Written and fact-checked by the Funded Futures Family team against the official help center. Last reviewed September 5, 2026.
Two accounts with the same $2,000 drawdown can end very differently, because the rule that moves the floor is not the same. An End-of-Day floor only looks at where you close. An intraday trailing floor follows your open profit tick by tick and never comes back down. This simulator lets you type in a run of trading days, pick a model, and see where the floor sits each day, how much room you had, and which day would have breached.
| Day | End-of-day balance ($) | Intraday high ($, defaults to the close) |
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Leave a day blank to stop the run there. The intraday high is the highest point your equity reached during the session, open positions included.
Day by day under the selected model
| Day | Close | High | Floor in force | Room | Status |
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Summary
Drawdown amounts are prefilled from the Funded Futures Family help center as of September 2026 and can be edited. The simulator tests the intraday model against your close, so a lower intraday low would breach sooner than shown. It is an illustration of how the rules move the floor, not a statement of account status. Check your platform’s dashboard for the live number.
How each drawdown model is calculated
End-of-day trailing. The floor is recalculated once per session from your closing balance. The help center formula is “Highest End-of-Day Account Balance minus Maximum Drawdown equals Drawdown Threshold”, and the same article adds: “This means intraday gains and losses do not affect your drawdown. The drawdown is only recalculated once the trading day has closed. If your account balance falls below the drawdown threshold, the account is considered breached.” In the simulator, each day’s close is tested against the floor set by earlier closes, then the floor is updated for tomorrow.
Intraday trailing. The floor moves the moment your equity prints a new high, open positions included. The formula is “Highest Unrealized Account Value minus Maximum Drawdown equals Drawdown Threshold”, and the Velocity article is explicit that “the highest unrealized account value includes profits from open positions” and that “if your account balance/equity falls to or below the drawdown limit at any time, the account will be considered breached.” The simulator raises the floor from the day’s high first, then tests the close against it.
Static. The floor is fixed at the starting balance minus the max drawdown and never moves. No FFF plan uses a static floor from day one. Every FFF End-of-Day plan behaves like one after the lock, so it is included for comparison.
The lock rule. On FFF End-of-Day plans the trail stops at the starting balance. The Prime drawdown article puts it this way: “Once the drawdown threshold increases after a higher closing balance, it never moves back down. After the drawdown reaches the account’s starting balance (the static threshold), it locks permanently and no longer trails upward, regardless of future profits.” The Premier+ funded article repeats the same rule: “For accounts with End of Day (EOD) drawdown, the drawdown locks once it reaches the base account balance.” For intraday accounts the Premier+ evaluation article says “the drawdown continues to trail the account balance as the account grows”, so the simulator applies the lock to the EOD model only. One more rule worth knowing from the same articles: a payout lowers your balance but does not lower the floor, so your cushion can shrink after you withdraw.
Which FFF plan uses which model
Prime runs End-of-Day trailing drawdown on every account. Max drawdown is $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K, and $4,500 on 150K, with the floor locking at the starting balance (Prime Drawdown, help center article 15808767).
Velocity runs intraday trailing drawdown only. Max drawdown is $1,250 on 25K, $2,250 on 50K, $3,250 on 100K, and $4,750 on 150K (Velocity Drawdown, article 15879485, and Velocity Evaluation, article 15850710).
Premier+ lets you choose the model at checkout. The End-of-Day option carries $750, $1,500, $2,500, and $4,000 across the four sizes; the intraday option carries $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, and $4,500 (Premier+ Drawdown, article 15850031). Note that the Premier+ Funded Account article (15811095) lists $1,000 on 25K for EOD, which does not match the drawdown article; the simulator uses the drawdown article, which is the more specific source, and the two are worth confirming with support before you rely on either figure.
Straight to Funded runs End-of-Day trailing drawdown with $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, and $4,500 across the four sizes and the same lock at the starting balance (Straight to Funded Drawdown, article 15880602). No FFF plan adds a daily loss limit on top of the drawdown, so on every plan the floor is the loss rule you live with. The full picture, including consistency rules and payout cadence, is on our trailing vs EOD drawdown guide.
Frequently asked questions
What is trailing drawdown at a prop firm?
Trailing drawdown is a maximum loss limit that follows your account upward. It starts a fixed amount below your starting balance, for example $2,000 below on a 50K account, and rises as your balance sets new highs. It never moves back down after a losing day. The account is breached the moment your balance falls to that floor, so a trailing floor turns early profit into a higher level you must defend. What differs between firms and plans is when the floor is allowed to move: only at the close of each session, or live during the day. That timing question is what the simulator above is built to answer.
What is the difference between EOD and intraday drawdown?
An End-of-Day floor is recalculated once per session from your closing balance, so a trade that runs up and gives most of it back leaves your floor untouched as long as the close is acceptable. An intraday trailing floor is recalculated in real time from your equity peak, open profit included, so the same run-up moves the floor up immediately and the give-back can breach you mid-session on a green day. Load the “Runner that pulls back” scenario and switch between the two models to see the same seven days end with an open account under EOD and a breach under intraday.
Does the drawdown lock, and when?
On Funded Futures Family End-of-Day plans, yes. The floor trails your closing balance upward until it reaches the balance you started with, then it stops moving for the life of the account. On a 50K Prime account with a $2,000 drawdown, that happens once your highest close reaches $52,000. From then on your worst case is $50,000, however high the account climbs. Velocity and the Premier+ intraday option keep trailing as the account grows, per the help center. A payout does not reset the floor under either model, so plan withdrawals with the remaining cushion in mind.
Which drawdown model is better for my trading style?
Neither is better in the abstract. The honest test is how much open profit you routinely give back before you exit. If you scale out fast and stop trading when ahead, an intraday floor rarely bites and the plan usually costs less. If you enter early, sit through pullbacks, and let winners breathe, an intraday floor will eventually ratchet up under a winning trade and clip you on the way back down, and the End-of-Day model is worth its higher price. Type a week of your own closes and highs into the simulator and compare the room column under each model. That is a cleaner answer than any general advice.