Payout Court · compare

Apex Trader Funding vs Lucid Trading

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

Lucid Trading

Futures

NRNo verdict yet

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

On 23 Oct 2026, Apex Trader Funding and Lucid Trading differed on 4 of 8 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, Lucid Trading: LucidFlex: request anytime, no fixed payout window, funds within 2 business days; LucidDaily: daily payout eligibility once profit is over the buffer balance); Profit split (Apex Trader Funding: 100% of approved payouts on current EOD and Intraday Performance Accounts, Lucid Trading: 90% (LucidFlex and LucidDaily)); EAs and bots (Apex Trader Funding: Not allowed, Lucid Trading: Allowed with conditions); Account, device and IP rules (Apex Trader Funding: No VPNs, proxies, cloud servers or tools that disguise identity, device or location; sharing IPs, computers or MAC addresses with other traders is forbidden, Lucid Trading: Limits apply per household or family: up to 10 evaluation accounts and 5 funded accounts).

Receipts: Apex Trader Funding 0, Lucid Trading 0.

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Which fits you

  • If you copy trade: Apex Trader Funding (allowed with conditions), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you run EAs: Apex Trader Funding (not allowed), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you trade the news: Apex Trader Funding (allowed with conditions), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you hedge: neither firm's rules allow it.
  • 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 FundingLucid Trading
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

LucidFlex: request anytime, no fixed payout window, funds within 2 business days; LucidDaily: daily payout eligibility once profit is over the buffer balance
90% split, no buffer balance required, no fixed payout window. Request anytime. Funds within 2 business days.

support.lucidtrading.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% (LucidFlex and LucidDaily)
All LucidDaily funded account payouts are split 90% to the trader and 10% to Lucid Trading.

support.lucidtrading.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, but all copied activity must follow Lucid rules, and copying must never create opposite positions across accounts (cross-account hedging is banned)
Automated trading systems and trade copiers are permitted All automated activity must comply with Lucid Trading rules

support.lucidtrading.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: Automated trading systems permitted; high-frequency trading and microscalping prohibited
Automated trading systems and trade copiers are permitted

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

News trading 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 with conditions: Allowed on Flex, Pro and Direct; trading red-folder news on LucidDaily is a hard breach
Trading red folder news on the LucidDaily is a hard breach

support.lucidtrading.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 allowed: All hedging prohibited, including across your own accounts and between different users
Lucid Trading strictly prohibits all forms of hedging

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

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 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday (auto-closed); no swing trading on LucidLive
All positions must be closed by 4:45 PM EST, Monday through Friday

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Account, device and IP rules DiffersNo 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

Limits apply per household or family: up to 10 evaluation accounts and 5 funded accounts
Up to 10 active evaluation accounts per household or family.

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Payout receipts compared

Apex Trader Funding: 0 receipts forwarded to us, 0 denials. Lucid Trading: 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 Lucid Trading 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. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Trade copiers permitted, but all copied activity must follow Lucid rules, and copying must never create opposite positions across accounts (cross-account hedging is banned).

Does Apex Trader Funding or Lucid Trading allow EAs and bots?

Apex Trader Funding's own rules say not allowed: No automation or algorithmic trading. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Automated trading systems permitted; high-frequency trading and microscalping prohibited.

Does Apex Trader Funding or Lucid Trading 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. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Allowed on Flex, Pro and Direct; trading red-folder news on LucidDaily is a hard breach.

Does Apex Trader Funding or Lucid Trading 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. Lucid Trading's own rules say not allowed: All hedging prohibited, including across your own accounts and between different users.

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