Apex Drawdown Zero Price Drop: $649, Now With Apex V12 Included
Published Oct 14, 2026, 08:23 PM · 4 min read
Apex Drawdown Zero now costs $649, down from $849, and every licence now includes Apex Drawdown Zero V12 at no extra cost. V12 sold for $999 on its own and is no longer sold separately. One purchase gets both EAs, each with its own licence key, in your client portal. Paying in USDT, it is $549.
If you already own Apex, nothing changes for you except that you already have both. V12 was added to every existing licence in September.
What you get for $649
| Before 14 October | Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Apex Drawdown Zero (V9.20) | $849 | $649 ($549 in USDT) |
| Apex Drawdown Zero V12 | $999 on its own | Included |
| Both together | $1,848 | $649 |
| Licence | Lifetime, up to 5 MT5 accounts, all future updates of both | |
| Apex V13 (23 December) | Free for everyone who owns Apex by then | |
The same EA costs $756 on the MQL5 Marketplace today (checked 14 October 2026), without V12. Buying direct is the cheaper route and the only one that includes V12.
Two EAs, two different jobs
Apex Drawdown Zero V9.20: the selective one
V9 trades XAUUSD, EURUSD and EURJPY on H1 and takes at most one qualified trade a day, with a structural stop-loss on every trade and ATR-based thresholds that adapt to volatility. It is the calmer of the two. In the Strategy Tester, January to August 2026, it had a 2.65 profit factor and a 2.4% maximum balance drawdown on gold.
Apex Drawdown Zero V12: the gold specialist with prop-firm rules built in
V12 runs two strategies on gold in separate lanes, the opening range and a trend pullback to the 20 EMA, behind a risk firewall that stops for the day at −3% and completely at −10% in its default mode. It also has an FTMO challenge mode that locks in at the phase target, stays 1% clear of the daily and maximum loss rules, and shrinks each trade as it nears a limit. In real-tick testing it passed 12 of 12 simulated phase-1 challenges, with a median of 38 days. In 2025, the year held back from all tuning, it made +44% at 1% risk with a 4.7% maximum balance drawdown.
The full side-by-side, including where V9 is better, is in the Apex V12 review and V12 vs V9 comparison.
Why the price dropped
Two editions at $849 and $999 asked buyers to choose before they had run either one, and most people want both: V9 for steady personal accounts, V12 for challenges. Folding them into one licence at a lower price makes the decision simple. Run both on demo, keep whichever fits your account, or run each where it suits.
What happens on 23 December
Apex Drawdown Zero V13 launches on 23 December 2026. Like V12 before it, V13 will be free for everyone who already owns Apex. Buying at $649 now covers V9, V12 and the V13 upgrade.
How to get it
- Open the Apex Drawdown Zero product page and choose the Lifetime (5 accounts) or Unlimited licence.
- Pay by card, or in USDT for $549.
- Both licence keys and both downloads appear in your client portal straight away.
- Install, then demo-test on your own broker before going live. If you run V9 and V12 on the same account, give V12 a different magic number first (both ship with 26070302).
FAQ
Is Apex V12 really included, or is it a trial?
It is a full lifetime licence with its own key, the same one that sold for $999. It is not time-limited and it gets future V12 updates.
Can I still buy Apex V12 on its own?
No. V12 is sold out as a standalone product. The only way to get it now is with an Apex Drawdown Zero licence.
I bought Apex at $849. What do I get?
You already have V12. It was added to every Apex licence in September. You will also get V13 free on 23 December.
Does the Unlimited licence include V12 too?
Yes. Every Apex licence, Lifetime or Unlimited, includes V12, and V12 gets the same number of MT5 accounts as the licence you bought.
Is this a limited-time price?
$649 is the new price, not a countdown. What is time-bound is V13: owning Apex before 23 December means the V13 upgrade costs nothing.
Can Apex guarantee profit or a prop-firm pass?
No. No EA can. Both V9 and V12 have losing trades and losing periods, and the challenge results above are simulations on one broker's data.
Risk disclosure
"Drawdown Zero" is a product name, not a promise of zero drawdown. All performance figures here are hypothetical MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester results, not live trading, and past or simulated performance does not guarantee future results. Trading gold, forex and CFDs on margin carries a high level of risk, and you can lose some or all of your deposit. Apex is not affiliated with or endorsed by FTMO or any prop firm.
