// distance to breach

How close am I to breaching my FTMO account?

If you're asking the question mid-session, you already know the feeling. This page runs one example end to end, so you can do the same sum on your own numbers in about a minute.

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The two numbers that matter

There are two ways to breach FTMO. The daily loss limit is 5% of your starting balance on the 2-Step evaluation, which is the version with two phases you pass in turn, and 3% on the 1-Step, which is a single phase. It resets each day. The maximum loss is 10% on both, and it is static on the 2-Step, meaning the floor stays fixed 10% below the balance you started with, and trailing on the 1-Step, meaning the floor follows your highest end-of-day balance up and never comes back down. Your real distance to breach is whichever of those two floors is closer right now.

A worked example, on a $100,000 2-Step

Take a $100,000 account on the 2-Step. You started the challenge at $100,000, yesterday closed at $98,000, and right now your equity reads $95,400. You risk 1% per trade, which is $1,000.

Today's daily floor. The 5% daily loss limit is $5,000, measured from today's starting balance of $98,000. Today's floor is $93,000.
The maximum loss floor. The 10% maximum loss is $10,000, static from the $100,000 you started with. That floor is $90,000, and it stays there all challenge.
Distance to each. From $95,400, the daily floor is $2,400 away and the maximum loss floor is $5,400 away. The daily floor is the closer one, so that is your real breach line today.
In trades. At $1,000 of risk, two full losing trades leave you $400 above the line. The third one ends the account.

Change any of those four inputs and the answer moves, which is the whole reason to recalculate it rather than carry yesterday's number in your head. The calculator does the same arithmetic on your account size, your current equity and today's starting balance, and returns both distances in dollars plus the number of losing trades between you and the breach line at your risk.

Why the answer changes how the next trade feels

"I'm down a bit" is a feeling. "I am two trades from losing this account" is a fact. The traders who keep funded accounts trade against the number.

FAQ

How do I know how close I am to breaching FTMO?

Compare your current equity to your two FTMO floors: the daily loss limit, which is 5% of the starting balance on the 2-Step evaluation and 3% on the 1-Step, measured from your balance at 00:00 CE(S)T, and the maximum loss of 10%, which is static on the 2-Step and trailing on the 1-Step. The closer of the two is your real distance to breach. The free calculator computes both.

Does FTMO warn you before you breach?

Don't count on one. Under FTMO's rules, the moment your equity drops below either limit the rule is violated, and recovering afterwards does not undo it. FTMO's Account MetriX shows your objectives; the way to see a breach coming before each trade is to track your distance to both limits yourself.

Is the breach calculator free?

Yes. It's free, requires no signup, and stores nothing.

Run that sum on your own account Your size, your equity, today's start · both floors in dollars and in trades Open the calculator

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