End of day drawdown explained
An end of day floor only rises when the trading day closes, based on your best closing balance. Gains during the day don't move it until the close.
How it works
The floor sits a fixed distance below your highest closing balance. It's checked against your account all day, but it only moves up at the close. A gain that you give back before the close never raises it.
The floor never moves back down. If you close at $51,000, the floor becomes $49,000 and stays there, even if you close lower tomorrow.
Your account Loss floor
Still open: the account ended at $50,500, with the floor at $48,400.
A big intraday gain that isn't banked, then a red day. Example: $50,000 account, $2,000 max loss, floor stops rising at the starting balance. Firms set their own numbers.
A worked example
| Day | High of day | Close | Floor next day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,600 | $50,400 | $48,400 |
| 2 | $51,400 | $50,200 | $48,400 (no new best close) |
| 3 | $50,200 | $49,800 | $48,400 |
Under intraday rules, the $51,400 high on day 2 would have pushed the floor to $49,400 right away. Day 3's dip to $49,350 would have closed the account. Under end of day, the same dip is survivable.
Firms that use end of day drawdown
As of November 12, 2026, 41 of the 86 firms PropTested tracks use end of day drawdown on at least one plan. Plans are counted per size, the way the plan browser counts them.
And 16 more firms with end of day drawdown, all in the filtered plan list.
Watch out for
- A big green close moves the floor a lot. Day trading a huge win to the close leaves little room tomorrow if you hit a bad patch.
- The floor is still live during the day. "End of day" describes when it moves, not when it's checked. On most plans, touching it mid-session still ends the account.
- It often comes with a daily loss limit. Check whether the plan pairs it with a DLL.
Every firm words this differently. Before you buy, read the exact rule on the firm's own page, which we link on each plan.