The 0.5% days do not replace $8,000
Each profitable day must net at least 0.5% of the initial balance, $500 on $100,000. You need three of them. Phase 1 is still 8%. If you start a free Venasri account, track the two counts separately: green days that cleared $500, and closed profit toward $8,000. Phase 2 is 5%, or $5,000. The published minimum trading days figure is also three.
The daily loss is 5%, or $5,000, from the higher of balance or equity at 00:00 MT5 time. The maximum on High Stakes is a static 10%, or $10,000. Bootcamp's 5% per step and Hyper Growth's static 6% are different campaigns. Do not apply the High Stakes day count to a program you did not buy.
10 to 16 trades and a 4.25% lock
0.50% is $500 of risk. The plan uses 10 to 16 trades at that unit to pursue $8,000. Equity Guard locks at 4.25%, or $4,250, inside the $5,000 day. That lock is too loose for the 3% one-step day of $3,000. Use it on High Stakes, not as a universal The5ers number.
There is no punitive best-day deduction in the High Stakes description. The firm uses the three profitable days instead. You still should not make one ticket the entire $8,000, because a float that large at midnight will raise the next floor by a painful amount, and Bootcamp would have wanted a hard stop on it anyway.
Doubling is a funded milestone, not a challenge shortcut
Every 10% milestone can double the account, up to $4,000,000, if the loss rules hold. Hyper Growth pays when each 10% milestone hits. High Stakes pays bi-weekly. The split runs from 80% to 100%, and the top milestones can include a monthly fixed salary. The salary is named, and no dollar figure is attached to it.
A breach cancels the conversation about doubling. The 4.25% lock and the hard stop are how you stay eligible. The $495 fee is the $100,000 evaluation price. It is not a milestone.
Stops, copy bans, and the midnight floor
Bootcamp fails a naked trade even if you are only passing through that program on the way to a larger idea. Open MT5 bot control on MT5 and attach the stop at the fill. Shared copy signals across unrelated users are prohibited. Self-owned risk tools are allowed. Anti-hyperactivity rules apply.
Weekend holds are permitted. New High Stakes orders are not permitted in the 2-minute window on each side of a red-folder release. A pass plan that needs a news spike is fighting the order rule. A pass plan that holds a $2,000 float through MT5 midnight is volunteering a higher floor for the next 5% day.