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Apex trailing drawdown explained

Apex runs two trailing models. Intraday trails follow the highest balance, including unrealized gains. End-of-day trails reset from the close.

Last reviewed Oct 2026.

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The rules

On an intraday account the threshold follows the highest balance, including unrealized gains, and never moves down. Touching it liquidates positions. An evaluation fails. A performance account closes.
Intraday evaluation distances: $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K, and $4,000 on 150K. A 50K account starts at $50,000 with the threshold at $48,000. An unrealized high of $50,900 moves the threshold to $48,900 immediately.
On a performance account, trailing stops at the starting balance plus $100. The 50K example locks at $50,100 once the highest balance reaches $52,100.
Rithmic and WealthCharts evaluations stop trailing at the profit-target balance. The 50K example fixes the threshold at $53,000 once the balance reaches $55,000. Tradovate evaluations keep trailing.
End-of-day accounts recalculate the threshold once, at 4:59:59 PM ET, from the closing balance, then enforce it the next session. It never moves down. A $50,000 account with a $2,000 trail starts at $48,000. A 50K performance account also stops at $50,100.

End-of-day rules: https://apextraderfunding.com/help-center/eod-trailing-drawdown-accounts/eod-drawdown-explained/

Import a Tradovate Orders file or an Rithmic order history file. There is no Apex auto-sync.

The trailing drawdown calculator does not assume an Apex distance. Type the trail for the account you bought, intraday or end of day.

Intraday trailing drawdown by account size

Apex’s intraday article says the threshold follows the highest balance, including unrealized gains, and never moves down. Touching it liquidates positions. An evaluation fails. A performance account closes. A 50K evaluation starts at $50,000 with the threshold at $48,000. An unrealized high of $50,900 moves the threshold to $48,900 immediately. That is the worked example on the trailing drawdown calculator’s Apex preset.

On a performance account, trailing stops at the starting balance plus $100. The 50K example locks at $50,100 once the highest balance reaches $52,100. Rithmic and WealthCharts evaluations stop trailing at the profit-target balance. The 50K example fixes the threshold at $53,000 once the balance reaches $55,000. Tradovate evaluations keep trailing. Those are three different stops. The account you bought decides which sentence applies.

Evaluation	Intraday trail	Published example
25K	$1,000	Threshold follows the highest balance, including unrealized gains.
50K	$2,000	Starts at $50,000 with the threshold at $48,000. A high of $50,900 moves it to $48,900 immediately.
100K	$3,000	Same intraday rule. The threshold never moves down.
150K	$4,000	Touching the threshold liquidates positions. An evaluation fails.

Evaluation25K

Intraday trail$1,000

Published exampleThreshold follows the highest balance, including unrealized gains.

Evaluation50K

Intraday trail$2,000

Published exampleStarts at $50,000 with the threshold at $48,000. A high of $50,900 moves it to $48,900 immediately.

Evaluation100K

Intraday trail$3,000

Published exampleSame intraday rule. The threshold never moves down.

Evaluation150K

Intraday trail$4,000

Published exampleTouching the threshold liquidates positions. An evaluation fails.

End-of-day trailing drawdown

End-of-day accounts recalculate the threshold once, at 4:59:59 PM ET, from the closing balance, then enforce it the next session. It never moves down. A $50,000 account with a $2,000 trail starts at $48,000. A 50K performance account also stops at $50,100. The end-of-day article is linked from the rules list above. Intraday and end-of-day are not interchangeable words for the same floor.

Apex’s payout split is on Apex’s payout rules, linked from this page. The payout calculator applies the percent you type.

Journal the fills, then read Apex’s number

Import a Tradovate Orders file or an Rithmic order history file. There is no Apex auto-sync. Choose the fee preset before you confirm a Tradovate file, because that export has no commission column. Then import the statement and tie the session. The journal net is yours. The trailing threshold on Apex’s dashboard is theirs.

If you use the calculator, pick the Apex 50K intraday preset or type the trail yourself. The preset shows the source link and the Oct 2026 review date. Editing the fields does not change Apex’s rule. It only changes the arithmetic on this page.

Journal the fills, then read Apex’s number

Questions

What is the Apex trailing drawdown?

On the intraday evaluation table, a 50K account trails by $2,000. End-of-day accounts set the threshold at the close and enforce it the next session. The intraday trailing drawdown article is linked on this page.

Is $2,500 the Apex 50K trail?

Not in the intraday article quoted here. That article uses $2,000 on a 50K evaluation. A $2,500 figure in the sample journal is an illustration, not this quote.

Does the floor update while a trade is open?

On the intraday account, yes. Unrealized gains can move the threshold immediately. End-of-day accounts wait for the close.

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Apex trailing drawdown explained

The rules

Intraday trailing drawdown by account size

End-of-day trailing drawdown

Journal the fills, then read Apex’s number

Questions

What is the Apex trailing drawdown?

Is $2,500 the Apex 50K trail?

Does the floor update while a trade is open?

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