How to Trade Position Trading on Apex Trader Funding
Position Trading on Apex Trader Funding is rated poor fit. There are 3 rule conflicts to be aware of, including 3 high-severity issues. Apex Trader Funding offers 1 rule that actively support this strategy. Recommended timeframes: 5m, 15m (adapted for intraday only).
Long-term holds lasting weeks to months, based on macro trends, fundamentals, and higher timeframe technical analysis. Minimal screen time needed but requires significant drawdown tolerance and overnight/weekend holding.
Position Trading typically requires holding positions overnight, but Apex Trader Funding requires all positions to be flattened before market close. You must close all trades by session end, which limits multi-day setups.
Position Trading may require holding through weekends, but Apex Trader Funding does not allow weekend positions. You must exit all trades before Friday close.
Position Trading is best suited for forex, commodities, indices, stocks, but Apex Trader Funding only offers futures. You may need to adapt the strategy to different instruments.
Apex Trader Funding has no daily loss limit during evaluation. For position trading, this means you can survive a rough session without breaching a daily cap -- only the overall drawdown matters.
Since Apex Trader Funding requires same-day closes, use shorter timeframes for entries and exits. Higher timeframes can still inform directional bias.
Position Trading on Apex Trader Funding allows 1-2% risk per trade since you take fewer setups. On a $150,000 account, that is $1,500-$3,000 per trade. With $5,000 max drawdown, budget for 5-10 losing trades in the worst case.
- Forgetting to close positions before market close. Position Trading setups often signal late in the session, tempting traders to hold overnight. On Apex Trader Funding, this is an instant violation.
- Not accounting for trailing drawdown ratcheting up. After a profitable position trading 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 position trading 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. Position Trading has defined risk parameters -- increasing size beyond your plan to speed up the evaluation is the fastest path to blowing the account.
| 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 |