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Apex Trader Funding $10K Account Risk Plan: $250 Daily Loss and Contract Size

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An Apex Trader Funding $10K account risk plan sets a $250 daily loss and a $300 trailing maximum. The target is $600 and the 0.50% ticket is $50. One MNQ at 25 points is about $50. The same micro at 60 points is $120, nearly half the day. Positions must be flat before 4:59 PM ET.

The Apex Trader Funding $10K account risk plan is a $250 day and a $300 trail. A $50 ticket buys about 25 points on one MNQ. A 60-point structural stop on that same micro is $120, nearly half the session, and two of them are almost the entire day. This balance can scalp. It cannot swing a wide index stop.

$10K Daily Loss Limit $250 (2.5%)
$10K Max Drawdown $300 (3%)
0.5% Safe Risk / Trade $50 (0.25 FX Lots)
Phase 1 / 2 Targets $600 / $0
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Twenty-five points fit, sixty points crowd the day

Daily loss is 2.5%, $250. The trail starts at 3%, $300. The target is 6%, $600, with no second phase, across at least 7 trading days. Equity Guard at 1.75% is $175. MNQ is $2 per point, so 25 points is $50 and 60 points is $120. Two 60-point micros are $240, which is the day and 80% of the trail on a planned pair of losses. One full NQ at 60 points is $1,200, almost five days of loss limit in a single stop.

MGC at $10 per $1 means a $5 stop is $50, exactly the ticket, on one micro. A $12 move is $120. Manual Trade Guard can attach that small stop on an MT5 gold test. The futures order still needs it at the fill. Be flat before 4:59 PM ET. There is no overnight exception because the account is small.

A $180 winner is already the payout problem

Thirty percent of a $600 target is $180. A day that makes $200 is inside the profit side of a $250 loss limit and already over a 30% share of the target. At payout, no day may be more than 30% of the profit balance. Stop when the session is up about $150. The same discipline on the downside is the $175 guard. The trail may force you out sooner if open profit spiked and faded.

The PA lock is the initial balance plus $100, here $10,100, against a $300 starting trail. That lock is a third of the cushion, less awkward than on $5K and still close enough that a $200 giveback matters. Equity Guard on an MT5 mirror should use $175, not a $100K profile's $1,750.

Twelve $50 steps across seven days

Six full 2R winners at $50 risk are $600. Plan 10 to 16 trades because partials pay less. One attempt per session on one micro, then flat by 4:50 PM ET, satisfies the 7-day minimum without stacking risk. A 5:1 rule means a 25-point stop needs at least 5 points of target. A 60-point stop, if you insist, needs 12 points of target and costs $120, which is a one-loss day you should not repeat.

Bot Control can hold the flat reminder and a pause after a loss on the MT5 book. Semi-automated assistants may stage the futures stop. Unattended bots are prohibited on the PA. The published fee in the matrix is $137 for $100K. Do not assume this smaller login costs that same number, and do not invent a discount.

One micro, one try

The working order is one MNQ near 25 points or one MGC near a $5 stop. Adding a second chart doubles a $50 idea into $100, and a 60-point version of both is $240. Correlation is the hidden second contract. Nasdaq and Dow at the 13:30 UTC open are one idea. Pick one.

Create a free Venasri account and save $250, $300, and $175 before the first fill. If the method needs 60 to 100 points, skip $10K and use a balance where that stop is a fraction of the day. The 100% split on the first $25,000 is a larger account's prize. Here the prize is still having the $300 trail at the end of day 7.

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Frequently Asked Questions: Apex Trader Funding $10K Account Risk Plan: $250 Daily Loss and Contract Size

What is the daily loss on an Apex $10K account?

Daily loss is 2.5%, or $250. The trail starts at 3%, or $300. The target is 6%, or $600, over at least 7 trading days. A 0.50% ticket is $50. One MNQ at 60 points is $120. Be flat before 4:59 PM ET.

What MNQ stop fits a $50 Apex ticket?

About 25 points, because MNQ is $2 per point. A 60-point stop is $120, nearly half of the $250 day. Two such stops are almost the whole session. One full NQ at 60 points is $1,200, several times the daily limit.

Where should Equity Guard sit on Apex $10K?

Flatten near $175, which is 1.75% of $10,000, inside the $250 day. Do not leave a $100K alarm of $1,750 on this login. Manual Trade Guard can attach the small stop on MT5. The futures stop still goes on the Apex platform at the fill.

Can a $200 day block an Apex $10K payout?

A $200 winner is a third of a $600 target, above the 30% consistency share used at payout. Keep the best day nearer $150 if the profit you want paid is about $600. The cycle also wants 5 days of at least $50 inside 8 trading days.

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