Trailing Drawdown Check

A funded account's floor climbs with every new equity high. It never comes back down. The loss limit is historically the most common reason challenges fail. Work out your real buffer.

Highest balance

Current balance

Trailing drawdown

Trailing as:Amount ($)Percent (%)

$95,000

Your floor

$5,000

Real buffer

50 %

of trailing left

Remember: a new equity high does not enlarge this buffer, because the floor climbs too. After a green day, the same buffer still applies.

The three questions before you buy any challenge

Tick what you can answer for your firm. Read in the agreement, not guessed.

Intraday or end-of-day?

With intraday trailing, open profits you never take still push the floor up. With end-of-day, only the daily close counts. Same word in the contract, completely different survival odds.

Does the floor freeze at breakeven?

Some firms stop trailing once the floor reaches your starting balance. If yours does, your risk of ruin drops sharply after the first profits. It's in the agreement, not on the dashboard.

What's your buffer today?

Buffer = current balance minus floor. That's the only number that matters, and a new equity high does not enlarge it, because the floor climbs too.

Your peak, your buffer and every rule breach live in your journal. GlanWick tracks prop accounts automatically and runs full challenges against the rule sets of nine firms, with real prices, fees and slippage.

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Educational content, not financial advice. Trailing rules differ significantly between firms. Your own agreement is always what counts.