Apex Trader Funding

Pine Script Strategies for Apex Trader Funding Evaluations

Apex's static drawdown, trailing threshold, and consistency rule reward strategies that pace risk carefully and stop after hitting profit targets. Here's how our Pine Scripts are tuned for that rule set — and how to use them on TradingView.

How Apex's eval rules shape strategy design

Apex Trader Funding is one of the most popular futures prop firms because the rules are simple and there's no daily loss limit on the eval. The catch is the trailing threshold on the eval account and the consistency rule on the live PA account. Both reward strategies that take measured shots and exit cleanly — not strategies that grind hundreds of micro trades.

Apex 50k eval — the rules that matter

Note the trailing threshold: until you're $100 above the profit target, your max-allowed drawdown trails your highest equity peak. Strategies that pyramid into a winner and then give back half before exiting will breach this even on profitable days. Pine Scripts designed for Apex therefore lean toward fixed risk-reward exits rather than trailing stops, so equity steps up and rarely retraces.

Apex 150k eval (the popular one)

Most full-time Apex evaluators sit on the 100k or 150k. Same trailing logic, larger contract size — and the strategies in our Pro plan are tuned to that account size, with stop-loss values sized so a single losing trade doesn't push you within range of the trail.

Why Pine Script automation matters for Apex

Apex's biggest soft rule is human: revenge trading after a small loss is the most common reason traders blow the trail. A coded Pine Script removes the decision. The strategy script either fires or it doesn't, and TradingView's bar-close logic means there's no "wait, did I miss the entry?" creep.

Our strategies output:

• A single entry with a fixed stop and a fixed target (no martingale, no averaging down)
• Bar-close confirmation so the script doesn't repaint after a wick
• Optional session filter (RTH only) for traders who only want to trade the cash open
• Webhook-ready alerts that hand off to TradersPost for hands-off execution into your Apex Tradovate or Rithmic feed

Which plan fits an Apex evaluator?

If you're on a 50k eval, the Starter plan ($50) targets MES or MNQ with risk sized for the $2,500 trail. If you're on a 100k or 150k, the Pro plan ($80) covers ES or NQ. If you have your own rules and just want them coded, the Custom plan ($120) gets you a Pine Script tuned to whatever you spec out.

FAQ — Apex specific

Can I use a Pine Script on the Apex Performance Account (live)?

Apex's policy disallows commercial automation on PA accounts. The Pine Script can still drive your TradingView chart and alerts manually — you take the trade signal and execute by hand. Most users automate the eval and switch to manual on PA.

Does the script handle the consistency rule?

The Pine Scripts don't enforce Apex's 30%-of-best-day consistency rule directly (that's an account-level constraint). What they do is keep daily P&L bands tight enough that a single big winner won't be 30%+ of total profit by the time you hit the target.

Will it work on Apex 25k / 100k / 250k accounts?

The risk parameters in the Starter plan are sized for 50k. For 100k and up, use the Pro plan. For the 250k or larger, the Custom plan lets you specify exact risk-per-trade.