Prop firm drawdown calculator
Enter your account size, the type of drawdown, its amount and your balance. The calculator shows how much you can still lose before the account fails, and the balance where that happens. It runs in your browser: nothing is sent anywhere.
Every prop firm has its own exact rules. When the day ends, whether open trades count, where the trailing stops, how fees are counted: these details change from one firm and one account to another, and they change over time. This tool covers the common patterns only. Always check your firm's rules and its dashboard, which has the final word.
The best closing balance so far. Intraday highs do not count.
You can still lose
$1,600.00
Before the max drawdown threshold.
- Account fails at
- $49,200.00
- Room to that level
- $1,600.00
End of day: the threshold only moves at the close, from your closing balance.
Fees, commissions and slippage are not included, and a stop can fill at a worse price than planned. Keep a margin below the amount shown. Education only, not financial advice.
The drawdown types, in plain English
Static (fixed)
The threshold is set once, from the starting balance, and never moves. A $50,000 account with a $2,000 drawdown fails at $48,000, whatever happens later.
Trailing, end of day
The threshold follows your highest closing balance, at the end of each trading day. Profit made and lost within the same day does not move it.
Trailing, real time
The threshold follows your highest balance at any moment, open profit included. A trade that goes well and then comes back can move it up without any profit left.
Daily loss limit
A separate cap on what you can lose in one day, usually counted from the balance at the start of the day. Hitting it often ends the day, or the account, depending on the firm.
Many firms stop trailing once the threshold reaches the starting balance (some a little above it). From then on, the threshold behaves like a static one. Untick the box in the calculator if your firm keeps trailing.