The prop firm consistency rule, explained
A consistency rule caps the share of your profit that may come from your single best day. It decides whether a pass or payout counts, and it is the rule traders most often trip over without noticing.
How it works
The firm takes your best day and divides it by a base. Most firms use your total net profit; some use the sum of your winning days only, or the account's profit target. If the result is above the limit, the rule is broken.
Example: a 40% rule, five days of +$600, +$1,800, −$300, +$400, +$600. Total profit is $3,100 and the best day is $1,800, which is 58% of the total. To bring $1,800 down to 40% you need $4,500 in total, so $1,400 more on other days.
Break it, and usually you just wait
At most firms a violation doesn't fail the account. It raises the bar: more profit or more days before you pass or before a payout is approved. A few programs treat it as a hard rule. Check which kind yours is before you size up on a good day.
Measured against what?
- Total net profit: losing days lower the total, so they make the rule harder to meet.
- Sum of winning days: losing days don't count against you.
- Profit target: a fixed cap per day, e.g. 50% of a $3,000 target means no day above $1,500.
Every firm's consistency rule today
| Firm | Account | Limit | Measured against | Applies | If broken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Futures | Advanced Evaluation + Qualified | ≤ 40% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Alpha Futures | Direct (instant Qualified) | below 20% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Alpha Futures | Standard Evaluation + Qualified | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Alpha Futures | Standard Evaluation + Qualified | below 40% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Alpha Futures | Zero Evaluation + Qualified | below 40% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Apex Trader Funding | EOD Evaluation + PA | below 50% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Apex Trader Funding | Intraday Evaluation + PA | below 50% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Blue Guardian | Instant | below 15% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Blue Guardian | Instant Starter | below 15% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| FTMO * | FTMO Challenge 1-Step | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| FTMO * | FTMO Challenge 1-Step | ≤ 50% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| FundingPips | FundingPips Zero | ≤ 15% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Lucid Trading | LucidDaily (end-of-day evaluation) | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Lucid Trading | LucidDaily (intraday evaluation) | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Lucid Trading | LucidDirect | ≤ 20% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Lucid Trading | LucidFlex | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Lucid Trading | LucidPro | ≤ 40% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| My Funded Futures | Builder | ≤ 50% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| My Funded Futures | Builder ($1,500 MLL option) | ≤ 50% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| My Funded Futures | Pro | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| My Funded Futures | Rapid (intraday sim funded) | ≤ 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| My Funded Futures | Rapid EOD | ≤ 30% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Take Profit Trader | Test + PRO | below 50% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Topstep | Trading Combine + Express Funded (Consistency) | ≤ 55% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Topstep | Trading Combine + Express Funded (Consistency) | ≤ 40% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Topstep | Trading Combine + Express Funded (Standard) | ≤ 55% | total profit | to pass | need more first |
| Tradeify | Growth Evaluation + Funded | ≤ 35% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
| Tradeify | Lightning Funded | ≤ 20% | total profit | for payouts | need more first |
* FTMO: Rule change: FTMO 1-Step accounts ordered from 12 October 2026, 09:00 CEST use a Consistency rule (best day at most 50% of total profit), which this site now checks. Accounts ordered before that keep the old Best Day Rule: the best day may be at most 50% of the profit of your positive days only.
From each firm's official pages, verified Oct 2026. Some sizes of a program can differ; the firm pages show every size. Accounts with no rule at all are listed on prop firms without a consistency rule.
Check your own days
Pick your firm and account, then paste your daily P&L or import a statement. You'll see your consistency percentage, what you still need, and the most you can make on your next day without breaking the rule.