Trailing vs static drawdown, animated

What this video covers

Two animated equity curves show how a static floor stays at $95,000 on a $100,000 account while a trailing floor rises with every new high. Why trailing rules are stricter, especially when they count open profit.

Sources and the longer explanation: Trailing vs Static Drawdown in Prop Firms Explained.

Numbers shown on screen

• $108,000: balance
• $95,000: floor, unchanged
• $13,000: room

How the visuals were made

In 0:50 the video moves through 7 scenes, including an illustrative equity curve with a static drawdown floor (not real account data); an illustrative equity curve with a trailing drawdown floor (not real account data); a checklist, “Trailing rules, in practice”; a worked formula card (Best open profit $3,000 → floor +$3,000). All graphics were rendered frame by frame by UXS; no stock footage, logos or faces are used.

Chapters

• 0:00 Prop rules: Static or trailing? Watch the floor
• 0:05 Static drawdown: $100,000 account
• 0:13 Trailing drawdown: the floor follows new highs
• 0:20 Trailing rules, in practice
• 0:27 Static floor after an $8,000 gain
• 0:36 Equity-based trailing
• 0:46 Risk note

Transcript

Prop firm drawdown, static or trailing? The difference is where your floor sits.

A static drawdown sets a fixed floor, like $95,000 on a $100,000 account. It never moves.

A trailing drawdown moves the floor up as your balance makes new highs, so profits raise the line you must not cross.

Trailing rules are stricter, especially when they count open profit. Many stop rising once the floor reaches the start balance.

With a static floor, making $8,000 leaves the floor at $95,000, so you have $13,000 of room.

Equity-based trailing is strictest: if a trade is up $3,000 at best and you close at plus $500, the floor may already have moved up $3,000.

Educational only, not financial advice.