On Instant Funded accounts, your maximum drawdown limit is not fixed from day one — it moves in your favour as your account grows. At the close of each trading day, if your balance is higher than it was the previous close, the drawdown floor rises to reflect that. It protects more of your gains the better you perform.
Importantly, it only ever moves upward. A bad day does not push it back down — the floor locks at whatever the highest point it reached was.
Example: Start at $25,000. Close a day at $27,500. Your drawdown floor adjusts upward to protect that growth. It will not drop back if the following day is a losing one. |