Apex Trader Funding vs Elite Trader Funding
Apex Trader Funding
Elite Trader Funding
Computed verdict
Apex Trader Funding costs less per unit of risk: $9.9 vs $25 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, Apex Trader Funding comes out ahead (88 vs 76).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
Trailing drawdown of $1,000–$4,000 by size (EOD or intraday line) that locks at starting balance + $100 in the PA, with unrealized P&L counting toward a breach even on the EOD line.
Multiple drawdown engines by plan: 1-Step uses live intraday trailing where unrealized peaks raise the floor (the firm does not publish a lock level for it); EOD plans move the floor only at close and lock at starting balance + $100; static plans never move.
Soft daily limit of $500–$2,000 by size that pauses your session without failing the account; intraday evaluations have no daily loss limit at all.
Only the EOD plans ($1,100–$2,200) and Diamond Hands ($1,500) carry a daily limit, and it is hard: touching it, open losses included, fails the account unless you buy the TradeShield add-on.
No consistency rule in the evaluation; in the PA no single day may account for 50% or more of total profit since your last approved payout, checked when you request one.
Instead of classic consistency, funded payouts use the ATD system: you need 8–10 active days each earning at least MAX($200, 23% of your best day); the 1-Step keeps a classic rule whose percentage the firm doesn't publish.
50K: $3,000 profit target against a $2,500 drawdown, no minimum days.
Weekly payouts after 5 qualifying days, $500 minimum, at a 100% split but hard-capped at 6 payouts per PA, after which the account is closed.
On Elite sim accounts you keep 100% of only the first $12,500 then 90%, with payouts processed every Wednesday and requiring 15 Active Trading Days for the first two cycles then 10 thereafter. LIVE ELITE (uncapped 80/20, $250 min) triggers at whichever comes first: 5 payouts, 50 Active Trading Days, or the $25,000 sim cap.
50K: ~$197/month list, but with near-constant promos (up to ~90% off, ~$20/month). One-time ~$85 activation when funded. No paid resets on current evals.
50K: one-time from ~$90 (OG plan), no activation. $47 reset (Fast Track has none). Price conflicts across sources.