 Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period.As a result, a total of 29 selections for the 2018 draft were traded during the 2017 trade period, and the selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2018 season.Prior to the draft, the two bottom teams and applied for Priority Picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied.