95 daily limits · 14 say what of · 4 answers
“5% a day” is a percentage of four different things
The daily loss limit is the rule that ends most attempts, and it is quoted everywhere as a bare percentage. A percentage of what is a separate question, and 81 of the 95 programmes here that publish a limit do not answer it.
The 14 that do give 4 different answers. On 7 of them, being in profit makes you easier to fail.
The balance the day opened at
Profit made today moves you away from the floor, and the floor does not move.
Breakout · 1-Step Turbo · 3% a day
The daily limit is measured from the day-open BALANCE and fixed for the following 24 hours, so it does not follow the day’s equity high.
Breakout · 1-Step Pro · 3% a day
The daily limit is measured from the day-open balance and fixed for 24 hours; both limits are tested against equity including floating profit and loss.
Breakout · 1-Step Classic · 3% a day
News trading and weekend holds are unrestricted, and the daily limit is measured from the day-open balance rather than the session high.
Crypto Fund Trader · 2 Phases Evaluation · 5% a day
The daily limit is measured from the day-open balance rather than from the day’s equity high.
Blueberry Funded · 1-Step (Legacy) · 4% a day
The daily limit resets at 5:00 PM EST and is anchored to the day’s opening rather than to the intraday high: "It is set at a fixed 4% of your starting balance."
The previous day’s closing balance
The same shape, one day behind: today’s profit counts from tomorrow.
Hola Prime · 1-Step Prime · 3% a day
The daily limit is measured against the previous day’s closing balance, not the starting balance.
FXIFY · One Phase · 3% a day
The daily limit is measured from the previous day’s 5pm EST balance, so it does not follow the session high.
The higher of balance and equity, at the reset
A floating profit still open when the day rolls over raises the floor you must stay above.
Funding Pips · 2 Step Standard · 5% a day
The daily limit is 5% of the higher of the day’s opening balance and opening equity.
Audacity Capital · Ability Challenge · 5% a day
The daily limit is fixed at rollover (00:00 GMT+2) from the higher of balance and equity, then held for the day: "Even if equity rises to $110,000 during the trading day, the daily limit stays at $92,500 until the next rollover." A floating profit carried through rollover therefore RAISES the floor you must stay above, and the firm’s own scenario fails an account on exactly that.
Audacity Capital · Ability One · 3% a day
Ten percent to make against a 6% total drawdown, with the tightest daily limit on this site: 3%, measured from the higher of the day’s opening balance and equity.
Blueberry Funded · Synthetic 2-Step · 4% a day
The daily limit resets at 5:00 PM EST and is anchored to the start of the day, taking the higher of balance or equity at that moment.
Blue Guardian · Buy Now Pay Later · 4% a day
The daily limit is not calculated from where the day opened. It resets at 5pm EST and is measured from the HIGHER of balance or equity at that moment, so an open floating profit at the reset raises the next day’s floor. The firm’s own worked example: $2,000 floating profit on a $100K account at 5pm sets the next day’s floor at $98,000 rather than $96,000. Its marketing page describes the same rule as "measured from the day’s starting balance".
The highest equity reached today
The floor follows every tick up. Giving back an unrealised gain is a loss against the limit.
HyroTrader · One-Step Challenge · 4% a day
The 4% daily limit trails: "The standard daily drawdown is trailing, as it is calculated from the highest equity point reached during the day, including unrealized P&L." The firm’s own example fails a $5,000 account that peaked at $5,200 and fell back to $5,000 — level on the day, and out.
Audacity Capital · FTP (Instant Funding) · 5% a day
The 5% daily limit trails the highest equity the account has reached, per the knowledge centre, while the page selling it promises "a static drawdown" with "nothing that tightens as you start to profit". Both are published; they cannot both be true.
You can breach it on a day you did not lose money
The sharpest version of this is not an inference. HyroTrader publish the case themselves, on their own rules page, as an illustration of how the limit works.
The 4% daily limit trails: "The standard daily drawdown is trailing, as it is calculated from the highest equity point reached during the day, including unrealized P&L." The firm’s own example fails a $5,000 account that peaked at $5,200 and fell back to $5,000 — level on the day, and out.
Level on the day, and out. Nothing was lost against the balance that started the session — the loss is measured against a high that existed for a moment, on paper, and then set the floor for the rest of the day.
One firm sells the safer answer
A paid Swing upgrade replaces the trailing daily limit with one fixed at the day’s opening equity.
Which settles what the difference is worth better than any argument here could: a firm that has priced both versions of the rule has decided the safer basis is a product. It is the same account, the same percentage, and a different thing the percentage is taken of.
Why this is the rule to check first
Of the two loss caps a firm publishes, the daily one is nearly always the one that ends an attempt — that is measured elsewhere on this site and it holds almost everywhere. So the basis of the daily limit is the basis of the rule that decides the outcome, and it is the least published thing about it.
It also changes what a sensible day looks like. On a floor fixed at the open you can take an early loss and trade the rest of the session against the same number. On a floor that follows your equity high you cannot: every good hour tightens the rest of the day, and the better the morning, the less room the afternoon has.
None of the failure probabilities on this site model that. They apply the daily limit against the balance that started the day, which is right for the first two groups above and optimistic for the other two.
What this does not measure
- · What the silent 81 actually do. A programme absent from the groups above published nothing about the basis in the rules read for this site, which is not the same as having no basis. It is a question to ask, not an accusation.
- · When the day starts. A separate question, answered separately, and at least one firm here publishes three different reset times for the same rule.
- · Balance against equity. Whether the limit is tested against closed balance or against equity including open trades is a third question again, and a programme can be favourable on this page and unfavourable on that one.
- · Any probability. Nothing on this page is modelled. It is what the firms publish, sorted.
Where these rules were read
FundingPips Help Centre — account models — read 2026-08-05
HyroTrader — trading rules — read 2026-08-06
Audacity Capital — trading guidelines — read 2026-08-06
Hola Prime — forex trading rules — read 2026-08-05
FXIFY — assessment account rules — read 2026-08-23
Breakout — programme rules — read 2026-08-23
Crypto Fund Trader — Terms and Conditions, clause 5.6.1 — read 2026-08-23
Blueberry Funded — help centre — read 2026-08-23
Blue Guardian — account model rules — read 2026-08-18
Questions
- What is a daily loss limit measured from?
- There is no single answer. Across the 14 programmes here that say, 5 measure from the balance the day opened at, 2 measure from the previous day’s closing balance, 5 measure from the higher of balance and equity, at the reset, 2 measure from the highest equity reached today. The other 81 publish a percentage without publishing what it is a percentage of.
- Can you break a daily loss limit on a day you did not lose money?
- On a limit measured from the day's equity high, yes, and the firm publishes the case itself. The 4% daily limit trails: "The standard daily drawdown is trailing, as it is calculated from the highest equity point reached during the day, including unrealized P&L." The firm’s own example fails a $5,000 account that peaked at $5,200 and fell back to $5,000 — level on the day, and out.
- Does holding a position overnight affect the daily limit?
- On the 5 programmes measuring from the higher of balance and equity at the reset, yes, and against you. A trade sitting in profit when the day rolls over sets the floor from that higher figure, so carrying a winner through the reset shrinks tomorrow's allowance rather than growing it.
- Which basis is best for a trader?
- The balance the day opened at, fixed for the session. Profit you make during the day moves you away from a floor that does not move, which is what most people assume a daily limit does. It is also the least common of the four answers among the firms that say.