Apex Trader Funding vs Take Profit Trader

Apex runs a two-fee model: a one-time evaluation fee paid at purchase, and a one-time activation fee paid after passing. Nothing recurs at any point, whether you're still in the evaluation or already trading a funded Performance Account.

Take Profit Trader runs a hybrid: the Test phase (their evaluation) is billed as a monthly subscription, ranging from $150 at $25K to $360 at $150K, and continues billing until you either pass or cancel. Passing unlocks a separate, one-time $130 fee to activate the PRO account, flat regardless of account size. Take Profit Trader's own homepage frames this as a competitive advantage over "other companies" with monthly recurring PRO fees, but the Test phase itself is exactly that: a monthly charge, not a one-time purchase.

Both firms use identical profit targets at matching sizes, 6% of account balance. Where they diverge is drawdown amount, and Take Profit Trader offers a $75K tier that Apex doesn't have at all.

Apex figures from this site's verified account-sizes data. Take Profit Trader figures from live account-size screenshots, captured directly from takeprofittrader.com.

At $50K and $100K, the two firms use identical drawdown amounts. At $25K and $150K, Take Profit Trader's drawdown is larger in both directions, $500 more room at $25K, $500 more at $150K. Whether that's an advantage depends entirely on trading style: more drawdown room means more tolerance for a rough session, but it also means the account can absorb (and mask) a larger losing streak before it fails.

Take Profit Trader also lists no Daily Loss Limit on any tier, shown on their own site with a strikethrough "Removed" badge next to historical DLL figures. Apex's EOD evaluations carry a fixed DLL during the evaluation phase specifically; PA-level daily limits are tier-based. The full breakdown of how Apex's DLL works during evaluation versus funded trading is in the Apex Daily Loss Limit guide.

Take Profit Trader doesn't let a trader choose a drawdown type upfront the way Apex does. Instead, the model is dictated by which phase the account is in, and it changes automatically as the account moves through phases. The Test (evaluation) phase runs an EOD trailing drawdown, calculated once at the close of each trading day. Passing moves the account to PRO, and the drawdown recalculates in real time, an intraday trailing drawdown based on peak balance including unrealized gains, confirmed directly on Take Profit Trader's own PRO Account Rules documentation. Upgrading further to PRO+ reverts the drawdown back to EOD, alongside the improved 90/10 split.

Apex, by contrast, offers a genuine upfront choice at every account size: EOD or Intraday, selected before purchasing the evaluation, and that choice carries through the entire life of the account, evaluation and funded PA alike, with no automatic switch at any stage.

The dollar amount of the drawdown itself doesn't change between Take Profit Trader's Test and PRO phases, only the mechanic that calculates it does. The full mechanics of how each drawdown type behaves on Apex are covered in the Apex EOD vs Intraday guide.

Apex has a simple two-stage path: Evaluation, then Performance Account. Every PA runs the same structure regardless of size, a 100% profit split, no live-market upgrade tier, no buffer requirement beyond the Safety Net.

Take Profit Trader runs three stages. Test is the simulated evaluation phase with no withdrawals available. PRO is the funded stage: simulated trading, day-one withdrawals, 80/20 profit split. PRO+ is an optional upgrade available after reaching PRO: orders route to a live broker (Tradovate) instead of a simulated environment, the split improves to 90/10, and the account's buffer requirement is removed.

Apex's structure is flatter by design. There's no live-execution upgrade tier to opt into, and the 100% split applies from the first payout without needing to reach a higher tier first.

The two firms optimize for different things here. Take Profit Trader advertises day-one withdrawals once an account reaches PRO status, with no minimum number of profitable days required and no maximum withdrawal amount stated on their own site. Apex requires 5 qualifying trading days, each meeting a minimum daily profit threshold that scales by account size, before the first payout request becomes eligible.

In exchange, Apex's structure has a defined ceiling: a fixed 6-payout ladder per Performance Account, with the exact dollar amount at each payout number set in advance. Take Profit Trader's PRO account has no stated maximum per withdrawal, but its 80/20 split (or 90/10 on PRO+) means Apex's 100% split can outperform on total dollars retained over a longer stretch of payouts, even with the qualifying-day wait built in. The full mechanics of Apex's payout ladder are in the Apex payout cap guide.

Take Profit Trader caps simultaneous funded accounts at 5, combining PRO and PRO+ in any mix. Apex allows up to 20 Performance Accounts running at once, with a copy-trading feature to manage multiple accounts together. For a trader planning to scale meaningfully across many accounts rather than run one or two, Apex's ceiling is four times higher.

Apex's active promotion runs through code ONKAGNVZ, applying a discount to the evaluation fee. Take Profit Trader's current promotion, per their own site, is code NOFEE40: 40% off for life plus no activation fee, meaning the $130 PRO activation charge is waived under the promo. Both promotions apply only to the fee they're advertised against, neither firm's promo touches its other charges (Apex's activation fee is never discounted by any code; Take Profit Trader's monthly Test subscription still bills separately under NOFEE40, only the discount percentage and the activation waiver apply).