5-Day True Cost Challenge · Day 2 of 5

Day 2: Resets and trailing drawdown math

Why most accounts die on the drawdown rule, not a bad week.

A trailing drawdown follows your highest balance (sometimes intraday, including open profit). On a 50K account with a $2,000 trailing limit, a trade that runs +$800 then reverses to breakeven has used $800 of your room even though you never lost a cent.

That's why reset fees matter so much: if your style gives back open profit, plan on resets and price them in.

Today's task

1. Check if your firm's drawdown is end-of-day or intraday trailing, and whether it stops trailing.
2. Set a max loss per trade so 4–5 losers in a row can't end the account.
3. Read the free rules cheat sheet.

Next: Day 3 →

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