Daily loss limit

A daily loss limit caps how much you can lose in one day. Ink measures it per session, named for the day it ends — not per calendar day. Sessions start at 6pm ET for futures, 5pm ET for CFD.

#How Ink checks it

computeDailyLossStatus (lib/pnl/prop-rules.ts) adds up the net P&L of every trade that closed in the current session. If that total is at or below minus the limit, the limit is hit.

The Dashboard's Daily loss card shows the session's P&L against the limit and how much is left ("$X left today").

Example (made-up numbers). Limit: $1,000. On Tuesday at 6:40pm ET a trade closes −$700 — that's already Wednesday's session. Wednesday at 10:15am another closes −$350. Wednesday's session: −$700 − $350 = −$1,050, which is at or below −$1,000 → the limit is hit. A session at exactly −$1,000 also counts as hit; −$999.99 doesn't.

When no trade has closed in the current session yet, the card says "No trades this session" and shows your worst session so far for context — Ink never shows a made-up $0.

#Soft or hard

Firms treat hitting the limit differently, and so does the card:

• Soft — "Paused for the session": you're done for the day, the account carries on. The card reads "Limit hit · paused for the session".
• Hard — "Account fails". The card reads "Limit breached · account fails".

Some firms let you switch the limit off. When a preset says it's optional, the account form shows Use the daily loss limit — turn it off if you didn't enable it with your firm.

#Limits that change as the account grows

Some firms change the limit once the account has grown. A preset copies these steps onto the account, and the account form shows them under Changes as the account grows. Use a fixed limit drops them and keeps just the number above.

computeDailyLossTier (lib/pnl/daily-loss-tiers.ts) works out the limit for the current session:

• A step is measured on the balance after payouts, the way the firms word it ("balance reaches", "account profit").
• A step reached during a session changes the limit from the next session, never the one in progress.
• Once reached, a step stays — except Tradeify's, which Ink undoes after a payout until the balance reaches the step again (Tradeify doesn't say, so Ink never shows more room than you may have).
• If you joined with an opening balance, it counts as a close before your first logged session.

The card's second line says where the limit stands: "Rises to $2,000 once the balance reaches $53,000 (+6%), from the next session", "Raised at +6% on Oct 19", "Scaling since Oct 19: 60% of your best close (+$4,000)", "Back to $1,250 after your Oct 20 payout · …".

The steps the presets use:

• Tradeify Growth and Lightning (funded): at +6%, reached during a session, the limit becomes the drawdown amount. Accounts bought before Sep 12, 2025 have the limit removed at 6% instead — use a fixed limit and edit it. Source: Rules: Daily Loss Limit.
• Bulenox Master, Option 2: removed for good once the end-of-day drawdown locks (a close at the starting balance + drawdown + $100). The card then reads "No daily loss limit (removed once the floor locked)".
• Lucid LucidPro and LucidDirect (funded): once a session closes above the Initial Trail Balance, the limit becomes 60% of your highest end-of-day profit (LucidScale), rounded down to the cent, and never comes down. Sources: LucidPro, LucidDirect.

Example (made-up numbers). LucidPro 50K, $1,200 limit, trail balance $52,100. Closes of +$1,500 and +$1,800: still $1,200 (not above $52,100). A close at +$4,000: from the next session $2,400 ($4,000 × 60%). A −$1,000 session after that: still $2,400.

Example (made-up numbers). Tradeify 50K Growth, $1,250 limit. Monday the balance touches $53,100 at 10am and closes at $52,700: Monday stays $1,250, Tuesday is $2,000. A $1,000 payout on Tuesday: Wednesday is back to $1,250 until the balance reaches $53,000 again.

#What Ink can't see

Ink only knows about closed trades. A firm that counts open losses during the day can stop you before your closed trades reach the limit.

Presets last checked: Nov 2, 2026. (Apex on Oct 7, 2026; funded payout rules on Oct 24; everything else on Oct 23.) Always confirm current rules with your prop firm. Firms change them.