Side-by-side analysis of both prop firms. Entry account starting from $15.00.
Each category shows the winner between the two firms.
Full price and the final price with the coupon applied at checkout, plan by plan.
MARKET| Plan | Account | Full price | With coupon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 25K | $69 | $69 |
| Swing | 50K | $120 | $120 |
| Swing | 100K | $189 | $189 |
| Swing | 150K | $219 | $219 |
| Bootcamp | 20K | $72 | $72 |
| Bootcamp | 100K | $300 | $300 |
| Bootcamp | 250K | $575 | $575 |
| Day Trade | 25K | $59 | $59 |
| Day Trade | 50K | $100 | $100 |
| Day Trade | 100K | $170 | $170 |
MARKET| Plan | Account | Full price | With coupon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | 25K | $307 | $230.25 |
| Direct | 50K | $494 | $371 |
| Direct | 100K | $659 | $494 |
| Direct | 150K | $824 | $618 |
| Express | 50K | $178 | $134 |
| Express | 100K | $282 | $212 |
| Express | 150K | $386 | $290 |
| Reserve | 25K | $110 | $83 |
| Reserve | 50K | $154 | $116 |
| Reserve | 100K | $248 | $186 |
| The5ers | Blue Guardian | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation fee | Yes | None |
| Consistency rule | Not required | Not required |
| Minimum days | Not published | 1 |
| Payout speed | 16h avg | 5 days |
| Scaling | Up to $4M | Yes |
| Platforms | MT5, TradingView, Rithmic | Tradovate, DeepCharts, MetaTrader 5, Match-Trader |
Cheapest entry: Blue Guardian, from $15.00 with the coupon.
Biggest discount: The5ers, at 70% OFF.
Better reputation: The5ers, rated 4.7 on Trustpilot.
Blue Guardian charges no activation fee, the cost most comparisons forget.
Numbers read at each firm checkout, not from their marketing pages. When a code stops working it leaves this page the same day.
Five points that decide the purchase, read from each firm official data.
The5ers runs a Static drawdown and Blue Guardian runs EOD Trailing.
Trailing means the limit rises with your equity peak, open positions included: giving profit back can end the account even without a real loss. EOD only recalculates at the session close, which forgives intraday swings.
In practice that is -3% / -6% of room at The5ers and 5-7% trail at Blue Guardian.
The cheapest entry is Blue Guardian, from $15.00 with the coupon applied at checkout, against $19.00 at The5ers.
The discount differs too: 70% OFF at The5ers and 25% OFF at Blue Guardian.
Add the activation fee at The5ers before comparing: it is charged after you pass and never shows up in the evaluation price.
Blue Guardian charges no activation fee, so the price you see is the full cost up to the funded account.
On the split, The5ers pays 100% and Blue Guardian pays 90%.
Blue Guardian allows a payout from the first profitable day, which shortens the path between passing and getting paid.
Declared speed: 16h avg at The5ers and 5 days at Blue Guardian.
The5ers has no consistency requirement, so one strong day counts in full.
Blue Guardian has no consistency requirement, so one strong day counts in full.
Minimum trading days: 0 at The5ers and 1 at Blue Guardian.
The5ers explicitly bans: 30-day inactivity, More than 4 active accounts, Consistency rule 30% per position (Futures).
Blue Guardian explicitly bans: Copy trading entre contas, Latency arbitrage, HFT scalping bots.
If the goal is testing the model on the smallest possible budget, Blue Guardian has the cheaper entry.
If reputation matters more than price, The5ers is rated 4.7 on Trustpilot.
Platforms: The5ers runs on MT5, TradingView, Rithmic; Blue Guardian, on Tradovate, DeepCharts, MetaTrader 5, Match-Trader. A strategy tied to one platform decides this on its own.
There is no better firm in the abstract: there is the one that matches your drawdown, your trading hours and how fast you need to withdraw.