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Futures firm whose evaluation publishes an end-of-day trailing drawdown alongside an explicit daily loss limit, on a monthly price with no activation fee.
Apex Trader Funding is a futures prop firm whose $25,000 evaluation asks for a $1,500 profit target against a $1,000 intraday trailing drawdown, with no daily loss limit, a 50% best-day consistency ceiling, one minimum trading day and a $59 one-time activation fee. Rewards are requested every five trading days and are kept in full while the account is sim-funded.
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The differences most likely to change a decision, stated neutrally. Rex names no winner, because which of these matters depends entirely on how you trade.
Market
Top One FuturesFutures
Apex Trader FundingFutures
Both operate in the same market, so their published rules use comparable units.
Entry price
Top One FuturesFutures · USD · monthly · $178/mo
Apex Trader FundingFutures · USD · one-time · $167 | Futures · USD · monthly · $167/mo
Entry price is the advertised figure only. Activation and reset charges are recorded separately and often decide the real cost.
Profit split (base)
Top One Futures90%
Apex Trader Funding100%
A published base share is a commitment. A ceiling with no stated base is not, and Rex records it as not published rather than as the headline number.
Choice of plans
Top One Futures4 options
Apex Trader Funding17 options
More options means more chance of a size and structure that suits you; it says nothing about the quality of any single plan.
Evaluation structures
Top One Futures1-step
Apex Trader Funding1-step
One-step and two-step evaluations distribute the same difficulty differently. Neither is easier as a rule.
Evidence coverage
Top One Futures74% documented
Apex Trader Funding49% documented
This measures how much of each firm Rex could source, not how good the firm is. A lower figure means less was published, not worse terms.
What the split difference is actually worth
Your assumptions, each firm's published split. Not a forecast, and not a reason on its own to pick either firm.
A 8% return on $100,000 is $8,000 gross per cycle, before each firm’s split.
Top One Futures
- Split applied
- 90%
- Your share per cycle
- $7,200
- Across 3 cycles
- $21,600
- Less the entry price
- − $178
- Net
- $21,422
Apex Trader Funding
- Split applied
- 100%
- Your share per cycle
- $8,000
- Across 3 cycles
- $24,000
- Less the entry price
- − $167
- Net
- $23,833
This is arithmetic on your own assumptions, not a forecast. It ignores the thing that actually decides the outcome — whether you can reach a payout at all under each firm’s loss limit — and it ignores activation fees, resets and trading costs. Use it to see how much the split difference is worth, then go and read the drawdown model.
Published summary
Straight from the record. A blank is a real gap, not a formatting choice, and each sourced value can be opened to the page it was read from.
- Operating status
- Top
- Apex
The status this firm is currently recorded as operating under. A provisional status is read from a secondary source and not yet confirmed on the firm's own page.
- Markets
- Top
- FuturesDerived
- Apex
- FuturesDerived
Both operate in the same market, so their published rules use comparable units.
- Headquarters
- Top
- Apex
The country the firm publishes as its headquarters.
- Founded
- Top
- Apex
The year the firm states it was founded; a blank means it was not published, not that the firm is new.
- Challenge options
- Top
- 4 optionsDerived
- Apex
- 17 optionsDerived
More options means more chance of a size and structure that suits you; it says nothing about the quality of any single plan.
- Evaluation structures
- Top
- 1-stepDerived
- Apex
- 1-stepDerived
One-step and two-step evaluations distribute the same difficulty differently. Neither is easier as a rule.
- Published starting prices
- Top
- FuturesDerived
- Apex
- FuturesFuturesDerived
The advertised entry price only. Activation and reset charges are recorded separately and often decide the real cost; monthly and one-time prices are not the same cost and are never compared.
- Profit split (base)
- Top
- 90%Derived
- Apex
- 100%Derived
A published base share is a commitment. A ceiling with no stated base is not, and Rex records it as not published rather than as the headline number.
- Research depth
- Top
- Full research
- Apex
- Partial research
Evidence coverage of the firm, assigned by Rex research. It is not a quality, safety or Rex Score judgement.
- Data Confidence
- Top
- 74% documentedDerived
- Apex
- 49% documentedDerived
How much of each firm Rex could source, not how good the firm is. A lower figure means less was published, not worse terms.
Change history
Terms change quietly. Each change is recorded only when two accepted observations differ; an empty list is the honest state for a first-seen record.
The record
Recent changes
What changed on this firm's own pages, when Rex read the difference, and what it changed from.
- Unclassified fieldresetFeeNeutral
Reset Fee $93 $66
Detected Oct 9, 2026 · official terms
- Unclassified fielddailyLossNeutral
Daily loss limit $500 | Top One Futures · Help: Elite Daily V2 – Daily Loss Limit (DLL) - Evaluation Phase: Violating the DLL during evaluation results in a pause, your account wil lautomatically unpause the next trading day. $500
Detected Oct 9, 2026 · official terms
- Max loss (drawdown)maxLossNeutral
Max Drawdown (EOD) $1,000 | Top One Futures · Help: Elite Daily V2 – Max Loss Limit (MLL): As your account grows, the drawdown level moves upward and locks in at your starting balance +$100 and does not continue to trail. $1,000
Detected Oct 9, 2026 · official terms
- Unclassified fieldprofitTargetsNeutral
Profit Target $1,500 $1,500
Detected Oct 9, 2026 · official terms
- PricepriceNeutral
$597 297 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- PricepriceNeutral
$197 167 USD
Detected Sep 28, 2026 · independent report
- Country availabilitycountryAvailabilityNeutral
Not collected 87 restricted countries
Detected Sep 25, 2026 · official terms
- Country availabilitycountryAvailabilityNeutral
Not collected 72 restricted countries
Detected Sep 25, 2026 · official terms
Platforms, instruments and permissions
Top One Futures
- Platforms
- Tradovate · NinjaTrader · TradingView
- Instruments
- Index futures · Energy futures · Metals futures · Agricultural futures · Currency futures · Crypto futures
- Loss models
- Trailing · end of day — Trailing · end of day · $3,000 · Daily loss — $1,250 · session lockout
- Permissions
- News trading: Restricted · Evaluation: no restriction. Funded: no opening/closing/modifying orders 2 min before or after major high-impact news · Overnight holding: Prohibited · All positions must be closed by 4:10 PM EST daily · Weekend holding: Not collected
- Payout policy
- Profit split: 90% · Payout cadence: First payout after 1 days · then daily
Apex Trader Funding
- Platforms
- NinjaTrader · WealthCharts · Tradovate · Rithmic
- Instruments
- Index futures · Currency futures · Energy futures · Metals futures · Agricultural futures
- Loss models
- Trailing · intraday — Trailing · intraday · $1,000 · Trailing · end of day — Trailing · end of day · 3% · Daily loss — 1.5% of start-of-day balance · session lockout
- Permissions
- News trading: Allowed · Normal strategy only; 'chase the market' or both-sides news strategies are not allowed · Overnight holding: Prohibited · All positions must be closed before the market close · Weekend holding: Prohibited · Positions may not be held through any market close, including Friday's
- Payout policy
- Profit split: 100% · Payout cadence: First payout after 5 days · then every A payout may be requested every 5 trading days
Reviews
Offers and activity
- Top One Futures1 active offer0 verified payouts · 0 notices
- Apex Trader Funding1 active offer0 verified payouts · 0 notices
Country availability
Where each firm opens accounts. A firm that says nothing about your country is unknown, never available. Rows marked preview are examples, not firm statements.
Top One Futures
CITEDAvailable0Restricted71Check your countryApex Trader Funding
CITEDAvailable0Restricted85Check your country
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Top One Futures and Apex Trader Funding are described here from what each publishes. Where a field is blank for one firm and filled for the other, that is a difference in disclosure rather than a difference in quality.