Static Drawdown Prop Firms 2026: 6 Firms That Really Have One

Phidias Express to Live has a static drawdown: the liquidation level is fixed at one price on the evaluation and on the funded CASH account, $49,350 on a 50K, with no daily loss limit and no consistency rule. Five other firms now sell something with a fixed floor, each with a catch: Topstep’s Static Combines add a mandatory daily loss limit, MyFundedStudio stops at $20K and micros, Tradeify Level Up pays fixed rewards instead of funding you, LucidMaxx is static only once live and by invitation, and HyroTrader is crypto. Everyone else uses a trailing drawdown that, at best, locks once you are in profit.

The static drawdown at Phidias

On Express to Live, the floor is set the day you buy the account and never moves. It does not follow your balance at the close, nor your best moment of the day. A trade that runs $1,000 in your favor and comes back costs you nothing in room.

The static floor applies to the evaluation and to the funded CASH account, which keeps the same rules. Reach the target on the CASH account, click Switch to Live, and the fixed bonus payout is credited to your Phidias Wallet at 80/20 while the account converts to a LIVE account. Bought as a one-time payment, the evaluation and the funded account are a single purchase.

The whole cycle can run in a single day. A payout on day 1 is possible on every Express to Live size: our record is 6 hours 18 minutes from purchase to payout, and 90% of payouts are processed in under 30 minutes, all within 24 hours.

On the LIVE account: still static, and it grows

On the LIVE account, the loss stays static and becomes extensible: it grows with each LIVE credit you add by validating more Express to Live accounts. LIVE payouts are available every day with no maximum, from $500, at 80/20. More in our daily payout guide.

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Static vs end-of-day vs intraday trailing: the difference in one trade

Same 50K evaluation, same $2,000 limit, same two days of trading, before any lock. Only the type of drawdown changes:

• Day 1: the account reaches $51,800 during the session and closes at $51,500.
• Day 2: it reaches $52,300, drops to $50,250, and closes at $50,500.

With a static drawdown, your room grows with every dollar you make. With a trailing one, your room stays the same size and moves up behind you; with an intraday trailing one, it moves up with profits you never banked. Our trailing drawdown guide goes deeper.

The catch: trailing drawdowns that “lock”

A drawdown that stops trailing is often called static. It is not, until it locks. On a 50K funded account:

• Apex (EOD accounts), Tradeify and Lucid: a $2,000 end-of-day trailing drawdown that stops at $50,100, once your balance has reached $52,100.
• Topstep: the funded account starts at $0 with a floor at minus $2,000 that trails up and locks at $0; see our Topstep drawdown guide.
• MyFundedFutures Rapid and Take Profit Trader PRO: intraday trailing on the funded account, locking at $100 above the start at MyFundedFutures and at the starting balance at Take Profit Trader.
• Phidias Fundamental and Premium: a $2,500 end-of-day trailing drawdown on the 50K that stops trailing at $50,100 once funded. We say it plainly: these are trailing accounts, not static ones.

Until the lock, every new high raises your floor. The first $2,000 or so of profit is the hardest money in a trailing account, and it is exactly where a static drawdown gives you the most room.

Which other futures prop firms really have a static drawdown?

Five, if you count every product whose floor never moves, one of them on crypto rather than futures. Two sell it as an evaluation that leads to a funded account, MyFundedFutures and Topstep. The other three attach it to a reward ladder (Tradeify), to a live account you must be invited to (Lucid), or to crypto (HyroTrader).

MyFundedFutures’ MyFundedStudio: static, but small and one at a time

MyFundedStudio started with two plans, #001 and #002, and added a third, Studio #003, on October 14, 2026. Each has a static max loss that never trails, no daily loss limit and no consistency rule, and payouts can be requested anytime at 80/20, from $250 ($100 on #003). MyFundedFutures says availability is limited, with a daily purchase cap per plan.

It is one of the closest products to Express to Live on the market, and MyFundedFutures deserves credit for it. The limits are size and scale: $5K to $20K accounts traded on micros only, a single Studio account at a time, and a live account you become eligible for after 5 payouts or $5,000 requested, which then runs on an end-of-day trailing drawdown, not a static one.

Topstep Labs: static Combines with a daily loss limit

Credit where it is due: the 50K Static has a larger static drawdown than ours, $2,000 against $650. The catch is everything around it. Topstep pairs the static floor with a mandatory daily loss limit, which turns a bad morning into a closed day: a daily loss limit locks the loss in rather than preventing it. Topstep’s help center presents that limit as a pause that keeps the account alive, and on a tilting day it can be. Add a 55% consistency target, a 90-day lifespan and no resets. On availability, Topstep’s Labs help page now says both Static Combines can be bought any time, up to 5 of each per month, and since November 2026 topstep.com/labs lists them under These Labs Are Always Open. Our Topstep Static Combine guide covers every rule and the $0 floor after the first payout. Topstep Labs also sells $1.5K to $6K Challenges with a static loss limit and no daily loss limit, but they pay a fixed amount once and then close, with no road to live.

Express to Live vs MyFundedStudio vs Topstep Static

Tradeify Level Up: a static ladder, not a funded account

Tradeify Level Up is a 10-level ladder released on October 15, 2026, with a $1,000 static drawdown on every level. One attempt costs $89, with three attempts per person for life. Targets climb from $1,500 on level 1 to $6,000 on level 10, with no daily loss limit, no consistency rule and no time limit.

The catch is what you win. Six of the ten levels pay a fixed reward, $34,250 in total for a full run before the 90/10 split, and each level restarts from the starting balance. Size is capped at 2 minis, it runs on Tradovate only, and once you take any Level Up payout you can no longer buy another run. Tradeify also warns that once Level Up is sold out, it cannot be bought. Our Tradeify Level Up guide walks through every level.

LucidMaxx: static only once you are live

Lucid’s LucidMaxx gives its live account a static drawdown and no daily loss limit, but only invited traders can buy it: the Lucid risk team invites traders on their record, and there is no public purchase option. Its evaluation and Pre-Live steps use an end-of-day drawdown. Details in our LucidMaxx rules guide.

HyroTrader: static limits, but on crypto

HyroTrader made every loss limit static when it relaunched in October 2026: a daily limit of 3% to 5% measured from the equity at 00:00 UTC, and a maximum loss of 5% to 10% of the initial balance. It is a crypto prop firm, not a futures one, and it states that every account, funded ones included, stays simulated. Our HyroTrader review covers it.

Everyone else

MyFundedFutures’ main plans (Rapid, Rapid EOD, Pro, Builder), Apex, Tradeify (outside Level Up), Take Profit Trader, Alpha Futures, TradeDay and Bulenox use trailing drawdowns on their evaluations and funded accounts, end-of-day or intraday, as compared in our best futures prop firms guide. At Lucid, only the invite-only LucidMaxx live account is static.

The trade-off of our static drawdown

A static drawdown is a better rule, not a bigger one. On a 50K Express to Live, you start with $650 of room, against $2,000 at most firms. Here is when that is the right trade:

• You trade tight stops: $650 is room for several losing trades on micros or a couple of minis, and it never shrinks when you win.
• You build a cushion fast: after a $1,000 day, your room is $1,650 and stays there. On a trailing account, it would still be $2,000 below your new high.
• You want fewer rules: no daily loss limit, no consistency rule, no minimum days. Our list of no daily loss limit prop firms shows who else drops the daily limit.

If you need wide stops from the first trade, Fundamental gives you a $2,500 end-of-day drawdown on the 50K, and Premium adds overnight holds.

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Static drawdown prop firms in 2026: frequently asked questions

Which futures prop firms have a static drawdown?

Phidias Express to Live has a static drawdown on the evaluation and on the funded CASH account, on every size from 25K to 150K, with no daily loss limit and no consistency rule. Elsewhere, Topstep sells a 25K and a 50K Static Combine with a mandatory daily loss limit, MyFundedFutures sells three MyFundedStudio plans from $5K to $20K, Tradeify’s Level Up uses a $1,000 static drawdown on each of its ten levels, six of which pay a fixed reward, and Lucid’s invite-only LucidMaxx is static on its live account only.

What is a static drawdown in a prop firm?

A static drawdown is a loss limit fixed at one price for the life of the account. On a 50K Express to Live account, the liquidation level is $49,350 and stays there: whatever you make above it becomes room to trade, and a winning trade you give back never moves the line.

What is the difference between static and trailing drawdown?

A trailing drawdown follows your balance up: end-of-day trailing moves with your closing balance, intraday trailing with your highest point of the session, open profit included. A static drawdown never moves. With a trailing drawdown, your room to trade stays the same size as you make money; with a static one, it grows.

Is a static drawdown better than an end-of-day drawdown?

For most intraday traders, yes: a static floor never punishes a profit you gave back, and your room grows with every dollar above it. The trade-off at Phidias is size: the static drawdown on a 50K Express to Live is $650, while end-of-day trailing drawdowns at most firms are $2,000 on a 50K.

Are the Topstep and MyFundedFutures static plans still available?

Topstep launched the 25K Static in June 2026 and the 50K Static in October 2026 as limited drops; its Labs help page now says both can be bought any time, up to 5 of each per month, and topstep.com/labs now lists them under These Labs Are Always Open. MyFundedFutures says Studio availability is limited, with a daily purchase cap per plan. Express to Live is part of the standard Phidias lineup on every size from 25K to 150K, up to 5 accounts per trader.

Is MyFundedStudio a static drawdown prop firm?

MyFundedStudio is a line of MyFundedFutures plans with a static max loss: $250 on Studio #003 ($5K, $75), $500 on #001 ($10K, $140) and $1,000 on #002 ($20K, $280), with no daily loss limit and no consistency rule. It trades micros only, one Studio account at a time, and its live account, which you become eligible for after 5 approved payouts or $5,000 requested, uses an end-of-day trailing drawdown.

Does a trailing drawdown ever become static?

Often, once it locks. At Apex, Tradeify and Lucid, the funded 50K drawdown stops trailing at $50,100; at Topstep it locks at $0 on the funded account. Until it locks, every new high moves your floor up.

Does Phidias have a daily loss limit on Express to Live?

No. Express to Live has no daily loss limit, no consistency rule and no minimum trading days. The static drawdown is the only loss limit.

What happens to the drawdown when Express to Live goes LIVE?

On the LIVE account, the loss is still static and becomes extensible: it grows with each LIVE credit you add by validating more Express to Live accounts. LIVE payouts are available every day with no maximum, from $500, at 80/20.