Challenge guides
How to pass the Apex Trader Funding challenge.
Practical playbook for passing the Apex Trader Funding evaluation: profit target, drawdown, common mistakes, and the rules most traders miss.
The rules at a glance
| Profit target | 6% |
| Max drawdown | 4% |
| Daily loss | None on eval; trailing EOD drawdown on funded |
| Time limit | None |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Overnight | No |
Where most traders blow it. Trailing drawdown is strict on funded accounts.
What works. Smaller size than you think you need, halt at -2R for the day, and avoid the first 5 minutes of any red folder release if the rules let you trade them at all.
Apex Trader Funding pays out On-demand after 8 winning days once funded — plan your cadence accordingly.
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