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Built from product captures checked Oct 20, 2026
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| Fact | Apex Trader Funding | BrightFunded |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 8.4/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Lowest $100K fee | $590 (Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee) | €477 (2-Step Bright) |
| Base split | 100% | 80% |
| Max loss | — | 6–10% |
| Earliest first payout | Day 5 (Intraday Trail - Standard) | Day 30 (1-Step) |
| Platforms | Rithmic · Tradovate · WealthCharts | MT5 · DXTrade · cTrader |
Fees are in different currencies (EUR and USD), so they are shown as published and not ranked against each other.
Available product sources · earliest check Oct 20, 2026
We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 3 from BrightFunded that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-22. These firms sell different instruments — Apex Trader Funding runs futures products and BrightFunded runs CFD — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race. Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; BrightFunded offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
Compare the 7 source-checked products available here, each with its own fees, split, drawdown and date.
We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 3 from BrightFunded that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-22. These firms sell different instruments — Apex Trader Funding runs futures products and BrightFunded runs CFD — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race.
Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; BrightFunded offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
BrightFunded's own products disagree on 5 terms. On evaluation steps it is 2-step on BrightFunded 2-Step Bright and BrightFunded 2-Step Classic, versus 1-step on BrightFunded 1-Step. Which product you buy decides that rule, not which firm you sign with — a firm-level table cannot show this.
Not in the cost tables: Apex Trader Funding EOD Trail - Standard and Intraday Trail - Standard. The latest capture records no complete entry price for them, so they are not ranked on cost.
Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; BrightFunded offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrightFunded 2-Step BrightBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €187Published fee (EUR) | €234at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 1-StepBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €197Published fee (EUR) | €246at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 2-Step ClassicBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €197Published fee (EUR) | €246at 80% split | — | — |
| Intraday Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $690Fee + tier activation | $690at 100% split | 0.69vs $1,000 tier max loss | — |
| EOD Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $1,090Fee + tier activation | $1,090at 100% split | 1.09vs $1,000 tier max loss | 5 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; BrightFunded offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrightFunded 2-Step BrightBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €277Published fee (EUR) | €346at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 1-StepBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €297Published fee (EUR) | €371at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 2-Step ClassicBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €297Published fee (EUR) | €371at 80% split | — | — |
| Intraday Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $490Fee + tier activation | $490at 100% split | 0.24vs $2,000 tier max loss | — |
| EOD Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $1,190Fee + tier activation | $1,190at 100% split | 0.59vs $2,000 tier max loss | 3 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; BrightFunded offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrightFunded 2-Step BrightBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €477Published fee (EUR) | €596at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 1-StepBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €497Published fee (EUR) | €621at 80% split | — | — |
| BrightFunded 2-Step ClassicBrightFunded · One-time · 80% split | €497Published fee (EUR) | €621at 80% split | — | — |
| Intraday Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $590Fee + tier activation | $590at 100% split | 0.20vs $3,000 tier max loss | — |
| EOD Trail - No Activation FeeApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $1,590Fee + tier activation | $1,590at 100% split | 0.53vs $3,000 tier max loss | 2 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Each cell shows every value that firm's current products hold. Where a firm disagrees with itself the products are named — those are the rows a firm-level table has to flatten, and the ones that decide whether your strategy is allowed. 5 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | Apex Trader Funding | BrightFunded |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | 1-step | 2-stepBrightFunded 2-Step Bright, BrightFunded 2-Step Classic 1-stepBrightFunded 1-Step |
| Profit split | 100% | 80% |
| Drawdown method | EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | StaticBrightFunded 2-Step Bright, BrightFunded 2-Step Classic TrailingBrightFunded 1-Step |
| Daily loss cap | Fixed $ per tierEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee Not publishedIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | 3%BrightFunded 1-Step 4%BrightFunded 2-Step Bright 5%BrightFunded 2-Step Classic |
| Max loss cap | Fixed $ per tier | 10%BrightFunded 2-Step Classic 6%BrightFunded 1-Step 8%BrightFunded 2-Step Bright |
| Funded drawdown | EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | StaticBrightFunded 2-Step Bright, BrightFunded 2-Step Classic TrailingBrightFunded 1-Step |
| Min trading days | 0 | 5 |
| Max trading dayssame | Unverified | Unverified |
| Consistency rulesame | Unverified | Unverified |
| First payout after | 5 days | 30 days |
| Payout frequency | Weekly | Bi-weekly |
| News tradingsame | Conditional | Conditional |
| Weekend holding | Not allowed | Allowed |
| Overnight holding | Not allowed | Allowed |
| EAs / algos | Not allowed | Conditional |
| Copy tradingsame | Conditional | Conditional |
Apex moved new purchases to 4 one-time evaluation paths
Older Apex reviews can describe a different billing and drawdown structure. Match the exact product shown at checkout, verify the dynamic fee, and note that the current evaluation may pass in one day without a minimum-day rule.
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