Apex Trader Funding vs Take Profit Trader
Apex Trader Funding
Take Profit Trader
Computed verdict
Take Profit Trader costs less per unit of risk: $48 vs $51.57 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, Apex Trader Funding comes out ahead (78 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.
Trailing drawdown of $1,500–$4,500 by size — EOD in the Test (with the breach checked in real time) and intraday in PRO — locking exactly at the starting balance, without the +$100 extra other firms add.
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.
There is no daily loss limit in the Test or PRO (removed January 2025); only PRO+ Development remediation accounts carry a soft $500–$2,000 limit.
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.
Only the Test has a consistency rule: no single day may exceed 50% of total net profits. The rule is soft — exceeding it raises your profit goal rather than failing you. How far it raises it is contested within TPT's own rule: the formula implies twice your best day ($4,000 after a $2,000 day), while TPT's worked example sets it at twice current net P/L ($6,200 on $3,100), and TPT does not say which its dashboard enforces — plan on the higher figure. The PRO and PRO+ rules articles list no consistency rule.
50K: $3,000 profit target against a $2,500 drawdown, no minimum days.
50K: $3,000 target, 3-day minimum on new tests bought from Aug 17, 2026 (existing tests and resets: 5 days), within a $2,000 end-of-day trailing drawdown.
On the Legacy account we rank: payouts from 8 trading days, of which 5 must close with $50 or more of profit, $500 minimum, and 8 trading days between requests. The split is 100% of the first $25,000 paid out per account and 90% of anything after that. The first five payouts are capped by size ($2,500 on the $100,000) and from the sixth the cap disappears. A 30% consistency rule also applies: no single day may account for more than 30% of profit, through the fifth payout. The 4.0 Sim-Funded account is a different product and works differently: a 100% split, 5 qualifying days, and a hard cap of 6 payouts after which the account closes.
Withdrawals from day one in PRO at an 80/20 split once you clear a buffer equal to the max drawdown, and PRO+ pays daily at 90/10 with no buffer.
50K: we publish no verified list price. Apex's checkout sits behind script and login, and our second-hand figures disagree by more than double. Apex's own homepage runs "Any Size Evals up to 90% Off | Use code: SAVENOW". A one-time PA activation fee exists and falls due within 7 calendar days of passing, and promo codes do not apply to it; we hold no verified amount for it. There are no reset fees: "If an Evaluation fails, the only way to continue is by purchasing a new one."
50K Test: $150/month subscription, no activation. Test resets are risk-adjusted by size since May 2026 ($79–$199; 50K $99), though one TPT landing still shows the old flat $100. Frequent promos (e.g. NOFEE40).