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.
The plan itself was read from the firm's page.
Legacy Evaluation · Full
Lifecycle: active. Evaluation steps: 1.
Cohort: Legacy products relaunched for a limited time
Legacy products overview. Checked September 10, 2026.
Package quantity: 1
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Platforms: Rithmic, Tradovate, WealthCharts
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Official base price: $497 USD · monthly
Conflicting source claim: activation fee: 200 USD one time. Source: Legacy PA lifetime fees. Checked September 10, 2026.
Conflicting source claim: activation fee: 125 USD one time. Source: Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
base price: 497 USD monthly. Source: Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Legacy Evaluation · Evaluation.
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Legacy Performance Account · Funded.
Legacy PA payout parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
| Profit target | $9,000 |
|---|---|
| Max drawdown | $5,000 |
| Drawdown style | Not computed; see published policies |
| Drawdown computation | Unknown — the source does not establish every required condition. |
| Trail stops | Not computed; see published policies |
| Daily loss | Not computed; see published policies |
| Consistency | Not computed; see published policies |
| Minimum trading days | 7 |
| Winning day threshold | Not computed; see published policies |
| Winning days for payout | Not computed; see published policies |
| Contract cap | Not computed; see published policies |
| Scaling | Not computed; see published policies |
| Payout | Further published conditions:Some payout conditions cannot be checked automatically. |
| News windows | Not computed; see published policies |
| Flat by | Not computed; see published policies |
Source: the firm's page. Last checked September 10, 2026.
| Profit target | Not computed; see published policies |
|---|---|
| Max drawdown | $5,000 |
| Drawdown style | Not computed; see published policies |
| Drawdown computation | Unknown — the source does not establish every required condition. |
| Trail stops | Not computed; see published policies |
| Daily loss | Not computed; see published policies |
| Consistency | 30% |
| Minimum trading days | Not computed; see published policies |
| Winning day threshold | Not computed; see published policies |
| Winning days for payout | Not computed; see published policies |
| Contract cap | Not computed; see published policies |
| Scaling | Not computed; see published policies |
| Payout | Further published conditions:Some payout conditions cannot be checked automatically. |
| News windows | Not computed; see published policies |
| Flat by | Not computed; see published policies |
Source: the firm's page. Last checked September 10, 2026.
Only supported, officially verified values enter the computed rules above. Other conditions cannot be checked automatically.
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.
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.
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.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Trading bots are covered by the prohibition on automated systems.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Expert advisors fall under the prohibition on automated trading systems.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
A stop loss is mandatory on every trade.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full. Open question recorded for: . Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The legacy products page shows a flat 125 dollar one-time performance account fee on every tier while the activation article publishes 200 dollars for this account size.
price.activation_fee. Checked September 10, 2026.
price.activation_fee. Checked September 10, 2026.
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.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Evaluation. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one consistency outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.consistency. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.consistency. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one contract_limits outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.contract_limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.contract_limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one daily_loss outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.daily_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.daily_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
A legacy evaluation is a monthly recurring subscription with a 72-hour grace period, a free reset at each renewal and optional non-refundable resets in between, and the drawdown behaves differently by vendor: on Rithmic and WealthCharts it stops trailing once the threshold reaches the profit target, while on Tradovate it keeps trailing for the whole evaluation.
Legacy evaluation subscription billing. Checked September 10, 2026.
Legacy reset options. Checked September 10, 2026.
Special rules for Rithmic and Tradovate accounts. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
The legacy 150K full account is limited to 17 minis or 170 micros.
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Legacy evaluations carry no daily drawdown.
Legacy trailing max drawdown by plan and contract size. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: breach. Values shown above.
A trailing threshold of 5000 follows the highest profit point reached, including unrealised gains, and dropping below it fails the evaluation.
Legacy trailing max drawdown by plan and contract size. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
A valid legacy evaluation requires at least seven trading days, which need not be consecutive.
Legacy trailing max drawdown by plan and contract size. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
Close at or above a 9000 profit goal without hitting the trailing threshold to pass the legacy evaluation.
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Evaluation. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Legacy evaluations do not scale contract size with the balance.
Legacy plan tiers. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
A 30 percent windfall consistency rule limits any single day to under 30 percent of total profit until the sixth payout.
Legacy 30% consistency rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Legacy consistency rules. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
The one-direction rule bars holding opposite directions in the same instrument across a trader's own legacy accounts.
One direction rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
A legacy performance account that goes unused is closed under the legacy inactivity policy.
Legacy PA inactivity policy. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: closure. Values shown above.
On a paid legacy performance account the maximum drawdown stops trailing once the liquidation threshold reaches the initial balance plus 100.
Legacy trailing drawdown rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Legacy safety net requirement. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
A legacy performance account of this size may request a payout at a balance of 155100, keeps 100 percent of the first 25000 paid out and 90 percent after that, with a 500 minimum and a 2750 cap on each of the first five payouts.
Legacy PA payout parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: manual review. Not computed here.
The legacy 30 percent negative profit and loss rule bars a trade whose maximum adverse excursion exceeds 30 percent of the profit taken on that trade.
Legacy 30% negative P&L rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: manual review. Not computed here.
Legacy performance accounts must follow the contract scaling rule, which ties the number of contracts to the account balance until the safety net is reached.
Legacy contract scaling rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: manual review. Not computed here.
The legacy 5 to 1 risk-reward rule bars risking more than five times the profit target of the trade.
Legacy 5:1 risk reward ratio rule. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Legacy Evaluation / Full / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
A legacy payout requires at least eight trading days, five of which must each show 50 dollars or more in profit.
Legacy PA payout parameters. Checked September 10, 2026.