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Plain-English rules for Apex, Take Profit Trader and Tradeify, written by Joe, a futures trader who has bought evaluations from all three and is still working toward a first payout. Every rule is linked to its source and dated. If we couldn't verify it, we say so.
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Apex rebuilt its program on March 1, 2026 ("Apex 4.0"): one-time evaluation fees instead of monthly billing, a choice of EOD or Intraday trailing draw…
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Monthly-subscription "Test" evaluation with an end-of-day trailing drawdown, no daily loss limit and a 50% consistency rule, then a PRO (sim) account …
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Three paths, all one-time purchases with no activation fee: Growth (eval with a soft daily loss limit, pass in 1 day), Select (eval, no DLL, 40% consi…
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An average Joe from small-town Wisconsin, trading futures for 3+ years and still working toward a first prop firm payout. About 20 years in IT, so everything here is organized, tested and dated.
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