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Will this trade breach my TradeDay account?
Check your trade before TradeDay checks it. Remaining daily-loss and drawdown room, the largest size inside the rules, flat time and news, with cited sources.
TradeDay rules in FirmGated's data
| Account | Drawdown | Daily loss limit | Max contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $1,500 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance | Has a daily loss limit; amount unclear, check your firm's current rules | Unclear, check your firm's current rules |
| 50K | $2,000 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance | Has a daily loss limit; amount unclear, check your firm's current rules | Unclear, check your firm's current rules |
| 100K | $3,000 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance | Has a daily loss limit; amount unclear, check your firm's current rules | Unclear, check your firm's current rules |
- Flat / close time: Unclear, check your firm's current rules
- Consistency: Unclear, check your firm's current rules
- Payout rules: Unclear, check your firm's current rules
- TradeDay rules page (drawdown figures): https://tradeday.com/rules · Last verified: not recorded
- Daily loss, contracts, news and consistency data: https://blog.traderspost.io/article/automate-tradeday-with-traderspost · Last verified: 2026-04-26
- Automation policy: https://blog.traderspost.io/article/automate-tradeday-with-traderspost · Last verified: October 10, 2026 (updated October 13, 2026)
TradeDay rules: common questions
What is the TradeDay drawdown by account size?25K: $1,500 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance; 50K: $2,000 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance; 100K: $3,000 end-of-day trailing, stops trailing at the starting balance. Source: https://tradeday.com/rules (last verified: not recorded).
Does TradeDay have a daily loss limit?All account sizes: Has a daily loss limit; amount unclear, check your firm's current rules.
What time does TradeDay require accounts to be flat?Unclear, check your firm's current rules.
Does TradeDay restrict trading around high-impact news?Unclear, check your firm's current rules.
Does TradeDay allow automated trading?Unclear on evaluation accounts. Third-party or purchased bots are reported as banned; sources conflict on your own strategies run through supported platforms.
How does Guardian Check work out whether a TradeDay trade breaches the rules?It adds the planned trade's full stop loss (contracts × stop points × the contract's point value) to today's P&L and compares the result with the daily loss limit and the drawdown floor. It is deterministic math on the numbers entered and the cited rules, not AI.
Informational only, not investment advice. Your firm's rules govern; FirmGated's rule data can lag firm changes.