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SabioTrade Essential — daily loss limit

Last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19
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SabioTrade Essential's daily loss limit is 5%, and breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails — measured from your current balance. The rule above is fixed; what it means for your account is not — run your own win rate and average R against SabioTrade's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against SabioTrade — free.

Source: https://propsurvival.com/firm-rules/sabiotrade-daily-loss · corpus SabioTrade · retrieved 2026-07-31 · re-checked 2026-09-19: the cited wording was no longer found — the rule may have changed; check the source link · free calculator: run your own book against SabioTrade — free

SabioTrade sets a daily loss limit of 5% ($1,000 at the 20k tier, scaling with account size) at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (20k, 50k, 100k, 200k, 650k), measured from day-start balance. Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.

FieldValue
Limit5% (scales by size)
Measured fromday-start balance
Includes unrealized P&LYes
On breachends the evaluation — the account fails
Resets00:00 UTC
"Essential plan table row: "5% ($1,000)"; firm-wide rule text: "Traders must not lose more than 5% of the previous day's closed balance in a single trading day." Formula given: "Equity ≤ Closed Balance - (Closed Balance × 5%)"."Source: https://sabiotrade.com/terms — last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19

Unresolved in SabioTrade's own documentation (read, not reconciled): the exact UTC time the daily loss limit resets across daylight-saving changes.

Does SabioTrade Essential have a daily loss limit?

Yes — 5% of the account balance.

What happens if you breach SabioTrade Essential's daily loss limit?

Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.

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