The Ultimate Head-to-Head Showdown
Drawdown Type: FTMO utilizes a favorable End-of-Day (EOD) trailing drawdown. Apex uses a highly aggressive Intraday trailing drawdown that tracks open equity highs.
Account Limits: Apex allows you to hold up to 20 funded accounts and copy trade them. FTMO Futures caps you at $150k total.
Pricing Strategy: Apex relies on 80-90% off sales, making entry extremely cheap. FTMO maintains premium pricing.
When choosing between FTMO Futures and Apex Trader Funding, you must decide what kind of trader you are. Apex is for volume traders who want to buy multiple 50k accounts for under $20 during a sale and copy trade them. However, their intraday trailing drawdown is notoriously difficult and designed to fail traders. FTMO Futures takes the opposite approach: higher upfront cost, but a far superior End-of-Day (EOD) trailing drawdown that actually gives your trades room to breathe. Choose FTMO for a long-term, professional setup; choose Apex for cheap, high-risk churn.
FTMO's End-of-Day (EOD) drawdown is objectively better. With EOD, your drawdown limit only moves up at the end of the trading session based on your balance. With Apex's Intraday trailing, if you are up $500 in a trade and it pulls back to break-even, you have lost $500 of your drawdown allowance.