Every rule below is taken from HyroTrader's own FAQ, linked, and dated. Where the firm doesn't say something, we tell you instead of guessing. HyroTrader changed its daily drawdown on 14 October 2026 — this page was updated the same day.
Last checked against the official FAQ: 14 October 2026 (rule changed that day)“HyroTrader's daily drawdown trails your intraday peak.”
That was true until 14 October 2026. Every new challenge now uses a static daily floor: start-of-day equity minus a fixed share of the initial balance — Zero-Step 3%, One-Step 4%, Two-Step 5%. Reset at 00:00 UTC, same limit in every phase including funded.
A winning morning no longer raises your floor. The exception: legacy CLEO challenges were not migrated and still trail — open a support ticket to move them. HyroTrader's own example:
Sources: How is the daily drawdown calculated?, What type of daily drawdown does HyroTrader use? (both rewritten 14 Oct 2026); HyroTrader email to traders, 14 Oct 2026.
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| Position size | You enter it, we check it | Calculated from your risk %, fees included |
| Largest size that still fits | — | Yes |
| Positions already open | Not counted | Worst case with every open stop hit |
| Your own stop line before the firm's floor | — | Set your buffer, e.g. stop at 75% of the limit |
| Reset countdown, saved inputs | — | Yes |
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| Rule | What it means in practice | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily drawdown size | Zero-Step 3%, One-Step 4%, Two-Step 5% of the initial account size. The dollar amount never changes day to day. Same limit in every phase, including funded. | Official | FAQ |
| Daily floor (since 14 Oct 2026) | Static: start-of-day equity (00:00 UTC, open P&L included) minus the limit. Profits during the day don't move it. Breach when equity falls below the floor at any point. | Official | FAQ |
| Legacy trailing drawdown | Challenges bought before 14 Oct 2026 on CLEO were not migrated: their floor still trails the intraday equity peak. HyroTrader says to open a support ticket to move to static. | Email only | HyroTrader email, 14 Oct 2026; no longer in the FAQ |
| Swing upgrade | Previously a paid add-on; static is now the default, so the upgrade is moot for new challenges. The old balance-vs-equity contradiction is gone: the FAQ now says equity. | Resolved | FAQ |
| Daily reset time | 00:00 UTC — now stated explicitly (the old FAQ only said “at UTC”). | Official | FAQ |
| How often it's checked | The new FAQ says a breach happens if equity falls below the floor “at any point”; the old text said checks run “multiple times over a day”. Treat it as continuous. | Wording changed | FAQ |
| Maximum loss | Reviews report a static floor: 10% (Two-Step) or 6% (One-Step) below the initial size. Zero-Step value not found anywhere yet. Not in the FAQ pages we read. | Not confirmed here | Reviews only |
| Max loss per trade | A trade closed with a realized loss over 3% of the initial balance is a violation. Checked manually, not by the system. | Official | FAQ |
| Stop-loss | Not mandatory. You can trade without one, but the 3% per-trade rule still applies. | Official | FAQ |
| Profit distribution (evaluation only) | No single day may be more than 40% of your total net result. | Official | FAQ |
| Low-cap altcoins | At most 5% of the initial balance, leverage included, across all low-cap assets at any time. | Official | FAQ |
| Funded: margin exposure | Total margin across open positions up to 25% of the initial balance. | Official | FAQ |
| Funded: open position value | Total notional of open positions at most 2× the initial balance. | Official | FAQ |
| Martingale, hedging across accounts | Both prohibited. Hedging inside one Bybit account is allowed. | Official | FAQ |
Bought on CLEO before 14 Oct 2026? Your floor still trails your intraday peak, and a winning morning followed by a give-back can breach you while you are still green. Ask support to migrate.
The base is equity at 00:00 UTC, open P&L included. A position deep in the red at midnight lowers your starting point — and the floor with it.
On a $100,000 account, one trade closed at −$3,001 is a violation, even with $1,999 of daily room left. Size every stop below 3% of the initial balance.
25% margin and 2× notional apply only after you pass. A position size that was fine in the evaluation can break a funded rule.
14 Oct 2026 — HyroTrader made static daily drawdown the default on all new challenges (email to traders; FAQ rewritten the same day). Daily floor = start-of-day equity − initial balance × 3% (Zero-Step) / 4% (One-Step) / 5% (Two-Step); reset 00:00 UTC now explicit; the Swing upgrade and the balance-vs-equity contradiction are gone. Legacy CLEO challenges still trail until migrated by support. New open question: Zero-Step maximum loss.
1 Oct 2026 — First check. Confirmed: trailing daily drawdown from the intraday equity peak, 3% per-trade rule, stop-loss not mandatory, funded exposure limits. Open questions sent to HyroTrader: exact reset hour, Swing base (equity vs balance), maximum loss wording.