APEX OFFER
Trader Says $3,113 Apex Payout Is Blocked And Ticket Ghosted
A public post from @zoltantrades on X claims a $3,113 Apex payout approval shown in a certificate graphic cannot actually be requested on their accounts, with a support ticket open for more than ten days and no response from the firm.
On October 16, 2026, trader @zoltantrades posted publicly on X directly tagging @ApexTradeFund with a complaint that cuts against the usual payout proof narrative. The post reads: "Hey @ApexTradeFund if this is true, please get back to my ticket I made 10+ days ago of why I can't request a payout on my accounts. All conditions met. Blocked from being able to request a payout. Ghosted." The attached image shows a payout approval graphic for $3,113 dated October 2026, which the trader is contesting cannot actually be requested on their end.
Unlike a celebratory withdrawal screenshot, this post functions as a public support escalation. The trader states that a ticket has been open for more than ten days without a response, and that despite meeting all stated conditions on their accounts, the payout request function is blocked at the dashboard level. The $3,113 figure referenced in the attached certificate is therefore disputed in effect: approved in principle, inaccessible in practice according to the trader.
“All conditions met. Blocked from being able to request a payout. Ghosted.”— @zoltantrades on X, October 16, 2026
This case highlights an operational gap that sits beside the marketing side of the funded trader industry. Apex Trader Funding has publicly stated it has paid out more than $1 billion to traders since inception, a milestone the firm has promoted heavily across 2024 and 2025. The complaint from @zoltantrades does not dispute the existence of payouts broadly, but raises the question of ticket responsiveness and dashboard eligibility logic for individual accounts that believe they have cleared the published thresholds.
No account size, trading instrument, or strategy is disclosed in the trader's post, and Apex had not publicly responded to the thread at the time of this writing. Readers evaluating the complaint should note that the $3,113 figure comes from a graphic the trader themselves is calling into question, and that the resolution path, assuming the ticket is answered, will determine whether this is a processing delay, an eligibility dispute, or a documentation issue on the account. We will update if a public response from the firm is posted.