What is a daily loss limit (DLL)?

How it works

A daily loss limit, or DLL, is a second limit on top of max drawdown. It resets each trading day. On a $50,000 account with a $1,000 DLL, you can lose up to $1,000 today, regardless of your total room.

Firms handle a breach in two ways, and the difference is large:

• Hard limit: breaking it fails the account, the same as hitting max drawdown. This is common on forex plans.
• Soft limit: open trades are closed and you're done for the day, but the account continues tomorrow. This is common on futures plans.

Worked example

Your balance is $51,000 and the plan has a $1,000 DLL. Today's limit is reached at $50,000. Your max drawdown floor might still be $49,000, so you'd have $2,000 of total room, but only $1,000 of it today.

Details that vary

• Start point. Some firms measure from the day's starting balance, others from the higher of balance or equity.
• Open trades. Many count floating losses, not just closed trades.
• Reset time. Each firm has a set reset time, often at the end of the trading session. A loss either side of it may count on a different day.

Firms with no daily loss limit

As of November 12, 2026, 47 of the 86 firms PropTested tracks sell at least one plan with no daily loss limit. The count is plans without the limit out of all the firm's plans.

And 22 more firms. See every plan without a daily loss limit in the plan browser.

Is no DLL better?

Not always. No DLL removes one way to fail, but firms often charge more for it or change something else. On some plans, removing it also changes your payout terms. Lucid's plan picker, for example, shows on-demand payouts only with the DLL on. Compare both setups on the firm's page: we list them side by side.

Every firm words this differently. Before you buy, read the exact rule on the firm's own page, which we link on each plan.