How to Pass Your Apex Evaluation with NinjaTrader Bots

Passing a prop firm evaluation is simple in theory but difficult in practice. You need to hit a profit target without hitting a drawdown limit. The problem? The trailing drawdown rule used by firms like Apex Trader Funding can kill a manual trader's account in minutes during high volatility.

Here is how you can use NinjaTrader bots to navigate these rules and secure your funding.

1. Understand the Rules

Apex requires you to trade for a minimum of 7 days and reach a specific profit goal. But the killer is the live trailing threshold. It rises with your unrealized profit. This means if you are up $500 in a trade and it comes back to break-even, your drawdown limit just moved up $500.

2. Choose the Right Strategy

For evaluations, you need high win-rate strategies that take quick profits. Holding trades for home runs often leads to drawdown violations.

Our Steady Gains Template for the Marty Bot is designed specifically for this. It focuses on:

• High win rate (60%+)
• Quick scalps to lock in profit (reducing trailing drawdown risk)
• Strict daily stop losses

3. The "Slow and Steady" Approach

Many traders try to pass in one day. Don't be them. Use our bots to chip away at the target. If you need $3,000 profit, aim for $300-$500 a day. The bot can be set to stop trading once it hits a daily profit target. This protects your account from "giving it back" later in the session.

4. Use a VPS

Your internet connection matters. If your home wifi drops while a bot is in a trade, you could lose everything. We recommend using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) near the exchange (Chicago) to ensure 24/7 uptime and lightning-fast execution.

The YMI Advantage

We have members passing multiple 50k and 100k evaluations every week using the KPL and Marty bots. We even have a dedicated channel in our Discord for prop firm settings and strategies. Stop making it hard on yourself. Automate the process.