Payout rules October 2026
The Apex 50% consistency rule, explained
What counts toward the rule and how to check it before you request a payout.
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Key takeaways
- Your best day must be under 50% of your net profit. Apex counts from your last approved payout, or from the start of the account before your first one.
- It’s a Performance Account rule. Apex’s EOD and Intraday evaluations have no consistency rule.
- Missing it doesn’t fail the account. You can’t request a payout until your numbers meet it. It doesn’t cap a day’s profit.
- Losing days count. The rule uses net profit, so a losing day pushes your best day’s share up.
- It’s one of several payout requirements. Qualifying days, a minimum balance and the safety net apply too.
Accounts are simulated. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss. Payouts are at Apex’s discretion and depend on its rules. Nothing here is financial advice.
The rule
What Apex’s 50% rule says
Your largest profitable trading day must be less than 50% of your net profit since your last approved payout. Before your first payout, Apex counts from the day the account started.
- Applies to
- EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts, every size
- Evaluations
- No consistency rule
- Counts from
- Your last approved payout, or the account start
- Checked
- Automatically, as part of payout eligibility
- If you don’t meet it
- The payout request option isn’t available yet. The account stays active and you can keep trading.
- Quick check
- Net profit must be more than twice your best day (best day ÷ 0.5).
The rule doesn’t cap a single day’s profit. It only decides when a payout request becomes available.
The details
What counts toward the rule
Two numbers decide it, both counted since your last approved payout: your best day and your net profit.
Your best day
Apex uses your largest profitable trading day in that window. If a later day is bigger, it becomes the new best day and raises the net profit you need.
Net profit, losing days included
The rule divides by net profit, not by the total of your winning days. A losing day lowers net profit, so your best day’s share goes up. Day 3 in the example below shows how.
No profit, no ratio
If your net profit in that window is zero or negative, Apex can’t calculate the ratio and you won’t qualify yet. You need positive net profit first.
The reset after a payout
Once a payout is approved, the calculation starts again. Only profit made after that payout counts, and the best day is picked from those days only.
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Copy code and open Apex (opens apextraderfunding.com in a new tab)The consistency rule only applies if you pass an evaluation and activate a Performance Account. If you decide to buy, enter DLAB at checkout.
Examples
How Apex does the math
First the formula, then a day-by-day example, both with hypothetical numbers.
The formula
Apex’s shortcut is best day ÷ 0.5. The result is the line your net profit has to be above. A $600 best day puts the line at $1,200. With $1,000 of net profit, as on Day 2 below, the best day is 60% of it, so the account doesn’t meet the rule yet.
Day by day
The table starts at the beginning of a payout window, so the count begins at zero. Day 1’s $600 stays the best day throughout.
| Day | Day’s result | Net profit so far | Best day’s share | Meets the 50% rule? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | +$600 | $600 | 100% | No |
| Day 2 | +$400 | $1,000 | 60% | No |
| Day 3 | −$200 | $800 | 75% | No |
| Day 4 | +$400 | $1,200 | 50% | No |
| Day 5 | +$300 | $1,500 | 40% | Yes |
Hypothetical numbers that show how Apex calculates the rule. Not a trading result.
Day 3’s loss raises the share again, to 75%. Day 4 lands exactly on 50%, which isn’t under 50%. Day 5 brings it down to 40%, which meets the rule. The other payout requirements still apply.
Apex’s own examples treat exactly 50% inconsistently. The rule says less than 50%, and our table and calculator follow that wording. But Apex’s calculation example says net profit “has to be at least” twice the best day, and its FAQ table marks exactly 50% as met. If your numbers land on exactly 50%, check with Apex support.
Calculator
Check your own numbers
It tells you whether your numbers meet the 50% rule. It doesn’t check the other payout requirements.
50% consistency check
Enter your numbers since your last approved payout, or since the account started if you haven’t had one yet. Apex’s rule: your best day must be under 50% of your net profit over that period.
- Best day as a share of net profit
- n/a
Enter both numbers to check the rule.
Hypothetical numbers that show how Apex calculates the rule. Not a trading result. Meeting the rule is one of several payout requirements, and payouts are at Apex’s discretion.
Requirements
How it fits with the other payout rules
A payout request needs every requirement at the same time. Meeting the 50% rule alone doesn’t make an account eligible.
- Qualifying days
- 5, not necessarily in a row
- Smallest request
- $500
- Minimum daily profit
- $100 to $350 on each qualifying day, by size and type
- Minimum balance to request
- $26,600 to $154,600, by size
- Safety net
- Drawdown plus $100, for the life of the account
- Payouts per account
- At most 6, each capped
Neither the 5-day rule nor the 50% rule can be met in a single day.
Accounts are simulated. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss. Payouts are at Apex’s discretion and depend on its rules. Nothing here is financial advice.
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Exceptions
Legacy accounts follow their own payout rules
This page covers the current EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts. Legacy Performance Accounts don’t use the 50% rule described here. They follow Apex’s legacy payout rules instead.
The legacy rules apply to accounts bought before and to accounts from the legacy evaluations Apex is selling again in 2026. Apex doesn’t convert legacy accounts into the new EOD or Intraday types, so a legacy account keeps the legacy payout rules, which Apex publishes separately in its help center.
Questions
Questions about the 50% rule
Does the consistency rule apply to the Apex evaluation?
No. Apex’s current EOD and Intraday evaluations have no consistency rule. It applies once you have a Performance Account and want to request a payout.
Does going over 50% fail my Performance Account?
No. The account isn’t failed or closed. The payout request option stays unavailable until your best day is under 50% of your net profit since your last approved payout, and you can keep trading meanwhile.
When does the count start again?
After each approved payout. Apex’s consistency article says the calculation resets once a payout is approved, and its EOD and Intraday payout pages count profit since your last approved payout. A few lines of the article say “since your last payout request” instead, so ask Apex support if the timing of a pending request matters to you.
Is there a deadline to meet the rule?
No. Apex sets no time limit. The account does have to stay active: Apex closes a Performance Account that doesn’t record at least 2 trading days with $50 or more of net profit within 30 consecutive calendar days.
Is the rule the same for EOD and Intraday accounts?
Yes. Apex’s EOD and Intraday payout pages both apply the 50% rule to every account size. Legacy accounts are the exception: they follow Apex’s separate legacy payout rules.
How we put this guide together
Sources
Apex Trader Funding’s own website and help center, last reviewed . If anything here differs from Apex’s site, Apex’s site is right.
Sources for this page
- 50% consistency requirement, Apex help center
- EOD payouts, Apex help center
- Intraday payouts, Apex help center
- EOD Performance Accounts, Apex help center
- Intraday Performance Accounts, Apex help center
- EOD evaluations, Apex help center
- Intraday evaluations, Apex help center
- Inactivity policy, Apex help center
- Legacy products overview, Apex help center
- Homepage and product data, apextraderfunding.com
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