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Apex Trader Funding vs Maven

A side-by-side breakdown of Apex Trader Funding and Maven — 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

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Maven

7.6

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Category scoreboardMaven leads 3–1 · 3 tied

Apex Trader Funding · 13 tied3 · Maven

Profit split

Apex Trader Funding100%

Maven—

Editorial score

Apex Trader Funding8.4

Maven7.6

Max allocation

Apex Trader Funding$150K

Maven$1M

Our verdict

Data-driven comparison · checked Aug 11, 2026

We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 9 from Maven that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11. Maven's own products disagree on 12 terms. On evaluation steps it is 1-step on Standard 1-Step and Buy Now, Pay Later and Prediction Markets One-Step Essential and Prediction Markets One-Step Elite, versus 2-step on Standard 2-Step and OMO 2-Step, versus instant funding on Instant and Mini, versus 3-step on Standard 3-Step. Which product you buy decides that rule, not which firm you sign with — a firm-level table cannot show this.

Side-by-side: Apex Trader Funding vs Maven

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

Maven

Score

8.4 / 10

7.6 / 10

Profit Split

100%

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Payout Frequency

Weekly

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Drawdown Type

Eod Trailing

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Max Allocation

$150,000

$1M

Min Trading Days

—

Founded

2021

2023

Platforms

Rithmic · Tradovate · WealthCharts

MT5 · cTrader · Match-Tradetie

Assets

Futures

Forex · Indices · Commodities · Crypto

Payout Methods

—

Bank wire · Rise

EAs Allowed

Notie

News Trading

Restricted

Restrictedtie

Overnight Holding

—

Weekend Holding

Yes

Copy Trading

Restricted

Scaling Plan

Yes

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Product-level: Apex Trader Funding vs Maven

The table above compares the two firms. This one compares the products you actually buy — 13 of them, each with its own price, split, drawdown rule and source date.

We track 4 Apex Trader Funding products and 9 from Maven that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11.

Maven's own products disagree on 12 terms. On evaluation steps it is 1-step on Standard 1-Step and Buy Now, Pay Later and Prediction Markets One-Step Essential and Prediction Markets One-Step Elite, versus 2-step on Standard 2-Step and OMO 2-Step, versus instant funding on Instant and Mini, versus 3-step on Standard 3-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

Apex Trader Funding and Maven sell no account size in common. Apex Trader Funding publishes verified tiers at $25K; Maven at $2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, $50K, $100K. Matching a $25K account against a $2K one would compare different products, so the rule diff below carries the comparison instead.

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. 12 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.

Product-level rule comparison, Apex Trader Funding vs Maven
Term	Apex Trader Funding	Maven
Evaluation steps	1-step	1-stepStandard 1-Step, Buy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 2-stepStandard 2-Step, OMO 2-Step Instant fundingInstant, Mini 3-stepStandard 3-Step
Profit split	100%	80%Standard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, Instant, Buy Now, Pay Later, OMO 2-Step 70%Mini, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite
Drawdown method	EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee	StaticStandard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, Buy Now, Pay Later, OMO 2-Step, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite TrailingStandard 1-Step, Instant, Mini, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential
Daily loss cap	Fixed $ per tierEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee Not publishedIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee	2%Standard 3-Step, Instant, Mini Not publishedBuy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 4%Standard 2-Step, OMO 2-Step 3%Standard 1-Step
Max loss cap	Fixed $ per tier	3%Standard 3-Step, Instant, Mini 8%Standard 2-Step, OMO 2-Step Not publishedPrediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 10%Buy Now, Pay Later 5%Standard 1-Step
Funded drawdown	EOD trailingEOD Trail - Standard, EOD Trail - No Activation Fee TrailingIntraday Trail - Standard, Intraday Trail - No Activation Fee	TrailingStandard 1-Step, Instant, Mini, Buy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential StaticStandard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, OMO 2-Step, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite
Min trading days	1	NoneStandard 1-Step, Standard 3-Step, Instant, Mini, Buy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 3Standard 2-Step 4OMO 2-Step
Max trading days	Unlimited	UnlimitedStandard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, Instant, Buy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 1Mini 180OMO 2-Step
Consistency rule	None published	None publishedStandard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, OMO 2-Step, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 20%Instant, Buy Now, Pay Later 15%Mini
First payout after	5 days	10 daysStandard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, OMO 2-Step, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite 0 daysBuy Now, Pay Later 1 daysMini Not publishedInstant
Payout frequency	Weekly	Bi-weeklyStandard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, OMO 2-Step, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite On demandMini, Buy Now, Pay Later Not publishedInstant
News trading	Conditional	ConditionalStandard 1-Step, Standard 2-Step, Standard 3-Step, Mini, OMO 2-Step AllowedInstant, Buy Now, Pay Later, Prediction Markets One-Step Essential, Prediction Markets One-Step Elite
Weekend holding	Not allowed	Allowed
Overnight holding	Not allowed	Not published
EAs / algossame	Not allowed	Not allowed
Copy trading	Conditional	Not allowed

Dated changes affecting these firms

MavenOpen watch

Maven publishes conflicting Instant payout timing

The comparison leaves Instant payout timing unknown. Confirm the first eligible request date and later cadence in the selected account terms before purchase.

MavenOpen watch

Maven's Prediction pages disagree on loss limits

Maximum-loss values remain unknown in the comparison. Confirm the exact Essential or Elite rule set shown in the account agreement before purchase.

Apex Trader FundingVerified

Apex moved new purchases to 4 one-time evaluation paths

Older Apex reviews can describe a different billing and drawdown structure. Match any comparison to the product name shown at checkout.

Sources (2 first-party pages, latest capture Aug 11, 2026)

Apex Trader Funding — Intraday Trail - Standardcaptured Jul 28, 2026
Maven — Standard 1-Stepcaptured Aug 11, 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 Maven

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