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TradeDay Daily Drawdown Rules: Exact 4:00 PM CT CME session close Rollover Math & Protection

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TradeDay daily drawdown rules use a 2.5% daily loss band and a 3% maximum loss ($3,000 on $100K) on the 1-Step Futures Evaluation, with a 6% profit target. The calculator branches on EOD trailing, Intraday trailing, or Static drawdown, and a 30% best-day share across seven days can lift the required target.

Print $2,100 on Monday of a TradeDay $100K evaluation and you have not banked a third of the $6,000 target. You have spent 35% of the cycle in one day, which lifts the hurdle because the 30% consistency target just broke. The daily 2.5% band and the $3,000 max are still intact. The calculator that failed you is the share-of-profit one.

TradeDay Daily Loss Limit 2.5% ($2,500 on $100K)

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Three max-loss formulas, one 2.5% daily band

Daily cash on $100K is $2,500 if your selected model publishes the 2.5% band. Static max is $97,000 for the life of the account. EOD trailing max starts at $97,000 and can walk up with closed profits at 4:00 PM CT. Intraday trailing max starts at $97,000 and walks with peak live equity during the session. The daily $2,500 fence can bind before any of those lifetime floors if you lose fast in the New York morning.

Worked Static day: start $100,000, lose $2,350 floating, still alive versus $2,500 daily and versus $3,000 static. Worked Intraday day: start $100,000, run to $102,200, fade to $99,100. Daily $2,500 is untouched (you are only -$900 from the open). Intraday trail floor sits near $99,200. You are done. You can start a free Venasri account and run that tape against all three models before you pay $165.

The 30% raise: $2,100 Monday becomes a new target

Consistency math is profit_day / profit_total. If Monday is $2,100 and the week is still $2,100, the share is 100% and TradeDay raises the target to $2,100 / 0.30 = $7,000. You now owe $7,000, not $6,000, and you still owe seven days. If you instead print $1,500, $1,400, $1,200, $900, $500, $400, and $200, the largest share is 25% and the $6,000 target survives. That distribution is the calculator, not a personality lecture.

Cap a single evaluation day near $1,700 (about 28% of $6,000) if you want the original hurdle. Set Venasri Equity Guard to flatten daily loss at $2,100, and add a session-profit alarm at +$1,700 during the eval. After you are funded, the 30% eval rule is no longer the payout story, but the 2.5% daily band still is.

4:00 PM CT is the reset, not 5:00 PM ET

TradeDay marks the CME session around 4:00 PM CT. That is 17:00 ET in winter and 18:00 ET when Chicago is on daylight time, and it is not Take Profit Trader's 5:00 PM ET flatten. A late NQ scalp you thought had 40 minutes left can be a hold-through-close violation. Funded 2-minute news windows still debit daily loss if a stop runs inside the print.

24/7 MT5 Bot Control can store a 15:45 CT flatten and a 2-minute Tier-1 blackout for any MT5 book you run in parallel. The futures fills stay on Tradovate or NinjaTrader. The clock discipline can still live in one place so you stop converting Chicago close into New York close.

Guard numbers that match the model you clicked

Static $100K: daily flatten $2,100, lifetime lock $2,550, consistency cap +$1,700 per eval day, flatten-all 15:45 CT. EOD trailing: same daily flatten, but recompute the lifetime lock after each 4:00 PM CT closed balance. Intraday: replace the lifetime lock with a $2,400 giveback-from-peak alarm. Those branches are the TradeDay calculator.

Day-1 funded withdrawals start after the buffer is met. Do not withdraw $800 from a $1,100 Static buffer and then trade NQ like the $3,000 hole is still empty. Subtract first. The 80% to 95% split is collected after the seven days, the 30% share, and the 4:00 PM CT flatten all stay boring.

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Frequently Asked Questions: TradeDay Daily Drawdown Rules: Exact 4:00 PM CT CME session close Rollover Math & Protection

How do I calculate the TradeDay 30% consistency raise?

Divide your largest day's profit by 0.30. If Monday is +$2,100 and that is the whole cycle so far, the new target is $7,000, not $6,000. Keep any single evaluation day at or under about $1,700 if you want the original $6,000 hurdle to survive on $100K.

When does the TradeDay daily drawdown reset?

Around the 4:00 PM CT CME session close. Positions must be flat before that print. The next session opens a new 2.5% daily band ($2,500 on $100K). EOD trailing marks there. Intraday trailing marks live. Static does not walk.

What Equity Guard number should I use on TradeDay?

Flatten near $2,100 of daily loss on $100K so you never print $2,500. On Static, also lock lifetime loss near $2,550. On Intraday, add a $2,400 giveback-from-peak alarm. Recalculate after you switch models. The three options do not share one floor.

Does TradeDay daily loss change if I pick Static drawdown?

The 2.5% daily band is still the intraday fence on models that publish it. Static only changes the 3% maximum: $3,000 below initial, with no trail. You can still fail a Static account on a $2,500 down morning without ever tagging the $97,000 lifetime floor.