Leeloo Trading Rules: Trailing Drawdown, 30% Consistency Rule, News and Express

Leeloo Trading rules for every account it sells or still supports: the Foundation (LL) monthly accounts, the LB Bundle, Leeloo Express, Turbo, the Weekly (WK) account and the Leeloo Performance Account (PA) you trade after qualifying. Leeloo is a Montana-based futures firm (Natural Trading, LLC) that runs simulated accounts on Rithmic. Its practice-phase rules are short: hit the profit target, never touch the trailing drawdown, and trade at least 10 market days. There is no daily loss limit, no time limit and no contract scaling. The rules that decide most outcomes sit underneath: a drawdown that trails your open equity inside a trade, a 30% rule that blocks Performance Account payouts when one day is too big, a flipping limit, a ban on holding Performance Account positions through the close, and a manual review of every payout. This page covers each rule with dollar values for all six sizes, worked examples, two calculators, Leeloo news and rule changes in 2026, and the places where Leeloo’s own pages disagree.

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Leeloo Trading Rules for Every Account Size

The Foundation (LL) monthly accounts and the LB Bundle use the same six sizes, targets, drawdowns and contract limits. The difference is billing: LL renews every 30 days until you cancel, while an LB Bundle is one payment for three accounts that expire after 30 days, and only one of the three can qualify. Prices below are the list prices on the homepage on the check date. The LL reset is $85; the sales page lists $99 for an LB reset.

Drawdown as a share of the account shrinks as accounts grow: 6% on the $25K Aspire, 5% on Launch, 3% on Climb, 3.33% on Cruise, 2.6% on Burst and 2.5% on Explode, while the target stays at about 6%. On the $300K Explode you need $20,000 of profit with only $7,500 of room below the highest point, a ratio of 2.67 to 1. On Aspire the ratio is 1 to 1.

Source: Leeloo Trading homepage account cards and FAQ; LE and LB accounts page; Bundles and Turbo sales page – account cards on all three pages – checked October 11, 2026.

How the Leeloo Trailing Drawdown Works

Leeloo calls its maximum drawdown the Limited Trailing Minimum Account Balance (LTMAB) or the Auto Liquidate Threshold Value (ALTV), the column name in the R|Trader Pro dashboard. Three things set it apart from end-of-day drawdowns at many futures firms:

• It trails open equity, intra-trade. The floor moves up the moment your unrealised profit makes a new high, even if you close the trade lower. Leeloo’s example: a $100,000 account with $3,000 drawdown starts with a floor of $97,000. A trade goes $600 into profit, so the floor becomes $97,600. The trade closes up only $100, and the floor stays at $97,600 with the balance at $100,100.
• It never stops in the practice phase. The article says it “will NEVER stop trailing” during the practice account, including after you pass the target, so a big run-up before day 10 lifts the floor above your starting balance.
• Fees and commissions count. The 3-contract example says the account “cannot drop below a loss of $1,500 including fees/commissions”.
• Breach is automatic. When the ALTV is hit, the position is liquidated and only administrators can place orders. You must reset or buy a new account to keep trading. A monthly renewal does not reset a failed account.

Worked example: $50K Launch, $2,500 drawdown

The third row is the usual surprise: after a losing day the account sits only $700 above the floor, because day 1’s open-profit peak raised the floor for good. In the fourth row the target is met but the floor is already $700 above the starting balance, and four more trading days are still required.

Performance Account: the drawdown lock

On the Investor Performance Account the drawdown trails the same way until your open equity reaches the starting balance plus the drawdown plus $100. From then on the floor stays at the starting balance plus $100 and never moves again. The LB cards on the sales page call this the “Drawdown Lock”. Turbo accounts lock after the first payout instead.

• Track the “Auto Liquidate Threshold Value” column in R|Trader Pro, not “Minimum Account Balance”. The ALTV is the live number.
• Use the ALTV to set an emergency stop on every trade. Leeloo’s troubleshooting article warns that Rithmic does not respect OCO links while you are offline.
• The holding article warns that price moves before the 18:00 Eastern reopen can raise the ALTV while you cannot manage the position, so you may reopen with less cushion than you closed with.

Source: Leeloo Trading help-centre article “Rising Trailing Max Drawdown Explained” (updated July 25, 2023); Support page FAQ (Performance Account rules); Bundles and Turbo sales page; help-centre article “Holding positions during the close” (updated April 13, 2026); help-centre article “Leeloo Turbo Accounts” (updated May 15, 2026); help-centre article “I cannot close my trade” (updated July 25, 2023) – drawdown article, PA rule 3, LB cards, holding and troubleshooting articles and Turbo tables – checked October 11, 2026.

Does Leeloo Have a Daily Loss Limit?

No. Leeloo lists “No Daily Drawdown” among its account features, and the sales page says there are “no daily loss limits on practice”. The Turbo tables state “Daily Loss Limit: None”. No Leeloo page read for this check publishes a daily limit for the Performance Account either. That makes the trailing drawdown the only hard loss line. On a $25K Aspire, a single $1,500 losing day from a fresh high still ends the account; there is just no separate, smaller daily line to hit first.

One older help example mentions a “2500 daily loss limit account” while explaining how open P&L rolls into cash at the daily reset. Read in context, it describes the trailing drawdown on an 8-contract account, not a separate daily rule.

Source: Leeloo Trading homepage account cards and FAQ; Bundles and Turbo sales page; help-centre article “Leeloo Turbo Accounts” (updated May 15, 2026); help-centre article &#