The wire
Rule changes, new account types, promo drops and payout reports — the things that actually affect your account.
The biggest rewrite in Apex's history. Evaluations become a single one-time purchase, traders choose end-of-day or intraday trailing drawdown, payouts run automatically through Deel, and the MAE rule, the 5:1 reward-to-risk requirement and the 7-day minimum trading period are all removed.
APRead our Apex Trader Funding reviewStandard is closed to new traders. The lineup is now Zero, Premium and Advanced across $25k to $150k, all on end-of-day trailing drawdown with payouts inside 48 business hours.
AFRead our Alpha Futures reviewAdvanced becomes Select and Straight to Sim Funded becomes Lightning. The old Advanced Challenge, Growth Challenge and S2F products are discontinued. All three current plans run end-of-day trailing drawdown with no activation fee once funded.
TDRead our Tradeify reviewThe legacy plans are gone for new traders. The lineup is now Core, Rapid, Pro, Flex and Builder — with Rapid the only one offering a 90/10 split and no consistency rule.
MFRead our MyFundedFutures reviewTopstep, Tradeify, Lucid Trading and Alpha Futures now all run end-of-day trailing drawdown, with Apex and MyFundedFutures offering it as an option alongside intraday. True static drawdown is increasingly rare.
The 2025 newcomer pays 90% on every funded plan with nothing to unlock, charges a one-time evaluation fee instead of a subscription, and processes payouts in minutes. LucidFlex drops the consistency rule entirely once funded.
LCRead our Lucid Trading review