Apex Trader Funding rules
Funded consistency
AppliesApex Trader Funding requires that no single profitable day equals 50% or more of total profit since the last approved payout (30% on Legacy, until the 6th payout). Missing it only delays the payout; the consistency resets after each payout.
News trading
AllowedSwing trading
Not allowedCopy trading
AllowedAlgorithmic trading
ConditionalApex Trader Funding permits ATM bracket orders, OCO orders and platform trade copiers. It prohibits systems that trade without the trader by executing preprogrammed logic, and non-directional bracket trading.
Scalping
AllowedDollar cost averaging
ConditionalApex Trader Funding allows averaging into a position on Intraday and EOD accounts. On Legacy accounts, open losses may not exceed 30% of start-of-day profit (MAE), and a stop may not exceed 5 times the profit target (5:1).
Hedging
Not allowedHigh frequency trading
Not allowedVPN use
ConditionalApex Trader Funding does not prohibit VPN use in general. It bans using a VPN or proxy to misrepresent, conceal or disguise your identity, device or location to evade its rules, hide a prior violation or enable abuse.
VPS use
ConditionalApex Trader Funding does not prohibit trading from a VPS. It bans using a VPS or other cloud server to misrepresent, conceal or disguise your identity, device or location to evade its rules.
KYC
AppliesEvaluation time limit
AppliesApex Trader Funding Evaluations must reach the profit target within 30 calendar days of purchase. Legacy Evaluations have no time limit and bill monthly until passed or cancelled. Funded Performance Accounts have no time limit.
Inactivity rule
AppliesApex Trader Funding Performance Accounts, including Legacy, need 2 or more trading days with $50+ net profit in every rolling 30 days, or they go dormant after 15 days and close after 30. Evaluations have no inactivity rule.
Clear path to live
ConditionalApex Trader Funding runs an invitation-only Live Prop Trading Program with no published qualifying criteria. Live accounts start at $0 with a $3,000 EOD drawdown, scale to 5 accounts and pay a 90/10 split.
Apex Trader Funding platforms, data and hours
Trading platforms
- NinjaTrader
- TradingView
- Tradovate
- Quantower
- ATAS
- Sierra Chart
- MotiveWave
- Bookmap
- R|Trader Pro
- WealthCharts
- DeepChart
- EdgePro X
- Finamark
- Jigsaw
- VolFix
Brokers and data feeds
- Rithmic
- Tradovate
Tradable assets
- Futures
Apex Trader Funding country availability
Apex Trader Funding restricts 87 countries and accepts traders everywhere else, including United States. Restriction lists change without notice, so confirm with the firm before you buy.
Canada: Canadian traders can fully use Apex, but cannot purchase a LIVE account directly with Tradovate; they trade Tradovate markets through standard Apex Evaluation/PA accounts instead.