The Max Loss Limit (MLL) is the only loss rule on BrightFunded Futures. It is how far your account can fall below its highest point. Your floor is your highest point minus the MLL. If your live equity, including open trades, touches the floor at any moment, the account is breached right away.
The key terms
Term | Meaning |
MLL (Max Loss Limit) | How far the account can fall below its highest point |
Floor | Highest point minus the MLL. Touching it is a breach |
Highest point | BrightCore: highest daily close. BrightPlus: highest equity, in real time |
Equity | Balance plus open profit or loss |
Balance | Closed trades only |
Current | Equity minus highest point, shown on the dashboard |
The floor only goes up, never down, until it locks.
It keeps trailing even above your starting balance.
There is no daily loss limit. The MLL is the only loss rule.
MLL by size
Size | Max Loss Limit | Starting floor |
$25K | $1,000 | $24,000 |
$50K | $2,000 | $48,000 |
$100K | $3,000 | $97,000 |
$150K | $4,500 | $145,500 |
BrightCore: end of day trailing
Your highest point is your highest daily close. The floor moves only once a day, while the market is closed, between 4:45 PM and 5:59 PM ET. The breach check still runs all day on your live equity.
Example: $50K BrightCore
You start at $50,000, so the floor is $48,000.
Day 1 closes at $51,200, so the floor becomes $49,200 once it updates, while the market is closed.
On day 2 your equity drops to $49,300 during the day. That is still OK.
š If your equity touches $49,200, the account is breached.
BrightPlus: intraday trailing, real time
Your highest point is the highest equity you ever reached, in real time, including open profit. The floor moves up the moment your equity makes a new high.
Example: $50K BrightPlus
With an open trade, your equity reaches $51,500. The floor moves to $49,500 right away.
You close the trade at $50,800.
š The floor stays at $49,500.
The lock (SIM Funded only)
In SIM Funded, the floor stops trailing for good at your starting balance + $100. In the Evaluation it never locks. Read When does my Max Loss Limit lock?
Reading "Current" on your dashboard
Current = equity minus highest point. It is $0 or a negative number. Your account breaches when Current reaches the full MLL amount.
Example, $50K: your highest point is $51,500 and your equity is $50,500. Current is ā$1,000. You breach when Current reaches ā$2,000, which is equity $49,500.
Rule Summary
Floor: highest point ā MLL
BrightPlus highest point: highest equity, real time
BrightCore highest point: highest daily close, and the floor updates once a day while the market is closed, between 4:45 PM and 5:59 PM ET
Breach: live equity, including open trades, touches the floor
Frequently asked questions
Does open profit raise my floor?
On BrightPlus, yes, instantly. On BrightCore, no. The floor only moves once a day, while the market is closed, between 4:45 PM and 5:59 PM ET.
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When does my BrightCore floor update?
Once a day, while the market is closed, between 4:45 PM and 5:59 PM ET. It is not updated during the trading day.
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Can my floor go down?
While it trails, no. On BrightCore, when your first payout is approved the floor locks at start + $100, which can be lower than where it had trailed.
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Does the MLL apply to open trades?
Yes. The breach check runs on live equity, including open trades.
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Is there also a daily loss limit?
No. The MLL is the only loss rule.
Where to go next
When does my Max Loss Limit lock?
Why was my account breached?
Is there a daily loss limit?
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