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Drawdown types, in plain words

Trailing, end-of-day trailing and static drawdown behave completely differently. What each one does to your cushion.

Updated 12 October 2026 · 2 minute read

Every funded account has a line. If your balance falls to it, the account fails. That line is your drawdown limit, and how it moves is one of the most important things to know about your firm's rules.

Intraday trailing

The line follows your balance in real time, including profit on trades still open. A good morning lifts the line, and it never comes back down. If you are up and then give it back, the line has still moved up, so you are closer to it than before.

This type needs the most care, because profit you give back has already moved the line.

End-of-day trailing

The line follows your balance at the close only. Moves during the day do not shift it. A day that dips and recovers by the close leaves the line where it was.

Static

The line is set in dollars at the start and never moves. Every dollar of profit adds to your room.

A change worth knowing

Some firms use a different type for the evaluation and the funded account. An evaluation on end-of-day trailing can become intraday trailing once funded. Same name, different account. A strategy that fitted the evaluation's room can reach the line on its first funded day.

So Wildflower records the type for each stage separately, and never assumes one from the other.

Where to see it

The account's Guardrails panel shows which type applies and how far you are from the line, after fees.

What can go wrong

If the type has not been researched for your firm, the meter says so rather than guessing. Check your firm's own rules page, and enter what you find on the account's Your firm's rules page.

What's next

How the Guardrails meters read.