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Trade The Pool is the stock-trading programme run by Five Percent Online LTD, the company behind The5ers. Account sizes and prices below are carried from the public directory.
AquaFunded is a Forex / CFD prop firm funding traders up to $400,000 through Instant, One Step and Two Step models in Standard and Pro variants, with a 90% profit split and a bi-weekly reward cycle. Its Two Step rules and prices were read from the firm's own configurator; the remaining models are carried from the public directory.
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The differences most likely to change a decision, stated neutrally. Rex names no winner, because which of these matters depends entirely on how you trade.
Market
Trade The PoolForex · CFD
AquaFundedForex · CFD
Both operate in the same market, so their published rules use comparable units.
Entry price
Trade The PoolForex · CFD · USD · one-time · $47
AquaFundedForex · CFD · USD · one-time · $5
Entry price is the advertised figure only. Activation and reset charges are recorded separately and often decide the real cost.
Profit split (base)
Trade The Pool70%
AquaFunded90%
A published base share is a commitment. A ceiling with no stated base is not, and Rex records it as not published rather than as the headline number.
Choice of plans
Trade The Pool15 options
AquaFunded63 options
More options means more chance of a size and structure that suits you; it says nothing about the quality of any single plan.
Evaluation structures
Trade The Pool1-step
AquaFunded2-step · 1-step · Instant
One-step and two-step evaluations distribute the same difficulty differently. Neither is easier as a rule.
Evidence coverage
Trade The Pool55% documented
AquaFunded56% documented
This measures how much of each firm Rex could source, not how good the firm is. A lower figure means less was published, not worse terms.
What the split difference is actually worth
Your assumptions, each firm's published split. Not a forecast, and not a reason on its own to pick either firm.
A 8% return on $100,000 is $8,000 gross per cycle, before each firm’s split.
Trade The Pool
- Split applied
- 70%
- Your share per cycle
- $5,600
- Across 3 cycles
- $16,800
- Less the entry price
- − $47
- Net
- $16,753
AquaFunded
- Split applied
- 90%
- Your share per cycle
- $7,200
- Across 3 cycles
- $21,600
- Less the entry price
- − $5
- Net
- $21,595
This is arithmetic on your own assumptions, not a forecast. It ignores the thing that actually decides the outcome — whether you can reach a payout at all under each firm’s loss limit — and it ignores activation fees, resets and trading costs. Use it to see how much the split difference is worth, then go and read the drawdown model.
Published summary
Straight from the record. A blank is a real gap, not a formatting choice, and each sourced value can be opened to the page it was read from.
- Operating status
- Trade
- AquaFunded
The status this firm is currently recorded as operating under. A provisional status is read from a secondary source and not yet confirmed on the firm's own page.
- Markets
- Trade
- Forex · CFDDerived
- AquaFunded
- Forex · CFDDerived
Both operate in the same market, so their published rules use comparable units.
- Headquarters
- Trade
- AquaFunded
The country the firm publishes as its headquarters.
- Founded
- Trade
- AquaFunded
The year the firm states it was founded; a blank means it was not published, not that the firm is new.
- Challenge options
- Trade
- 15 optionsDerived
- AquaFunded
- 63 optionsDerived
More options means more chance of a size and structure that suits you; it says nothing about the quality of any single plan.
- Evaluation structures
- Trade
- 1-stepDerived
- AquaFunded
- 2-step · 1-step · InstantDerived
One-step and two-step evaluations distribute the same difficulty differently. Neither is easier as a rule.
- Published starting prices
- Trade
- Forex · CFDDerived
- AquaFunded
- Forex · CFDDerived
The advertised entry price only. Activation and reset charges are recorded separately and often decide the real cost; monthly and one-time prices are not the same cost and are never compared.
- Profit split (base)
- Trade
- 70%Derived
- AquaFunded
- 90%Derived
A published base share is a commitment. A ceiling with no stated base is not, and Rex records it as not published rather than as the headline number.
- Research depth
- Trade
- Partial research
- AquaFunded
- Partial research
Evidence coverage of the firm, assigned by Rex research. It is not a quality, safety or Rex Score judgement.
- Data Confidence
- Trade
- 55% documentedDerived
- AquaFunded
- 56% documentedDerived
How much of each firm Rex could source, not how good the firm is. A lower figure means less was published, not worse terms.
Change history
Terms change quietly. Each change is recorded only when two accepted observations differ; an empty list is the honest state for a first-seen record.
The record
Recent changes
What changed on this firm's own pages, when Rex read the difference, and what it changed from.
- PricepriceNeutral
$71 104 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$505 255 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$185 155 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$559 822 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$28 36 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$71 89 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$111 139 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$757 947 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
Platforms, instruments and permissions
Trade The Pool
- Platforms
- TraderEvolution
- Instruments
- Stocks · ETFs
- Loss models
- Static — Static · 4% of initial balance · Daily loss — 2% of start-of-day balance · session lockout
- Permissions
- News trading: Allowed · Overnight holding: Restricted · Regular-session positions auto-liquidated 15:50 ET; new positions opened after 16:00 ET may be held to 15:50 ET next trading day at reduced overnight buying power; never into earnings · Weekend holding: Restricted · Only positions opened in the after-hours/overnight session at reduced overnight buying power; liquidated 15:50 ET next trading day; no weekend trading session
- Payout policy
- Profit split: 70% · Payout cadence: First payout after 14 days · then every 2 weeks
AquaFunded
- Platforms
- Match-Trader · TradeLocker · MT5 · cTrader
- Instruments
- Forex · Commodities · Indices · Crypto
- Loss models
- Static — Static · 10% of initial balance · Trailing · intraday — Trailing · intraday · 6% · Trailing · end of day — Trailing · end of day · 6% · Daily loss — 4% of start-of-day equity · breach fails the account
- Permissions
- News trading: Restricted · Allowed, but profit from trades opened/closed within 5 min before/after red-folder news and FOMC events is capped at 0.5% of starting balance per payout cycle (accounts opened after 27 Apr 2026) · Overnight holding: Allowed · Weekend holding: Allowed
- Payout policy
- Profit split: 90% · Payout cadence: First payout after 14 days · then every 2 weeks
Reviews
Offers and activity
- Trade The Pool12 active offers0 verified payouts · 0 notices
- AquaFunded2 active offers0 verified payouts · 0 notices
Country availability
Where each firm opens accounts. A firm that says nothing about your country is unknown, never available. Rows marked preview are examples, not firm statements.
Trade The Pool
CITEDAvailable0Restricted30Check your countryAquaFunded
CITEDAvailable0Restricted15Check your country
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Trade The Pool and AquaFunded are described here from what each publishes. Where a field is blank for one firm and filled for the other, that is a difference in disclosure rather than a difference in quality.