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Apex Drawdown Calculator
See your real-time threshold, distance to Safety Net, and live cushion for both EOD and Intraday accounts. The first tool every Apex trader needs.
Open calculator →Apex Consistency Checker
Can you actually request a payout right now? Check the 50% rule (or legacy 30%), Safety Net threshold, and minimum profit in one place. Updated for Apex 4.0.
Open checker →P&L Calculator
Run a P&L on any trade across 30+ futures contracts. Long or short, contracts, commissions, all the math in one place.
Run a trade →Risk / Reward Planner
Plan a setup with multiple targets and partial exits. Get blended R/R for the whole plan and breakeven win rate before you click buy.
Plan a trade →Position Size Calculator
How many contracts should you trade? Plug in your account, risk %, and stop in ticks — the math gives you the answer for any contract.
Size a trade →Tick Reference Table
Every supported contract's tick size, tick value, and point value in one searchable table. Bookmark it as a cheat sheet.
Open reference →Latest posts
The Four Emotional Pitfalls That End Trading Careers
Revenge trading, FOMO, paralysis after losses, and overconfidence — the four emotional patterns that cost more trading accounts than any technical analysis mistake. Here's the psychology behind each one and what actually works to defuse them.
Read post →Apex Consistency Rule Explained: The 50% Rule and How to Stay Eligible for Payouts
Apex's consistency rule blocks payouts when one trading day makes up too much of your total profit. Here's exactly how the 50% rule works, the math behind it, and how to plan trading days that keep you eligible.
Read post →Apex Trailing Drawdown Explained: What Actually Moves the Line
How Apex's trailing drawdown really works — the difference between EOD and Intraday, why unrealized profits matter, and what most traders get wrong before it costs them an account.
Read post →Ready to trade real money?
Apex funds disciplined futures traders with accounts up to $150K on new evaluations. If the calculators here made sense to you, you know what to do next.