Apex Trader Funding Trading Journal: Track EOD and Intraday Trailing Drawdown

Apex rebuilt its rules with its 4.0 update in March 2026 and continues to adjust them. This guide reflects the structure as of November 2026; confirm details in Apex's Help Center before trading. Clarity Tracking is not affiliated with Apex Trader Funding.

Apex Trader Funding is one of the largest futures prop firms. It uses a one-step evaluation, after which you trade a simulated Performance Account (PA) with payout eligibility. The rule that decides most outcomes is the trailing drawdown.

The Apex rules to track

• Drawdown type: Apex offers evaluations with either an end-of-day (EOD) trailing drawdown or an intraday trailing drawdown. They behave very differently, so record which one each account uses.
• Profit target: set per account size.
• Performance Account rules: payouts have their own requirements, including a consistency test and limits on the number of payouts per account.
• Platforms: Apex has supported Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts.

EOD vs. intraday trailing

With intraday trailing, the drawdown floor moves up with your highest open profit during the day, so a trade that runs up and then reverses can tighten your floor even if you close it flat. With EOD trailing, the floor only updates from your end-of-day balance. Traders who let winners run usually find EOD more forgiving, but it is still a trailing limit.

What to track in your Apex journal

• Distance to the trailing drawdown, with the floor recalculated as it moves
• Best day as a share of profit for PA consistency checks
• Net P&L after commissions by contract and time of day
• Number of trading days and payouts per Performance Account

Journaling Apex with Clarity Tracking

Clarity Tracking syncs Tradovate accounts and shows drawdown on every trading day. Rithmic and WealthCharts accounts are not synced directly. If you run several PAs, view them side by side to see your real combined performance. Use the risk of ruin calculator with "from peak" selected to model a trailing limit.

Related: Topstep trading journal, futures trading journal guide.