Drawdown model · Verified

Prop Firms With Static Drawdown

Firms whose max-loss floor is fixed at the start and never trails your balance — the most forgiving of the three drawdown models. 9 firms verified static from their own rules, ranked by score. Trailing-floor and ambiguous-wording firms are excluded.

Ranked by score

Recommended
Prop firm
FTMO
80/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

FTMO

Prague, Czech Republic · Est. 2015

Payout Reliability7.9/10
Rule Fairness6.9/10
Rules Stability7.8/10
Business Viability9.0/10
Platform & Execution8.5/10
Cost & Value9.0/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Funding Pips
78/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Funding Pips

Dubai, UAE · Est. 2022

Payout Reliability8.2/10
Rule Fairness7.8/10
Rules Stability8.2/10
Business Viability6.6/10
Platform & Execution7.0/10
Cost & Value8.0/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Blue Guardian
76/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Blue Guardian

London, UK · Est. 2021

Payout Reliability7.9/10
Rule Fairness7.5/10
Rules Stability8.8/10
Business Viability6.9/10
Platform & Execution7.0/10
Cost & Value7.4/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Lux Trading Firm
74/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Lux Trading Firm

London, UK · Est. 2020

Payout Reliability7.2/10
Rule Fairness7.8/10
Rules Stability8.8/10
Business Viability6.9/10
Platform & Execution7.0/10
Cost & Value6.6/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Funded Trading Plus
74/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Funded Trading Plus

London, UK · Est. 2021

Payout Reliability7.7/10
Rule Fairness7.2/10
Rules Stability8.8/10
Business Viability6.6/10
Platform & Execution6.5/10
Cost & Value7.0/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Phidias Funding
69/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Phidias Funding

Undisclosed · Est. 2022

Payout Reliability7.5/10
Rule Fairness6.5/10
Rules Stability7.6/10
Business Viability6.0/10
Platform & Execution6.5/10
Cost & Value6.6/10
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Conditional
Prop firm
FundedNext
67/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

FundedNext

Dubai, UAE · Est. 2022

Payout Reliability5.7/10
Rule Fairness7.8/10
Rules Stability5.8/10
Business Viability6.3/10
Platform & Execution7.0/10
Cost & Value9.0/10
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Recommended
Prop firm
Maven Trading
66/100
StrongTVSM-PF/2.0.2

Maven Trading

London, UK · Est. 2021

Payout Reliability6.2/10
Rule Fairness6.4/10
Rules Stability8.2/10
Business Viability5.9/10
Platform & Execution6.0/10
Cost & Value8.0/10
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Conditional
Prop firm
City Traders Imperium
62/100
AdequateTVSM-PF/2.0.2

City Traders Imperium

London, UK · Est. 2018

Payout Reliability6.3/10
Rule Fairness6.8/10
Rules Stability4.6/10
Business Viability5.8/10
Platform & Execution6.5/10
Cost & Value6.2/10
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Static-drawdown firms at a glance

FirmTVSMMax drawdownDaily limitModel
FTMO79.910% static from initial balance5% (equity-based, open P&L counts)Static
Funding Pips77.58% static from initial balance4% balance-basedStatic
Blue Guardian76.28% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
Lux Trading Firm73.910% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
Funded Trading Plus73.58% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
Phidias Funding68.58% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
FundedNext67.48% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
Maven Trading65.88% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic
City Traders Imperium61.88% static from initial balance5% balance-basedStatic

“Static” means the firm's max-drawdown floor is fixed at the starting balance and does not trail. Floor values are the firm's standard tier; scaling plans may differ. Derived from each firm's scored drawdown-model evidence and re-verified when a firm changes its rules.

Why the drawdown model decides your room

A static floor never tightens

On a static floor, banking a good week never reduces your room. The number you can lose is the same on day 1 and day 60 — so a normal pullback after a run-up can’t breach a floor that climbed with you.

Intraday trailing is the trap

An intraday-trailing floor follows your peak unrealised balance. Spike to a new high mid-session, give some back, and you can be stopped out on a day you still closed green. Static removes that failure mode outright.

It changes how you size

The model, not just the dollar figure, sets survivable risk. Our Survival Calculator and Drawdown Simulator both let you switch the model and watch the survival odds move — the same sizing fails far more often under trailing.

Static isn’t a free pass

A static floor can still sit next to a tight daily-loss limit or a low profit target with a strict consistency rule. The model is one variable of seventeen — open each firm’s scorecard before you fund.

Static drawdown FAQ

What is a static drawdown in prop trading?

A static (or fixed) drawdown sets your maximum-loss floor once, at the account’s starting balance, and never moves it. If your $50,000 account has a $2,000 static drawdown, your account fails only if equity falls to $48,000 — no matter how high your balance climbs first. It is the most forgiving of the three drawdown models because winning trades never tighten your room.

How is static drawdown different from trailing drawdown?

A trailing drawdown rises with your balance, so banking profit shrinks your cushion. End-of-day (EOD) trailing locks the higher floor at session close; intraday trailing follows your peak balance tick-by-tick and is the strictest variant — an unrealised spike can move your floor up and then stop you out on the pullback. A static floor never moves, which removes that trap entirely.

Which prop firms have a static drawdown in 2026?

The firms on this page each carry a verified static max-drawdown floor on their standard account, ranked by TVSM score. The list is derived from each firm’s scored drawdown-model evidence and re-verified whenever a firm changes its rules. Firms whose model is trailing, or whose wording is ambiguous, are excluded.

Is static drawdown always better?

It is more forgiving, but it is one variable of seventeen. A static-drawdown firm can still carry a tight daily-loss limit, a low profit target paired with a strict consistency rule, a payout cap, or a high challenge fee. Read the full scorecard: the drawdown model tells you how the floor behaves, not whether the whole offer is good.

How do you verify a firm’s drawdown model?

We read the firm’s own evaluation and funded-account rules and score the drawdown-model variable under TVSM-PF, keeping the verbatim wording on each firm’s scorecard. A firm is listed here only when that evidence affirmatively states a static floor on the standard account — not when the model is merely unstated or described in language we cannot resolve to a single model.

How to verify a drawdown model yourself

Read the firm's evaluation and funded-account rules, not its landing page — the model is stated in the risk-rule section, and the same firm sometimes uses a different model on evaluation versus funded accounts. Each firm's scorecard on TraderVerdict links the exact drawdown-model source we used, and you can cross-check a firm's regulatory standing against the primary registers below. Test how the model changes your survival odds in the Survival Calculator.