What is the Max Daily Loss rule?
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Max Daily Loss (MDL)
Max Daily Loss (MDL) is the maximum loss you are allowed to make in a single trading day. It is a hard, permanent account breach event. The moment your Today's P&L touches this limit, all positions are auto squared-off and your account is permanently failed. Activity is not just paused for the day. The account is gone. No exceptions will be given.
⚠️ Important: Even if your overall account is in profit, breaching the MDL on any single day will permanently fail your account. There are no warnings, no grace periods, and no appeals.
MDL limits by program
- 1-Step Evaluation: 3% of account size
- 2-Step Evaluation: 5% of account size
How MDL is calculated
MDL is always calculated on your fixed account size (e.g. ₹10,00,000), not your current balance. It does not change day to day.
To check if you are at risk of breaching: look at Today's P&L in your dashboard. That is the only number that matters for MDL. If Today's P&L goes below the MDL limit at any point, even for a second, the account is permanently failed.
What does the MDL display on your dashboard show?
The MDL value shown on your dashboard is the maximum daily loss recorded so far across all your trading days — not today's loss. Think of it as your personal worst day on record. It updates only when you have a day that exceeds your previous worst. It is not your current daily drawdown.
⚠️ To monitor your current daily risk, always watch "Today's P&L" and not the MDL display figure. The MDL display is historical, not live.
Example (10L account, 2-Step)
- Account size: ₹10,00,000
- MDL limit: 5% = ₹50,000
- Opening balance today: ₹10,20,000 (you are in profit from prior days)
- Today's P&L must not go below −₹50,000 at any point during the session
- Equity must stay above: ₹10,20,000 − ₹50,000 = ₹9,70,000
- If Today's P&L hits −₹50,000 at any point, account is permanently failed, even if you were up ₹20,000 from previous days.
Example (10L account, 1-Step)
- Account size: ₹10,00,000
- MDL limit: 3% = ₹30,000
- Today's P&L must not go below −₹30,000 at any point
- Breaching this even once, even briefly will permanently fail the account.
💡 Practical tip: Most consistent participants treat MDL as an emergency brake, not a daily target. If you are down 2–3% on the day, consider stopping. Protecting your account from a breach is always more important than recovering a bad day.