Prop Firms With Trailing Drawdown

Trailing drawdown means your maximum loss threshold moves up with your profits. As your account grows, the drawdown line trails behind — potentially forcing you to give back gains just to stay compliant.

This is the most common drawdown structure in the retail futures prop industry. It's not automatically bad — trailing drawdown often comes bundled with lower evaluation fees and looser profit targets — but it demands different risk management than a static drawdown account.

The firms below use a trailing drawdown on at least one program. Confirm whether it trails intraday equity or end-of-day balance, and at what level it locks — that detail changes the whole strategy.