Apex Trader Funding: Trailing drawdown (locks at start + $100)
▶Apex Trader Funding Trailing Drawdown Rule Explained — 46s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Your max-loss line trails your highest equity up but never comes back down, and on Intraday accounts it trails in real time off UNREALIZED (open-equity) peaks. It stops trailing permanently once the threshold reaches your starting balance + $100 — so the worst you can ever be liquidated at becomes start + $100. EOD accounts trail off the end-of-day balance instead.
The gotcha
It trails on unrealized equity: if you're up $400 open and give it back, the threshold already moved up — you can be liquidated even though your CLOSED P&L never hit the limit.
What happens if you break it
Breaching this voids the account outright — the evaluation or funded account is terminated and any unrealised profit is forfeited. It's the most severe class of breach.
The numbers
| trailsOn | UNREALIZED_PEAK |
| locksAt | start + $100 |
| eodVariant | true |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle drawdown
Apex Trader Funding's trailing drawdown (locks at start + $100) is one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats drawdown — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Capital Group | Maximum total loss | Voids account |
| AquaFunded | Maximum drawdown (trailing on 1-step/instant, static on 2/3-step) | Voids account |
| ATFunded | Maximum drawdown (pre-pause) | Voids account |
| Atmos Funded | Maximum drawdown (trailing vs static) | Voids account |
| Audacity Capital | Maximum drawdown (static) | Voids account |
| Blue Guardian | Daily loss limit (equity-based, higher-of reset) | Voids account |
| Blueberry Funded | Maximum loss limit | Voids account |
| Blueberry Futures | Maximum drawdown (EOD vs intraday trailing) | Voids account |
| Breakout | Maximum drawdown (static on 1-step, trailing on 2-step) | Voids account |
| BrightFunded | Maximum drawdown | Voids account |
| City Traders Imperium | Balance-based drawdown (trailing on 1-Step, static on 2-Step) | Voids account |
| Crypto Fund Trader | Maximum drawdown | Voids account |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Apex Trader Funding. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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