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Plain-English rules for Apex, Take Profit Trader and Tradeify, written by Joe, a futures trader who has bought evaluations from all three and is still working toward a first payout. Every rule is linked to its source and dated. If we couldn't verify it, we say so.

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The honest truth: most prop firm evaluations fail. TPT itself reports that about 20% of its registered users passed a test in 2023. Treat evaluation fees as a cost of practice, not an investment.

Apex Trader Funding

One-time fees, EOD or Intraday drawdown, no eval consistency rule.

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Take Profit Trader

Monthly Test, no daily loss limit, day-one PRO withdrawals.

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Tradeify

Growth, Select or instant Lightning, all one-time, no activation fee.

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What's here

📈 Pace calculator

Enter your daily P&L and see your progress to target, distance to the trailing drawdown, and whether you pass the consistency rule.

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🧰 6 more free tools

Total cost calculator, position size, firm finder quiz, drawdown tracker, consistency checker and payout eligibility checker.

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🧭 Trading strategies

Six common approaches explained through Apex, TPT and Tradeify rules. Not recommendations.

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📜 Rule-change log

Firms change rules constantly. We track what changed and when.

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About Joe

An average Joe from small-town Wisconsin, trading futures for 3+ years and still working toward a first prop firm payout. About 20 years in IT, so everything here is organized, tested and dated.