Payout Court · compare

Apex Trader Funding vs Bulenox

Case file

Apex Trader Funding

Futures

NRNo verdict yet

  • 0 of 10 weighted receipts
  • 0 of 5 senders
  • 8 of 8 rule facts

Case file

Bulenox

Futures

NRNo verdict yet

  • 0 of 10 weighted receipts
  • 0 of 5 senders
  • 6 of 8 rule facts

On 25 Oct 2026, Apex Trader Funding and Bulenox differed on 4 of 6 rules checked for both: Payout frequency (Apex Trader Funding: Up to weekly on EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts, after 5 qualifying trading days; $500 minimum, 50% consistency rule, max 6 payouts per PA, Bulenox: Request any day; regular Master Account payouts processed every Wednesday, Fast Track and Momentum same day); Profit split (Apex Trader Funding: 100% of approved payouts on current EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts, Bulenox: 90/10 in the trader's favour); EAs and bots (Apex Trader Funding: Not allowed, Bulenox: Allowed with conditions); News trading (Apex Trader Funding: Allowed with conditions, Bulenox: Allowed).

Not checked yet: Hedging and Account, device and IP rules for Bulenox.

Receipts: Apex Trader Funding 0, Bulenox 0.

Last checked

Which fits you

  • If you copy trade: Apex Trader Funding (allowed with conditions), Bulenox (allowed with conditions).
  • If you run EAs: Apex Trader Funding (not allowed), Bulenox (allowed with conditions).
  • If you trade the news: Apex Trader Funding (allowed with conditions), Bulenox (allowed).
  • If you hedge: Apex Trader Funding (not allowed). Not checked yet for Bulenox.
  • If you hold trades over the weekend: neither firm's rules allow it.

Read each rule before you buy.

The docket · 8 rules, each from the firm's own pages

Side by side

Highlighted rows: the two firms' rules differ.

RuleApex Trader FundingBulenox
Payout frequency DiffersUp to weekly on EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts, after 5 qualifying trading days; $500 minimum, 50% consistency rule, max 6 payouts per PA
Up to weekly payouts with 100% payout split

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Request any day; regular Master Account payouts processed every Wednesday, Fast Track and Momentum same day
Payout requests on Fast Track and Momentum accounts are processed every day; on a regular Master Account payouts are processed every Wednesday.

bulenox.com · checked

Profit split Differs100% of approved payouts on current EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts
Approved payouts are issued at a 100% payout split, you receive 100% of the approved payout amount.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

90/10 in the trader's favour
The split is 90/10 in your favour.

bulenox.com · checked

Copy trading Allowed with conditions: Only across your own PA accounts (personal and business name), all trading the same direction; copying with other traders is forbidden
Copy trading across PA accounts under your personal name and business name is allowed. However, the hedging rule still applies; all PAs must trade in the same direction and not hedge against correlated assets.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Allowed with conditions: Trade copiers permitted if user-built for the account owner's personal use; commercial, shared or rented tools not allowed; third-party Rithmic API connections cost $100/month
Bots, algorithms and trade copiers are permitted. ... Only user-built tools intended solely for the account owner's personal use are permitted.

bulenox.com · checked

EAs and bots Differs Not allowed: No automation or algorithmic trading
No Automation or Algorithm Usage allowed: Rewards are intended to recognize human traders actively participating in the learning process, not to reward automated systems executing preprogrammed logic.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Allowed with conditions: Bots and algos permitted if user-built for personal use; commercial, shared, rented or publicly distributed automation not allowed; $100/month for third-party Rithmic API
Commercial, shared, rented or publicly distributed automation tools are not allowed.

bulenox.com · checked

News trading Differs Allowed with conditions: Trading during news is allowed within your normal strategy; strategies that chase the market or place orders on both sides of a news release are not
Trading during news is allowed for your normal trading strategy. Using “news trading” strategies that “chase the market” or place orders on both sides but to be lucky or gamble the outcome of news is not allowed.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Allowed: News trading allowed (CPI, FOMC, NFP) with no blackout windows
Yes. Trade straight through the economic calendar — CPI, FOMC, NFP and every other release. No blackout windows, no forced position closing, no penalties.

bulenox.com · checked

Hedging Not allowed: No hedging of any kind; no simultaneous long and short on the same or correlated instruments
No Hedging of Any Kind – Directional Trading only. Holding both long and short positions simultaneously on the same or correlated instrument is strictly prohibited.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Not checked yet. bulenox.com
Weekend holding Not allowed: All trades must be closed before 4:59 PM ET each day; no overnight or weekend holds
All trades must be closed before 4:59 PM ET.

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Not allowed: Positions must be closed by 3:59 PM CT; overnight holding strictly prohibited
All positions must be closed by 3:59 PM (CT). Holding positions overnight is strictly prohibited.

bulenox.com · checked

Account, device and IP rulesNo VPNs, proxies, cloud servers or tools that disguise identity, device or location; sharing IPs, computers or MAC addresses with other traders is forbidden
You may not use VPNs, proxy servers, cloud servers, anonymizing tools, or other methods or tools for the purpose of misrepresenting, concealing, or disguising your identity, device, or location

apextraderfunding.com · checked

Not checked yet. bulenox.com

Payout receipts compared

Apex Trader Funding: 0 receipts forwarded to us, 0 denials. Bulenox: 0 receipts forwarded to us, 0 denials.

A tier needs 10 weighted receipts from 5 different senders within 180 days. Until then the verdict is "No verdict yet". How the tiers work

Share of receipts forwarded to us, not of all payouts. People forward denials more often than approvals, so absolute numbers run high; compare firms with each other, not with zero.

Rule changes in the last 90 days

None detected in the last 90 days.

FAQ

Does Apex Trader Funding or Bulenox allow copy trading?

Apex Trader Funding's own rules say allowed with conditions: Only across your own PA accounts (personal and business name), all trading the same direction; copying with other traders is forbidden. Bulenox's own rules say allowed with conditions: Trade copiers permitted if user-built for the account owner's personal use; commercial, shared or rented tools not allowed; third-party Rithmic API connections cost $100/month.

Does Apex Trader Funding or Bulenox allow EAs and bots?

Apex Trader Funding's own rules say not allowed: No automation or algorithmic trading. Bulenox's own rules say allowed with conditions: Bots and algos permitted if user-built for personal use; commercial, shared, rented or publicly distributed automation not allowed; $100/month for third-party Rithmic API.

Does Apex Trader Funding or Bulenox allow news trading?

Apex Trader Funding's own rules say allowed with conditions: Trading during news is allowed within your normal strategy; strategies that chase the market or place orders on both sides of a news release are not. Bulenox's own rules say allowed: News trading allowed (CPI, FOMC, NFP) with no blackout windows.

Does Apex Trader Funding or Bulenox allow hedging?

Apex Trader Funding's own rules say not allowed: No hedging of any kind; no simultaneous long and short on the same or correlated instruments. Bulenox: not checked yet.

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