Why wide differences between DD (draw down) reported on MT4/5 terminal and online analyses platforms? - page 2

 
Daniel Stein:

Yes, but the detailed statement from your Metatrader terminal does NOT consider the "floating" drawdown of your open trades like statistic pages do.

In this statement file you'll only see the "realized" drawdown based on the final result of these trades.

 

Example: Your trade is going down 50% and closes with a 3% loss.

The monitoring/statistic page will show you the real maximum drawdown of 50%

The Detailed Statement of your Terminal will show a maximum drawdown of 3%. 

Exactly Daniel, the floating DD is the key.
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