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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The 28.82% number has gone! Many thanks!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-09-05T22:22:49Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Please, reload EA Studio and check the &quot;Daily Max Loss is 28.82%&quot; again. Report, if it still shows such a number.</p><p>It is interesting that I worked on SBP and ported the EA Studio backtester in it. I found and fixed a bug just before answering to your post. The bug was in the internals of the backtester with the only visible effect of the &quot;Daily Max Loss&quot; value <img src="https://forexsb.com/forum/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" />.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Popov]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-09-05T15:07:01Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>Popov wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Myfxbook-style: <br />&gt; daily loss is relative to the equity at each day&#039;s start;<br />&gt; absolute/maximum loss is relative to the initial balance.</p><p>The daily loss computes from the equity at the beginning of the day to the lowest equity of the day.<br />It may be lower or higher than the &quot;Maximum loss %&quot;.<br />Maximum loss can be even 0 if the strategy makes profit from the first deal and never drops below the initial account.</p></blockquote></div><p>Okay thanks. Noted.</p><p>But if the Daily Max Loss is 28.82% (as claimed) then why can&#039;t I see a 28.82% drop anywhere on the chart?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-09-04T14:05:20Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the report!</p><p>I&#039;ll check it and will try to fix the issue today.</p><p><strong>Edit:</strong></p><p>Myfxbook-style: <br />&gt; daily loss is relative to the equity at each day&#039;s start;<br />&gt; absolute/maximum loss is relative to the initial balance.</p><p>The daily loss computes from the equity at the beginning of the day to the lowest equity of the day.<br />It may be lower or higher than the &quot;Maximum loss %&quot;.<br />Maximum loss can be even 0 if the strategy makes profit from the first deal and never drops below the initial account.</p>]]></content>
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			<updated>2026-09-04T08:57:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Attached is the EA in case anyone wants to check the stats. I used Premium Data, 200000 bars of USATECHIDXUSD M5 ending at 2026-08-17 11:00.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-08-17T21:10:11Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I exported the data and calculated the drawdown figures myself in EXCEL. My results do not agree with any of the numbers in the screenshot. So either I&#039;m being stupid (possible) or the numbers in EA Studio are just wrong...</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-08-17T15:13:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Also:</p><p>Q4) How can the &quot;Maximum Loss&quot; for the &quot;Complete Backtest&quot; be 0.20% when the &quot;Maximum Loss&quot; for OOS is 2.70%?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-08-17T14:39:23Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I figured out the answers to Q2 &amp; Q3 so I deleted them. But I still don&#039;t get the answer to Q1...</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-08-17T14:23:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[How can "Max Daily Loss" be larger than "Max Drawdown"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p><p>Below is a screenshot of an EA&#039;s stats. I&#039;m trying to make sense of the numbers circled in red. In particular:</p><p>Q1) How can the &quot;Max Daily Loss&quot; be larger than the &quot;Max Drawdown&quot;?</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/fz1KjQcW"><span class="postimg"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q3bqyX5V/Capture1.jpg" alt="https://i.ibb.co/Q3bqyX5V/Capture1.jpg" /></span></a></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DrQuant]]></name>
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			<updated>2026-08-17T14:03:57Z</updated>
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