SabioTrade Essential — trailing drawdown
SabioTrade Essential's trailing drawdown limit is 6% of the account balance, and the floor never moves below the highest point reached. 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.
SabioTrade's Essential models its maximum drawdown as a trailing floor at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (20k, 50k, 100k, 200k, 650k): the threshold tracks the highest closed balance after each closed trade and never moves back down. The corpus records no lock condition — the floor keeps trailing for the life of the evaluation.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Allowance | 6% (scales by size) |
| Basis | balance after each closed trade |
| Includes unrealized P&L | Yes |
| Evaluated | end of day |
| Locks / freezes | Not recorded |
How large is SabioTrade Essential's trailing drawdown?
SabioTrade Essential allows a trailing drawdown of 6% of the account balance.
What does SabioTrade Essential's trailing drawdown track?
It tracks the highest closed balance after each closed trade, and the floor never moves back down.
Does SabioTrade Essential's trailing drawdown stop trailing?
No — the corpus records no lock condition, so the floor keeps trailing for the life of the evaluation.
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