening or closing orders within 2 minutes either side of a high-impact news release — at every stage, evaluation included. Most firms restrict news only once funded; The5ers restricts it from day one. For a news trader this program is not risky, it is incompatible, and the checker says so in those words.
Target 10%, then 5% · daily loss 5% · maximum loss 10% (static) · 3 profitable days (at least 0.5% closed profit) per phase · consistency rule: none published · profit split 80% to the trader.
| Account size | List fee | Activation fee |
|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | $19 | — |
| $5,000 | $35 | — |
| $10,000 | $69 | — |
| $25,000 | $176 | — |
| $50,000 | $278 | — |
| $100,000 | $491 | — |
Fees are list prices checked October 22, 2026; promotions excluded. The fee return is partial and mostly not cash: 10% back as internal credit after phase 1, 20% after phase 2, the balance at the funded stage — and internal credit cannot be withdrawn as money.
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Sources: the firms' own published pages (price grids and program terms), the FPFX Technology dataset of 300,000+ accounts reported by Finance Magnates (2024), pass and payout figures published by the firms themselves, and regulator publications (CFTC, FSMA, Consob, CNMV). Recorded and checked October 22, 2026. Prices on this site are the list prices recorded on that date, promotions excluded; if a price or a rule has moved since, the firm's own page wins — and write to help@doogex.com so we can correct ours.