"Can you reset funded Apex account?" and "how much does an Apex reset cost?" are two of the most-searched Apex questions on the internet — and the answers changed dramatically in the last year. The old Apex reset system, where you could reset a failed evaluation for a fraction of the price or get a free reset at renewal, is mostly gone. The new Apex charges one-time evaluation fees, offers no resets on evaluations at all, and charges real money to reset funded accounts.
This is one of those topics where outdated information is actively expensive: traders are still "waiting for a reset" that will never come, or paying $80-$100 to reset a funded account when a discounted new evaluation would have cost a third of that. This guide covers the current policy — evaluations, funded accounts, legacy plans, and the exact math of when a reset is worth it and when it is not.
The Old Apex Reset Model (Still Everywhere on the Internet)
Before we explain the new rules, you need to recognize the old ones, because 90% of the advice you will find on Reddit and YouTube still describes them:
- Half-price resets: The old "reset" let you restore a failed evaluation for ~50% of the original cost, a feature Apex offered for years.
- Free reset at renewal: On legacy monthly-subscription accounts, a failed evaluation was automatically reset for free when your subscription renewed, as part of the renewal fee.
- PA resets: Funded Performance Account resets have always cost money — $80 (Rithmic) or $100 (Tradovate) in recent years — and restore your original balance and drawdown limits.
If you read a guide from 2024 that says "just reset your Apex eval for half price," it is describing a product that no longer exists for new accounts. Keep that in mind whenever someone quotes you Apex reset pricing from memory.
The New Apex Model: No Resets on Evaluations
Since the 2025-2026 billing overhaul, new-style Apex evaluations work like this:
- One-time fee, no rebill. You pay once for 30 days of evaluation access.
- No resets. If you fail the evaluation, the only way to continue is to purchase a new one. There is no reset button, no reset fee, and no discounted restore.
- 30-day expiry. The evaluation expires if you do not pass within 30 consecutive calendar days.
Apex's own help center is explicit about this: "There are no reset fees. If an Evaluation fails, the only way to continue is by purchasing a new one." That sentence is the entire old-vs-new story in one line.
Why Apex killed the evaluation reset
The reset was effectively a discount on a second attempt, and with 80-90% off sales running constantly, the reset had become economically pointless — a "half-price reset" costs more than a brand-new evaluation bought during a sale. Killing resets also simplified billing enormously: one fee, one 30-day window, no subscription states to track. The trade-off for traders is that a failed evaluation now means a full repurchase, which makes buying on sale (and being genuinely ready before you buy) much more important.
Funded Account (PA) Resets: The $80-$100 Question
Performance Account resets are a different product from evaluation resets, and they still exist. When your funded account blows through its drawdown, you have two options: buy a new evaluation and re-pass, or reset the funded account to its original state. The costs as of 2026:
- $80 for a reset on a Rithmic-connected PA.
- $100 for a reset on a Tradovate-connected PA.
- Non-refundable, and a reset returns your account to its original balance and drawdown limits — all progress and profit are erased.
What a PA reset does and does not do
- Does: restore your starting balance and drawdown, keep you in funded status (no need to re-pass an eval), and reset your payout-eligibility clock.
- Does not: restore lost profit, reset your payout count (the 6-payout cap still applies), or refund anything.
The appeal of a PA reset is skipping the evaluation entirely. The catch is that the math rarely favors it — which brings us to the decision framework.
Reset vs New Evaluation: The Math
Here is the decision that every Apex trader faces after a breach, and the numbers that settle it:
| Option | Typical cost (2026) | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Reset PA (Rithmic) | $80 | Funded account restored, no eval |
| Reset PA (Tradovate) | $100 | Funded account restored, no eval |
| New evaluation (on sale) | $30-$70 for 50K | Fresh eval, must re-pass, then activate PA |
| New evaluation (list price) | $137+ for 50K | Fresh eval, must re-pass, then activate PA |
Read that table twice, because it contains the whole argument: at typical sale prices, a brand-new evaluation is cheaper than a funded-account reset. Paying $100 to reset a PA when a new eval costs $40 on sale means you are paying 2.5x more to re-earn the same account — and the new-eval route even gives you a second chance at a discounted activation.
When the reset IS the right call
- You are mid-payout-cycle. If you are one payout away from scaling or from your next payout slot, a reset keeps you funded and eligible immediately, whereas a new eval means re-passing before you can withdraw again.
- No sale is running. If Apex is somehow at list price, a $100 reset beats a $137+ new eval for the same size.
- Time is the constraint. Re-passing an eval takes days or weeks; a reset restores your funded account today. If your trading plan needs to be live this week, the reset buys time.
- Your payout count is fresh. A reset does not restore payouts used. If you have already taken 5 of 6 payouts, resetting is throwing money at a capped account — buy a new eval instead.
When buying new is the better call
- Sales are running (the default state). A $40 eval beats an $80-$100 reset on cost alone.
- You are near the payout cap. If the PA has used most of its 6 payouts, its remaining value is low; start fresh.
- You breached early with no payouts taken. There is no funded-account value to preserve — you are literally paying to restart at zero, so buy the cheaper restart.
- You want a bigger account or better terms. New evals let you switch size or structure (ITD vs EOD) at the same time.
Legacy Accounts: Where Free Resets Still Exist
If you still hold a legacy subscription evaluation, the old rules apply to you:
- A failed legacy evaluation is reset automatically at renewal, included in the renewal fee — this is the only remaining "free reset" on Apex.
- Resets are only free upon renewal; you cannot demand an on-demand free reset mid-cycle.
- Legacy accounts remain active while your subscription renews, with no 30-day expiry.
If you are on a legacy plan, the free-reset-at-renewal mechanic is genuinely valuable — but be aware Apex is progressively migrating to the new model, and your legacy terms could change. Do not build a long-term strategy on a system that is being phased out.
Three Real Scenarios: What Would You Do?
Decision frameworks are easy to nod along with and hard to apply under stress. Let's pressure-test the framework with three realistic situations.
Scenario 1: Funded trader, one payout taken, blew the account
You passed a 50K eval (bought at $40 on sale), took your first $1,500 payout, and then over-leveraged into a breach. Your PA has 5 of 6 payouts remaining. The reset costs $80-$100. A new eval on sale costs ~$40 but means re-passing (2-3 weeks) plus the activation fee.
The call: reset the PA. You still have 5 payouts of value left, and the $80-$100 buys you funded status today instead of re-grinding an eval. The lost week of trading time plus the activation fee on a new eval makes the reset the cheaper total cost here. This is the scenario the reset exists for.
Scenario 2: Funded trader, five payouts taken, blew the account
Same 50K account, but you have already taken 5 of your 6 payouts. One payout remains before the account closes. The reset costs $80-$100 to unlock... one more payout cycle. A new eval costs $40 on sale and gives you a full 6-payout lifecycle plus a fresh scaling-plan clock.
The call: buy the new eval. Resetting an account with one payout left is the single worst reset value in the entire product line. You are paying 2x the eval cost to unlock 1/6th of an account's value.
Scenario 3: Evaluation breached in week one, never passed
You bought a 50K eval at list price ($137) because no sale was running, breached on day 4, and the account is dead. You have no funded status, no payouts, nothing to preserve. The only question is how you restart.
The call: wait for the next sale (they run constantly — usually within days) and buy a fresh eval at $30-$70. Do not pay list price again, and do not even consider a "reset" because new evals have no resets. Also spend the waiting days fixing whatever caused the breach — buying the same plan with the same habits is how reset fees become a subscription.
Notice the pattern across all three: the decision is always about remaining value, not about sunk cost. The $137 you spent on a failed eval is gone either way. The only question is whether the $80-$100 reset unlocks more value than a $40 new eval would. Most of the time, it does not.
Reset Costs Across Account Sizes: The Full Table
| Account | PA reset (Rithmic) | PA reset (Tradovate) | New eval on sale | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $80 | $100 | $20-$35 | New eval, almost always |
| 50K | $80 | $100 | $30-$70 | New eval unless mid-payout-cycle |
| 100K | $80 | $100 | $60-$120 | Depends on remaining payouts |
| 150K+ | $80 | $100 | $90-$350 | Reset often wins at this size |
Three things stand out. First, the reset fee is flat while eval prices scale with size — which is why resets become relatively more attractive on large accounts. Second, at 25K-50K the sale price of a new eval is so low that resetting is almost always the wrong move. Third, the deciding variable is never the headline price — it is how many payouts remain on the funded account. Count your payouts before you count your dollars.
The Psychology of Resets (and Why It Costs You Money)
If the math were the only factor, the reset-versus-new decision would be trivial. It is not, because the psychology around resets is expensive. Here are the three mental traps that show up in every trader's Apex history:
Trap 1: The sunk-cost fallacy
"I already paid $100 for this account, so I should reset it rather than abandon it." That $100 is gone either way. The reset is a NEW $80-$100 purchase — it does not recover the old one. Compare the reset price to the price of a fresh eval, not to what you already spent. Traders who anchor on sunk cost pay for the same funded status two or three times over.
Trap 2: The status quo bias
Resetting feels like "continuing" while buying a new eval feels like "starting over," so traders reset to avoid the psychological pain of a fresh start. But a new eval is not starting over — it is a cheaper, often better route to the same destination, and it resets your payout cap. The status quo bias is literally paying a premium to avoid paperwork.
Trap 3: The revenge-reset
After a breach, the urge is to click reset immediately and "get back in" — usually with the same size, the same plan, and the same unresolved problem that caused the breach. The result is a reset fee plus a second breach in the same week. The rule that saves the most money in prop trading: never buy anything within 24 hours of a breach. Give the loss 24 hours, review what actually happened, then decide.
All three traps share one antidote: a written decision procedure you follow mechanically after every breach. Count remaining payouts, check the current sale price, and run the table from this guide. When the decision is procedural rather than emotional, the $40 new eval wins nine times out of ten — and you keep the $80-$100 in your pocket.
How to Avoid Needing a Reset in the First Place
The cheapest reset is the one you never need. The breach patterns that send traders to the reset button are remarkably consistent:
- Scaling size after early wins. The trailing drawdown rises with your balance, so adding size after profit makes the next loss bigger relative to your floor. Keep size constant.
- Trading the full drawdown. Traders who treat 100% of the drawdown as "available to lose" breach in one bad week. Reserve a buffer: never let equity approach the floor.
- Overtrading the 30-day window. On new-style evals, a slow start compresses your remaining days and tempts desperation sizing. Start trading day one, small.
- Ignoring news/holding rules. A rule violation terminates the account with zero warning — and no reset will undo it if the violation is on record.
- Not checking the account type. Buying an ITD account while trading like an EOD account (or vice versa) is the most expensive mismatch in the product catalog.
FAQ
Q: Can I reset my Apex evaluation?
A: Not on new-style evaluations. They have a one-time fee, 30 days of access, and no resets — fail and you purchase a new evaluation. Legacy subscription accounts can still reset automatically at renewal.
Q: How much does it cost to reset an Apex funded account?
A: $80 on Rithmic-connected PAs and $100 on Tradovate-connected PAs, non-refundable. The reset restores your original balance and drawdown.
Q: Is it cheaper to reset or buy a new Apex account?
A: Usually cheaper to buy new. With the constant 80-90% sales, a fresh evaluation often costs $30-$70, less than the $80-$100 reset — and it does not consume your payout cap. Reset only when you are mid-payout-cycle, no sale is running, or time is critical.
Q: When is an Apex reset free?
A: Only on legacy subscription evaluations, and only automatically at renewal as part of the renewal fee. There is no free on-demand reset anywhere in the current lineup.
Q: Does a reset keep my profit or payout progress?
A: No. A reset returns the account to its starting balance and drawdown, erases all profit, and does not restore payouts already taken from the 6-payout cap.
Q: How many times can I reset an Apex account?
A: There is no stated limit, but every funded-account reset costs $80-$100 and evaluations cannot be reset at all — so "unlimited" is not the same as "sensible." The math usually points to buying a discounted new eval instead.
Q: Does resetting affect my scaling plan progress?
A: A PA reset restores your original balance and drawdown, which means your account size (and any scaling progress tied to payouts) resets to the starting point. Scaling progress is earned through qualifying payouts, not through resets, so a reset effectively restarts your scaling clock.
Q: Can I reset an Apex account that was terminated for a rule violation?
A: If the termination was for a rules violation (news trading, copy trading, prohibited activity) rather than a simple drawdown breach, the account may not be eligible for reset at all, and the violation can follow you across accounts. Rule violations and drawdown breaches are treated very differently — never assume a reset fixes a compliance issue.
Q: Is there any way to get a free Apex reset today?
A: Only on legacy subscription evaluations, where a failed account resets automatically at renewal as part of the renewal fee. There is no free reset on new-style evaluations or funded accounts — which is why buying evals on 80-90% sales is effectively the only "discount" left in the system.
Q: Should I buy multiple cheap evals instead of one big account?
A: For most traders, yes. A stack of discounted 50K evals ($30-$70 each) gives you multiple attempts for less than one reset, and passing any of them funds the account. This is the strategy most professional Apex traders actually run — it converts the no-reset policy from a risk into a feature.
Q: How long does a PA reset take to process?
A: Apex generally processes reset requests quickly — typically within a day or two — but the exact time depends on the current queue and whether the account needs compliance review. If you are resetting to preserve a payout cycle, submit the request early rather than on the last qualifying day.
Q: Can I change my platform when I reset?
A: In most cases a reset restores the account on its current platform, and the reset fee differs by platform ($80 Rithmic, $100 Tradovate). If you want to switch platforms, buying a new evaluation on the platform you want is usually the cleaner route than resetting and migrating.
Q: Does a reset count as a new payout cycle?
A: No. The payout cap counts payouts taken on the account, and a reset does not clear that history. If you have taken 5 of 6 payouts, resetting still leaves you with 1 payout before the account closes — one more reason to prefer a fresh eval near the cap.
Q: What is the single cheapest way to restart after a failed Apex account?
A: Wait for a sale (they run almost constantly) and buy a new evaluation at 80-90% off, ideally the same size you were trading. At typical sale prices this costs less than any reset and gives you a full payout lifecycle. The only exception is when you are mid-payout-cycle on a funded account with most payouts remaining.
Legacy Accounts and the Migration to the New Model
If you are still holding legacy subscription accounts, the most important thing to understand is that you are on borrowed time. Apex has been progressively migrating traders to the new one-time-fee model, and legacy terms have already changed for many account types. Three things worth knowing:
- The free-reset-at-renewal is the last legacy perk standing. It is real while your legacy account lasts — a failed evaluation resets automatically when your subscription renews, as part of the renewal fee. If you are close to passing, a free renewal reset is cheaper than any new purchase.
- Legacy terms can be changed or sunset. Apex has reserved the right to retire legacy structures, and it has already done so for parts of the catalog. Do not assume your legacy account will be available next year — plan to pass it while the terms you signed up for still exist.
- Do not buy legacy accounts from resellers. Any marketplace listing "legacy Apex accounts with free resets" is selling a liability. If the account is migrated to the new model after you buy it, your reset "benefit" disappears with someone else's money in your pocket.
The strategic play for legacy holders: pass your legacy eval while it still has its free-reset safety net, take your funded status, and treat the new model's discounts as the price of admission going forward. The old system is a sunset feature — enjoy it, but do not build your career on it.
Stop Paying for Resets — Pass It Once
Every reset you buy is money spent on a rulebook problem. We pass Apex evaluations for traders at a flat rate for any account size — pass once, get funded, and never touch the reset button again. Free test available.
The Bottom Line
The Apex reset landscape in 2026 is simple to summarize: evaluations cannot be reset, funded accounts cost $80-$100 to reset, and a discounted new evaluation is usually the cheaper path to the same funded account. The old "half-price reset" and "free reset at renewal" only survive on legacy plans that are being phased out.
Treat every breach as a pricing decision, not an emotional one. Do the math before you click reset: check the current sale, count your remaining payouts, and ask whether you are preserving funded status that is actually worth preserving. Most of the time the answer will be "buy a new eval on sale" — and that is exactly why Apex retired the reset in the first place.