What floating risk is
Floating risk is the unrealised loss on all your open positions at one moment. A max floating risk rule caps it as a share of your balance, whatever the day’s result so far.
Formula
open loss ≤ 2% × current balance, checked on every tick
The limit on every size
| Account | Two-step max open loss | One-step |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $20 | No floating-risk rule |
| $2,000 | $40 | No floating-risk rule |
| $3,000 | $60 | No floating-risk rule |
| $5,000 | $100 | No floating-risk rule |
| $10,000 | $200 | No floating-risk rule |
At the starting balance. The limit is a share of the current balance, so it grows as closed profit grows the balance.
What counts
- On a $10,000 two-step account the limit is $200. Three trades each $80 down is $240 open: a breach.
- One trade $150 down is inside the limit.
- Closed trades do not count. Once a loss is closed it moves to the balance, and the drawdown floors take over.
How it differs from daily drawdown
Daily drawdown is a floor for the whole day’s equity. Floating risk caps what is open right now. On a $10,000 two-step account the daily floor allows $600 of loss in a day, but no more than $200 of it may be open at once. Stacking positions can breach floating risk while the account is far from its daily floor.
Sizing a trade to the rule
One standard lot of EURUSD moves about $10 per pip. With a 20-pip stop, one lot risks about $200, which sits exactly on the $10,000 two-step limit with nothing spare for spread or slippage. A size that leaves room, such as 0.8 lots (about $160 at the stop), keeps a fill that slips inside the rule.
At FundedTick
Max floating risk is 2% of the current balance on the two-step, measured on every tick. The one-step has no floating-risk rule. A breach caused purely by slippage on a fill can be waived after a support review.