Your Profits Mean Nothing to Your Drawdown — Read This Before You Buy ⭐Tradeify
Your Profits Mean Nothing to Your Drawdown — Read This Before You Buy ⭐
Are there other prop firms i can try that count my profits on top of the drawdown?
I want to share my exact 3-day experience on a $25K eval so other traders understand how this really works.
Day 1 (4/6): Lost $156.50 net after fees.
Day 2 (4/7): Great day. Made $926.90 net.
Day 3 (4/8): Lost $850.50.
Here's what nobody tells you. Every single day you wake up with exactly $1,000 of drawdown. Your previous profits are NOT added to it. Ever.
I made $926.90 on day 2 — that $926.90 does not get added to my $1,000 drawdown the next day. It just disappears into the floor. So on day 3 when I lost $850.50, my $926 profit from the day before did nothing to protect me. I still only had $1,000 to work with.
But here's the double punishment — while your profits don't help your drawdown, they do raise your floor permanently:
- Start: Balance $25,000 → Floor $24,000 → Drawdown $1,000
- After day 2 profit: Balance $25,770 → Floor now $24,770 → Drawdown still $1,000
- After day 3 loss: Balance $24,919 → Floor still $24,770 → Only $149 left
My profits built the floor up but never built my cushion up. The $1,000 drawdown resets every day with zero credit for what you made yesterday. But the floor keeps chasing every winning day upward forever — so one losing day after a good run and you're nearly blown out.
I'm net profitable over 3 days and I have $149 left before account failure. That tells you everything.
Know exactly what you're buying before you pay.
Posted Apr 9, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC