Free tool · no sign-up
Prop firm drawdown calculator
See where your prop account's drawdown floor sits after every trading day, and how much room is left. Enter your firm's rules as they are written for your account: trailing on end-of-day balances, trailing intraday, static, or a floor that stops at the starting balance.
Your trading days
P&L is the day's closed result. Low is the worst point during the day (optional).
Breach
Result
| Day | P&L | Balance | Floor after | Room | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +$800.00 | $50,800.00 | $48,800.00 | $2,000.00 | |
| 2 | +$1,200.00 | $52,000.00 | $50,000.00 | $2,000.00 | |
| 3 | −$600.00 | $51,400.00 | $50,000.00 | $1,400.00 | |
| 4 | −$1,700.00 | $49,700.00 | $50,000.00 | −$300.00 | breach: the account is closed |
An estimate from the numbers you typed, not your firm's live account data. Fees and the firm's own rounding are not included.
How the floor is worked out
Floor = the highest balance the rule counts − the drawdown allowance, never below the starting floor, and never above the level where the rule stops it.
- Static: the floor is the starting balance minus the allowance, for good.
- Trailing end-of-day: after each day, the highest closing balance so far minus the allowance.
- Trailing intraday: the same, but from the highest balance reached during the day, open profit included. Enter each day's high to use it.
- Stops at the start, at start + $X or at a balance: the floor trails until it reaches that level, then stays there.
The account fails when the balance closes below the floor, or when the day's low (if you enter it) goes below the floor that held when the day began.
Worked example: one week on a $50,000 account with a $2,000 allowance
The days are +$800, +$1,200, −$600, −$1,700. The balance closes at $50,800, $52,000, $51,400, $49,700.
- Trailing end-of-day, never stops: the floor climbs to $48,800, $50,000, $50,000, $50,000. On day 4 the balance ($49,700) is under the floor: the account fails, although it is still up overall.
- Stops at the starting balance: the floor reaches $50,000 and stops there. Day 4 closes below it, so this account fails too.
- Static: the floor stays at $48,000. The same days leave $1,700 of room.
Same trades, three outcomes: that is why the rule matters as much as the allowance.
Track the floor from your real trades
In the daqverse journal, each prop account keeps its own rules (when the floor stops, end-of-day or intraday, daily loss limit, payouts), and the floor moves with every trade you log or import. The account card shows the room left before you place the next trade.
daqverse has no live broker connection: it computes from the trades you log or import, so its floor is an estimate, like this calculator.
Questions
What is a trailing drawdown?
A trailing drawdown is a loss limit that moves up as your account makes new highs. The floor, the balance at which the account fails, sits one allowance below the highest balance reached. It never moves down, so profit you give back comes out of your room.
What is the difference between end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown?
End-of-day trailing moves the floor only from closing balances, once the day is over. Intraday trailing moves it with the best balance reached while trades are open, so an unrealized profit that you do not keep can still raise the floor. Intraday rules are usually the harder ones to trade.
What is a static drawdown?
A static drawdown never moves: the floor is the starting balance minus the allowance for the life of the account. A $50,000 account with a $2,000 static drawdown fails below $48,000, however much it makes first.
When does a trailing drawdown stop trailing?
That depends on the firm and the account type. Common answers are: never, once the floor reaches the starting balance, at the starting balance plus a small amount such as $100, or after the first payout. Pick the matching rule in the calculator and check your firm's current rules.
Is the daily loss limit part of the drawdown?
No, it is a separate rule. A daily loss limit caps how much you can lose in one day, usually measured from the day's start; breaking it may end the day or the account, depending on the firm. The calculator flags days that reach the limit you enter.
Are the Apex-style, Lucid-style and Tradeify-style examples the firms' official rules?
No. They are example values for common rule shapes, taken from public information we last checked in October 2026. daqverse is not affiliated with any prop firm, and firms change their rules: check your firm's current rules before relying on a number.
About daqverse
daqverse is a trading journal built for ICT and prop-firm futures traders: it tags every trade with its New York kill zone and tracks each prop account's drawdown rules.
Page updated .
Related
- Prop firm trading journalA journal for prop firm futures traders: each account's drawdown floor, daily loss limit and payout rules tracked from your own trades, as you set them.
- Futures position size calculatorHow many contracts for your risk: enter dollars at risk and your stop in points or ticks for NQ, MNQ, ES, MES, YM, GC or CL. Free, no sign-up.
- ICT kill zone clockThe ICT kill zones and macros in New York time, live: which window is open now, the next one with a countdown, and the times in your own time zone.
- Best trading journal for ICT tradersTradeZella, Tradervue, Edgewonk, TraderSync and daqverse compared for ICT and prop firm futures traders: what each does well, checked on their own sites.
- ICT glossaryEvery ICT term a new trader meets, explained in one or two plain sentences: kill zones, FVG, NWOG, order blocks, liquidity, OTE, PD arrays and more.
Journal your next session in daqverse
daqverse is in early access: request a place and we email you an invite. Already invited? Log in.