Ranked by score
FTMO
Funding Pips
Blue Guardian
Lux Trading Firm
Funded Trading Plus
Phidias Funding
FundedNext
Maven Trading
City Traders Imperium
Static-drawdown firms at a glance
| Firm | TVSM | Max drawdown | Daily limit | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO | 79.9 | 10% static from initial balance | 5% (equity-based, open P&L counts) | Static |
| Funding Pips | 77.5 | 8% static from initial balance | 4% balance-based | Static |
| Blue Guardian | 76.2 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| Lux Trading Firm | 73.9 | 10% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| Funded Trading Plus | 73.5 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| Phidias Funding | 68.5 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| FundedNext | 67.4 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| Maven Trading | 65.8 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
| City Traders Imperium | 61.8 | 8% static from initial balance | 5% balance-based | Static |
“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.