Apex Trader Funding vs Take Profit Trader

Apex Trader Funding suits futures traders who pass quickly, want 100% of each approved payout and like to run many accounts at once. Take Profit Trader suits traders who want no deadline on the evaluation, no daily loss limit and the freedom to withdraw from the first funded day with no cap on each payout. On a 50K account both firms set a $3,000 target and a $2,000 maximum loss, so the differences are how you pay, how long you have, and how and when payouts are released.

Prices and rules were checked on each firm’s own website and help centre on 9 November 2026. Both firms run large discounts, so the checkout total is what to compare.

Apex vs Take Profit Trader at a glance

The table compares the Apex 50K EOD evaluation on the Standard version with the Take Profit Trader 50K Test and PRO account.

Rules and drawdown

Apex recalculates the $2,000 limit once a day at 4:59:59 pm ET from the closing balance and enforces it in real time. In the evaluation it stops trailing at the $53,000 target balance on Rithmic and WealthCharts but keeps trailing on Tradovate, and in the funded Performance Account it stops at $50,100. Apex also sells an Intraday version that trails the peak balance, open profit included. Take Profit Trader uses end of day trailing in the Test, but its funded PRO account trails intraday, open profit included, until the limit reaches the $50,000 starting balance. So on the end of day Apex account the funded drawdown is the gentler of the two. See Apex EOD vs Intraday and end of day drawdown firms.

Apex sets a $1,000 daily loss limit in the 50K EOD evaluation, and in the Performance Account it rises from $1,000 to $2,000 at $3,000 profit and to $3,000 at $6,000 profit. Hitting it closes your positions and pauses trading for the session without failing the account. Take Profit Trader has no daily loss limit at any stage.

Apex has no consistency rule and no minimum days in the evaluation, so it can be passed in one session, and applies a 50% rule once funded. Take Profit Trader works the other way round: your best day must be under 50% of your net profit to pass, the target rises if it isn’t, and the Test takes at least three trading days, but there is no consistency rule once funded.

The deadline is the sharpest difference. Apex evaluations expire 30 calendar days after purchase, with no extensions and no resets, and the Performance Account must be activated within 7 days of passing. Take Profit Trader has no time limit; you pay monthly until you pass. See prop firms with no time limit.

Pricing and fees

Apex charges a one time fee. The 50K EOD evaluation lists at $590 with a $129 activation fee after passing, or $1,190 with no activation fee, and the 50K Intraday at $249 plus $99, or $799 with none. On 9 November the SAVENOW code cut evaluation prices by 90%, to $59 and $24.90, while the activation fees stayed. Take Profit Trader charges $170 a month for the 50K Test until you pass, then a one time $130 PRO activation fee, so passing in the first month costs $300 at list price. Its early Black Friday code, which halved the monthly fee for the life of the account and waived the activation fee, ran until 9 November.

Apex includes Level 1 data and sells depth of market data through the platform vendor. Take Profit Trader charges $4.50 a round turn on futures and $1.50 on micros in the Test and PRO.

Payouts

Apex pays 100% of each approved payout from its Performance Accounts. A request on the 50K EOD account needs five qualifying days of at least $250 profit, a balance of at least $52,600, the 50% consistency rule and at least $500, and payouts can be as often as weekly. The caps are $1,500, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, $2,500 and $3,000, and after the sixth payout the account closes. Apex does not state a processing time. Live accounts are by invitation only; all simulated accounts close and the trader starts at 90/10.

Take Profit Trader pays PRO accounts 80% and lets you withdraw from the first day funded, on any day, with no minimum profitable days, no cap and no limit on the number of payouts, as long as the balance stays above the $52,000 buffer and you are flat when you request. Most Tradovate PRO payouts reach your Take Profit Trader wallet in seconds, and bank withdrawals from the wallet are reviewed within 12 business hours. Withdrawals of $250 or less carry a $50 fee. Live PRO+ accounts are by invitation only, pay 90% and freeze $5,000 of your PRO profit while they run. See fast payout prop firms for others.

Platforms, automation and trading rules

Apex offers Tradovate, Rithmic and WealthCharts, which has a built in trade copier. Take Profit Trader connects through CQG for NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView, and through Rithmic for Bookmap, MultiCharts, MotiveWave, Trade Navigator, R Trader, VolFix, ATAS, Investor R/T, Quantower, Finamark and Jigsaw.

Neither firm allows bots or automated trading. Apex bans copying trades with other traders, hedging, high frequency trading and bracket orders on both sides of a news release, but allows normal trading through news. Take Profit Trader allows copying across your own accounts with approved copiers, bans opposite positions across accounts, and requires funded accounts to be flat from one minute before to one minute after FOMC statements, NFP and CPI. Positions must be flat before 4:59 pm ET at Apex, and Take Profit Trader closes them at 4:55 pm ET. Apex allows 20 Performance Accounts and asks for two days of at least $50 profit in every 30 days; Take Profit Trader allows five funded accounts and asks for at least one trading day a week.

Both restrict a long list of countries. Apex does not accept traders from China, Saudi Arabia or Egypt, which Take Profit Trader does, and Take Profit Trader does not accept traders from Romania, Croatia or Peru, which Apex does.

Who should choose each firm

Choose Apex Trader Funding if

• You usually pass within a few days and want the lowest price with a code.
• You want 100% of each approved payout.
• You run many accounts, up to 20 at once, and are happy with six payouts per account.

Choose Take Profit Trader if

• You want no deadline and no daily loss limit.
• You want to withdraw from your first funded day, with no cap and no payout limit.
• You want 6 contracts from the start.

For other matchups, see Lucid Trading vs Apex, Lucid Trading vs Take Profit Trader, Apex vs Topstep, Topstep vs Take Profit Trader, every head to head comparison and the futures prop firms hub.