OmbraPayout buffers: the money you must leave in
Many funded accounts require a buffer: an amount of profit that must stay in the account before anything can be paid out. It keeps a gap between your balance and the drawdown floor.
Example: a 50K account whose trailing floor has locked at $50,100, with a balance of $53,000. If the rules say the balance must stay at or above the lock level after a payout, the most you could request is $2,900, not $3,000.
Buffers are written in different ways: a fixed dollar amount, the lock level of the drawdown, or a share of the account size. Some firms also set a minimum and a maximum payout size.
The practical point: profit above your start is not the same as profit you can withdraw. Plan your payout request from the buffer line, not from the starting balance.
Check whether a payout lowers your floor, keeps it where it is, or resets it. That changes how much room you have the next day.
You can practise trading above a floor, with live distance meters, in Ombra's free futures practice.
Practise this rule free (simulated, no money)
Education only. Not advice. Trading futures carries risk of loss; evaluations use simulated accounts.