Check your consistency
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How the consistency check works
The most common form of the rule compares your best day with your total profit:
- Best-day share = best day ÷ total profit.
- You meet the rule when best day ≤ total profit × the limit (exactly at the limit counts as meeting it here).
- Total profit needed = best day ÷ the limit (for 40%: best day ÷ 0.40).
- Additional profit needed = total profit needed − your current total.
The extra profit has to come from days smaller than your best day. A bigger day becomes your new best day and raises the target.
Firms calculate this differently. Some measure the best day against the profit target instead of total profit, some apply the rule only in the evaluation or only before a payout, some reset it every payout cycle, and some say "less than" rather than "up to" the limit. Read your firm's rule before relying on the result: see consistency rules compared and the firm pages below.
Worked example
Your plan has a 40% consistency rule. You have made $3,000 in total and your best day was $1,500.
- Best-day share: $1,500 ÷ $3,000 = 50%, above the 40% limit, so the rule is not met yet.
- Total profit needed: $1,500 ÷ 0.4 = $3,750
- Additional profit needed: $3,750 − $3,000 = $750, from days smaller than $1,500
With a 50% rule the same numbers meet it: $1,500 is exactly 50% of $3,000.
Common mistakes
- Using gross instead of net profit. Losing days lower your total profit, which raises your best-day share.
- Measuring the wrong period. Some rules look at the whole evaluation, others only at the current payout cycle.
- Forgetting that a new best day moves the target. One more big day can push the required total up instead of down.
- Assuming every firm uses the same formula. Check whether yours compares with total profit or with the profit target.
- Passing the target in one big day. Where an evaluation has a consistency rule, one outsized day can mean more trading days before you pass.
Consistency rule questions
What is a consistency rule in a prop firm?
A limit on how much of your profit can come from one trading day, usually written as a percentage such as 40% or 50%. It stops one outsized day from carrying an evaluation or a payout.
How do I calculate the consistency rule?
Divide your best day by your total profit. If the result is at or below the limit, you meet the rule. Example: $1,200 best day ÷ $3,000 total = 40%.
How much more profit do I need to meet the consistency rule?
Divide your best day by the limit to get the total you need, then subtract your current total. With a $1,500 best day and a 40% rule you need $3,750 in total: $750 more if you are at $3,000.
Do all prop firms calculate consistency the same way?
No. Some measure the best day against the profit target, some apply the rule only in the evaluation or only for payouts, and some plans have no consistency rule. Compare them on the consistency rules page and confirm on the firm's site.
Check your firm's rules
Which firms have a consistency rule, at what percentage and in which stage differs by firm and plan. Check the rule on your firm's page:
- Alpha Futures rules
- Apex Trader Funding rules
- Funded Futures Family rules
- FundedNext Futures rules
- Lucid Trading rules
- My Funded Futures rules
- Take Profit Trader rules
- Top One Futures rules
- Topstep rules
Coupon codes before you buy: Alpha Futures · FundedNext Futures · Lucid Trading · Top One Futures.
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