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$8,000/Month On Apex: A Sustainable Futures System

A community-submitted breakdown of a Q4 2025 payout stack across three Apex PA accounts.

PFS Community · 2026-01-03 · 4 min read

Trader profile: three Apex PA accounts ($50k, $50k, $100k), copy-trading NQ scalps off the New York open.

Strategy: ORB (opening range breakout) on the 5-minute chart. Two setups per morning max. 8-tick stop, 24-tick target on NQ.

Risk per trade: 0.3% of the smallest account = $150. Copy-traded proportionally across the three accounts.

Q4 2025 payouts: October $7,890, November $8,240, December $8,110. Average processing time: 26 hours via ACH.

Key lesson from the trader: 'I lost two accounts in 2024 by trying to scale risk after payouts. In 2025 I kept risk fixed and let the account count do the scaling. Boring works.'

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