The consistency rule caps how much of your total profit can come from one trading day. Cross it and the payout is voided — even on a passing account. Enter your challenge parameters and your best day to see exactly how much headroom you have left.
Quick preset — choose a firm
Your challenge
$
= $10,000
%
$
days
= $5,000
%
= $10,000
%
30%= $3,000 max best day
10% · strict60% · lenient
100.0%
of limit
Passed — Dangerously close
Within 5% of the consistency limit. Exercise extreme caution on any new trade.
at the limit — no headroom
Usage breakdown
Profit target
$10,000
Max best day
$3,000
Your best day
30.0%
Avg daily needed
$778
Headroom
$0at the limit — no headroom
Max daily DD
$5,000
Where your best day lands
$0$960$1,920$2,880$3,840$4,800
Your best dayUnder limitOver limitConsistency limit (30%)
Rules change — always verify on the firm’s own site before trading. Educational use only, not financial advice.
Firms with no consistency rule. These firms in our database don’t enforce a single-day cap, so the rule never applies:
FTMOThe5ersSGBVolt Funded
FAQ
Consistency rule — questions
What is the consistency rule in prop trading?
It caps how much of your total profit is allowed to come from a single trading day. If your best day is worth more than the firm’s percentage of your profit target, the challenge or payout is voided — even if your account is otherwise passing. It exists to filter out one-lucky-trade accounts and reward traders who profit steadily.
How do I calculate my consistency score?
Divide your best day’s profit by your total profit target, then compare that to the firm’s limit. Best day ÷ profit target gives your day’s share; if that share is at or above the firm’s cap (say 30%), you’ve breached. The gauge above does this live: 100% usage means your best day exactly equals the maximum the rule allows.
Which prop firms have the strictest consistency rules?
In our current cohort the strictest is Moneta Funded’s Instant plan at 15%, followed by Invest Prop’s Economic plan at 20% and Funding Pips at 35%. Alpha Capital, FundedNext, Propia and ZoraFX mostly sit at 40%. FTMO, The5ers, SGB and Volt Funded enforce no single-day cap at all.
Can I still pass if my best day is exactly at the limit?
Usually yes — most firms treat the cap as a strict ceiling, so exactly at the limit (100% usage) is the maximum allowed rather than a breach. But there is zero headroom: one more profitable trade on that day tips you over. Treat 95–100% as a danger zone and bank smaller days from there.
What happens if I breach the consistency rule?
On a payout it typically voids that payout request; during a challenge it can fail the phase outright. The fix is the same either way — keep trading until more days accumulate, which raises your profit target denominator and shrinks your best day’s share back under the cap.
