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Choose a firm, plan, and account size, then see — on a live equity chart — exactly when and how an account would breach. Worked presets demonstrate each rule type, including why a trailing drawdown is stricter than a static one. An explainer to help you read real product rules, not those rules themselves.
Interactive
Limits are derived from the selected plan’s published rules and converted to dollars for your chosen account size. When a rule can’t be read cleanly (or is unverified) it’s labelled and left off the chart — we never invent a number.
Resolved dollar limits — Upcomers Ash (1-step) · $1M account
Profit target
$20,000
2% of balance
Daily loss limit
$50,000
5% of balance
Max loss (Trailing)
$60,000
6% of balance
Dollar figures are percent × balance. A “—” means the rule isn’t machine-readable for this plan (or is unverified) and is left out of the chart.
Breached on day 6 — overall max-loss
The account closed day 6 at $949,000, below the trailing floor, which had ratcheted up to $964,000. Because the floor follows your peak and never falls, giving back profit can breach you above your starting balance — the trailing trap.
Climb to a profit peak, then give it back. Because this plan uses a TRAILING floor, the limit ratcheted UP with your peak and never came back down — so handing back gains can breach you well above your starting balance. This is why trailing is stricter.
Daily loss limit
5% (challenge) ≈ $50,000
What trips people: a single oversized loss day fails the account even when the overall limit is fine. Some firms measure it on intraday equity, not just the close.
Max loss — Trailing
6% "Dynamic" (trailing) ≈ $60,000
What trips people: The floor follows your equity peak and never falls, so giving back profit can fail you above your starting balance.
Profit target
2% ≈ $20,000
What trips people: chasing the target with oversized risk is the fastest way to breach a loss limit before you ever reach it.
Minimum trading daysverify
Not required
What trips people: hitting the profit target on day one doesn't pass if a minimum-days rule applies — you still have to keep trading.
Consistency rule
Funded Best Day Rule — no single day may exceed 15% or 20% of total withdrawal depending on account (soft, delays payout)
What trips people: one huge winning day can break a consistency cap and delay or block a payout, even with the account well in profit.
Next step
This is a teaching model — real firms may measure drawdown on intraday equity, reset daily limits at a specific server time, and freeze a trailing floor once you pass the target. Compare how every firm defines its rules side by side, then confirm the exact figures on the firm’s own pages.