Apex Trader Funding

Apex Trader Funding is an Austin, Texas futures prop firm (est. 2021) and one of the highest-search US retail futures evaluation brands.

Following the March 2026 “All New Apex” restructure, the product narrative centers on an EOD (end-of-day) drawdown model: no intraday trailing drawdown in that framing, no MAE rule, no old 5/1 risk/reward rule, tier-based scaling on Performance Accounts (PA), and a 50% consistency rule on funded PAs. EOD evaluations commonly have no minimum trading-day requirement, so traders can pass once the profit target is hit while respecting risk rules — speed is allowed; oversizing is still fatal.

Catalog sizes include $25K ($1,500 target / $1,000 drawdown, DLL $500, 4 contracts), $50K ($3,000 / $2,000, DLL $1,000, 6 contracts), $100K ($6,000 / $3,000, DLL $1,500, 8 contracts), and $150K ($9,000 / $4,000, DLL $2,000, 12 contracts). List evaluation fees are high before promos ($299–$799 class) with activation fees on PA (~$109–$159); deep public/affiliate codes (e.g.

PROFIT at steep % off) are central to real economics — always compute discounted eval + activation. Payout policy highlights: weekly after qualifying trading days, methods ACH/wire/PayPal, minimums around $500, and marketing of up to 100% profit share for a limited number of payouts per PA (commonly max six payouts per PA then close and re-qualify).

PA consistency: no single day ≥50% of total profits used for the payout cycle. Platforms: NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, WealthCharts, Rithmic feeds with licenses often included by connection type.