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Apex Trader Funding vs FTMO
A side-by-side breakdown of Apex Trader Funding and FTMO — profit splits, payout speed, drawdown rules, platforms, and a clear verdict on which firm wins for which trader profile.
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Apex Trader Funding
8.4- Split100%
- Payoutsweekly
- Drawdowneod trailing
Category scoreboardFTMO leads 8–2 · 2 tied
Apex Trader Funding · 22 tied8 · FTMO
Profit split
100%
90%
Editorial score
8.4
9.2
Max allocation
$150K
$2M
Our verdict
Data-driven comparison · checked Jul 28, 2026
We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 2 from FTMO that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-07-28. These firms sell different instruments — Apex Trader Funding runs futures products and FTMO 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; FTMO 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.
Side-by-side: Apex Trader Funding vs FTMO
Winning value on each row is marked. Ties are flagged. Empty cells mean we don't have that data point yet.
Spec
Apex Trader Funding
FTMO
Score
8.4 / 10
9.2 / 10
Profit Split
100%
90%
Payout Frequency
Weekly
On Demand
Drawdown Type
Eod Trailing
Static
Max Allocation
$150,000
$2M
Min Trading Days
1
4
Founded
2021
2015
Platforms
Rithmic · Tradovate · WealthCharts
MT4 · MT5 · cTrader · DXTrade
Assets
Futures
Forex · Crypto · Indices · Commodities · Stocks
Payout Methods
—
Bank wire · Skrill · Crypto
EAs Allowed
No
Restricted
News Trading
Restricted
Restrictedtie
Overnight Holding
No
Restricted
Weekend Holding
No
Restricted
Copy Trading
Restricted
—
Scaling Plan
Yes
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Product-level: Apex Trader Funding vs FTMO
The table above compares the two firms. This one compares the products you actually buy — 6 of them, each with its own price, split, drawdown rule and source date.
We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 2 from FTMO that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-07-28. These firms sell different instruments — Apex Trader Funding runs futures products and FTMO 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; FTMO 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.
FTMO's own products disagree on 7 terms. On evaluation steps it is 1-step on FTMO Challenge: 1-Step, versus 2-step on FTMO Challenge: 2-Step. Which product you buy decides that rule, not which firm you sign with — a firm-level table cannot show this.
Cost to funded, matched by account size
$25K account
Apex Trader Funding offers USD one-time; FTMO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €199Published fee (EUR) | €221at 90% split | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €250Published fee (EUR) | €313at 80% split | — |
| Intraday Trail - StandardApex Trader Funding · One-time · 100% split | $258Fee + tier activation | $258at 100% split | 0.26vs $1,000 tier max loss |
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. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Rule-by-rule, product by product
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. 7 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | Apex Trader Funding | FTMO |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | 1-step | 1-stepFTMO Challenge: 1-Step 2-stepFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Profit split | 100% | 80%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step 90%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step |
| Drawdown method | EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Daily loss cap | Fixed $ per tierEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee Not publishedIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | 3%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step 5%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Max loss cap | Fixed $ per tier | 10% |
| Funded drawdown | EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Min trading days | 1 | 4FTMO Challenge: 2-Step NoneFTMO Challenge: 1-Step |
| Max trading dayssame | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | None published | 50%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step None publishedFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| First payout after | 5 days | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | Weekly | On demand |
| News tradingsame | Conditional | Conditional |
| Weekend holding | Not allowed | Conditional |
| Overnight holding | Not allowed | Conditional |
| EAs / algos | Not allowed | Conditional |
| Copy trading | Conditional | Not published |
Dated changes affecting these firms
Sources (3 first-party pages, latest capture Jul 28, 2026)
- Apex Trader Funding — Intraday Trail - Standardcaptured Jul 28, 2026
- FTMO — FTMO Challenge: 1-Stepcaptured Jul 27, 2026
- FTMO — FTMO Challenge: 2-Stepcaptured Jul 27, 2026
Every figure above is read from these pages. Products older than 30 days are removed from the comparison until they are recaptured, so a missing product means stale data, not a discontinued plan.
Trustpilot: Apex Trader Funding vs FTMO
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