Apex Intraday $50K evaluation: the rules, what binds first, and the modeled pass odds
Apex Intraday's own published $50K rules, run against 3 disclosed trader profiles through src/lib/state-conditional-mc.js at 25,000 seeded paths each — the same engine that powers the free simulator.
For the Steady Scaler profile (a 50% win rate, 1.5R-average-win trader risking 1% of equity per trade), the modeled pass probability on Apex Intraday's $50K program is 46.9% ± 0.3% SE, binding on the max drawdown floor.
- Why it matters
- Because the max drawdown floor is what most often ends a modeled run on this program, sizing to survive deeper drawdown swings — smaller risk per trade, more cushion before the floor — does more for pass odds here than rushing the profit target.
- Evidence
- 12 sourced rule field(s), rules hash bcaa260e16098c3d, corpus anchor 2026-07-22.
- Calculation / result
- Seeded Monte Carlo, 25,000 paths, seed 1186266884 — src/lib/state-conditional-mc.js.
- Limitation
- Modeled for one disclosed trader profile, not a prediction of any individual's outcome; not a ranking or comparison of firms.
- Retrieved / verified
- Retrieved 2026-07-22 · last checked not yet re-checked.
Current rule snapshot
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Program | Intraday Trailing Drawdown Evaluation (EA) |
| Account size | $50,000 |
| Phase 1 target | 6% ($3,000) — source · retrieved 2026-07-16 |
| Daily loss | no daily loss limit — source · retrieved 2026-07-16 |
| Max drawdown | 4% ($2,000) — source · retrieved 2026-07-16 |
| Drawdown mode | intraday trailing — source · retrieved 2026-07-16 |
| Consistency rule | none recorded |
| Min / max trading days | Min 0 — source · retrieved 2026-07-16 · Max 30 |
| Payout timing | no payout timing source recorded in the corpus |
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Apex Intraday models a intraday trailing drawdown floor at 4% of the account. No daily loss limit is modeled. This is a one-step program: passing the evaluation is funding.
- Firms whose trailing drawdown ratchets on intraday equity
- Trailing drawdown — glossary
- Firms with no daily loss limit
- Evaluation — glossary
- Funded account — glossary
Ambiguities we found
During the EVALUATION the intraday threshold trails the peak the whole way with no lock on Tradovate; some Apex pages state Rithmic/Wealthcharts evaluations freeze at the profit-target balance (50K: $53,000). The Starting-Balance+$100 freeze (50K: $50,100) is a FUNDED (Performance Account) feature, NOT the evaluation. Conservative headline = never-lock (highest ruin). Platform choice, not doc uncertainty.
Conservative reading used:
tradovate_never_locksScenarios
Three named, disclosed trader profiles — not this reader's numbers — so the result is reproducible rather than personal.
| Archetype | Pass probability | Binding constraint | Median days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steady Scaler a 50% win rate, 1.5R-average-win trader risking 1% of equity per trade | 46.9% ± 0.3% | max drawdown floor (53.1%) | 3 | run this profile |
| Aggressive Scalper a 45% win rate, 1.8R-average-win trader risking 1% of equity per trade | 43.0% ± 0.3% | max drawdown floor (57.0%) | 3 | run this profile |
| Balance Rider a 42% win rate, 2.0R-average-win trader risking 0.75% of equity per trade | 46.0% ± 0.3% | max drawdown floor (54.0%) | 4 | run this profile |
Simulated result from user-supplied inputs · not investment advice · not affiliated with or endorsed by Apex Trader Funding
Binding rule
Across the 3 modeled archetypes, the binding constraint is consistently the max drawdown floor — for the Steady Scaler profile it accounts for 53.1% of simulated paths. The max drawdown floor eliminates more paths than running out of time or breaching the daily limit.
Simulated result from user-supplied inputs · not investment advice · not affiliated with or endorsed by Apex Trader Funding
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Other account sizes of this program
- $25K — daily loss
- $100K — daily loss
- $150K — daily loss
Other programs from Apex Trader Funding
Research
- Methodology — how PropSurvival models a challenge
- Static vs trailing drawdown: how the floor mechanic changes pass probability
Rule history
Commit history for rules/apex/50000.json:
- 2026-08-17 — fix(docs): put all 59 published firm rulebooks on origin/main so corpus-check can emit dates
Independent rechecks:
- 2026-07-22 — two-pass-blind-independent (confirmed_with_disagreement)
Sources
- support.apextraderfunding.com — source page · retrieved 2026-07-16 — "25K $1,500 / 50K $3,000 / 100K $6,000 / 150K $9,000"
- apextraderfunding.com — source page · retrieved 2026-07-16 — "threshold follows the highest intraday balance (Peak)"
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run your own book against Apex Intraday — freeFrequently asked
- Does the Apex Intraday program have a daily loss limit?
- No — this program does not model a daily loss limit; only the max drawdown (and any consistency rule) constrain the account.
- How does the max drawdown floor move?
- It ratchets on the highest balance reached, modeled here on every closed trade.
- How many trading days does this program require?
- No minimum trading-day requirement is modeled for this program.
- When is the first payout available?
- no payout-timing source is recorded in the corpus for this program — the firm’s own payout policy is the authority.
- Has this rule set changed recently?
- This rule set has not been re-checked since it was first retrieved; treat it as unverified against the firm’s current page.
Simulated result from user-supplied inputs · not investment advice · not affiliated with or endorsed by Apex Trader Funding. Rules change without notice; the firm’s own documentation is always the final authority. See the disclaimer for the full never-claims list.