This week's prop-firm discussion is about the rules, not the brands. ZenithFX does not recommend or rank any programme; the rules below are general and every programme publishes its own.
What to check
- A static maximum drawdown is fixed from the starting balance; a trailing one follows your highest balance (or highest intraday equity) up.
- Intraday trailing drawdown can count unrealised profit you gave back — a winning trade can still tighten your limit.
- Some programmes stop trailing once the limit reaches the starting balance. Read where it locks.
Compare programmes side by side, with the official source for each rule: https://zenithfx.com/prop-firms
Discussion: Has a trailing drawdown ever ended an account that was in profit? What would you do differently?
Please no referral or discount codes — the room is for rules and experience.
Educational discussion, not financial advice. Trading involves significant risk of loss.
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Prop-firm rules: Trailing vs static drawdown
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Ben C.
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Trailing drawdown can bite hardest on intraday equity, because a trade that is up and then retraces can move the floor even though nothing was realised. On the "what would you do differently" part, the useful question for me is which balance the programme trails from, closed or intraday, and whether it locks at the starting balance or keeps moving. Those two details change the risk of a position far more than the headline percentage does. Worth checking the exact wording in each programme's own rulebook rather than relying on summaries.
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