Each day's profit (excluding commissions) must stay below a maximum percentage of your total profits. This rule prevents relying on a few big winning days. Instead, it rewards steady, consistent trading performance.
Total balance needed = Biggest daily profit ÷ Consistency percentage
Example 1: If your best day made $1,000 profit and you have a 20% consistency rule: $1,000 ÷ 0.20 = $5,000 total balance needed
Example 2: consistency rule of 30%
In the table below, a day is marked green when the biggest daily profit was in line with the consistency rule, and marked red when not.
Trading day | Day PnL | Total PnL | Biggest day PnL | Biggest daily profit % of total PnL |
1 | $400 | $400 | $400 | 100% |
2 | $750 | $1150 | $750 | 65.22% |
3 | $500 | $1650 | $750 | 45.45% |
4 | $600 | $2250 | $750 | 33.33% |
5 | $250 | $2500 | $750 | 30% |
6 | -$300 | $2200 | $750 | 34.09% |
7 | $700 | $2900 | $750 | 25.86% |
8 | $1300 | $4200 | $1300 | 30.95% |
Example 3:
You are trading on a Simulated Funded account for 10 days with a 35% Consistency Rule.
First 10 Days:
Total profits: $10,000
Highest single-day profit: $4,000
$4,000 is 40% of $10,000
Result: Exceeds the 35% limit - you will not be able to make a payout request
Day 11:
Profit: $1,500
New total profits: $11,500
Highest single-day profit remains: $4,000
$4,000 is 34.7% of $11,500
Result: Under the 35% limit - you will now be able to make a payout request