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Alpha Futures Direct Qualified — trailing drawdown — 150k

Last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19
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Alpha Futures Direct Qualified's trailing drawdown limit is 3% of the account balance, and the floor never moves below the highest point reached. The rule above is fixed; what it means for your account is not — run your own win rate and average R against Alpha Futures's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against Alpha Futures — free.

Source: https://propsurvival.com/firm-rules/alpha-futures-direct-trailing-drawdown-150k · corpus Alpha Futures $150k · retrieved 2026-07-31 · re-checked 2026-09-19: the cited wording was no longer found — the rule may have changed; check the source link · free calculator: run your own book against Alpha Futures — free

Alpha Futures's Direct Qualified (instant-funded: skips the Evaluation stage, starts directly on a Qualified/funded account) models its maximum drawdown as a trailing floor at the 150k account size: the threshold tracks the highest end-of-day closed balance and never moves back down. The floor stops trailing once it locks; the corpus records a lock condition for this program.

FieldValue
Allowance3% ($4,500)
Basisend-of-day balance
Includes unrealized P&LYes
Evaluatedintraday, continuously
Locks / freezesLocks at the initial account balance
"'None of our accounts utilize intraday trailing drawdown ... Your floor moves from your end-of-day balance, not unrealised intraday highs.' Both readers agree: the ANCHOR only advances on the end-of-day balance, never on an unrealized intraday peak."Source: https://help.alpha-futures.com/en/articles/9491999-maximum-loss-limit-mll — last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19

Unresolved in Alpha Futures's own documentation (read, not reconciled): whether the drawdown floor is tested continuously through the day or only at the end-of-day close.

How large is Alpha Futures Direct Qualified's trailing drawdown?

Alpha Futures Direct Qualified allows a trailing drawdown of 3% of the account balance.

What does Alpha Futures Direct Qualified's trailing drawdown track?

It tracks the highest end-of-day closed balance, and the floor never moves back down.

Does Alpha Futures Direct Qualified's trailing drawdown stop trailing?

Yes — the corpus records a lock condition, so the floor stops trailing once it locks.

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