// ftmo max loss
FTMO’s overall maximum loss is 10% on every path, but how that floor behaves is completely different on the 1-Step versus the 2-Step, and getting it wrong is how funded accounts die quietly.
Where’s your max-loss floor right now? Free · handles both static and trailing Open the calculatorOn the 2-Step path the maximum loss is a static floor at 10% below your initial balance: $90,000 on a $100,000 account. It never moves, up or down. As long as your balance and equity stay above $90,000, you’re alive.
On the 1-Step path the maximum loss trails: the floor follows your highest end-of-day balance, staying 10% below it. So as you make money, the floor rises behind you.
The key detail traders miss: once your account reaches +10% profit, the trailing floor freezes at your initial balance and stops rising. Below that point it trails; above it, it’s locked at your starting capital.
Is FTMO max drawdown static or trailing?
It depends on the path. The 2-Step uses a static floor 10% below your initial balance. The 1-Step uses a 10% trailing drawdown that follows your highest end-of-day balance, then freezes at your initial balance once the account reaches +10% profit.
How is FTMO maximum loss calculated?
It is 10% of your initial account size. On the 2-Step that floor is fixed; on the 1-Step it trails your highest end-of-day balance and freezes at the initial balance at +10% profit.
Does FTMO max loss include open trades?
Yes. Your equity (including floating P&L on open positions) must stay above the maximum-loss floor at all times.
Does FTMO show my real-time distance to the max loss floor?
Not as a live gauge. FTMO's client dashboard shows your balance, equity, and profit and loss, but not a running distance-to-floor number. FTMO's own blog has documented a real case of a trader hitting a floating loss of over 35% on a $200,000 account without realizing it, because neither their broker terminal nor FTMO's own dashboard surfaced it in real time. Traders are generally left to calculate this themselves before every session, which is the exact gap EXIT CODE's live workstation is built to close.
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