FPT Scale uses an end-of-day trailing drawdown. Your loss floor is set one maximum loss below the highest end-of-day balance the account has ever recorded, and it moves up whenever you set a new end-of-day high.
It stops trailing permanently once it reaches your starting balance plus $100. After that the floor is fixed and no amount of further profit moves it.
The Two Rules That Define It
- The floor follows end-of-day balances only. Intraday profit that you give back before the day closes does not raise the floor. A day that spikes to +$1,800 and closes at +$200 raises the floor by $200, not by $1,800.
- The floor locks at starting balance + $100. Once the trailing calculation would place the floor at or above that level, the floor is set to exactly that level and stops moving.
The floor never moves down. A losing day reduces your balance; it does not give you back room.
The Lock Levels
| Account | Starting balance | Maximum loss | Starting floor | Floor locks at | End-of-day balance that triggers the lock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25k Scale | $25,000 | $1,000 | $24,000 | $25,100 | $26,100 |
| $50k Scale | $50,000 | $2,000 | $48,000 | $50,100 | $52,100 |
| $100k Scale | $100,000 | $3,000 | $97,000 | $100,100 | $103,100 |
The trigger column is simply the lock level plus the maximum loss. Close a day at or above that balance and your floor is locked from then on.
Because every lock level sits $100 above the starting balance, an account that has locked can never fall back to its starting balance without breaching. That is the point of the design: once you have proved the account can hold a buffer, the program stops asking you to prove it again, and it also stops the account from round-tripping back to zero.
Day-by-Day Worked Example — $50k Scale
Starting balance $50,000. Maximum loss $2,000. Floor locks at $50,100.
| Day | End-of-day balance | Highest EOD balance | Loss floor after the day | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | $50,000 | $50,000 | $48,000 | Floor sits one maximum loss below the start |
| 1 | $50,600 | $50,600 | $48,600 | New EOD high, floor trails up $600 |
| 2 | $50,250 | $50,600 | $48,600 | Losing day. Floor does not move down |
| 3 | $51,400 | $51,400 | $49,400 | New EOD high, floor trails again |
| 4 | $51,900 | $51,900 | $49,900 | Floor now $100 below the starting balance |
| 5 | $52,100 | $52,100 | $50,100 | Trailing floor reaches the lock level — floor locks at $50,100 |
| 6 | $51,700 | $52,100 | $50,100 | Losing day. Floor stays locked |
| 7 | $52,800 | $52,800 | $50,100 | New EOD high, but the floor no longer trails |
| 8 | $53,200 | $53,200 | $50,100 | Profit target of $3,000 reached. Floor unchanged |
Read day 5 carefully. The trailing calculation would put the floor at $52,100 − $2,000 = $50,100, which is exactly the lock level, so that is where the floor settles and stays. On day 7 the same calculation would give $50,800, but the floor is already locked and ignores it.
From day 5 onward this trader has a fixed floor of $50,100 and unlimited room above it. On day 6 they gave back $400 with no consequence at all.
The Same Sequence on the $25k Account
Starting balance $25,000. Maximum loss $1,000. Floor locks at $25,100.
| Day | End-of-day balance | Loss floor after the day | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | $25,000 | $24,000 | Floor one maximum loss below the start |
| 1 | $25,450 | $24,450 | Floor trails up |
| 2 | $25,900 | $24,900 | Floor trails up |
| 3 | $26,100 | $25,100 | Floor locks at $25,100 |
| 4 | $26,400 | $25,100 | Floor no longer trails |
The $100k account behaves identically with its own numbers: the floor locks at $100,100 the first time a day closes at $103,100 or higher.
Where Traders Get Caught
Intraday highs do not count. If your account touches $52,400 at midday and closes at $50,900, your floor moves to $48,900 — based on the close, not the peak. This works in your favour on a volatile day, and it is worth understanding before you assume a big intraday move has tightened your floor.
Open positions count against the floor in real time. The floor is set by end-of-day balances, but it is tested continuously against account value including open simulated positions. You can breach at 11am on an unrealised loss. See Maximum Loss.
Early profit narrows the gap from your current balance. Take the $50k account to $51,400 and your floor is $49,400. You still have $2,000 of room, but you are now $2,000 above a floor that used to be $3,400 away from your then-current balance. Profit does not accumulate as cushion until the floor locks.
Just past the lock is the most comfortable place to be. The stretch between $50,000 and $52,100 on the $50k account is where the floor is chasing you hardest. Many traders deliberately trade smaller until the lock is set.
Interaction With Other Rules
- There is no daily loss limit, so nothing stops you inside a day except this floor. See Why There Is No Daily Loss Limit.
- Position size is capped independently by max open size and the 5% market-volume cap. See Evaluation Max Open Size.
- The binding statement of all of this is Complete Evaluation Rules by Account Size.
The exact clock time at which a trading day closes for end-of-day purposes is not yet defined and will be published before launch. Your dashboard will show each day's boundary and your current floor directly, so you never have to compute it yourself.
Still Need Help?
If the floor shown on your dashboard does not match the calculation in this article, email support@fundedpredictiontrader.com with your account size and your end-of-day balances for the days in question.