How much cushion do you have left today before the DLL locks the account? Pick your firm + account size, drop in today's realized P&L and worst open position — see your remaining buffer. Or get a clear "this account has no DLL" answer (3 of the 7 biggest firms killed the rule in 2026). New here? Read our DLL explainer →
Verify with your firm. Daily-loss-limit amounts and lock/breach behavior change. These presets reflect public info as of June 2026 — always confirm the exact DLL with your firm before you trade. This is a planning tool, not advice.
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The DLL is a per-session floor: the most you can lose today before the firm forces you flat or locks you out for the rest of the session. Unlike trailing drawdown (which is the account's lifetime floor and never resets), the DLL resets every trading day.
The math: cushion = DLL − |today's realized loss| − |worst open unrealized loss|. Firms enforce on equity (realized + unrealized), not just closed P&L — that's why one open trade with -$500 floating + -$1,500 already realized can hit a $2,000 DLL even though you haven't closed the losing trade.
What happens when you hit it: in this cluster (Topstep, Apex EOD, Tradeify, Bulenox Option 2, Earn2Trade), DLL behavior is "lock and flatten" — the platform closes open positions and blocks new orders for the rest of the day, but does NOT breach the account. You come back tomorrow. The trailing drawdown is what ends accounts; the DLL is what ends days.
Why 3 of the 7 biggest firms killed it: TPT removed firmwide in January 2025, MFFU never adopted it on any 2026 plan, and Topstep removed the default DLL on TopstepX in August 2024 (NinjaTrader users still get one). The argument: trailing drawdown already does the work, and a per-session floor mostly hurts disciplined traders who take a -$500 morning then want to fade the afternoon. Read the full explainer for the four archetypes (NONE firmwide / platform-dependent / forked at signup / both stages).
Firm-by-firm DLL notes (June 2026)
Topstep — NinjaTrader: default DLL still enforced. 50K Combine $1,000, 100K $2,000, 150K $3,000. XFA funded accounts inherit the same defaults on NinjaTrader. Switch to TopstepX and the default DLL is removed.
Topstep — TopstepX: default DLL was removed for both Combine and XFA in August 2024. Trailing drawdown is the only hard-loss floor.
Apex 4.0 — EOD trail: EOD-trail accounts have a DLL (separate from the trail). Amount varies by account size and rulebook revision — verify your specific number with Apex. (We've left the field editable so you can plug in your account's published value.)
Apex 4.0 — Intraday trail: no DLL on intraday-trail accounts. Trailing drawdown is the only floor.
MyFundedFutures (MFFU): no DLL on any 2026 plan (Core, Rapid, Pro). Trailing drawdown is the only hard-loss floor.
Take Profit Trader (TPT): DLL removed firmwide January 2025. Test, PRO and PRO+ are all DLL-free; only the trailing drawdown enforces risk.
Tradeify Growth: DLL on evaluation only — 50K $1,250, 100K $2,500, 150K $3,000. Funded stage has no DLL.
Tradeify Select: no DLL on any stage.
Tradeify Lightning: DLL on funded — 50K $1,250, 100K $2,500, 150K $3,000. (25K plans have no DLL.)
Bulenox Option 1: intraday trail, no DLL. Permanent choice at signup — you can't switch to Option 2 later.
Bulenox Option 2: EOD trail with DLL. 25K $400, 50K $500, 100K $1,100, 150K $2,200, 250K $3,300, 300K $4,500. Important quirk: once your funded account reaches 6% profit, the DLL increases to match the trailing-drawdown amount on the next session.
Earn2Trade Gauntlet Mini (GAU): 50K $1,100, 100K $2,200, 150K $3,300, 250K $4,400. Same DLL on evaluation and funded.
Earn2Trade Trader Career Path (TCP): 50K $550, 100K $1,100, 150K $2,200. Same DLL on evaluation and funded.
Custom: override the DLL field with your firm's published number.
Always confirm the live rule. Aurafy is not affiliated with any prop firm.