How to Trade Order Block on Apex Trader Funding
Order Block on Apex Trader Funding is rated excellent fit. There are no major rule conflicts. Apex Trader Funding offers 2 rules that actively support this strategy. Recommended timeframes: 5m, 15m, 1H.
Identifies the last opposing candle before a strong impulsive move, representing institutional order accumulation. Traders enter when price returns to the order block zone with confirmation. Key component of ICT/SMC methodology.
Apex Trader Funding has no daily loss limit during evaluation. For order block, this means you can survive a rough session without breaching a daily cap -- only the overall drawdown matters.
Apex Trader Funding offers futures markets, which align well with Order Block's typical instruments.
Since Apex Trader Funding requires same-day closes, use shorter timeframes for entries and exits. Higher timeframes can still inform directional bias.
For order block on Apex Trader Funding, risk 0.5-1% per trade. On a $150,000 account, that is $750-$1,500 per trade. With the overall drawdown limit, you can take 2-4 setups per day without excessive risk.
- Not accounting for trailing drawdown ratcheting up. After a profitable order block session, the floor has moved up permanently. Trading the next day with the same risk parameters as before ignores the reduced cushion.
- Violating the consistency rule ("No single day > 30% of total profit"). A single large order block winner on a high-volatility day can trigger this rule, even though the trade was well-managed.
- Oversizing positions to hit the profit target faster. Order Block has defined risk parameters -- increasing size beyond your plan to speed up the evaluation is the fastest path to blowing the account.
- Over-trading on slow market days. When order block setups are not presenting clearly, forcing trades leads to death by a thousand cuts against the daily loss limit.
| evaluation | funded | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Loss | None | None |
| DD Type | Trailing Intraday | Trailing Intraday |
| Overnight | No | No |
| News | restricted | restricted |
| Weekend | No | No |
| Consistency | No single day > 30% of total profit | No single day > 30% of total profit |