You can start daytrading futures with as little as $2k. Obviously not preferable, but possible. With $5k he should be able to test his strategy on single lots.
I can almost guarantee that "Jt mcmasters" is the same as the OP TraderZz I was suspicious of this earlier, that jc was "interested" in funding this newbie. But now, In another thread, the OP TraderZz asked about the same question: I have never heard of any prop futures. Suggestions? Coupled with the fact they both started posting recently, within a couple of days of each other (in fact, they both had 17 posts when I just looked!) This is one big scam
Considering how many times I have thought I am over the hump only to find a new stumbling block the answer to the question would have to be no, based on the facts provided.
Are you retarded? Wait, no need to answer that. I'll just help you out. Jt mcmasters is marketsurfer.