Let me break down this Apex 30% thing...
Because apparently it's still confusing the hell out of some people. But it's all about to make sense, and you will want to bookmark this page so you can use the calculators every day.
Here's the deal, plain and simple:
Apex doesn't want you going full degen with your risk. They set a hard limit: Your total open risk can't go above 30% of your profits, or your original drawdown amount.
That means all your open trades combined. If you break it, you might get denied a payout, which means you'll have to trade another 8 days before requesting again.
Here's a calculator that does the math for you...
Because who wants to do math when you could be trading?
Just punch in your numbers and BOOM - there's your risk limit.
(No more trying to figure this out in your head while the market's moving.)
Apex 30% Risk Rule Calculator
You may notice that the number takes a "jump" higher once you reach a certain profit level
Apex has updated the rule so that after you double your safety net, in profit, the risk management limit is now 50% of profits.
For your own sake though, I'd stick with no more than 30%, unless you want to blow up your PA account.
And there you have it. That's your number, for that account. Have more accounts? Run the calc again, as many times as you need.
And don't ever risk more than that amount at once, across all the trades in that account.
Follow that, and you'll stay inside the lines on this rule. Easy peasy.
That Other Apex 30% Rule (Consistency)
Some of y'all are still mixing this up. The 30% consistency rule with Apex is totally separate.
It's also more simple, but I'm gonna give you a calculator for it anyway.
Your best day can't be more than 30% of your profits for the payout period.
Payout period for this is either:
- Since you started the PA and traded at least 8 days, or
- 8+ trading days since your last approved request.
Yes, that's approved request. So if you fail the 30% rule, you just have to keep trading until you qualify.
You'll qualify when your total profit is bigger than the amount this calculator gives you:
Apex 30% Consistency Rule Calculator
Boom. You need to keep trading until your total profit is over the amount calculated above.
Beware: If you make a bigger daily profit than that some other day, you'll have to re-calculate and it will be a bigger amount.
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