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How does the Daily Max DD (Hard Breach) work?

The Daily Max DD is a hard breach calculated from your daily starting balance:

Example with $50k account:

  • Daily starting balance: $50,000
  • Daily Max DD: $800
  • If your account drops to $49,200 or below during the day = Account terminated

This resets each day at 16:15 CT based on your new starting balance.

⚠️ Why is this a Hard Breach?​

Short answer: We want you to set your own manual daily loss limit in your trading platform.

On a real funded account, your broker won't set a daily loss for you—you have to do it yourself. If you can't manage to keep that habit on a demo, you're likely to liquidate real capital when it actually matters.

What this rule filters for: We've had traders in the past who gambled their way to real funding, then liquidated their real accounts in days due to poor risk management. This rule exists to prevent that pattern from repeating.

A note on edge cases: If you can demonstrate that you set a reasonable manual daily loss limit every session, journal your trades consistently, and a breach occurred due to an exceptional event (not carelessness), we may consider a second chance. This is evaluated on a case-by-case basis through support tickets.

Bottom line: The daily loss threshold isn't there to trap you. It's there to see if you've developed the discipline to protect your own capital—because that's exactly what you'll need to do on a real account.

We advise you to set a manual daily loss in your platform slightly below the account threshold (we can't support every platform — check your platform's documentation or its customer care). Account for potential slippage based on your typical contract size and instrument.