Apex rules
Apex sells 22 futures prop accounts that AlgoLift has on record: EOD (25K to 150K), $49 to $219 once, Intraday (25K to 150K), $16.70 to $119 once, No Activation Fee (25K to 150K), $109 to $249 once, 5-Pack bundles (25K to 150K) and Legacy evaluations (25K to 300K), $17.70 to $79.70 a month.
Its drawdown is end of day and intraday, depending on the account. 8 of 18 accounts have a daily loss limit. The trader keeps 100% of the profit.
Apex bans automated trading.
Intraday · 50K
Make $3,000 before you lose $2,000
- No daily loss limit
- Daily loss limit
- No consistency rule
- Best day
- No minimum
- Minimum days
- 30 calendar days
- Time limit
- 6 contracts
- Contracts
- $2,000, intraday
- Funded drawdown
- 100%
- Profit split
- Banned
- Bots
What it costs
Coupon price, list $249
- Evaluation
- $24.90 once
- Activation when you pass
- $99
- Reset
- No reset sold
Funded · first payout
5 winning days of $200 or more
Largest payout: $1,500 (first payout). You keep 100%.
Automated trading at Apex: Banned
Apex bans automated and algorithmic trading. Automation and algorithms are banned; rewards are meant for human traders, not preprogrammed systems. A strategy tested on AlgoLift can only be traded there by hand.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026 · Source: apextraderfunding.com
Platforms: Rithmic, Tradovate or WealthCharts, picked at purchase; an account cannot be converted to another platform.
What AlgoLift knows about the Apex Intraday 50K
With no edge at all, how does this account treat you?
4,000 simulated years of a coin-flip trader (no edge, no costs) through every rule. Pick how much a typical day moves.
Daily swing
An attempt passes
4%
chance per evaluation
Days to pass
16
median, when it passes
Paid at least once
10%
in a year, buying again after a fail
Net a year
−$190
90% of years end down
The mean over 4,000 years. In a typical year most no-edge traders still lose money: the share is under Net a year.
A 30-day clock punishes caution
At $100 a day only 0% of attempts pass before the clock runs out; at $2,400 a day, 26%. Trading too small here fails by the calendar, not the drawdown.
Its best size for a no-edge trader: $1,200 a day
There a trader with no edge averages +$1,225 a year after every fee, and 48% of simulated years still end down. The rulebook, not the trader, is paying: the cap on losses and the payouts on lucky runs.
Paid once: taking longer costs nothing more
The fee does not renew while you trade the evaluation, so a slow, careful pass costs the same as a fast one.
Simulated results. They have inherent limitations. Read the full statementHide the statement
These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.
Against the other 50K accounts
Number 7 of 13 for a trader with no edge
- My Funded Futures Rapid 50K+$3,703
- Topstep 50K Combine+$3,402
- TradeDay QP EOD 50K+$1,843
- Tradeify Select Daily 50K+$1,783
- TradeDay QP Intraday 50K+$1,687
- My Funded Futures Pro 50K+$1,227
- Apex Intraday 50K+$1,225
- Tradeify Select Flex 50K+$1,093
- Take Profit Trader 50K Test+$833
- Apex EOD 50K+$408
- Tradeify Growth 50K−$191
- My Funded Futures Builder 50K−$223
- TradeDay Fast Pass 50K−$408
Net a year at each account’s best size, a coin-flip trader with no edge, after every fee.
Apex plans and their key rules
EOD: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K. Intraday: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K. No Activation Fee: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K. 5-Pack bundles: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K. Legacy evaluations: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K, 250K, 300K. Open a plan for every rule, from the evaluation to payouts and fees.
| Plan | Size | Profit target | Max drawdown | Daily loss limit | Consistency | Min days | First payout after | Split | Evaluation fee | Activation | Automated trading | To funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex EOD 25K EOD | 25K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,000, end of day | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $100 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $49 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $109 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $158 |
| Apex EOD 50K EOD | 50K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,000, end of day | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $250 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $59 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $129 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $188 |
| Apex EOD 100K EOD | 100K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000, end of day | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $300 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $119 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $139 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $258 |
| Apex EOD 150K EOD | 150K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $9,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $4,000, end of day | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $350 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $219 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $159 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $378 |
| Apex Intraday 25K Intraday | 25K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $100 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $16.70 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $89 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $105.70 |
| Apex Intraday 50K Intraday | 50K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $200 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $24.90 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $99 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $123.90 |
| Apex Intraday 100K Intraday | 100K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $250 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $79 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $129 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $208 |
| Apex Intraday 150K Intraday | 150K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $9,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $4,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $300 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $119 once | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $149 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $268 |
| Apex No Activation Fee 25K No Activation Fee · not simulated yet | 25K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,000, end of day | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $100 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $109 once | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $0 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $109 |
| Apex No Activation Fee 50K No Activation Fee · not simulated yet | 50K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,000, end of day | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $1,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $119 once | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $0 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $119 |
| Apex No Activation Fee 100K No Activation Fee · not simulated yet | 100K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000, end of day | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $159 once | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $0 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $159 |
| Apex No Activation Fee 150K No Activation Fee · not simulated yet | 150K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $9,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $4,000, end of day | Verified, checked 18 Oct 2026: $2,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $249 once | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $0 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $249 |
| Apex 5-Pack 25K 5-Pack bundles · not simulated yet | 25K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days of $100 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | Not yet verified |
| Apex 5-Pack 50K 5-Pack bundles · not simulated yet | 50K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | Not yet verified |
| Apex 5-Pack 100K 5-Pack bundles · not simulated yet | 100K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | Not yet verified |
| Apex 5-Pack 150K 5-Pack bundles · not simulated yet | 150K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $9,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: $4,000 | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No minimum | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 5 winning days | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: Not stated by the firm | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | Not yet verified |
| Apex Legacy 25K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 25K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $1,500, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $17.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $99 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $116.70 |
| Apex Legacy 50K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 50K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $2,500, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $19.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $125 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $144.70 |
| Apex Legacy 100K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 100K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $3,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $39.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $149 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $188.70 |
| Apex Legacy 150K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 150K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $9,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $5,000, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $59.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $179 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $238.70 |
| Apex Legacy 250K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 250K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $15,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $6,500, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $69.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $189 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $258.70 |
| Apex Legacy 300K Legacy evaluations · not simulated yet | 300K | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $20,000 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $7,500, intraday | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No daily loss limit | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: No consistency rule | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 7 trading days | Not stated by the firm, checked 16 Oct 2026: At least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: 100% | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $79.70 a month | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: $199 | Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026: Banned | $278.70 |
Apex's drawdown, day by day
On the Apex EOD 50K the end of day floor trails $2,000 behind the best close and stops only at the $53,000 target balance, with a $1,000 daily loss limit that pauses the day.
Play your days against itApex's consistency rule
EOD, Intraday, No Activation Fee and 5-Pack bundles: no rule in the evaluation; at payouts, the best day under 50% of the profit counted for the payout.
Legacy evaluations: no rule in the evaluation; at payouts, by payout: 30% for the first five, none from the sixth on.
Also listed by Apex, rules not recorded yet
Apex sells these too. Their rules are being researched; each gets its own page once they are recorded, and none is simulated yet.
Rules for every Apex account
What Apex sets once for all its accounts: the trading day, trading restrictions, conduct and payout fees. A plan’s own rules come first on its page.
Account
- Instruments
What the account may trade: the exchanges or product list, and any products excluded.
CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX futures: equity index, currency, agricultural, energy and metal contracts, their micros, and CME Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether; EUREX index and bond futures on Tradovate only (extra exchange fees). Unlisted products are rejected.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Micros per mini
How many micro contracts count as one E-mini toward a contract limit.
10
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Trading day starts
When the firm's trading day begins. A trade after this time counts toward the next trading day for every daily rule: daily loss, consistency, winning days and minimum days.
18:00 New York time
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Trading day
The firm's trading day as it states it, from its open to its close, with the time zone it uses.
6:00 PM ET to 4:59 PM ET the next day; positions must be flat before 4:59 PM ET (agricultural markets earlier).
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- A trading day counts when
What makes a day count toward minimum trading days: any day with a trade, or only a day with at least a set profit.
Any day with a trade
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Profit for a trading day to count
The profit a day must make to count as a trading day, when a trading day counts only with a minimum profit; null when any day with a trade counts.
None
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Hitting the daily loss limit
What happens when the daily loss limit is reached: trading stops for the day and the account stays open, or the account fails; null when there is no daily loss limit.
Trading stops for the rest of the day; the account stays open
Verified, checked 17 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
Funded account
- Live account contract limit · Live account
The most contracts a live account may hold at first.
3 contracts
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
Payouts
- Payout processing time · Funded account
Business days the firm takes to send a payout once it is approved.
4
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
1 rule not recorded yet(show)
- Payout fees: not stated by the firm
Fees
- Commissions
The commissions the firm sets per contract, by contract size.
Charged per side by platform. Rithmic: equity index minis $1.99 a side ($3.98 round turn), equity micros $0.51 a side. Tradovate and WealthCharts: equity index minis $1.55 a side ($3.10 round turn), equity micros $0.52 a side. Other products have their own rates on each platform's schedule.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
Trading restrictions
- Automated trading
Whether bots, automated strategies and algorithmic execution may trade the account. Not allowed means a strategy tested on AlgoLift can only be traded there by hand.
Not allowed
Automation and algorithms are banned; rewards are meant for human traders, not preprogrammed systems.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- News trading
Whether trading through major economic releases is allowed, restricted to outside a window around them, or not allowed.
Allowed
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- News rule
The window around releases and the releases it covers, when news trading is restricted.
No blackout window. Strategies that chase news or place orders on both sides of a release to gamble on the outcome are banned.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Trading hours
The hours in which the account may trade, New York time; null when it may trade whenever the exchange is open.
18:00 to 16:59 New York time
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Flat by
The time every position must be closed (or is closed by the firm) each day, New York time; null when positions may be held past the close.
16:59 New York time
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Holding overnight
Whether a position may be held from one trading day into the next.
Not allowed
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Holding over the weekend
Whether a position may be held over the weekend.
Not allowed
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Hedging
Whether opposite positions in the same or related instruments may be held at once, in one account or across accounts.
Not allowed
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Copy trading
Whether trades may be copied between accounts: allowed, only between the trader's own accounts at the firm, or not allowed.
Only between the trader's own accounts
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Accounts at once
The most accounts of any kind a trader may hold at once; null when there is no limit.
None
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Evaluations at once · Evaluation
The most evaluations a trader may hold at once (or buy in a month, when the firm says so in the note); null when there is no limit.
None
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Funded accounts at once · Funded account
The most funded accounts a trader may hold at once; null when there is no limit.
20
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Live accounts at once · Live account
The most live accounts a trader may hold at once; null when there is no limit.
5
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Loss per trade
Any limit on one trade's loss or open risk (a share of the drawdown, a required stop), as the firm states it.
Every trade needs a pending or mental stop; risking far more than the target (for example a 5 tick target against a 150 tick stop) is banned, and the full drawdown threshold may not be used as the stop.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Price limits
Restrictions on trading near an exchange price limit, and what a breach costs.
Live traders must stay out of limit-up and limit-down market conditions and follow CME rules.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Prohibited strategies
Trading practices the firm forbids (for example exploiting data delays, coordinated trading, or holding to avoid the rules), as it lists them.
Banned: trading without stops; tiny targets against huge stops; using the threshold as a stop; stockpiling cheap evaluations to gamble; unsustainable or unprofessional strategies; exploiting the simulator (HFT, bad fills, two-sided brackets); news gambling; hedging; account, device, IP or card sharing and copying trades with others; letting others trade; multiple user accounts; holding through the close; automation.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Virtual servers
Whether the account may be traded from a virtual private server or a remote machine.
Allowed with conditions
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
2 rules not recorded yet(show)
- Executions a day: not stated by the firm
- Shortest trade: not stated by the firm
Conduct
- Identity check
When the firm checks the trader's identity: before purchase, before funding, or before the first payout.
The profile must match the trader's identity document from sign-up; identity details (SSN or TIN for US users, a government ID or passport for others) are given when setting up the payout method before the first payout; the broker runs its own identity check before a live account.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Breaking a rule
What the firm does when a rule is broken (a soft breach that pauses the day, a hard breach that closes the account, profits withheld), as it states it.
Touching the drawdown threshold fails the evaluation or closes the PA at once; hitting the daily loss limit only stops trading for the day; hedging and other prohibited activity close the account immediately, and holding through the close or sharing accounts can forfeit accounts and balances; lesser breaches can lead to Trader Probation.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
- Firm's discretion
Decisions the firm reserves to itself (reviews before a payout or a live move, closing accounts it judges to break the spirit of the rules).
Apex may change its rules at any time, audit accounts and request verification when it suspects non-compliance, place traders on probation, and move a trader from simulation to live whenever it chooses.
Verified, checked 16 Oct 2026Source: apextraderfunding.com
What changed at Apex
ChangedApex: Promotion
SAVENOW coupon shown on apextraderfunding.com (90% off; the page states it ends 2026-10-18). to Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, on a countdown banner that rolls over (still running 2026-10-19).. Source: apextraderfunding.com
ChangedApex: Promotion
SAVENOW coupon shown on apextraderfunding.com (90% off; the page states it ends 2026-10-18). to Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, on a countdown banner that rolls over (still running 2026-10-19).. Source: apextraderfunding.com
ChangedApex: Promotion
Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, including No Activation Fee and 5-Pack bundles; the offer ends 2026-10-18 23:59. to Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, including No Activation Fee and 5-Pack bundles, on a countdown banner that rolls over (still running 2026-10-19).. Source: apextraderfunding.com
ChangedApex: Promotion
Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, including No Activation Fee and 5-Pack bundles; the offer ends 2026-10-18 23:59. to Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off every evaluation, including No Activation Fee and 5-Pack bundles, on a countdown banner that rolls over (still running 2026-10-19).. Source: apextraderfunding.com
ChangedApex: Promotion
Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off the first month of every Legacy evaluation; the offer ends 2026-10-18 23:59. to Coupon SAVENOW: 90% off the first month of every Legacy evaluation, on a countdown banner that rolls over (still running 2026-10-19).. Source: apextraderfunding.com
About Apex.
EOD (25K to 150K) costs $49 to $219 once, Intraday (25K to 150K) costs $16.70 to $119 once, No Activation Fee (25K to 150K) costs $109 to $249 once and Legacy evaluations (25K to 300K) costs $17.70 to $79.70 a month. The least it costs to reach a funded account on the first attempt is $105.70, on the Apex Intraday 25K ($16.70 evaluation + $89 activation).
EOD: end of day, Intraday: intraday, No Activation Fee: end of day and Legacy evaluations: intraday. An end-of-day drawdown trails the highest balance at the day's close; an intraday one trails the highest balance reached at any moment, open profit included; a static one never moves.
In the evaluation, EOD: $500 to $2,000 a day, Intraday: none, No Activation Fee: $500 to $2,000 a day and Legacy evaluations: none. Each plan's page has the funded account's limit and what happens when it is hit.
EOD, first payout after 5 winning days of $100 to $350 or more, with a 100% split. Intraday, first payout after 5 winning days of $100 to $300 or more, with a 100% split. No Activation Fee, first payout after 5 trading days, depending on the size, with a 100% split. 5-Pack bundles, first payout after 5 trading days, depending on the size, with a 100% split. Legacy evaluations, first payout after at least 8 trading days and 5 winning days of $50 or more, with a 100% split.
Apex bans automated and algorithmic trading. Automation and algorithms are banned; rewards are meant for human traders, not preprogrammed systems. A strategy tested on AlgoLift can only be traded there by hand.
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Replay of trade 1210 from an AlgoLift engine backtest of a research strategy on NQ, 13 February 2025: real bars, the trade still open.
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These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.
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