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When your daily loss resets

Beside each one, the same moment on your own clock, computed.

• 17:00 EST
  Blue Guardian, +27
• 00:00 UTC
  AquaFunded, +3
• 00:00 GMT+3 (broker time, the daily candle open)
  Alpha Capital Group, +2
• 22:00 UTC
  Tradeify 247
• 18:00 ET
  Alpha Futures
• 23:30-23:59 CET
  BrightFunded
• 00:00 CE(S)T
  FTMO
• daily at 17:00 CT
  FundedNext Futures
• it updates daily at 16:15 CT, when the markets close
  The Trading Pit Futures
• day runs from 5 PM CT to 3:10 PM CT
  Topstep

“EST” and “ET” are read as New York time and “CET” as central European time. If a firm meant a fixed offset all year, summer times are an hour off. The firm’s wording is what counts.

What the daily loss is measured on

Below, each firm’s own wording, not labels of ours.

• the higher of balance and equity14 models
• starting balance11 models
• the higher of balance and equity at the start of the day, minus a fixed percentage of the starting balance. It recalculates at 00:00 CE(S)T. Floating P&L does count: 'the combined result of all your positions - both closed and open - must not reach or exceed this limit'8 models
• max(balance,equity)_sod7 models
• the previous day's closing balance (17:00 EST); it is measured against equity7 models
• the higher of equity and the previous day's closing balance, minus the daily amount, which is calculated on the account size. The trailing version of the daily limit, if active, uses the highest intraday equity6 models
• balance_sod6 models
• the higher of balance (without open trades) and equity (with open trades)5 models
• the starting account size, not the current balance5 models
• the previous day's closing balance4 models
• equity or balance4 models
• the higher of the equity and the balance at the day's close (EOD)4 models
• the day's P&L, realised and unrealised, commissions included3 models
• 4% of the starting balance, measured on the higher of balance and equity3 models
• the balance at 00:30 UTC minus 3%. It resets at that time3 models
• the challenge's original balance3 models
• EOD, according to their own table ('Max Daily Loss (EOD)')3 models
• the starting account size3 models
• the higher of balance and equity3 models
• the previous day's closing balance, snapshot at 00:00 UTC3 models
• balance or equity at 17:003 models
• equity, reset at 17:00 EDT3 models
• balance only2 models
• starting balance or equity2 models
• 4% of the starting balance2 models
• 3% of the starting balance, measured on the higher of balance and equity2 models
• the previous day's closing balance2 models
• Starting simulated capital2 models
• the day's starting balance2 models
• the previous day's closing balance2 models
• the higher of balance (with no open trades) and equity (with open trades)2 models
• equity2 models
• the higher of balance and equity at 00:00 UTC; the limit stays fixed until the next reset1 model
• the higher of balance and equity, at 00:00 UTC1 model
• the starting balance or the highest equity at the market rollover1 model
• the starting balance1 model
• 3% of the starting balance1 model
• the higher of the equity and the balance at the start of the day1 model
• the higher of equity and balance at the start of the day1 model
• the previous day's closing equity1 model
• the higher of equity and the previous day's balance1 model
• the day's starting equity; the threshold is recalculated every day on the new starting equity1 model
• the higher of equity and the previous day's closing balance1 model
• 4% of the starting balance, on the higher of balance and equity at the day's close1 model
• the higher of the balance and the equity at the day's open1 model
• the higher of the equity and the balance at the start of the day; it resets at 17:00 EST1 model
• balance at 00:05 UTC (12:05 AM UTC)1 model
• the biggest floating or closed loss from the day's starting balance1 model
• measured against the previous day's close1 model
• the higher of equity and the previous day's closing balance; it is fixed when the day opens1 model
• the balance at the 00:00 UTC daily reset, not the starting balance1 model
• 4% of the day's closing balance, floating P&L included1 model
• EOD1 model
• the previous day's closing balance1 model
• the previous day's closing balance1 model
• It is not on the starting balance: it is recalculated every day at 00:00 UTC on the equity at that moment. That is, it rises with you and falls with you1 model
• the higher of current balance and equity1 model
• the previous day's closed balance1 model
• EOD 00:00 UTC1 model
• the day's starting balance; it resets at 22:00 UTC1 model
• the day's starting balance, reset at 22:00 UTC1 model
• the daily margin available, which resets at every daily close, whether the day ends positive or negative1 model
• the day's starting balance; it resets at 16:15 CT1 model
• the day's closing equity (EOD equity)1 model
• the day's closing balance1 model
• the higher of the previous day's balance and high equity1 model
• net P&L (the article does not say balance or equity)1 model
• Equity. It is set at 00:00 UTC with the equity at that moment and does not move during the day1 model
• Equity, set at 00:00 UTC with the equity at that moment1 model
• previous day's balance, reset 17:00 EST1 model