AquaFunded Futures vs The5ers Futures: prop firm rules compared

At the $50,000 account size, AquaFunded Futures' evaluation allows a $2,000 max drawdown (end-of-day trailing) against The5ers Futures' $2,000 (end-of-day trailing), with profit targets of $3,000 and $3,000 respectively. Both allow the same dollar drawdown at that size. Payouts are standard on demand · daily daily · flex every 5 winning days at AquaFunded Futures and bi-weekly (every 14 days) at The5ers Futures.

Rule (evaluation phase)
AQAquaFunded FuturesStandard (One Day Pass) model
$50,000 account
Profit target$3,000$3,000
Daily loss limit$1,000 (soft pause)None
Max drawdown$2,000$2,000
Firm-wide
Drawdown modelEnd-of-day trailingEnd-of-day trailing
Consistency ruleNonenot verified — check the firm's site
Minimum trading daysNoneNone
Profit split90/1080/20
Payout frequencyStandard on demand · Daily daily · Flex every 5 winning daysBi-weekly (every 14 days)
Account sizes offered$50,000 · $100,000 · $150,000$25,000 · $50,000
Rules confidenceRules verifiedRules approximate

AquaFunded Futures figures are for the Standard (One Day Pass) model; it also sells: Daily, Flex (daily loss), Flex (no daily loss), Instant.

Which one should you pick?

It depends on how you trade. A trader who takes a few larger positions is exposed to a consistency rule and an intraday-trailing drawdown very differently from one who scalps small size all session; payout cadence and profit split matter more once you are funded than during the evaluation. Read both rule sets in the table above against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on AquaFunded Futures's site and The5ers Futures's site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.

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