Tradeify drawdown lock, explained

Two facts most guides mix up: in the evaluation the floor never locks, and on a funded account it locks at $100 above your starting balance. Both from Tradeify's help center.

Tradeify Select: drawdown and lock by account size
Account	Drawdown	Evaluation: floor locks?	Select Flex funded: locks at a close of	Floor after the lock
25K	$1,000	Never	$26,100	$25,100
50K	$2,000	Never	$52,100	$50,100
100K	$3,000	Never	$103,100	$100,100
150K	$4,500	Never	$154,600	$150,100

Read on 3 Nov 2026 from Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns and Select Evaluation Accounts. Other funded plans (Growth, Lightning, Select Daily) have their own lock thresholds on the same page.

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One rule for every Tradeify account

Tradeify's help center says it plainly: "All Tradeify accounts use End-of-Day (EOD) trailing drawdown." After each session the floor rises to your highest closing balance minus the drawdown, and it never moves down.

The part most traders miss comes next: "Your drawdown limit only UPDATES at the end of each trading day, but it is ENFORCED continuously throughout the day." The check runs on your net liquidation value, open positions included. Touch the floor at 10:15 and the account fails at 10:15, even if the trade would have closed green. Enter the low of a day in the calculator to see it.

Evaluation: no lock at all

In the evaluation, the floor keeps trailing for as long as the account is open. The help center answers the question directly: drawdown "only locks on Sim Funded accounts. Evaluation accounts do not have drawdown locking." On a 50K evaluation with closes of $51,000, $52,500 and $53,000, the floor moves from $48,000 to $49,000, then $50,500, and ends at $51,000. Every new closing high tightens the next day.

Funded: a lock at $100 above the start

Once funded, the drawdown locks when the end-of-day balance goes beyond the drawdown amount by $100, or as soon as you request a payout, whichever comes first. On a Select Flex 50K that means a close of $52,100; the floor then stays at $50,100 for good. With the same three closes, the funded floor goes $48,000, $49,000, then $50,100, and stays there. Pick the funded account in the calculator to compare the two.

What the lock does not change

A locked floor is still a floor. It is closer to your starting balance, not further from your next mistake. The days that break an account are rarely the ones with a bad setup; they are the ones with a moved stop or a trade taken to win back a loss.

Questions

Does Tradeify's drawdown lock during the evaluation?

No. Tradeify's help center answers this directly: drawdown only locks on Sim Funded accounts, and evaluation accounts do not have drawdown locking. In the evaluation the floor keeps rising with every new closing high.

When does the drawdown lock on a funded account?

When your end-of-day balance goes beyond the drawdown amount by $100, for example a close of $52,100 on a Select Flex 50K. The floor then stays at the starting balance plus $100, $50,100 on a 50K, and never moves up again.

What happens to the drawdown when I request a payout?

On a funded account the lock also triggers immediately when you request a payout, whichever comes first. After that the floor is fixed at $100 above the starting balance.

If I dip below the floor intraday but close green, is the account still active?

No. Tradeify's drawdown updates at the end of the day but is enforced in real time against your net liquidation value, open positions included. Touching the floor fails the account at that moment, and recovering before the close does not undo it.

Accounts rarely die from the drawdown. They die from the stop you moved before it.

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