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Prop firm trailing drawdown calculator.
Find your real liquidation floor and how much you can lose today, for static, end-of-day trailing and intraday trailing drawdown.
Enter your account rules and where your account stands. The calculator shows your current liquidation floor, how much room you really have today, and a personal stop that keeps you well inside it. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
How the floor is worked out
- Static: the floor is your starting balance minus the max drawdown, and it never moves.
- End-of-day trailing: the floor is your highest closing balance minus the max drawdown. Open profit during the day doesn’t move it.
- Intraday trailing: the floor is the highest balance your account touched at any moment, open profit included, minus the max drawdown. A winner that reverses can raise the floor and then hit it.
- Trail stop level: if your firm stops trailing at a set balance, the floor never goes above it.
- Daily loss limit: if your firm has one, today’s floor is the higher of the drawdown floor and today’s opening balance minus the daily limit.
Rules differ between firms and change often, and some firms count balance, equity or fees differently. Use the numbers from your own firm’s current rules, and treat this as a planning aid, not your firm’s official figure.
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What is a trailing drawdown?
A trailing drawdown is a maximum loss limit that moves up as your account makes new highs, and never moves back down. On a 50,000 dollar account with a 2,500 dollar trailing drawdown, the liquidation floor starts at 47,500. If the account peaks at 51,000, the floor rises to 48,500.
What is the difference between intraday and end-of-day trailing drawdown?
An intraday trailing drawdown follows your highest balance in real time, including open profit, so a winning trade that reverses can raise the floor and then hit it. An end-of-day trailing drawdown only updates from your closing balance once per day, so open profit during the session does not move the floor.
Does the trailing drawdown ever stop moving?
At many firms, yes. The floor stops trailing once it reaches a set level, often the starting balance or a small amount above it. After that it stays fixed. Check your firm's current rules and enter that level in the calculator.
How should I use the result?
Treat the room left as the absolute most you could lose today, not a target. Set a personal daily stop well inside it, decide it before the session, and stop when you hit it.