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Apex Trader Funding EOD 50K rules
Checked on Apex Trader Funding's own pages on October 24, 2026. Rules change: Apex Trader Funding's dashboard is the final word.
Evaluation
- Profit target
- $3,000 in profit. source
- Max drawdown
- $2,000: a trailing drawdown that follows your highest end-of-day balance. On Tradovate it keeps trailing. On Rithmic it stops trailing once the floor reaches $53,000 (the starting balance + $3,000) and stays there. On WealthCharts it stops trailing once the floor reaches $53,000 (the starting balance + $3,000) and stays there. Touching it at any moment, open trades included, fails the account. source
- Daily loss limit
- $1,000, measured from the balance at the start of the trading day, open trades included. Hitting it stops trading for the rest of the day; the account stays open. source
- Trading day
- The trading day starts at 6:00 PM US Eastern time; daily limits reset then. source
- Time limit
- 30 calendar days from the start. source
- Position size
- At most 6 mini contracts (60 micros) open at once. source
Performance Account
- Max drawdown
- $2,000: a trailing drawdown that follows your highest end-of-day balance. It stops trailing once the floor reaches $50,100 (the starting balance + $100) and stays there. Touching it at any moment, open trades included, fails the account. source
- Daily loss limit
- $1,000, measured from the balance at the start of the trading day, open trades included. Hitting it stops trading for the rest of the day; the account stays open. source
- Scaling levels
- Your limits step up with profit at the previous day's close (never below level 1): level 1 from $0 profit: 2 contracts, $1,000 daily loss; level 2 from $1,500 profit: 3 contracts, $1,000 daily loss; level 3 from $3,000 profit: 4 contracts, $2,000 daily loss; level 4 from $6,000 profit: 4 contracts, $3,000 daily loss. source
- Trading day
- The trading day starts at 6:00 PM US Eastern time; daily limits reset then. source
- Minimum trading days
- 5 days with at least $250 net profit. source
- Consistency rule
- Your best day can be at most 50% of your total profit to request a payout, counted since your last payout. Going over doesn't fail the account; payouts wait until it's met. source
- Position size
- At most 4 mini contracts (40 micros) open at once. source
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