Apex Trader Funding Review 2026: EOD vs Intraday Trail, the 90% Code and the New One-Time Evaluations

PickMyFuturesProp · 2026-09-24

Apex rebuilt its evaluations as one-time, 30-day, no-reset accounts with a 100% payout split. Here's how EOD Trail and Intraday Trail differ, what the Standard vs No-Activation pricing really costs, and the funded rules (50% consistency, 6 payouts, daily loss limit) you need to know.

Apex Trader Funding is the biggest name in futures funding — an Austin firm (2021) that sells more evaluations than anyone — and in 2026 it changed the product completely. The old subscription evaluations became Legacy; what's on sale now is a set of one-time-fee evaluations with 30 days of access, no rebill and no resets, paired with a Performance Account that pays 100% of profits under tighter funded rules. Here's the honest breakdown, verified against Apex's own product configuration.

Two engines, two pricing modes

Every Apex evaluation is a combination of a drawdown engine and a pricing mode:

• EOD Trail — end-of-day trailing drawdown (your floor only moves on closed balances) plus a daily loss limit in both phases ($500 / $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 by size in the evaluation).
• Intraday Trail — real-time trailing drawdown that follows your peak including open profit, no daily loss limit during the evaluation, and the cheapest prices.
• Standard — a cheaper evaluation plus a one-time Performance Account activation when you pass: $90 on EOD, $59 on Intraday.
• No Activation Fee — a pricier evaluation with activation included.

Sizes are 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K with targets of $1,500 / $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 and drawdowns of $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,000. The rules are identical on Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts.

What it actually costs

List prices are high because Apex runs a near-permanent promo: with the public code SAVENOW (up to 90% off) the numbers at capture were:

• Intraday Trail Standard: $167 / $249 / $790 / $1,190 list → about $17 / $25 / $79 / $119, plus a $59 activation if you pass.
• EOD Trail Standard: $490 / $590 / $1,190 / $2,190 list → about $49 / $59 / $119 / $219, plus a $90 activation.
• No Activation versions: Intraday $690 / $799 / $999 / $1,890 and EOD $1,090 / $1,190 / $1,590 / $2,490 list, also up to 90% off.

Do the all-in math on your size: a 50K Intraday Standard is roughly $25 + $59 = $84 to a funded account, while the 50K EOD Standard is about $59 + $90 = $149. The No-Activation versions rarely win once the code is applied.

The evaluation: one day, one shot

You can pass in as little as 1 trading day, but there is a 30% consistency rule (your best day can't be more than 30% of total profit) and, on EOD, the daily loss limit. The two things that bite: no resets — hit the drawdown and the account is closed, and the only way on is a new evaluation — and the 30-day access period, after which an unpassed evaluation simply expires with no extension and nothing carried over. Once you pass, you have 7 calendar days to pay the activation fee.

The Performance Account: 100% split, stricter rules

Funded, you keep 100% of payouts, and you can request one every 5 trading days with a $500 minimum. The rules on the other side: a 50% consistency rule, a daily loss limit ($1,250 / $3,000 / $3,500 / $4,000 by size), per-request caps of $1,500 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $2,750, a safety net you have to bank before withdrawing, contract limits that scale with your balance (starting at 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 minis), and — the one people miss — a maximum of 6 payout requests per account. Six capped payouts is the ceiling of a single PA; after that you're passing another evaluation.

So who's it for?

• Traders who want the cheapest possible funded seat and trade tightly enough for intraday trailing: Intraday Trail Standard with the code.
• Traders who want EOD drawdown from a huge, established firm and don't mind a daily loss limit: EOD Trail Standard.
• Multi-account traders — up to 20 accounts, and the 5-packs cut the per-account price further.

Who should look elsewhere: anyone who wants uncapped or unlimited payouts, resets, or a funded account with no consistency rule. Apex's code is public (we don't earn on it), so compare it honestly against Tradeify and TradeDay in the comparison tool at your size.