End-of-day (EOD) trailing drawdown, explained with an example

The floor follows your closing balance, not your open profit during the day. Gentler than intraday trailing, but still demanding after a big winning day.

Updated October 25, 2026

How it works

Every evening the firm looks at your closing balance. If it's a new high, the floor moves up to that high minus the max loss.

During the day the floor doesn't move: open profit that fades costs you nothing, as long as the close doesn't rise.

Worked example

The same days: day 2's session high doesn't count, only its close ($52,500) moves the floor up, that evening.

Day	Day's P&L	Low – high	Close	Floor
1	+$1,200	$50,000 – $51,200	$51,200	$48,000
2	+$1,300	$51,200 – $52,900	$52,500	$49,200
3	−$500	$52,000 – $52,500	$52,000	$50,500
4	+$200	$52,000 – $52,200	$52,200	$50,500
5	−$1,600	$50,300 – $52,200	$50,600	$50,500

Account failed on day 5: the balance fell to $50,300, below the $50,500 floor.

The same days with the other drawdown types:

Try it with your own days

Watch out for

The floor in force is last night's: that's the one not to touch during the session.
A big winning day lifts the floor all at once: the next day your room can be much smaller.
Check whether the floor ever locks (see the locking drawdown): without a lock it follows you forever.

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