Maven Trading vs The5ers
The5ers
Computed verdict
There isn't a current verified offer on both firms, so we don't call a cost winner. On the overall score, The5ers comes out ahead (82 vs 72).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
A mix of static floors (8% Two-Step, 3% Three-Step, 10% BNPL eval) and trailing ones (5% One-Step, 3% Instant, 8% funded BNPL off the floating-equity peak), with no documentation of whether the trail ever stops at breakeven.
A static 10% max loss from initial balance and a 5% daily limit anchored to the higher of the previous close's balance or equity — nothing trails, but touching either terminates the account.
A hard daily limit of 2–4% by program on the higher of equity or balance at 00:00 UTC; only the BNPL evaluation has no daily limit.
A hard daily limit on High Stakes, measured against the higher of the previous midnight's balance or equity — hitting it terminates the account. The5ers' own pages disagree on the number: the 2-Step Plan Rules & Specifications page (last updated 7 September 2026) and the Summer Plan page both state 3%, while the High Stakes general-rules page (last updated 10 August 2026) states 5%. Unresolved, and we do not pick a side. We publish 5% because it comes from the High Stakes page, but 3% is the safer assumption and the one to trade to until The5ers reconciles its pages. On a $100,000 account the gap is $2,000 of daily room, on a limit that ends the account.
A 20% consistency score on Instant, funded BNPL and OMO (15% per trade on Mini) gates withdrawals, plus a universal rule: above $5,000 profit your best day can't exceed 50%.
There is no percentage consistency rule, but each step requires at least 3 profitable days of +0.5% or more, which blocks one-day passes.
8% ($4,000) and 5% ($2,500), no minimum days; 8% ($4,000) max overall loss, 4% daily.
Two steps on the current High Stakes plan: 10% then 5% (a legacy Classic variant runs 8% then 5%), each needing a minimum of 3 profitable days, where a profitable day is closed net of at least +0.5% of the initial balance. Maximum total loss is 10% of the initial balance. The daily loss limit is disputed between The5ers' own pages at 3% and 5% — see the daily-loss section, where both positions are recorded and neither is settled. Inactivity: an account expires after 30 consecutive days without trading during evaluation, and after 60 on a funded account.
Payouts every 10 business days at 80/20 (Mini at 70% and within 24 hours), with a global $10,000-per-trader cap every rolling 30 days and the M2 Account Saver cutting your split to 50% at a 2% drawdown.
On the 2-Step, The5ers splits 80/20 and scales to 100% with a fixed monthly payout at high balances. On how much you need before you can be paid, its own pages disagree: the 2-Step rules page asks for $250 of profit, the withdrawals help page asked for $150. We record both and pick neither. What is clear is that there is a cap: $2,000 per payout cycle. First payout 14 days after the account is activated, then every two weeks.
$100K 2-Step: $440 one-time, $396 with ETERNAL, Maven's standing site-wide code, read first-hand on 2026-09-10. That is the nearest size we have verified and we publish no $50K figure: the second-hand table that would supply one is contradicted by that read at the only size where the two meet. A second code, OMO at 40%, applies to a product line we do not track.
$100K 2-Step Classic (8%/5%): one-time $179, and $149 for the 10%/5% tier — both read on The5ers' own pages on 2026-09-08. Smaller sizes are served by a dynamic pricing widget we could not read, so we publish no $50K price. No monthly fee, no activation fee documented, and no paid reset product: a failed evaluation means buying a new one.