Trade The Pool - Prop Firm Review

What Trade The Pool is

Trade The Pool (tradethepool.com) is a prop firm with a genuinely different focus: it funds stock and ETF traders rather than the forex or futures traders almost every other firm targets. It’s a brand of Five Percent Online Ltd — the same group behind the well-known forex firm The 5%ers — and launched in 2022 as its equities-focused arm, with a London (UK) branch address. Trading is simulated: both the evaluation and funded stages run in a demo environment on a real-time US market data feed, so you’re trading virtual capital that mirrors real prices, not owning real shares. It’s not regulated (the firm states it operates outside financial-regulatory purview), and it uses its own platform built on TraderEvolution, with extended-hours trading via Blue Ocean.

The feature that defines it: a stock-trader’s buying-power model

Trade The Pool exists to serve a group the prop industry mostly ignores: US stock day and swing traders. You get buying power to trade over 12,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs — including short-selling and penny stocks — with no Pattern Day Trader rule and none of the $25,000 cash a US brokerage account would require. For an equities trader, that’s the whole reason the firm exists, and there are very few credible alternatives.

The second distinctive piece is how it scales. Rather than a fixed account cap, the “Pump” engine grows your buying power in 10% steps: every time you hit a 10% profit milestone, your buying power and your daily-loss allowance both increase, repeatable and marketed as heading toward “the infinite.” The pitch is “more daily loss allowance means more room to make money,” and it frames risk as a lever that grows with performance rather than a headline number you’re capped at. That risk-as-a-lever design, branded “Limited Risk Trading,” is unusual and central to the firm’s identity.

Models, rules and payouts

You pick a track: Flex (unlimited time, fewer rules) or Max (a 60-day window, cheaper, with a stricter consistency rule). Both share buying-power tiers — day-trade $5K to $200K, plus smaller swing tiers — from around $47. It’s effectively a one-step evaluation: hit a 6% target on a day account (15% on swing) within the drawdown rules and you’re funded. Max loss runs 3–4% (day) and there’s a daily “pause” loss limit; a 30-second minimum trade duration discourages scalping. The profit split is 70% (note: some third-party sites wrongly cite 80% — the firm’s own pages say 70%). First withdrawal comes 14 days after account inception (swing accounts pay weekly), with a $300 minimum and a 72-hour risk review. As with the whole industry, the “manage our funds” language sits alongside a simulated-environment disclaimer — it’s a demo-based reward model.

Who it suits

Trade The Pool is the natural choice if you specifically want to trade US equities on a prop model — day or swing, long or short, without a $25K PDT hurdle. It suits less well forex or futures traders (it does neither), anyone who wants a high headline split (70% is modest by current standards), or someone who wants to own real shares. US traders are explicitly welcomed, which makes sense given it trades US stocks.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Trade The Pool different from other prop firms?

It is one of the very few prop firms built for stock and ETF traders rather than forex or futures traders. You get buying power to trade over 12,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs, including short-selling and penny stocks, with no Pattern Day Trader rule and without the 25,000 dollars a US brokerage account would require. It is the equities-focused arm of the 5%ers group.

Are Trade The Pool accounts real shares or simulated?

Simulated. Both the evaluation and funded stages run in a demo environment on a real-time US market data feed, so you trade virtual capital that mirrors real prices rather than owning real shares. The firm is not regulated and states it operates outside financial-regulatory purview, so the manage-our-funds language is a demo-based reward model.

What is the Pump scaling engine?

Pump is Trade The Pool’s scaling mechanism. Rather than a fixed account cap, your buying power grows in 10% steps: each time you hit a 10% profit milestone, your buying power and your daily-loss allowance both increase, repeatable and marketed as unlimited. The idea, branded Limited Risk Trading, is that more daily-loss allowance gives more room to trade, so risk grows with performance.

What is Trade The Pool’s profit split and payout schedule?

The profit split is 70% to the trader. Note that some third-party sites cite 80%, but the firm’s own pages state 70%. The first withdrawal comes 14 days after account inception, or weekly on swing accounts, with a 300 dollar minimum and a risk-team review of up to 72 hours before payout.

Does Trade The Pool accept US traders and offer futures or crypto?

Yes, US traders are explicitly welcomed, which fits since it trades US equities, and the simulated model sidesteps the PDT rule. It does not offer futures, options or crypto, only US stocks and ETFs. You choose a Flex track with unlimited time and fewer rules, or a cheaper Max track with a 60-day window and a stricter consistency rule.

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