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title: "End-of-Day vs Intraday Trailing Drawdown in Futures - Get Funded Now"
description: "How end-of-day (EOD) and intraday trailing drawdown work on futures prop firm accounts, with a worked $50K example showing why EOD is more forgiving."
url: "https://getfundednow.com/futures/end-of-day-drawdown"
language: "en"
last_modified: "2026-10-29"
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Futures drawdown explained

# End-of-day vs intraday trailing

Both trail your best balance. The difference is when they look - and on a futures account that difference decides how much room you really have.

## The short version

**End-of-day (EOD) trailing** drawdown looks at your balance once, after the close, and moves the floor up if you finished the day at a new high. **Intraday trailing** drawdown watches every tick and moves the floor up whenever your account - including open profit - makes a new high.

Get Funded Now's 1 Step futures accounts use end-of-day trailing. Instant accounts use intraday trailing, which is the trade-off for skipping the evaluation.

## Worked example: one trade on a $50K account

Both accounts start at $50,000 with a 3% ($1,500) drawdown, so the floor starts at $48,500. You buy, the trade runs to $800 of open profit, then comes back and you close it for +$200.

| Moment | Balance / equity | EOD floor | Intraday floor |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Start of day | $50,000 | $48,500 | $48,500 |
| Trade peaks | $50,800 | $48,500 | $49,300 |
| Trade closed | $50,200 | $48,500 | $49,300 |
| After the close | $50,200 | $48,700 | $49,300 |

Under EOD the floor only rose by the $200 you actually kept, leaving $1,500 of room. Under intraday trailing the $800 peak raised it by $800, leaving just $900 - you lost $600 of room on a winning trade.

## Trading an EOD drawdown well

- Size from the floor, not the balance. Room is balance minus floor, and that number is what your stops spend.
- The floor stops nothing intraday - a breach at 10am is still a breach, even though the floor won't move until the close.
- Use the [position size calculator](https://getfundednow.com/futures/tools/futures-position-size-calculator) to keep any one stop to a fraction of your room.

## Questions

### What is end-of-day trailing drawdown?

A drawdown floor that is recalculated once a day from your closing balance. Unrealised profit during the session does not move it.

### What is intraday trailing drawdown?

A floor that follows your highest balance in real time, including open profit, and never moves down.

### Which is better?

End-of-day. A trade that runs into profit and comes back costs you nothing under EOD, but permanently raises your floor under intraday trailing.

### Can I breach an end-of-day drawdown during the day?

Yes. The floor is only recalculated at the close, but if your balance touches it at any moment the account is breached.

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