Apex Trader Funding lets you copy trades across the Performance Accounts (PAs) held in your own name and your business's name. Heron Copier does that from the cloud. You trade one Apex account, and every entry, exit, stop loss and take profit change is repeated on the others, each at its own size.
Apex accounts run on Rithmic, Tradovate or WealthCharts. Heron Copier connects to the Rithmic and Tradovate ones, so the master and the slaves can be on either platform, or a mix of both.
What Apex allows
Apex allows copying between your own accounts and sets a few conditions. Breaking them can close every linked account, so set the copier up around them:
- Only accounts in your own or your business's name. Copying another trader, or sharing trade copies with anyone, closes the accounts.
- Up to 20 active PAs, counted across your household, your companies and Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts together. Evaluations have no limit.
- Every copied account trades in the same direction. Don't reverse-copy, and don't hedge correlated products across accounts.
- Every trade is placed by hand. Apex bans bots, algorithms and fully automated trading, so trade the master yourself and let the copier repeat your trades.
- Each account is judged on its own rules, such as the consistency rule and its contract limit. One large trade copied to ten accounts counts on all ten.
Connect Apex accounts on Rithmic or Tradovate
For an Apex Rithmic login, add a Rithmic cloud account in the dashboard, choose the Apex system and enter your Rithmic username and password. Heron Copier keeps one connection per login however many of its accounts you copy, and R|Trader Pro can stay open. See the Rithmic trade copier for details.
For an Apex account on Tradovate, sign in with your Tradovate login. No API add-on is needed. See the Tradovate trade copier.
Apex accounts on Tradovate also get Tradovate's Group Trade, which copies between Tradovate accounts only. Heron Copier also copies across Rithmic and Tradovate, runs in the cloud, and gives each account its own size and limits.
Size every account to its plan
A 50K and a 150K evaluation can follow the same master at different sizes. Each slave has its own settings:
- Six volume sizing methods, from Equity-to-Equity to a fixed number of contracts.
- Per-symbol lot caps, so a slave never holds more contracts than its plan allows.
- Balance and equity thresholds that stop copying before an account reaches its drawdown.
- Block Trade Without SL, which skips trades the master opens without a stop loss.
- Symbol aliases such as ES=MES|10, so a smaller account trades ten micros for each mini.
Apex on Rithmic and Tradovate at the same time
If some of your Apex accounts are on Rithmic and others on Tradovate, copy between them with Rithmic to Tradovate or Tradovate to Rithmic. Contract symbols are the same on both, so ES stays ES. Within one platform, use Rithmic to Rithmic or Tradovate to Tradovate.
Sizes are whole contracts. A calculated size below half a contract is skipped, so check the sizing on smaller accounts before you go live.
Apex Trader Funding at a glance
| Detail | Apex Trader Funding |
|---|---|
| Programs | EOD Trail and Intraday Trail evaluations, then Performance Accounts |
| Account sizes | $25K–$150K |
| Platforms | Rithmic, Tradovate, WealthCharts |
| Heron Copier connects to | Rithmic and Tradovate, in the cloud |
| Copy trading | Your own and your business's accounts, same direction only |
| Account limit | 20 active Performance Accounts per household |
| Automated trading | Not allowed; place every trade by hand |
Pricing
Free trial
$0 / 7 days
2 cloud accounts. Slaves copy at a fixed 0.01 lot, or 1 contract on futures.
Monthly
$19 / month
2 cloud accounts included, extra cloud accounts $8/month each. Local version with unlimited accounts.
Yearly
$179 / year
2 cloud accounts included, extra cloud accounts $80/year each. Local version with unlimited accounts.
Every master, slave or hosted EA uses one cloud account. See full pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Does Apex allow trade copiers?
Yes, between Performance Accounts in your own and your business's name, all trading in the same direction. Every trade on the master must still be placed by hand, because Apex bans automated trading. Read Apex's PA rules before you link accounts.
How many Apex accounts can I copy to?
Apex allows up to 20 active Performance Accounts per household, across Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts, and any number of evaluations. In Heron Copier every master and slave uses one cloud account. A paid license includes 2, and extra cloud accounts are $8 a month each.
Can I run an EA or a bot on the Apex master?
No. Apex bans bots, algorithms and fully automated trading on all its accounts. Trade the master by hand; Heron Copier only repeats your trades on the other accounts.
Can I copy my Apex account to another prop firm?
Yes, Heron Copier copies to any platform it supports, as long as the other firm allows copying too. See prop firms that allow copy trading for each firm's rules.
Does it work with Apex WealthCharts accounts?
No. Heron Copier connects to Apex accounts on Rithmic and Tradovate, not WealthCharts.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 7 days with 2 cloud accounts. During the trial a futures slave copies every trade at a fixed 1 contract; a paid license unlocks the other sizing methods.
