@mike_ray19 Banks $2,000 Apex Payout, Third From April Account
Trader @mike_ray19 posted confirmation on X that Apex Trader Funding approved a $2,000 payout in June 2026, the third withdrawal he has taken from a single account purchased back in April. He says his lifetime prop firm return now sits at 123%.
Posted to X on June 25, 2026, the update from @mike_ray19 confirms that a $2,000 withdrawal has been approved on an Apex Trader Funding account he originally purchased in April. According to the trader, this marks the third payout he has pulled from that same account, reinforcing his preference for keeping evaluation accounts active over longer stretches rather than rotating through fresh resets every cycle.
In the post, @mike_ray19 frames the result against his broader prop firm spend. He reports a 3,700% return on the initial cost of that specific Apex account, and a 123% return on the total amount he has spent across prop firms since he started trading them in March 2026. His self-reported monthly revenue ladder reads $1,025 in April, $1,500 in May, and $2,898 in June so far, averaging roughly $845 per week through the current month.
“That is the 3rd payout I get from this account bought in April. Full porting 5 accounts is not my trading style.”— @mike_ray19 on X
His commentary also pushes back against the full porting playbook that some traders advertise on social media. He writes that running five accounts in lockstep is not his style, and that he prefers to build healthy trading habits and protect time away from the screens. That mindset fits inside the structure Apex Trader Funding has built around its evaluation program, where the firm has paid out more than $1 billion to traders since launching its current model, according to figures the company has published.
Looking ahead, @mike_ray19 says June is not over and he is tracking toward another payout before month-end on a separate account at Topstep. Totaling his self-reported numbers, he puts lifetime revenue at $5,423 against $2,435 in lifetime prop firm spending. The Apex withdrawal screenshot attached to the post serves as the receipt for the $2,000 figure cited in this approval.