Apex Trader Funding vs FXIFY
Which of these two is likelier to end your account, and why — compared rule by rule from what each firm publishes.
Short answer
- The drawdown works differently, and that is the difference that matters. Apex Trader Funding's loss limit follows your equity tick by tick, unrealised profit included; FXIFY's follows your highest closed balance, ignoring open profit. Apex Trader Funding: Open profit you give back raises that floor permanently, so it can breach you at a level that did not exist an hour earlier. FXIFY: Only closed profit moves it, so a winning trade you have not banked yet gives you no extra room and costs you none.
- Apex Trader Funding sets no daily loss limit; FXIFY caps a single day at 4%.
- Minimum trading days: Apex Trader Funding 1 day, FXIFY no minimum — this sets the earliest you can finish, however fast you hit the target.
- Overnight and weekend: FXIFY lets you hold; Apex Trader Funding requires you flat before the session closes, so a swing plan does not fit it.
- Entry cost: Apex Trader Funding from $33, FXIFY from $99.
Figures below are what each firm publishes. Confirm them on the firm's own site before paying for an evaluation — these rules change without notice.
Apex Trader Funding
FXIFY
Side-by-Side Specifications Matrix
Every figure below is taken from the firm's own published rules. Check the source and date under the table before you size a position on it — prop firm rules change without notice.
| Evaluation Parameter | Apex Trader Funding | FXIFY |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Class / Market | FUTURES | MULTI-ASSET |
| Drawdown Calculation Type | Trailing Intraday (HWM) | Trailing Closed-Balance HWM (locks at start balance) FXIFY's own FAQs label the 'Two Phase' drawdown 10% Trailing on the assessment-rules page and 10% Static on the static-drawdown page, so check which 2-Phase variant you bought. The 2-Step limit trails your highest closed balance (floating profit does not move it) and stops trailing once you are 10% up or take your first payout; Three Phase is static from day one. |
| Max Daily Loss | None (No Daily Limit) | 4% 4% on the 2-Step, measured against the balance recorded at 5PM EST the previous day; One Phase is 3%, Three Phase 5%, Instant Funding 8%, Lightning 3%. |
| Max Overall Loss | 5.0% | 10.0% 10% on the 2-Step; One Phase is 6%, Three Phase 5%, Instant Funding 8%, Lightning 4%. |
| Profit Split | 90% - 100% | 80% - 90% |
| Minimum Trading Days | 1 Days | 0 Days |
| News Trading Policy | ✓ Trading through high-impact news permitted during regular market sessions | ✓ News trading allowed with zero time restriction windows |
| Weekend & Overnight Holding | ✗ Flat by Close (Intraday futures only; positions must close by 4:59 PM EST daily) | ✓ Permitted (Weekend and overnight holding permitted across all account types) |
| Supported Platforms | NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView | MT4, MT5, DXtrade, TradingView |
| Payout Schedule | Twice monthly (1st–5th and 15th–20th) | On-demand Day 1 payouts (bi-weekly thereafter) |
| First Payout Eligibility | After 10 qualified trading days per payout cycle | Day 1 (immediate upon passing and trading) |
| Consistency Rule | 30% single-day consistency rule on PA accounts | No consistency rule published for the 2-Step; other FXIFY programmes carry 20-30% best-day rules Lightning caps your best day at 30% of total profit, Instant Funding Lite at 20%, Crypto funded accounts at 25%, and Two Phase Pro stops you for the day at $4,000 profit. |
| Islamic / Swap-Free Option | ✓ Inherently Swap-Free (CME Futures) Inherently Swap-Free (CME Futures contracts are cash-settled intraday with zero overnight financing or swap charges) |
✓ Swap-Free Checkout Add-on Swap-Free add-on available at checkout; eliminates overnight swap charges permanently on live simulated accounts |
| US Residents Accepted | ✓ Accepted | ✗ Restricted |
| Maximum Capital Allocation | $6,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
Not independently confirmed. We could not read Apex Trader Funding's own rules pages — every request to the site was answered with HTTP 403, so the rules could not be read from here. The figures below are unconfirmed and may be out of date. Check the current rules on Apex Trader Funding's own site. Last attempted .
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What can end the account even if you are profitable
These are the rules people usually find out about after a payout is refused.
- FXIFY: If you go 60 days without placing a single trade, FXIFY breaches your account and it is over, evaluation or funded. source
- FXIFY: If you hard-breach a funded account you lose every dollar of profit you have not already been paid, unless you bought the Performance Protect add-on at the original checkout, which is the only way to keep it. source
- FXIFY: FXIFY terminates your account and wipes your profits to zero if you use latency arbitrage, high-frequency trading, hedging positions across accounts, order-book spamming, trading the same setups as a group, exploiting platform bugs, or let anyone else trade for you, including a paid pass-your-challenge service. source
- FXIFY: On Instant Funding, Instant Funding Lite, 2 Phase Pro and the Lightning Plan you may not copy trades in from anyone else, such as a signal service or a copier bot, and doing so breaks FXIFY's terms; copying between your own FXIFY accounts is allowed on the other programmes. source
- FXIFY: You may register only one profile with FXIFY, and opening a second one under a different email address is a rule violation. source
- FXIFY: On the Lightning Plan your single best trading day cannot be worth more than 30% of your total profit, or you do not meet FXIFY's payout requirement. source
- FXIFY: On Instant Funding Lite your best trading day cannot be worth more than a fifth of your total profit, and you must also have traded on 10 separate days since your first trade before you can be paid. source
- FXIFY: On the Crypto Instant Funded and Crypto 1-Phase funded accounts no single trading day's profit may exceed 25% of your profit for that payout period, though this does not apply during the crypto challenge step. source
- FXIFY: On Two Phase Pro you are closed out of the market for the rest of the day the moment you make $4,000 of profit, and you can only trade again the next day. source
Drawdown Architecture: Apex Trader Funding vs FXIFY
The fundamental differentiator between Apex Trader Funding and FXIFY lies in how risk and liquidation thresholds are tracked:
Apex Trader Funding: Trailing Intraday (HWM)
Apex Trader Funding applies a Trailing Intraday (HWM) approach. Under this structure, your stop loss floor is anchored to balance intervals. Trailing stops ratchet tick-by-tick with unrealized equity, requiring disciplined profit taking.
FXIFY: Trailing Closed-Balance HWM (locks at start balance)
FXIFY implements a Trailing Closed-Balance HWM (locks at start balance) model. Open equity peaks will instantly adjust your maximum loss threshold tick-by-tick.
The Trader's Verdict: Which Firm Should You Choose?
Depending on your trading style, asset preference, and capital requirements, here is how our research team segments the two providers:
Choose Apex Trader Funding if you:
- Want Trailing Intraday (HWM) risk management.
- Trade primarily FUTURES instruments with NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView.
- Value High-volume futures scalpers running trade copiers across multiple accounts (up to 20 PAs) with massive discount coupons.
- Do not mind closing before the daily market session closes.
- Seek up to $6,000,000 in maximum scaling capital.
Choose FXIFY if you:
- Prefer Trailing Closed-Balance HWM (locks at start balance) execution terms.
- Trade MULTI-ASSET via MT4, MT5, DXtrade.
- Value Traders demanding on-demand Day 1 payouts with a trailing drawdown that locks to the starting balance after the first payout and no minimum trading days.
- Want flexible swing trading terms without time limits.
- Want access to starting entry fees at $99.