Apex's end-of-day trailing evaluation: how the drawdown differs from the intraday version, the daily loss limit that comes with it, and the fastest legal way to pass.
This is the same evaluation as Apex's flagship product with one mechanic swapped: the trailing threshold is recalculated once, on your closing balance, instead of following your equity tick by tick. That single change removes the failure mode that ends most Apex accounts — giving back unrealised profit and discovering your stop-out moved. The trade is a daily loss limit, which the intraday product does not have. You gain a forgiving drawdown and accept a hard daily circuit breaker.
None during the evaluation. As with the intraday product, consistency is a funded-payout requirement, not an evaluation one.
One day. No consistency rule and no minimum trading day. The daily loss limit does not slow a winning day down — it only caps how badly a losing one can end.
Every figure below is checked against the firm's own documentation and re-audited weekly.
| Account | Profit target | Max loss limit | Daily loss limit | Max contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,500 | $1,000 | $500 soft breach | 4 minis 40 micros |
| 50K | $3,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 soft breach | 6 minis 60 micros |
| 100K | $6,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 soft breach | 8 minis 80 micros |
| 150K | $9,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 soft breach | 12 minis 120 micros |
The calculator applies these exact rules, shows your minimum days, the points and ticks you need per market, and — if you know your win rate — the odds you actually make it.
Open the free calculator →For most traders, yes. An end-of-day trailing drawdown is recalculated once at the close using your realised balance, so intraday swings and open-trade profit never move the line. The offset is a daily loss limit, which the intraday product does not impose.
Yes. Neither Apex evaluation has a consistency rule or a minimum trading day, so a single session that reaches the profit target completes it.
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