Last checked September 10, 2026.
Every rule below was read from the firm's own published pages. Each stage names its source and the date it was read. Firms change their rules. Missing and uncomputed values are marked plainly, never guessed.
Published policies and open questions
Only supported, officially verified values enter the computed rules above. Other conditions cannot be checked automatically.
account stacking · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: warning. Not computed here.
A household may hold up to 20 active performance accounts across Legacy, EOD and Intraday products, and stockpiling accounts for another person is prohibited.
How many performance accounts. Checked September 10, 2026.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
api · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Trading is done through the supported broker platforms, and Apex publishes no independent trading API for its accounts.
Choosing the right platform. Checked September 10, 2026.
automation · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Automated trading systems, algorithms and copy-trading services operated by third parties are not permitted.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
bot · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Trading bots are covered by the prohibition on automated systems.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
cme price limit · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
During limit-up, limit-down and erratic market conditions the exchange may halt or restrict trading, and the resulting fills and liquidations are the trader's responsibility.
Limit up and limit down moves. Checked September 10, 2026.
copy trading · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
A trader may mirror the same trades in the same direction across their own performance accounts, but copying between traders or from a third-party service is prohibited.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
One direction rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
correlated instruments · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Opposing positions in correlated instruments count as hedging and are treated the same way as hedging the same instrument.
Correlated instruments. Checked September 10, 2026.
ea · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Expert advisors fall under the prohibition on automated trading systems.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
hedging · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Hedging of any kind is prohibited, including opposing positions inside one account, across a trader's own accounts or with another trader, and a violation closes the performance account immediately.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
Hedging and correlated instruments rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
hft · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
High-frequency and latency-arbitrage style trading is treated as a prohibited activity.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
identity · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Accounts are personal: sharing a username or password, letting another person trade the account or holding accounts for someone else is prohibited.
Code of conduct. Checked September 10, 2026.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
instruments · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Tradable instruments and their round-turn commissions are published per platform, with Tradovate charging 1.55 dollars a side on the E-mini equity index contracts.
Tradovate commissions and instruments. Checked September 10, 2026.
Rithmic commissions and instruments. Checked September 10, 2026.
WealthCharts commissions and instruments. Checked September 10, 2026.
location · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Residents of the countries named in the restricted-countries article cannot open or hold an Apex account.
Restricted countries. Checked September 10, 2026.
minimum hold · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Apex publishes no minimum holding time for a trade on the reviewed surfaces, and instead controls short-term trading through the prohibited activities list.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
news · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Positioning solely to gamble on a scheduled news release is a prohibited activity.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
risk management · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Traders must follow the code of conduct and trade in a professional, good-faith manner; circumventing any rule closes the account.
Code of conduct. Checked September 10, 2026.
stop loss · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
A stop loss is mandatory on every trade.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
trading session · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: session lock. Not computed here.
All trades must be closed and all pending orders cancelled by 4:59 PM ET; an automatic safeguard closes open positions and cancels attached orders at that time, and markets that close earlier must still be closed manually.
Futures trading times. Checked September 10, 2026.
Holiday trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
vpn · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Trading through a VPN, proxy or any tool that hides the trader's location is prohibited.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
vps · Official source
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Remote hosting that conceals the trading location falls under the same prohibition as VPN and proxy use.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
other · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
The evaluation is a one-time purchase giving 30 consecutive calendar days of access that expires automatically at 6:00 PM ET on day 30 with no extension and no reset, and a passed evaluation must have its performance account activated within 7 calendar days of being marked as passed.
Evaluation Plan Fees and Access. Checked September 10, 2026.
PA activation deadline. Checked September 10, 2026.
consistency · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
The EOD evaluation applies no consistency requirement.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
contract limits · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Position size is fixed at 12 contracts for the whole evaluation and does not scale with profit.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
daily loss · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: session lock. Values shown above.
A daily loss limit of 2000 is fixed for the trading session.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
maximum drawdown · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: breach. Values shown above.
An end-of-day drawdown of 4000 is calculated once per day at market close and then enforced during the following session.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
minimum trading days · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
No minimum number of trading days is required and the evaluation may be passed in one trading day.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
profit target · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
Reach 9000 in profit to pass the EOD evaluation.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
scaling · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
The EOD evaluation applies no scaling; contract limits are fixed.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
account stacking · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: warning. Not computed here.
Up to 20 performance accounts may be held at the same time across Legacy, EOD and Intraday products.
How many performance accounts. Checked September 10, 2026.
consistency · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
No single profitable day may be 50 percent or more of the total profit earned since the last approved payout, and the payout request stays unavailable until that is satisfied.
50% consistency requirement. Checked September 10, 2026.
contract limits · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
The performance account allows up to 10 contracts at the top scaling level.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
daily loss · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: session lock. Not computed here.
A tier-based daily loss limit is enforced intraday; hitting it pauses trading for the rest of the session without closing the account.
Daily loss limit explained. Checked September 10, 2026.
inactivity · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
A performance account that does not record at least two days of 50 dollars or more in net profit within 30 consecutive calendar days is closed.
Inactivity policy. Checked September 10, 2026.
maximum drawdown · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: closure. Values shown above.
The performance account keeps an end-of-day drawdown of 4000 that stops trailing once the threshold reaches the starting balance plus 100, and touching it liquidates and permanently closes the account.
Account Parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
payout · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Payouts are issued at a 100 percent split, require a balance of at least 154600 above a 154100 safety net, carry a 500 minimum, and are capped per request at 2500, 3000, 3000, 3000, 4000, 5000 for payouts one through six, after which the account is closed.
Payout Requirements. Checked September 10, 2026.
scaling · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Position size increases through tier-based scaling levels calculated on the end-of-day balance, up to the account maximum.
Scaling levels. Checked September 10, 2026.
winning days · Official source
Scope: EOD Drawdown Evaluation / No Activation Fee / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
At least 5 trading days, which need not be consecutive, must each show at least 350 in net profit before a payout can be requested.
Payout Requirements. Checked September 10, 2026.
bracket · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation, Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not name bracket strategies as either permitted or prohibited, so the outcome stays unknown.
policy.bracket. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.bracket. Checked September 10, 2026.
dca · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation, Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not name dca strategies as either permitted or prohibited, so the outcome stays unknown.
policy.dca. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.dca. Checked September 10, 2026.
grid · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation, Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not name grid strategies as either permitted or prohibited, so the outcome stays unknown.
policy.grid. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.grid. Checked September 10, 2026.
inactivity · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one inactivity outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.inactivity. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.inactivity. Checked September 10, 2026.
martingale · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation, Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not name martingale strategies as either permitted or prohibited, so the outcome stays unknown.
policy.martingale. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.martingale. Checked September 10, 2026.
minimum trading days · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one minimum_trading_days outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.minimum_trading_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.minimum_trading_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
payout · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one payout outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.payout. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.payout. Checked September 10, 2026.
profit target · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one profit_target outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.profit_target. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.profit_target. Checked September 10, 2026.
winning days · Unknown
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one winning_days outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.winning_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.winning_days. Checked September 10, 2026.