Apex Trader Funding Trading Rules Explained
Also known as Apex
Texas futures firm: one-time-fee evaluations, 100% of approved payouts, up to 20 funded accounts.
Apex Trader Funding rules: what you can and can't do
News trading: Allowed
You can open and close trades around high-impact news releases.
Holding overnight: Not allowed
Close every position before the end of each trading day.
Holding over the weekend: Not allowed
Close every position before the market closes on Friday.
EAs, bots & algorithms: Not allowed
Trade manually. Automated strategies are not allowed.
Copy trading: Not stated
The firm doesn't say. Ask support in writing before you rely on it.
Hedging: Not allowed
Hedging (opposite positions) is not allowed.
Loss limits by plan
Intraday Trail Evaluation (Standard path)
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
EOD Evaluation (Standard path)
- Daily
- 2%
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Intraday Trail Evaluation (No Activation Fee path)
- Daily
- None
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (intraday). Your loss limit follows your highest equity in real time, including open trades. A big unrealised win can raise it.
EOD Evaluation (No Activation Fee path)
- Daily
- 2%
- Max
- 4%
- Min days
- 0
Trailing (end of day). Your loss limit follows your highest end-of-day balance. Swings during the day don't move it.
Fine print
- Consistency rule: No consistency rule in evaluations. Funded (PA) payouts: no single profitable day may be 50% or more of profit since the last approved payout. How consistency rules work →
- Scaling plan: Funded-account contract size scales up in tiers as the balance grows