Topstep vs Apex Trader Funding

A neutral, at-a-glance comparison — and how to journal either one in FundedView so your evaluation, fees, and payouts stay tracked whichever you pick.

Market
Futures
Futures
Platforms
TopstepX, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView
Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView
Account types
Prop Eval (Trading Combine), Prop Funded
Prop Eval, Prop Funded
Known for
  • A staged evaluation (the Trading Combine) before a funded account
  • Futures-only: index, energy, metals, and micro contracts
  • An established brand with a large trader community
  • A single-step evaluation model
  • Support for running multiple accounts at once
  • Futures across indices, energies, metals, and micros

Exact pricing, drawdown limits, profit splits, and rules change often and aren't listed here — confirm both firms' current terms on their official sites before deciding. FundedView is an independent journaling tool, not affiliated with Topstep or Apex Trader Funding.

Which should you track in your journal? Both.

Whether you go with Topstep or Apex Trader Funding — or run accounts at both — the thing that actually determines whether you keep a funded account is your process, not the firm. FundedView lets you add each account separately, tag its type (Prop Eval or Prop Funded), and log every trade with setup, session, risk, and rule-following.

That means you can compare your own results across Topstep and Apex Trader Funding — win rate, average R, expectancy, and real profit after eval fees and payouts — instead of guessing which one is actually working for you.

One journal for every prop firm

Track Topstep, Apex Trader Funding, and any other account side by side. See your edge without the clutter.

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