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Trader @D_lourenxo Files $500 Payout Request After 10K Vest Pass
A short X post from @D_lourenxo on October 5, 2026 claims a fresh 10K PERP evaluation pass on Vest Exchange and an immediately filed $500 payout request, alongside a sharp jab at the broader futures prop industry and Apex Trader Funding specifically.
Trader @D_lourenxo took to X on October 5, 2026 with a short but pointed message. According to the post, the trader passed a 10K PERP evaluation account on Vest Exchange and immediately filed a payout request for $500, with approval slated for October 2026. The post thanks Vest directly and takes a swing at the broader futures prop industry, which the trader describes as having treated participants 'like trash for years.'
The context behind the celebration is simple. For traders who have spent years cycling through futures prop evaluations, chasing consistency rules, scaling plans, and compliance reviews, a fast evaluation pass followed by an immediate payout request is a notable milestone. The $500 figure is modest, but the speed from pass to payout request is what the trader is highlighting, not the dollar amount itself.
“Apex once asked my Great Granny to record herself trading before they'd release a payout.”— @D_lourenxo on X, October 5, 2026
The jab at Apex Trader Funding in the post is where things get spicy. The trader claims Apex 'once asked my Great Granny to record herself trading before they'd release a payout,' a clearly tongue in cheek complaint about identity verification demands that have become a running joke among prop traders. Apex has publicly disclosed that it paid out more than $200 million to traders in 2023 alone (F02), a figure the firm uses to anchor its credibility, but payout verification friction remains a frequent gripe in trader communities.
Whether the Great Granny line is literal or hyperbole, it points to a real tension in the futures prop space. Firms must verify identity to prevent account stacking and fraud, but traders experience those requests as obstacles standing between them and money they believe they have already earned. Posts like this one, where a competitor is praised specifically for the absence of that friction, tend to travel fast on trading X.
The payout request is pending, not settled, as of the post date. We have not independently confirmed the $500 approval beyond the trader's own statement and the attached certificate image. Readers evaluating any prop firm, Vest or Apex or otherwise, should weigh public payout proofs against their own due diligence rather than treating a single social post as a full endorsement.
