Know Exactly When Your Combine Will Get Liquidated.
Trailing drawdown kills 82% of futures combine candidates before their first payout. Simulate your firm's exact rule mechanics and test your position sizing in real time.
Intraday Peak Trailing
Apex Trader Funding: Drawdown trails in real-time during open trades at the highest unrealized profit peak. Rule: Locks at Starting Balance + $100 once reached.
Position Size (Contracts):2 Contracts($40/point move)
1 Micro/MiniMax allowed for tier: 10
Closed Realized P&L:+$850
Simulate Open Trade Floating Peak Run-Up:+$450
⚠️ Apex Peak Trap: Even if this trade retraced and closed at $0, your trailing loss threshold permanently dragged up by +$450 during the move!
Live Drawdown Floor TelemetrySAFE
SAFE DRAWDOWN BUFFER REMAINING
$2,050cushion
MAX ADVERSE EXCURSION TO LIQUIDATION
51.3 Points
205 Ticks (NQ)
If NQ drops 51.3 pts against your 2 contract(s), your account breaches immediately.
Account Size:$50,000
Current Balance:$50,850
Trailing Loss Floor:$48,800
Dollar Risk Per Point:$40/pt
Healthy Buffer: Your position sizing allows normal market noise without threatening your combine threshold.
Nexus Armor plots this live on NinjaTrader 8 & TradingView charts in real time.
Why Prop Firm Trailing Drawdown Traps Traders
Understanding the critical difference between End of Day (EOD) and Intraday Peak trailing can save you hundreds of dollars in reset fees.
APEX TRADER FUNDING: INTRADAY PEAK
The Unrealized High Watermark Trap
If you enter a trade and it moves in your favor +$900 before reversing to break-even ($0), Apex permanently raises your trailing loss floor by +$900! Even though you made $0 closed profit, you just lost $900 of drawdown room.
Nexus Armor Solution: Live Peak HUD displays the exact trailing line on your NinjaTrader 8 charts so you never give back unrealized cushion.
TOPSTEP & MFFU: END OF DAY (EOD)
Intraday Excursion Room
Topstep and MyFundedFutures allow your trades to breathe during market hours without ratcheting the floor on floating profits. However, they enforce strict daily loss limits and consistency rules (max 50% profit in a single day).
Nexus Armor Solution: Automatically calculates your daily 50% ceiling and alerts you when taking another trade risks violating consistency.