FTMO Challenge — daily loss limit
FTMO Challenge's daily loss limit is 3%, and breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails — measured from your starting balance. The rule above is fixed; what it means for your account is not — run your own win rate and average R against FTMO's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against FTMO — free.
FTMO sets a daily loss limit of 3% ($1,500 at the 50k tier, scaling with account size) at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (50k, 100k, 200k), measured from the initial account balance. Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Limit | 3% (scales by size) |
| Measured from | the initial account balance |
| Includes unrealized P&L | Yes |
| On breach | ends the evaluation — the account fails |
| Resets | 23:00 UTC |
Unresolved in FTMO's own documentation (read, not reconciled): the exact UTC time the daily loss limit resets across daylight-saving changes.
Does FTMO Challenge have a daily loss limit?
Yes — 3% of the account balance.
What happens if you breach FTMO Challenge's daily loss limit?
Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.
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