Apex Trader Funding vs Tradeify: Rules, Fees, Payouts and Account Caps
Apex relaunched its program on March 1, 2026: 100% payout split on new Performance Accounts, a 50% payout consistency rule, a daily loss limit on EOD evaluations and a 20-account household cap. Tradeify sells three programs (Growth, Select, Lightning Funded) with a 35% consistency rule on Growth funded accounts, none on Select funded accounts, and a hard cap of 5 simulated funded accounts. Both offer Tradovate, so both can be copied with TradeDupe. Every number below is from each firm's help center as of October 2026. Disclosure: we build TradeDupe, a trade copier for Tradovate accounts.
Up to 20 active Performance Accounts per household, 100% payout split on PAs bought on or after March 1, 2026, min payout $500, up to weekly payouts after 5 qualifying days. No single day may exceed 50% of accumulated profit at the time of a payout request (30% on legacy accounts).
Tradeify: 5 funded accounts, 90/10, Select has no consistency rule
Growth 50K eval $145, Select 50K $165, Lightning Funded 50K $492 (instant). Growth funded accounts carry a 35% consistency rule; Select Flex and Select Daily funded accounts carry none; Lightning 20/25/30% on payouts 1/2/3+. Hard cap: 5 simulated funded accounts across all programs.
Both can be copied with TradeDupe
Apex and Tradeify both route through Tradovate. Apex allows copy trading across PAs under your own name; Tradeify allows group trading only between accounts you own and manage. TradeDupe connects one Tradovate login per firm and mirrors a leader's fills, brackets and cancellations to the followers.
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Checklist & pitfalls
Go-Live Checklist
You want the current Apex and Tradeify rule numbers side by side instead of adjectives.
You plan to run more than 5 funded accounts and need to know which firm allows it.
You want to know how a 50% vs 35% vs no consistency rule changes your payout timing.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
Apex figures are for accounts bought on or after March 1, 2026; legacy PAs keep the 30% rule and the old split.
Tradeify Growth and Select are different programs with different drawdown and consistency rules; they are not interchangeable.
Both firms prohibit copying another trader's signals and hedging between accounts; copiers are for your own accounts only.
Guide
Fees: one-time at both, but the reset model differs
Apex evaluation fees are one-time and buy 30 calendar days of access. There are no resets: if you breach, you buy a new evaluation. Apex runs discounts most of the year, so the sticker price on any given day is the number that matters; we do not print one here because it changes too often to be reliable. The PA has a one-time activation fee whose amount depends on size and promo.
Tradeify prices are published in its pricing reference: Growth $99 / $145 / $255 / $369 for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K, with resets at $60 / $95 / $155 / $215. Select is $109 / $165 / $265 / $369. Lightning Funded (instant, no evaluation) is $345 / $492 / $660 / $796. There is no monthly subscription at either firm.
Worked example: a trader who fails a 50K evaluation twice and passes on the third try pays 3 × the Apex eval price at Apex, or $145 + $95 + $95 = $335 at Tradeify Growth. Whether Apex is cheaper depends entirely on the discount running that week.
Drawdown and daily loss limit
Apex EOD Evaluation: EOD trailing drawdown of $2,000 (50K) / $3,000 (100K) plus a daily loss limit of $1,000 / $1,500. Apex Intraday Trailing Evaluation: same drawdown amounts but trailing intraday, and no daily loss limit. On the PA the trailing drawdown stops moving once it has climbed to the starting balance plus $100, and a daily loss limit is enforced intraday.
Tradeify Growth: EOD trailing drawdown of $2,000 (50K) / $3,500 (100K) and a soft daily loss limit of $1,250 / $2,500 (soft means the account is not failed, you are locked out for the day). Tradeify Select: EOD trailing drawdown of $2,000 / $3,000 and no daily loss limit during the evaluation; Select Daily funded accounts add a $1,000 / $1,250 daily loss limit.
If you want zero daily loss limit, the options are Apex Intraday Trailing Evaluation or Tradeify Select evaluation. Everything else in this comparison has one.
Consistency at payout: 50% vs 35% vs none
Apex, new accounts: at the time of a payout request, no single trading day may account for more than 50% of your accumulated profit. The clock resets after each approved payout. Legacy accounts (bought before March 1, 2026) still use the 30% windfall rule. Neither Apex evaluation has a consistency rule.
Tradeify Growth funded: 35%. Tradeify Select Flex and Select Daily funded: none. Tradeify Lightning Funded: 20% for payout 1, 25% for payout 2, 30% from payout 3 onward. During the evaluation, Select carries a 40% rule and Growth carries none.
Worked example with a $2,000 best day: Apex (50%) needs $4,000 total profit before that payout can be requested. Tradeify Growth (35%) needs $5,715. Tradeify Select funded needs nothing beyond its 5-winning-day cycle. The same $2,000 day costs you one extra week of pacing at Growth versus zero at Select.
Account caps decide this for multi-account traders
Apex allows 20 active PAs per household across Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts combined. Tradeify allows 5 simulated funded accounts in total across Growth, Select and Lightning. If your plan is 10 funded 50K accounts copied from one leader, only Apex gets you there in one firm; at Tradeify you would need a second firm for accounts 6 through 10.
Payout caps also scale differently. Apex payout 1 is capped at $1,500 per 50K PA and rises to $3,000 by payout 6, with a 100% split. Tradeify Growth payout 1 is capped from $1,500 (50K) at a 90% split; Select Flex caps run $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,500 by size. Ten Apex 50K PAs at a $1,500 first-payout cap is $15,000 of first-cycle payout capacity; five Tradeify Growth 50K accounts is $7,500 before the 10% split.
Copy trading both firms with TradeDupe
Apex permits copy trading across PAs under your own name and business name, with the hedging rule still applying: all PAs must trade the same direction. Tradovate's built-in Group Trade is auto-enabled for Apex users with more than one Tradovate account, but Apex's help center notes it forbids bracket orders (ATMs). Tradeify permits group trading only between accounts you own and manage and says third-party copiers are used at your own risk.
TradeDupe connects each firm's Tradovate login through OAuth, discovers the accounts under it, and mirrors a leader's fills to the followers you toggle on, including bracket TP/SL orders and their modifications. A follower fill the copier did not place is market-closed automatically, which is how you avoid the cross-account hedge both firms prohibit. On the Standard plan ($30/month) you get 2 Tradovate logins with up to 10 accounts each, which covers one Apex login and one Tradeify login.
Side by side
Apex vs Tradeify: numbers as of October 2026
50K and 100K figures from apextraderfunding.com/help-center and help.tradeify.co, retrieved October 2026. Apex evaluation fees are promo-heavy and not listed here; Tradeify prices are from its pricing reference article. Verify on each firm's site before buying.
100% on new PAs (legacy: 100% of first $25,000 then 90%)
90 / 10
Payout cadence and minimum
Up to weekly; 5 trading days meeting min daily profit; min $500; payout 1 capped at $1,500 (50K) / $2,000 (100K); max 6 payouts per PA
Growth: 5 days of $100–$250+, min $250–$1,500 · Select Flex: every 5 winning days · Select Daily: daily above buffer · Lightning: min $1,000
Max funded accounts
20 active PAs per household (Rithmic + Tradovate + WealthCharts combined)
5 simulated funded accounts total (Growth + Select + Lightning)
Max contracts (50K / 100K)
Eval 6 / 8 · PA 4 / 6
Growth 4 / 8
Platforms
Rithmic, Tradovate, WealthCharts (NinjaTrader and TradingView via Tradovate)
Tradovate (NinjaTrader, TradingView via Tradovate), Rithmic, WealthCharts
Tradovate offered (TradeDupe-compatible)
Copy-trading policy (quoted)
“Copy trading across PA accounts under your personal name and business name is allowed.” Copying with other traders “strictly forbidden.”
“You may only group trade between accounts you own and manage.” Third-party copiers “at your own risk.”
Hedging across accounts
Prohibited: “Directional Trading only.”
Prohibited: long on one account, short on another is a violation.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Apex or Tradeify cheaper for a 50K evaluation?
Tradeify Growth 50K is $145 one-time (reset $95) and Select 50K is $165, as of October 2026. Apex evaluation fees are one-time for 30 days with no resets, and the price depends on the discount running that week, so check apextraderfunding.com. Neither firm charges a monthly subscription.
Does Apex have a consistency rule?
Not during the evaluation. On the Performance Account, accounts bought on or after March 1, 2026 must keep every single day at or below 50% of accumulated profit at the time of a payout request; legacy accounts use 30%. Tradeify Growth funded accounts use 35%, and Select funded accounts have no consistency rule.
How many funded accounts can I run at Apex vs Tradeify?
Apex: 20 active PAs per household across all platforms. Tradeify: 5 simulated funded accounts total across Growth, Select and Lightning.
Which firm has a daily loss limit?
Apex EOD evaluations have one ($1,000 on 50K, $1,500 on 100K); Apex Intraday evaluations do not; Apex PAs enforce one intraday. Tradeify Growth has a soft DLL ($1,250 on 50K); Tradeify Select has none during evaluation, and Select Daily funded accounts have one ($1,000 on 50K).
Can I copy trade Apex and Tradeify accounts with TradeDupe?
Yes. Both firms offer Tradovate and both allow copying between your own accounts. TradeDupe connects each firm's Tradovate login via OAuth and mirrors one leader's fills and brackets to the followers you enable. Copying another trader's signals is forbidden at both firms.
What is the payout split at Apex vs Tradeify?
Apex pays 100% on PAs bought on or after March 1, 2026 (legacy: 100% of the first $25,000, then 90%). Tradeify pays 90% on all funded programs.