Apex Trader Funding

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Brand: Apex Trader Funding
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Futures

🇺🇸 US· Est. January 2021· ★ 4.2 Trustpilot

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Country

In business

5 yrs

Markets

Futures

CEO

Darrel Martin

Overview

GENERAL INFORMATION

Firm Name: Apex Trader Funding
Established: January 2021
Location: United States
CEO: Darrel Martin
Trustpilot Rating: 4.2
Community Rating: 3.7 (124 reviews)
Instrument Types: Futures
Programs: 1-Step (EOD and Intraday, each in Standard & No-Activation-Fee variants). Account sizes $25K-$300K.

PLATFORM & DATA

Broker: Rithmic, Tradovate, WealthCharts
Platforms: ATAS Orderflow Trading, Bookmap, EdgeProX, Finamark, Jigsaw Daytradr, MotiveWave, NinjaTrader, Quantower, Rithmic, R Trader Pro, Sierra Chart, TradingView, Tradovate, VolFix, WealthCharts
Data Feed: Rithmic, Tradovate

PAYMENT & PAYOUT METHODS

Payment Methods: Credit/Debit Card
Payout Methods: ACH, Plane
Payout Processor: Plane

INSTRUMENTS & ASSETS

Assets: Futures (account sizes $25K-$300K)

Challenges & pricing

Account	Price	Target	Max loss	Drawdown
25K	$19.90 $199.00	$1,500	$1,000	Intraday Trail	Get funded
50K	$24.90 $249.00	$3,000	$2,000	Intraday Trail	Get funded
100K	$39.90 $399.00	$6,000	$3,000	Intraday Trail	Get funded
150K	$59.90 $599.00	$9,000	$4,000	Intraday Trail	Get funded

Rules & conditions

DRAWDOWN & RULES

Drawdown Type: Two models - EOD and Intraday trailing
EODrecalculated once per day at 4:59:59 PM ET on the closing balancetrails up with new highs, never downenforced in real time the next session
Intradaytrails in real time with peak balance incl. unrealized profittouching it liquidates and fails/closes immediately
Stops trailingPerformance Accounts at starting balance + $100Rithmic & WealthCharts evaluations at the target-profit balanceTradovate evaluations trail indefinitely
Daily Loss Limit: EODfixed DLL per session in evaluationhitting it pauses trading for that session and resets next sessionthe account fails only on the EOD drawdown threshold, not the DLL
Intradayno DLL in evaluationrisk is controlled by the intraday trailing threshold
Performance AccountsDLL is tier-basedenforced intraday on the Intraday model
Consistency Rule: All programs: no single trading day may exceed 50% of total accumulated profit, until the 6th payout or transfer to a Live Prop account (consistency on funded only).
Contract / Scaling Limits: Evaluation25K 4 minis/40 micros50K 6/60100K 8/80150K 12/120
Sim Funded (Performance Account)25K 2/2050K 4/40100K 6/60150K 10/100
Tier-based scaling in the PA
News Trading: Allowed for your normal trading strategy
Prohibited: 'news trading' strategies that chase the market or place two-sided orders to gamble the outcome of news
Overnight / Weekend Holding: Holding positions through market close is prohibited.
Other Key Rules: Automation: all trading must be manual - EAs, bots, scripts and macros strictly prohibited
Still allowedsignal/alert generatorsplatform-native SL/TP set manually at entrycharting/analysis tools that don't submit orders
Copy tradingallowed across own accounts (same Apex user ID & email)third-party copiers at your own risk
Hedging: prohibited (simultaneous long + short on the same or correlated instrument)
Stop lossesevery trade needs a stop loss and a defined risk strategyusing the full drawdown threshold as a stop is prohibited
Evaluation window30 calendar days, no extensionsno minimum trading days (can pass in one day)7 calendar days after passing to activate the Performance Account
Inactivityevaluation noneSim Funded needs 2+ trading days of $50+ new profit per rolling 30 days15 days inactive = dormant30 consecutive days = permanently closed, payouts forfeited
Prohibitedaccount/credential sharingthird-party paymentsbad-faith chargebacksVPN/proxy/anonymizershigh-risk strategies (e.g. 5-tick target with 150-tick stop)stockpiling eval accountsSIM-environment manipulation (HFT, erroneous-fill exploitation, non-directional bracket trading)multiple/household accounts
Consequencestemporary contract-usage limitspayouts restricted to profit since last requestwindfall-profit disqualification

Payouts

PAYOUT POLICY

Profit Split: 100%
Minimum Payout: $500
Payout Frequency: EOD: 5 winning days of $100/$250/$300/$350+ (25K/50K/100K/150K)
Intraday: 5 winning days of $100/$200/$250/$300+ (25K/50K/100K/150K)
›Plus a 50% Consistency Score
›maximum 6 payouts per Performance Account
Safety Net / Threshold: Safety net = drawdown limit + $100, for the PA lifetime; minimum balance to request a payout = safety net + minimum payout.
Safety net25K $26,10050K $52,100100K $103,100150K $154,100
Min balance to request25K $26,60050K $52,600100K $103,600150K $154,600
Activation Fee: Offered in Standard and No-Activation-Fee variants ($ amount not stated)

Restricted countries

RESTRICTED COUNTRIES

Restricted Countries: AfghanistanAlgeriaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBelarusBeninBruneiBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadChinaCote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)CubaCyprusEgyptEritreaGabonGrenadaGuineaGuinea-BissauHaitiIranIraqJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKosovoKuwaitLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMaldivesMauritaniaMauritiusMoldovaMongoliaMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmar (Burma)NamibiaNepalNew CaledoniaNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaOmanPakistanPalestinian TerritoryPapua New GuineaQatarRepublic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville)ReunionRussiaRwandaSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSri LankaSudanSyriaTanzaniaTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabwe

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Apex Trader Funding is a futures prop firm with 15 challenges tracked in our database, priced from $19.9 to $229, funding accounts up to $150K. The verified code PROPFT takes 90% off, already applied to every price we list. Funded traders keep 100% of profits. Across 117 aggregated trader reviews it averages 3.8/5. Apex Trader Funding runs a perpetual deep-discount model - 90% off evaluations is the norm, not a sale - and allows up to 20 accounts per trader. Its 3.8 review average reflects real payout-dispute complaints; read our review's one-star analysis before scaling there.

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