Apex Trader Funding FAQ

Our affiliate code DLAB goes in the coupon field at Apex’s checkout. Enter it before you pay, then check the total in the order summary. When you use it, Apex may pay this site a fee. It doesn’t raise your price.

You can enter our affiliate code DLAB on any evaluation size, EOD or Intraday. Apex’s checkout shows whether a sale applies that day. Coupon codes don’t apply to the activation fee you pay after passing.

Yes, from time to time. Apex’s help center says evaluation discounts apply only to accounts bought during the sale period. When a sale is running, the order summary at checkout shows the discount after you enter a code. Check it before you pay.

No. Apex’s coupon code page says coupon codes can’t be applied to resets or PA activation fees. Check the activation fee shown in your dashboard before you pay it.

Yes. You can enter our affiliate code DLAB on each new evaluation purchase. The discount is whatever sale Apex runs that day, if any. Apex allows up to 20 active Performance Accounts at once, and it prohibits buying several discounted evaluations to cycle through and blow up on purpose.

No. Apex’s help center says coupon codes can’t be applied after payment, and it doesn’t refund or adjust missed discounts. Enter our affiliate code DLAB first, and check the order summary before you pay.

Check that our affiliate code DLAB is in the coupon field, typed with no spaces. If the order summary still shows the full price, Apex may not be running a sale that day. Contact Apex support before you pay if something looks wrong.

As of Oct 22, 2026, Apex’s standard EOD and Intraday evaluations list from $167 for a 25K Intraday to $2,190 for a 150K EOD. During Apex’s sales a coupon code can lower the evaluation price, but not the activation fee. Our pricing guide lists every size.

Not the EOD and Intraday evaluations. Each is a one-time payment for 30 calendar days of access, so nothing renews and there’s nothing to cancel. Legacy evaluations, which Apex is selling again as a temporary offer, bill monthly until you cancel and can be reset.

It’s a one-time fee to activate your Performance Account after you pass: $89 to $159, depending on size and type. You have 7 calendar days from when Apex marks the evaluation as passed after the market close, and that window can’t be extended. Coupon codes don’t apply to it. Our activation fee guide covers the details.

Apex creates your Performance Account with the same login as your evaluation. That can take up to 6 hours, and accounts activated after Friday’s market close aren’t created until Sunday at 6:00 PM ET.

It’s the same evaluation with a $0 activation fee after you pass. Its rules, drawdown, access period and activation window match the standard version. Coupon codes can’t lower the activation fee, so a sale can change which version costs less. Compare both totals at checkout.

Not on EOD and Intraday evaluations, which can’t be reset. If one fails or expires, its balance doesn’t carry over, and to try again you buy a new evaluation at the price on that day, with a new 30-day access period.

No. Apex says an evaluation fee can’t be refunded, transferred or changed to a different size or type after purchase. The activation fee can’t be refunded or transferred either.

You have 30 calendar days from purchase, weekends and holidays included, with no extensions. There’s no minimum number of trading days: an evaluation passes once it reaches the profit target, as long as every rule was followed.

$1,500 on a 25K, $3,000 on a 50K, $6,000 on a 100K and $9,000 on a 150K. That’s 6% of the starting balance, the same for EOD and Intraday evaluations.

$1,000 on a 25K, $2,000 on a 50K, $3,000 on a 100K and $4,000 on a 150K, on EOD and Intraday evaluations alike. If your balance touches the threshold at any moment, Apex closes your open positions and the evaluation fails. An EOD threshold is set once a day at the close and enforced in real time during the next session. An Intraday threshold trails your highest balance in real time, open profit included. Our EOD vs Intraday guide compares the two.

During the evaluation, only the EOD type has one: $500 on a 25K, $1,000 on a 50K, $1,500 on a 100K and $2,000 on a 150K. Reaching it closes your open positions and pauses trading for the rest of the session, but the evaluation stays active. Intraday evaluations have none. Performance Accounts of both types have their own tiered daily loss limit.

Up to 4 on a 25K, 6 on a 50K, 8 on a 100K and 12 on a 150K, and the limit stays fixed for the whole evaluation. Apex counts 10 micro contracts as one mini. Performance Accounts start with lower limits that rise in tiers as the balance grows.

No. Close every position before the market close: 4:59 PM ET for most contracts, earlier for agricultural futures and on CME holiday early-close days. Holding a position through the close is a prohibited activity, and Apex says traders who do it forfeit their accounts.

Yes, with your normal strategy. Apex prohibits news strategies that chase the market, place orders on both sides or gamble on the outcome.

No. Apex prohibits automation and algorithmic trading. It says its rewards are meant for human traders, not automated systems.

No. Holding long and short positions at the same time on the same or correlated instruments is prohibited, and so is hedging evaluations against each other. Apex says prohibited activity leads to immediate account closure.

The list on Apex’s homepage covers equity index futures such as ES and NQ, plus currency, agricultural, energy, metal and micro futures, including crude oil (CL) and gold (GC). It also lists micro Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, and Eurex contracts such as the DAX, which are available on Tradovate only.

It’s 100% of approved payouts on Apex’s EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts. A payout request has to meet every payout rule, and Apex’s risk disclosure says any decision to grant or deny a payout is final.

At the earliest, after 5 qualifying trading days, and only if the account also meets Apex’s other payout rules. A day qualifies when it ends with at least the minimum net profit for your account, $100 to $350 depending on size and type. The days don’t have to be in a row, and there’s no deadline to reach them.

$500 per request, at every size. Only profit above the safety net can be requested. The safety net is the starting balance plus the maximum drawdown plus $100, and it stays for the life of the account. On a 50K it’s $52,100, so the balance must reach $52,600 before you can request the minimum.

Yes. Each Performance Account can receive at most 6 approved payouts, and each one has a cap set by account size, type and payout number, from $1,000 to $5,000. After the last allowed payout, Apex closes the account. Caps are maximums set by Apex’s rules. They are not expected results.

To request a payout, your best trading day since the last approved payout, or since the account opened if there hasn’t been one, must be less than 50% of your net profit over the same period. Until it is, the payout option stays unavailable. Missing it doesn’t fail the account, and the rule doesn’t apply in the evaluation. Our consistency rule guide shows how to check it.

Yes. Apex says you can keep trading straight away, but asks you to trade as if the requested amount has already left your balance. If the balance falls below the required minimum, the request is denied automatically, and you can request again once the account meets the rules.

No. Apex calls it a Simulated Funded (Sim Funded) account, and its risk disclosure says all trading in evaluations and Performance Accounts is simulated.

Up to 20 active Performance Accounts at once, across every size and type. You’re allowed one personal Apex user account, plus one business account if you trade through a company you own. Apex closes extra user accounts, and any profit in them is forfeited.

Yes. It needs at least 2 trading days with $50 or more in net profit in every rolling 30-day window. If 30 days pass without that, Apex closes the account, and a closed account can’t be reinstated.

An invitation-only program that moves selected traders from Apex’s simulated accounts into live trading. Apex decides who is invited and when. Its Live program FAQ says joining closes your evaluations, refunding only those still active, and deactivates your Performance Accounts. Declining an invitation deactivates your Apex account.

Apex’s restricted countries article says traders from over 100 countries can take part, and it lists the countries where Apex can’t open new or additional accounts. Its risk disclosure says the services are “not directed at, or intended for, residents outside the United States” and that users outside the US must follow their own local laws. Check the list and your local rules before you buy. Using a VPN to hide your location is prohibited.

No. Apex’s risk disclosure says Apex “is not regulated by financial regulatory authorities” and states: “Apex is not a broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, investment advisor, or any similar financial institution.”

Apex Trader Funding was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. Its CEO is Darrell Martin, and it publishes its rules in a public help center. Its homepage showed a Trustpilot score of 4.2/5 from about 21K reviews on Oct 13, 2026. Evaluations and Performance Accounts are simulated, and payouts are at Apex’s discretion. Our full review covers the drawbacks too.

No. Best Futures Discount is an independent site, not owned, operated, endorsed or sponsored by Apex Trader Funding. We’re a member of Apex’s affiliate program, so we may earn a fee from qualifying purchases. Apex Trader Funding doesn’t review or approve what we write. We don’t sell trading accounts.

Through Apex’s affiliate program. When you buy an evaluation through our links or with our affiliate code DLAB, Apex may pay us a fee. It doesn’t raise your price. Our affiliate disclosure has the details.

No. We explain Apex’s rules and compare the accounts side by side, but we don’t tell anyone what to buy or how many contracts to trade. Nothing on this site is financial, investment or trading advice.

From Apex’s own website and help center. Each guide lists the Apex pages it used in its “How we put this guide together” section, with the date we last reviewed them. If anything here differs from Apex’s site, Apex’s site is right.