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Prop Trading Drawdown Calculator

See your drawdown floor, daily loss budget, and how many losing trades you can afford, before you place a single trade.

Per trade: $5001% of account
Your drawdown rules
Daily loss limit5% · $2,500
Max drawdown10% · $5,000
Drawdown floor$45,000
Drawdown modelStatic
Risk capacity at account start
Floor ($45,000)Start ($50,000)
Breach10% buffer
Total buffer
$5,000
10% of account
Daily budget
$2,500
5% of account
At 1% risk per trade ($500)
Losing trades before daily limit
5
Losing trades before account breach
10
If you gain 5% today ($2,500)
Your floor stays at$45,000

Static drawdown: the breach floor is fixed from your starting balance and never moves for the life of the account.

Figures are based on your starting funded account balance. Daily loss resets each trading day. All challenges use static drawdown.
Select CLASSIC 2-Step $50K

How to use this calculator

01

Choose your account size

Select the funded account size you're trading or planning to trade. Every metric, floor, daily limit, and trade count, scales to your exact account.

02

Select your challenge type

Choose CLASSIC 2-Step, CLASSIC 1-Step, or PRO 1-Step. All use static drawdown, the floor is fixed from your starting balance. PRO has the tightest parameters: 3% daily loss and 3% max drawdown.

03

Set your risk per trade

Pick the percentage of your account you risk on each trade. This drives the 'losing trades before breach' figure, the most practical number for daily risk management.

What these numbers mean

Drawdown floor: The absolute minimum your account balance can reach before the account is closed. On a $50K CLASSIC 2-Step challenge the floor is $45,000 (10% below starting balance). On a $50K CLASSIC 1-Step it is $46,500 (7%). On a $5K PRO 1-Step it is $4,850 (3%). All floors are fixed from account activation and never move.
Total buffer: How much you can lose in total before hitting your floor. This equals your max overall drawdown in dollars: $5,000 on a $50K CLASSIC 2-Step, $3,500 on a $50K CLASSIC 1-Step, and $150 on the $5K PRO 1-Step.
Daily budget: The maximum loss allowed in a single trading day. Breaching this closes the account for that day. It resets at the start of each new trading day.
Static drawdown: All Velotrade challenges use static drawdown. Your floor is a fixed dollar amount from account activation, it does not change due to intraday moves, end-of-day equity, or account growth. You always know your exact limit.
Static vs tick-by-tick: Most competing firms use tick-by-tick trailing drawdown, where every new equity high immediately raises your floor. If an instrument spikes intraday and you're in profit, your floor jumps, then a reversal can close you out even if you end the day flat. Static drawdown eliminates this risk entirely.
Losing trades before breach: The number of consecutive max-loss trades (at your selected risk %) before you hit the daily limit or the overall floor. This is the most actionable number: it tells you exactly how much room you have for the trading day.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about drawdown rules, daily limits, and how static drawdown works.

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