Example:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\nA $50k trading account with $2,000 trailing drawdown. So your minimum balance is $48,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On your first day, you made as many trades as you want, you did win some trades and lose other trades, and at the end of the day, your balance is $50,150. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn’t matter what you did during your trading day. Your trailing max drawdown is calculated at the end of the day. So your minimum balance allowed now is $48,150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N.B: you still need to respect the Daily Loss Limit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>In the Funded Account\u00ae: Intratrade calculation<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn a Topstep funded account, the trailing drawdown is calculated intradetrade, that means it is calculated and increases in real-time based on unrealized profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\nA $50k trading account with $2,000 trailing drawdown. So your minimum balance is $48,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s say that you open your first trade in this account, the trade was at first successful and reached $523 profits ($50,523 in the account balance in real time), but you didn\u2019t close the trade with that profit, and the profits drops until reaching only $115 ($50,115 in you account balance) then you close the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this situation, the trailing drawdown is calculated based on unrealized profits ($523) and not realized profits ($115).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So your trailing drawdown at the end of this trade is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$50,523 – $2,000 = $48,523<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>When does the trailing drawdown stop at Topstep?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn the Trading Combine by Topstep, The trailing drawdown will not follow your profits infinitely. When your minimum account balance reaches the initial balance, the trailing drawdown stops and never moves again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\nA $50k trading account with $2,000 trailing drawdown. So your minimum balance is $48,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you make more than $2,000 profits in your account, your minimum balance will be $50,000, and it will never move again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>What is the value of the Trailing Drawdown in every platform?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThis table shows the Trailing Drawdown value for Topstep, Leeloo Trading and Earn2Trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/th> Earn2Trade<\/strong><\/th>Topstep<\/strong><\/th>Leeloo Trading<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>$25,000<\/strong><\/td>$1,500<\/td> —–<\/td> $1,500<\/td><\/tr> $50,000<\/strong><\/td>$2,000<\/td> $2,000<\/td> $2,500<\/td><\/tr> $75,000<\/strong><\/td>$2,750<\/td> —–<\/td> —–<\/td><\/tr> $100,000<\/strong><\/td>$3,500<\/td> $3,000<\/td> $3,000<\/td><\/tr> $150,000<\/strong><\/td>$4,500<\/td> $4,500<\/td> $5,000<\/td><\/tr> $250,000<\/strong><\/td>—–<\/td> —–<\/td> $6,500<\/td><\/tr> $300,000<\/strong><\/td>—–<\/td> —–<\/td> $7,500<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHere is a summary of how the Trailing drawdown is calculated and when it stops trailing for a $50k trading account.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Account Type<\/th> TD calculation<\/strong><\/th>Does it stop?<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>Leeloo Trading Challenge<\/strong><\/td>Intratrade<\/td> No<\/td><\/tr> Leeloo Trading Investor<\/strong><\/td>Intratrade<\/td> Yes $50,100<\/td><\/tr> Leeloo Trading Accelerator<\/strong><\/td>—–<\/td> —–<\/td><\/tr> Earn2Trade Challenge<\/strong><\/td>End of Day<\/td> Yes $50,000<\/td><\/tr> Earn2Trade LiveSim<\/strong><\/td>End of Day<\/td> Yes $50,000<\/td><\/tr> Earn2Trade Live<\/strong><\/td>Intratrade<\/td> Yes $50,000<\/td><\/tr> Topstep Challenge<\/strong><\/td>End of Day<\/td> Yes $50,000<\/td><\/tr>