Apex Trader Funding Payout Rules

On a Performance Account (PA) bought after March 1, 2026, three conditions must all be true before you can request a withdrawal:

• 1.Clear the Safety Net. This equals your account's trailing drawdown amount plus $100. You must reach that balance before your first payout.
• 2.Log 5 qualifying trading days. You need at least five days of trading activity that meet Apex's criteria.
• 3.Respect the 50% consistency rule. No single day can be 50% or more of your profit since your last payout. The counter resets each time a payout is approved.

The Safety Net is a balance threshold equal to your trailing drawdown amount plus $100. It exists so that you can only withdraw once your account is safely in profit above the drawdown line.

Crucially, the Safety Net is required only for your first 3 approved payouts. From the 4th payout onward it no longer applies, which makes later withdrawals more flexible.

The minimum payout is $500. Once you have met the Safety Net, you can withdraw at least $500 even if that amount exceeds the net itself. Larger balances let you request more, subject to the consistency rule.

Each Performance Account is capped at 6 payouts, after which the account closes. Because Apex lets you run up to 20 accounts, that works out to a theoretical maximum of up to 120 payouts across a full set of accounts.

Traders who stay consistent can progress to Apex Live accounts, which do not carry the 6-payout cap — the long-term path for people treating this seriously.

In March 2026 the consistency rule loosened from 30% to 50%. Accounts bought before March 1, 2026 are "legacy" PAs and keep the old rule set; accounts bought after that date use the new rules.

Rules can be revised by the firm, so treat this as a plain-English summary and confirm the current terms in your Apex dashboard before requesting a payout. For the wider March 2026 overhaul, see our Apex March 2026 update breakdown.