FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge — trailing drawdown — 25k
FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge's trailing drawdown limit is 4% 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 FundedNext Futures's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against FundedNext Futures — free.
FundedNext Futures's Legacy Challenge models its maximum drawdown as a trailing floor at the 25k 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.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Allowance | 4% ($1,000) |
| Basis | end-of-day balance |
| Includes unrealized P&L | Yes |
| Evaluated | end of day |
| Locks / freezes | Locks at the initial account balance |
Unresolved in FundedNext Futures's own documentation (read, not reconciled): whether the trailing drawdown floor tracks the intraday peak or the end-of-day balance; whether touching the drawdown floor exactly breaches, or only closing below it does; whether the drawdown floor is tested continuously through the day or only at the end-of-day close.
How large is FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge's trailing drawdown?
FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge allows a trailing drawdown of 4% of the account balance.
What does FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge's trailing drawdown track?
It tracks the highest end-of-day closed balance, and the floor never moves back down.
Does FundedNext Futures Legacy Challenge's trailing drawdown stop trailing?
Yes — the corpus records a lock condition, so the floor stops trailing once it locks.
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