Is Apex Trader Funding really looking for good traders?

UPDATE - See https://ticks-in-flow.blogspot.com/2024/06/apex-trader-funding-dca-denial-review.html

This chart shows the number of ticks each trade moved against me. For example, I had 14 trades where the trade immediately moved in my favour and did not pullback at all.  The majority of my trades moved just 1 tick against me.

I always enter and exit with Limit Orders.  As a scalper, I cannot use market orders due to slippage.

My trade size is 2 lots.  With 1 DCA allowed, my maximum size at any time has been 4 lots.  I only trade ES.

The outlier (67 ticks) was on a day with Rithmic issues.  I did not DCA on that trade.  That trade was exited with a 5 tick loss.

The next largest drawdown (33 ticks) was on a reduced size of 1 lot due to increased volatility.

My payout was denied.