Bulenox
Bulenox Evaluation Rules: EOD Drawdown and Contract Sizing
Bulenox measures drawdown only at the close of each session, with nothing tracked intraday — which shifts the real risk away from daily volatility and onto whatever position is still open when the day ends. Here's how the rule set works and what that means for an automated strategy.
How Bulenox's eval rules shape strategy design
Bulenox uses an end-of-day trailing drawdown. Instead of tracking the low of every tick intraday, the floor only locks in at the close of each session — which gives a strategy room to float during the day as long as sessions don't repeatedly close in the red.
In practice, that favors strategies that enter once per session, hit a target, and close out before the end of Regular Trading Hours. Multi-trade grind strategies that leave a runner open overnight are the worst fit for this structure.
Bulenox 50k eval — key rules
| Account | Profit Target | Max Drawdown (EOD Trailing) |
|---|---|---|
| 50k | $3,000 | $2,000 |
Firm offers $10k–$150k accounts and (per the rule-changes tracker) a $250k tier; only the 50k tier has a full published numbers table in the source.
Drawdown type
EOD trailing
Locks in only at the close of each trading day — no intraday drawdown measurement.
Daily loss limit
None (explicit in the 50k rules table).
Consistency rule
None.
Min trading days
5 days minimum
Payout split
Not published
Automation policy
Permitted during evaluations via TradingView alerts to an execution broker; page caveats to always verify current policy.
The EOD trail is the constraint that matters. Once the account peaks at, say, $52,000 at a session close, the minimum acceptable close for the next session is $50,000 — each new EOD high steps the floor up in turn. A strategy that closes flat or slightly green most days accumulates toward the target without ever threatening the trail.
Why fixed-exit scripts fit Bulenox best
A hard take-profit, rather than a trailing stop, closes the trade clean well before the session ends. Paired with a session-close filter that flattens any open position 10 minutes ahead of the RTH close, the strategy never carries exposure overnight — exactly what this rule structure rewards.
Which instruments to run
Bulenox supports the full CME futures lineup. The most common choices for eval traders:
- MES / ES — the deepest liquidity and tightest spreads of the group; ES fills close to bid/ask in most sessions.
- MNQ / NQ — more volatile relative to margin, so the same tick count produces a bigger swing. Reaches the profit target faster, but a losing streak stings more too.
- CL — crude oil. High volatility, wider spreads. A good fit for the Custom plan if there's a specific CL strategy in mind.
Which plan fits Bulenox traders?
For the standard 50k eval on MES or MNQ, the Starter plan ($19/mo) has risk sizing built for the $2,000 EOD drawdown. For 100k and 150k accounts trading ES or NQ, the Pro plan ($29/mo) scales the stop accordingly. A custom session-close filter or bespoke entry logic goes through the Custom plan ($250 one-time).