Track your Topstep daily drawdown limit. Pre-configured for Topstep's trailing drawdown structure used in the Trading Combine.
Topstep is primarily a futures prop firm (CME futures: ES, NQ, CL, etc.) but the risk principles apply to any prop trading. Their trailing [drawdown](/glossary/trailing-drawdown) structure is different from the static drawdown used by FTMO and others.
Trailing vs. Static Drawdown
Static drawdown (FTMO): Your floor is fixed at account_size × (1 - max_drawdown%). A $100k account with 10% max loss has a permanent floor at $90k.
Trailing drawdown (Topstep): Your floor follows your highest equity. If you grow a $50k account to $55k, your floor rises too. This protects profits but also means your worst-case scenario changes as you earn.
Implications for Strategy
With a trailing drawdown, locking in profits can actually hurt you by raising your floor. Some traders use a "take a day off" rule after hitting a new equity high — letting the trailing level catch up before trading again.
Prop Firm Challenge
A paid evaluation where traders prove they can hit a profit target while respecting drawdown limits — passing earns a funded account.
Daily Drawdown
The maximum percentage or dollar loss allowed within a single trading day — a hard limit used by most prop firms to prevent catastrophic single-day losses.
Trailing Drawdown
A drawdown limit that follows your account's highest equity point upward but never moves down — making your floor progressively tighter as profits grow.
Profit Target
The percentage gain required to pass a prop firm evaluation phase — typically 8–10% for Phase 1 and 4–5% for Phase 2.
Topstep's Trading Combine uses a trailing maximum drawdown that follows your highest account balance. As your account grows, your drawdown floor trails up — locking in some of your profits as protected capital.
Topstep's daily loss limits vary by account size. The $50,000 account typically has a $1,000 daily loss limit. Always verify current rules on Topstep's official website as plans change.
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Daily Drawdown
Track your prop firm daily drawdown limit in real time. Avoid breaching account rules with this FTMO, MyFundedFX, and Topstep-compatible calculator.