Prop firm drawdown calculator: how much can I still lose?
Pick your challenge, enter today's numbers, and it shows the balance you must stay above today, the floor for the whole account, and how much room you have left before each.
How the limits are worked out
- Daily loss limit, from the starting balance: the limit is a fixed amount (say 5% of $100,000 = $5,000), measured down from the balance at the start of the day. If you started today at $102,000, you must stay above $97,000.
- Daily loss limit, from today's opening balance: the amount is a percentage of the day's opening balance, so it grows a little after winning days and shrinks after losing ones.
- Static maximum loss: a fixed floor below the starting balance, such as $90,000 on a $100,000 account with a 10% limit. It never moves.
- Trailing maximum loss: the floor sits a fixed amount below your highest balance, and moves up with every new high. Profit you give back counts against you.
- Trailing that locks: it trails your highest balance until the floor reaches the starting balance, then stops there for good.
Room left is your equity (balance plus open profit or loss) minus each floor. Whichever is smaller is the one that matters right now.
Read the guide: The daily loss limit explained
Fill it in from a challenge
Every challenge page has its rules in dollars and a pass plan. A few to start with:
- FTUK Flex Challenge
- Instant Funding One-Phase Pro
- Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K
- Lark Funding 1-Step Career
- Lark Funding Instant Master
- Funded Trading Plus Instant Program
Questions
Do open trades count towards the daily loss limit?
At many firms, yes: the limit is checked on equity, so a trade that is losing but still open can breach it. Put your open loss in the calculator to see your real room.
When does the daily loss limit reset?
Usually at a fixed time each day, such as midnight in the firm's server time zone. Check your firm's rules page; each challenge page on PropPassCheck lists the firm's notes.
What is the difference between end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown?
An end-of-day drawdown only moves its floor up based on your balance at the close of each day. An intraday one moves with your highest equity during the day, so an open profit that comes back costs you room even if you never closed it.
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Calculations only, not financial advice. Check your firm's own rules and your platform's contract sizes before trading.