The same fact set, grouped by mechanic instead of by firm
Every rule below is transcribed from the same corpus behind the full firm-rules index — this series regroups it around what each MECHANIC does to an account, not around which firm is "better." Each page lists every corpus firm that mechanic applies to, with that firm's own sourced clause, its retrieval and last-checked date, and a link to its full firm-rules page. No page on this site ranks firms or compares them by name; see Research & Methodology §6.
The same corpus also renders as every rule set side by side in the rules atlas, and its payout clauses — window, cycle, minimum, split — as payout clauses on record across every rule set.
Firms whose trailing drawdown ratchets end-of-day 32 firm(s)
An end-of-day trailing floor recalculates once, at the close of each trading session, off the highest end-of-day closed balance the account has reached. The floor never moves back down, and it does not test anything between closes — a position that runs into a deep open loss and recovers before the session ends never touches it. The floor only ratchets, and only breaches, at the close.
See the 32 sourced clauses →Firms whose trailing drawdown ratchets on intraday equity 8 firm(s)
An intraday trailing floor recalculates continuously, in real time, off the highest equity the account has touched during the trading day — including unrealized profit on positions that are still open. The floor never moves back down. Because it tracks equity rather than closed balance, an open position that runs into profit and then gives part of it back can breach the floor on the way down even though the trade behind it was never closed at a loss.
See the 8 sourced clauses →Firms whose trailing drawdown ratchets on closed-trade balance 2 firm(s)
A closed-balance trailing floor recalculates after each trade closes, off the highest realized balance the account has reached — it ignores unrealized profit or loss on any position still open, and only moves in response to a completed trade rather than a session close or a live tick. The floor never moves back down.
See the 2 sourced clauses →Firms with a static (non-trailing) drawdown floor 18 firm(s)
A static floor is fixed once, relative to the account's starting balance, and never moves for the life of the evaluation — it does not ratchet upward as the account becomes profitable, and it never tightens. An account that runs up to +30% and gives back most of it to +5% is measured against the exact same floor it started with.
See the 18 sourced clauses →Firms with no daily loss limit 24 firm(s)
Some evaluation programs impose no daily loss limit at all: there is no rule that pauses trading or restricts the account for losing too much in a single session. Only the maximum drawdown (and, where one applies, a consistency rule) constrain the account.
See the 24 sourced clauses →Firms with a consistency rule 19 firm(s)
A consistency rule limits how much of an account's total profit may come from a single day (or, in some programs, a single trade) before a payout is approved. It is a payout-eligibility gate, not a drawdown or loss rule — by itself it neither halts trading nor breaches the account.
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