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Each program (Starter, Expert, Milestone) has its own drawdown, payout, and consistency rules, buying the wrong tier for your style is the most common way traders get caught out.

End-of-day drawdown calculates off closed equity only, traders who rely on unrealized profit cushions during the day can be caught out if they don't bank profits before the daily reset.

EOD drawdown

FundedNext's futures and CFD products share a brand but not a rule set, importing assumptions from CFD pages can lead to failed payouts on the futures side.

EOD drawdown

The end-of-day drawdown only adjusts against your closing balance, so open profits that retrace before the close do not raise the line, hitting the target can take longer than a trailing model.

EOD drawdown

The micro-funded tier has a tight static drawdown, a single oversized trade can blow the account before you bank any profit.

LucidTest and LucidPro have different drawdown, payout, and consistency rules, assuming one program's rules apply to the other is how traders fail payouts.

Drawdown locks at end of day, intraday profits that retrace before the close do not raise your drawdown line, so the target can take longer than a trailing model.

EOD drawdown

End-of-day drawdown looks friendly on paper but means the drawdown line does not step up until the session closes, sizing into a winner intraday still gives back every tick of risk room at the next session open.

EOD drawdown

Rules for the futures product differ from BlueGuardian's CFD/forex programs, applying forex-side assumptions (leverage, weekend hold) to the futures product is the fastest way to breach.

EOD drawdown

Trailing drawdown tracks unrealized profit intraday, sizing inside a winning trade can move your drawdown line faster than you expect.

Trailing drawdown follows unrealized profit intraday until you pass the initial balance by a firm-defined buffer, scaling inside a winning trade can move your drawdown line faster than expected.

The Advanced program's drawdown trails by end-of-day equity, the line only moves up on closed sessions, so sizing up mid-day without banking profits can leave the drawdown well below your current equity.

EOD drawdown