The Maximum Daily Drawdown Limit is 3% of the Initial Balance.
Example 1:
For a $100,000 1-Step Nitro X Evaluation, the Daily Drawdown is 3% of the Initial Balance.
Day 1:
Starting Balance/Equity: $100,000
Allowed Daily Drawdown: 3% of $100,000 = $3,000 (stop-out limit = $97,000)
Example 2:
Day 2:
End of Day Balance (Day 1): $104,000
End of Day Equity (Day 1): $103,000
At 5 PM EST, if unrealised positions are open, then 3% of Initial balance will be deducted from the higher of the two. In Example 2 Day 2 above, since balance is higher than Equity, the stop out limit will become ($104,000 – (3% of 100,000)) = $104,000 – $3,000 = $101,000
If Either Equity or Balance reaches $101,000, it would result in a breach of the Daily Drawdown Limit.
Example 3:
Day 3:
End of Day Balance (Day 2): $101,000
End of Day Equity (Day 2): $106,000
In Example 3 above, since Equity is higher than Balance, the stop-out limit will become:
$106,000 – (3% of $100,000) = $106,000 – $3,000 = $103,000
Since the Balance of $101,000 is lower than the limit of $103,000, this will cause an immediate breach of the Daily Drawdown Limit.
Breaching this limit will cause the account to be violated, closed and disabled for trading.