Alpha Futures vs Blueberry Futures: prop firm rules compared

Blueberry Futures' Accelerated plan trails the drawdown intraday: the floor follows the highest balance the account reaches during the session, open profit included, and never moves back down — a winning trade given back before it is closed still lifts it. For example, at Blueberry Futures' Accelerated plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On Alpha Futures and Blueberry Futures' Ascent plan the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Alpha Futures and Blueberry Futures' Ascent plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On Alpha Futures the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there.

A soft daily loss limit pauses the day instead of failing the account: reach it and open positions are flattened, trading stops until the next session, and the account stays open. Alpha Futures' Zero plan sets it at $1,000 on $50,000. Alpha Futures' Standard and Advanced plans and Blueberry Futures have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

Alpha Futures starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. Alpha Futures' Standard plan caps any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target. Alpha Futures' Advanced plan caps any single day at 40% of total profit, so it takes at least 3 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,600 of a $4,000 target. Alpha Futures' Zero plan and Blueberry Futures apply no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one large day can count in full.

Alpha Futures requires at least 1 trading day on Zero, 2 on Standard and 3 on Advanced before a pass; Blueberry Futures requires at least 2 trading days on Ascent and 1 on Accelerated before a pass.

Blueberry Futures' evaluation runs for 30 days; a target not reached by then is not a pass.

Alpha Futures and Blueberry Futures differ on 4 of the evaluation rules compared here: drawdown model, daily loss limit, consistency rule and minimum trading days. If your trades often run into open profit that you give back before closing them, start with the drawdown: Alpha Futures trails at end of day, while Blueberry Futures trails intraday or at end of day, depending on the plan. If one or two large days make up most of your profit, the consistency rule sets how fast you can finish: Alpha Futures caps one day at 40–50% of total profit on some plans and has no cap on others; Blueberry Futures has no consistency rule. If you keep trading after a losing morning, look at what the daily loss limit does: Alpha Futures pauses the day at its daily loss limit on some plans and has no limit on others; Blueberry Futures has no daily loss limit. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: Alpha Futures needs 1 to 3 trading days, depending on the plan, Blueberry Futures needs 1 to 2 trading days, depending on the plan.

Payout terms once funded — Alpha Futures: Up to 4 requests/month after 5 winning days of $200+; Blueberry Futures: After 5 profitable days of $200+. Alpha Futures sells 3 plans: Zero, Standard and Advanced; Blueberry Futures sells 2 plans: Ascent and Accelerated. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Alpha Futures' site and Blueberry Futures' site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.