What Time Does Apex Trader Funding's Trading Day Reset?
Rules verified 2026-07-15 · official source
Apex Trader Funding's trading day resets at 5:00 PM (17:00) New York time, not your local midnight. That's when a new day starts for the trading-day count.
When the day flips
Apex Trader Funding runs its trading day on New York time, resetting at 5:00 PM (17:00). Because the boundary is tied to a fixed timezone, it follows that clock through daylight-saving changes — so relative to your own timezone the reset can shift by an hour twice a year. What never changes: it's Apex Trader Funding's clock that counts, not the one on your wall.
Apex Trader Funding has no daily loss limit, so nothing "resets" in a daily-budget sense — the reset matters for how trading days are counted.
Trailing threshold follows your intraday PEAK (open profit included). What happens next depends on your PLATFORM (Apex's own help center): on TRADOVATE the threshold keeps trailing your Peak Balance indefinitely — it never locks. On RITHMIC and WEALTHCHARTS it trails in real time until your account reaches $27,500, then FIXES at $26,500 and no longer trails.
What the reset actually moves
A reset time sounds like trivia until it costs you an account. At Apex Trader Funding, 5:00 PM (17:00) New York is when the trading-day boundary is drawn for counting purposes (a day = at least one closed trade before the reset).
Knowing the exact boundary matters most around it: a "second trade of the day" taken a minute after the reset is really the first trade of a new day, with a fresh trading-day count.
| Rule | How the reset applies |
|---|---|
| Daily loss limit | No daily loss limit at this firm |
| Max-loss (drawdown) line | Trails intraday — not tied to the reset |
| Trading-day count | New day for counting (no minimum in the eval) |
How traders actually breach it
The classic reset mistake: miscounting trading days by trading across the 5:00 PM (17:00) boundary — two calendar sessions that share one firm "day," or one that spans two.
TradersGuild tracks this rule live against your trade log and alerts you while there's still room — "you're $220 from the line" beats finding out from a breach email. Tracking is free for your first account.
Recent Apex Trader Funding rule changes
2026-07-15 — Evaluation drawdown-lock corrected per Apex's own help center: the eval threshold's behavior is PLATFORM-SPLIT — on Tradovate it trails your Peak Balance indefinitely and never locks; on Rithmic/WealthCharts it trails until the account reaches start + target + trailing threshold (e.g. $55,000 on the 50K), then fixes at start + target ($53,000) and no longer trails. TradersGuild now encodes the conservative Tradovate (never-locks) branch so room is never overstated. The PA (funded) lock is unchanged and re-verified: real-time trail locking at start+$100 once the peak (realized or unrealized) reaches start + trailing threshold + $100.
2026-07-07 — Added the legacy 250K Evaluation ($15,000 goal, $6,500 trailing threshold, 27 contracts) — retired for new purchases in Apex 4.0, but live legacy accounts keep trading under the 4.0 payout policy.
FAQ
What time does Apex Trader Funding's trading day reset?
At 5:00 PM (17:00) in the New York timezone — Apex Trader Funding's trading-day boundary, not your local midnight.
Does Apex Trader Funding reset a daily loss limit each day?
No — Apex Trader Funding has no daily loss limit. The 5:00 PM (17:00) New York reset draws the trading-day boundary.
Does the Apex Trader Funding trading day reset at my local midnight?
No. It resets at 5:00 PM (17:00) New York time regardless of where you trade from, and it follows that timezone's clock through daylight-saving shifts.
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