Apex Trader Funding
Best for: Biggest payout volume · huge discounts
- $50k price
- $197/mo · + $125 activation
- Fee type
- Monthly + activation
- Profit split
- 100%
- Payout
- 8 trading days
- Drawdown
- Intraday, $2.5k
- Consistency
- 30% funded
- Platforms
- Tradovate · NinjaTrader
+12 platforms - HQ and max allocation
- US · $6M max
About Apex Trader Funding
Austin, Texas-based Apex Trader Funding Inc. was founded in 2021. It sells one-step futures evaluations with intraday or end-of-day trailing drawdown. Standard versions are billed monthly plus an activation fee due within 48 hours of passing; No Activation Fee versions are also offered. Passing leads to a sim-funded Performance Account that pays 100% of requested payouts, and one trader can hold up to 20 accounts.
Payouts require eight trading days, at least five of them with $50 or more in profit, and the first five payouts are capped at $2,000. The drawdown is $2,500 intraday trailing, and a 30% consistency rule applies on funded accounts. In March 2026 Apex relaunched its range, dropping the MAE and 5:1 risk-reward rules; older accounts keep Legacy terms. Trustpilot shows 4.2 from more than 21,000 reviews, and the firm says it has paid out more than $870M since 2022.
What traders say
Apex's Trustpilot profile is large and mostly positive, with many traders praising how quickly they can pass, a clear dashboard, quick support replies and fast payout approvals. Traders also like the wide choice of platforms.
Traders like
- Easy, fast route from evaluation to Performance Account
- Payout approvals often reported as quick
- Wide platform choice and responsive support chat
Highlights from public reviews on the sites below, in our own words.
Ratings by source
Checked 23 September 2026. Our rating averages these scores, weighting each site by its number of reviews (counted up to 1,000 per site), so a handful of reviews can't swing it and no single site outweighs the rest.
Rules and payouts
- Payout
- 8 trading days with at least 5 days of $50+; first five payouts capped at $2,000
- Drawdown
- $2,500 intraday trailing
- Activation fee
- $125, due within 48h of passing
- Discounts
- List prices are routinely discounted by up to 90%
Key facts
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, US
- Company
- Apex Trader Funding Inc.
- Max allocation
- Up to 20 accounts; $6M max in total
- Payouts to date
- $870M+ since 2022, per the firm's homepage
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