Lucid Trading vs Apex and Topstep: Numbers, Caps and Who Can Be Copied

Both offer Tradovate and both allow copying between your own accounts, so the choice is about caps and rules. Lucid: 5 funded per household, one-time fee with no activation, 90/10 split, LucidFlex funded has no consistency rule, LucidPro 40%, LucidDirect 20%. Apex: 20 PAs per household, one-time 30-day evaluations with no resets plus a PA activation fee, 100% split on new PAs, 50% consistency at every payout request (30% legacy).

At 50K both use a $3,000 target and a $2,000 trailing drawdown that locks at start + $100 once funded. Apex EOD evaluations carry a $1,000 daily loss limit, Intraday evaluations none; LucidPro carries a $1,200 DLL, LucidFlex an optional one. Payout 1 is capped at $1,500 (Apex, 100%) vs $2,000 (LucidFlex, 90%).

If you want 10 or more funded accounts under one login, Apex. If you want no consistency rule at payout on 5 accounts, LucidFlex. Full table on the Lucid Trading vs Apex page.

• Apex founded 2021; Topstep founded 2012.
• Apex max contracts: eval 6 / PA 4 at 50K. Lucid: 4 at 50K.
• Both prohibit hedging between accounts and copying other traders.

Topstep (founded 2012) sells the Trading Combine as a monthly subscription: $85 / $129 / $199 list for 50K / 100K / 150K (promos seen at $49 / $99), target $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000, Max Loss Limit $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 EOD trailing that locks at the starting balance, optional daily loss limit $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000, no minimum days, consistency during the Combine of roughly half the profit target (site 55%, help center 50%), max contracts 5 / 10 / 15. Express Funded Account: $149 one-time activation (or a no-fee Combine option), 90/10, min payout $125, up to 5 active XFAs, Standard payout path with no consistency rule and caps $2,000 / $3,000 / $5,000, or Consistency path with a 40% rule and caps $3,000 / $4,000 / $6,000.

Lucid: one-time fee, no activation, 5 funded per household, same $3,000 / $2,000 at 50K, DLL optional on Flex, consistency Flex 50% to pass then none, Pro none to pass then 40%, 90/10, min payout $500.

The platform decides it for multi-account traders: Topstep's help center says TopstepX is the only available trading platform for new accounts, and trade copying is only available through its own copier on Trading Combine and Express Funded Accounts. TradeDupe cannot connect to Topstep accounts. Lucid offers Tradovate and permits copiers.

• Topstep Trustpilot 3.7 (14,920 reviews); Lucid 4.4 (6,636), October 2026.
• Topstep: 1 Live Funded account; Lucid: up to 5 LucidLive.
• Topstep has no flatten requirement at news; Lucid allows news on Flex, Pro and Direct.

TradeDupe connects to Tradovate only, through Tradovate's OAuth flow, and mirrors a leader's fills, bracket TP/SL orders and modifications to the follower accounts you enable under each login. Of the firms on this page, that covers Lucid and Apex. Beyond this page, Tradeify, MyFundedFutures, Take Profit Trader and GOAT Funded Futures also offer Tradovate and permit copying between your own accounts; Funded Futures Family offers Tradovate but its help FAQ calls copy-trading software a breach while its dashboard page allows platform-native copy features, so get written confirmation from FFF before copying.

Topstep cannot be connected. If you hold Topstep accounts alongside Lucid or Apex, those accounts are traded in TopstepX and are not part of a TradeDupe group.

• Copyable with TradeDupe (Tradovate offered): Lucid, Apex, Tradeify, MFFU, Take Profit Trader, GOAT; FFF with written confirmation.
• Not copyable with TradeDupe: Topstep (TopstepX only).
• Standard plan $30/month: 2 Tradovate logins with up to 10 accounts each. Pro $60/month: 4 logins, 20 each. Elite $120/month: unlimited.