223: What It Takes To Get Funded by The 5%ers - Gil Ben Hur

What It Takes To Get Funded by The 5%ers In episode 223 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Trader and Prop firm founder Gil Ben Hur. Gil is the founder of The 5%ers prop firm. They are an online prop firm who looks to fund the top 5% of traders. They differentiate from other prop firms by giving you live capital from day 1 and allowing any trading style and having a 6 months evaluation program so short and long term traders can prove their skills to earn a funded account. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" 00:46 How Gil started to trade, the full story 02:26 How The5%ers Fund got formed 11:00 What is The5%ers Fund exactly 12:38 What obstacles did Gil face when building The5%ers 13:31 How to gain trust as an online Prop firm 15:55 How to get funded by The5%ers - step by step rules 17:59 Where does the money to fund the traders come from 21:36 Why are the rules strict for the prop firm 22:24 Common traits of successful funded traders 25:11 Key factors differentiating The5%ers from the other prop firms 26:46 Why restricting trading styles is a bad idea 29:28 Gil's philosophy around trading 31:27 Where to find Gil and The5%ers 35:03 How the future looks for The5%ers 35:48 What is the motivation behind The5%ers 37:32 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned The5%ers Prop Firm (get a $25 rebate on the 52K evaluation) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Gil Ben Hur! The5%ers Prop Firm Email What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!