APEX 3.0 PA TRADING RULES:

APEX 3.0

PA TRADING RULES:

These apply only to PA Accounts……….NOT To Evaluation Accounts

•With Apex 3.0 we have ELIMINATED TONS OF RULES!

•Instead of pages of rules and guidelines, we have SIMPLIFIED EVERYTHING

•All rules and guidelines really boil down ONE THING- RISK MANAGEMENT

•A Traders MAIN job is to Manage Risk!

•Show you can manage risk……….trade what strategy and system you want!

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•Trading Rules and Guidelines GONE:

–No more flipping rule

–No more DCA rule- yes, can do DCA

–No more bracket breakout rules

–No more morning open trade restriction rules

–No more News rules ( just don’t be long and short same time)

–No more Autotrader, bot, auto strategy rules ( just man it and manage it- not set and forget)

Apex “Contract Scaling”:

 -Half contracts until trailing threshold stop

-Ex: $50k account you can trade max of 10 full contracts (100 micros)

 - Under scaling rule you can trade 5 full contracts (50 micros) until reach $52,600 and you no longer have a trailing threshold

- Whatever size account you have, whatever the Trailing Threshold level is for that account, once past it and no more trail, can do full contracts

If accidently go over here or there, no biggie, just close out the extras, don’t abuse. Simple

 Risk Management:

 -Max of 5 to 1 risk to reward ratio on a trade.

 -Ex: Do not risk more than $500 to make $100.

 -Previous rule was 4 to 1.

 -No more flipping rule- that is gone

 -No more DCA rule-that is gone

-No rules on news trading- that is gone

-No rules on morning open, bracket, or any other named strategies or system.

 30% Negative PnL:

-Do not let your live, unrealized, open, negative PnL go past 30% of your start of the day profit balance

-Ex: Starting the day $10k profit in your account balance, don't risk more than 30% of that on the trade. Close it out before it hits the 30%, or close part of it to stay under that level.

 -If your account is new or under the safety net amount and still in trailing threshold, use 30% of the trailing threshold amount.

-Once you are over the safety net, can use start of day profit amount as highest mark

 -If you have some losses and account balance falls back below "safety net", use 30% of trailing threshold again.

 -Once you have doubled your safety net amount can go up to 50% for use of multiple instruments.

KEEP IT SIMPLE AND EASY!

EXAMPLES:

 $50k Account, Trailing Threshold is $2500

$2500 X 30% = $750

So, on a $50k account, don’t let market in live open NEGATIVE PNL pull against you more than $750 in a single open live trade. Does not matter if your trailing threshold ITSELF changes, up or down…….

Simple……..$50k Account. Use $750 as your per trade pullback limit on ONE single live open negative PNL Trade

NOW………..after you reach the $52,600 your Trailing Drawdown stops and no longer trails.

Let’s say your then get your balance up to $53000  ( $3k of profit) x 30% =$900

Get to $4k of profit balance - $1200

Get to $5k of profit balance - $1,500

If you have few back days, losses and balance goes back under $52,600 or below……….then go back to using $750 as your base per open trade!

VERY SIMPLE……………$50k account, use $750 or use 30% of your profit balance in account at start of the day……….whichever is greater!

IS THIS DAILY?

NO this is NOT a Daily Loss Limit!

NO this does not stop out your account

NO this does NOT fail your account

NO this does not mean you will be put on Probation!

NO this does not mean you will be denied a payout!

NO this does NOT mean Apex will void that trade automatically if it comes back into profit!

If I happen to accidently go over the 30% do I have to stop trading for the day—NO! Keep trading

How many times a day can I go up to the 30% drawdown level……all day, every day, a million times……..

It is like a line in the sand………..walk up to the line all day as many times as you want, just don’t walk over the line!

If you do…….happen to step over that line, just stay over there too long, come back to this side!

•KEEP IT SIMPLE- first days- under the Trailing Threshold Amount:

•30% Of Original Starting Trail Amount:

–$25k Account   -  $450

–$50k Account   -  $750

–$75k Account   -  $825

–$100k Account - $900

–$150k Account - $1500

–$250k Account - $1950

–$300k Account - $2250

 

•Once profit amount is higher than trail, can use 30% of Profit amount at start of the trading day

•Example: $50k Account starting off using $750

•But overall balance gets to $53,000 ------$3k Profit X 30% = $900

•Get to $54,000- $4k Profit X 30% = 1200

•Use whichever is greater………30% of Original Trail Threshold or 30% of Profit

•Very Simple

•Once you have doubled your safety net amount can go up to 50% for use of multiple instruments and more room.