Maximum Loss: Your Trading Safety Buffer
The Maximum Loss rule is designed to be your safety airbag, providing a 10% cushion to protect your account during market volatility. Think of it as flexible breathing space that scales with your performance.
To provide a smooth and supportive trading experience, we use a dual-layer approach that prioritizes account longevity while rewarding profitability.
1) Real-Time Equity Comfort
We want you to focus on the markets, not the math. Our system performs a heartbeat check every 10 minutes to ensure your account remains healthy.
- The Rule: As long as your real-time Equity remains within 10% of your initial starting balance, your account stays fully active.
- Your Benefit: You can navigate temporary market swings with confidence. As long as you remain inside this 10% safety zone, you are free to execute your strategy without interference.
2) Profit-Powered Protection
This is where your skill creates additional protection: your secured profits act as an extra shield for your account.
- How It Works: At the end of each day (00:00 CE(S)T), our system reviews your full journey and calculates your Net P/L by combining all profits and losses from Day 1.
- Your Advantage: Any secured profit automatically offsets future losses. As your account grows, your practical room for error can become larger than a simple fixed-loss model.
Example
Imagine you are trading a $100,000 account with a $10,000 safety buffer.
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Scenario A: The Power of Profit
You secure $4,000 profit in the first week, bringing your balance to $104,000. In the following week, you close a $12,000 loss.
The Result: Your previous profit offsets part of the loss, so your total Net P/L is -$8,000. You remain within the $10,000 buffer and your account stays active. -
Scenario B: Staying Calm Through Volatility
You are holding a trade with a floating loss of $5,000, but your analysis suggests a potential reversal.
The Result: Since this drawdown remains well below the $10,000 threshold, you can stay calm and follow your plan without immediate breach pressure.
Summary
At AFT Funded, this rule is built to provide a breathing environment. By combining real-time equity checks with a profit-offsetting daily review, we deliver a trader-friendly risk structure designed to help you stay in the game and perform consistently.