The maximum drawdown is your overall floor: the lowest your account may ever go before it is breached. It comes in two flavours: static and trailing.
Max. drawdown varies by challenge type.
Static vs trailing
Static (most CFD evaluations, and Futures One Step Pro on an end-of-day basis): a fixed floor measured from your starting balance that never moves. Reach the floor at the measured point and the account is breached.
Trailing (CFD Instant Funded; Futures One Step and Instant Pro): the floor rises with your balance as you profit and only ever moves up. On CFD it locks at your starting balance once you reach 5% profit; on Futures it trails your end-of-day balance.
Maximum drawdown by model
| Model | Max drawdown | Type | $100K breach point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Futures · One Step | 7% | EOD trailing | $93,000 → trails up |
| Futures · One Step Pro | 4% | End of day | $96,000 |
| Futures · Instant Pro | 5% | EOD trailing | $95,000 → trails up |
| CFD · 1 Step | 7% | Static | $93,000 |
| CFD · 1 Step Pro | 6% | Static | $94,000 |
| CFD · 2 Step | 10% | Static | $90,000 |
| CFD · 2 Step Pro | 8% | Static | $92,000 |
| CFD · 3 Step | 8% | Static | $92,000 |
| CFD · Instant Funded | 5% | Trailing | $95,000 → locks |
| CFD · Instant Zero | 4% | EOD trailing | $96,000 → trails up |
Worked example
On a $100,000 2 Step account (10% static), the floor sits at $90,000 from day one and never changes. On a trailing Instant account, the floor starts 5% below your balance and ratchets up; once you are 5% in profit it locks at $100,000, so you can no longer lose your initial capital.
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