Consistency rule
A rule preventing any single day from accounting for too high a percentage of total profit — usually 30–50% — to prevent one-day-wonders from passing evaluations.
Many prop firms apply a consistency rule to evaluations and sometimes funded accounts. The most common form: no single trading day can be more than 30% (sometimes 40% or 50%) of your total cumulative profit at the time you request payout or pass an evaluation.
Practical implication: even if you blow past the profit target on one explosive day, you'll need to trade additional days to satisfy the consistency requirement. This is by design — firms want traders who can produce consistent results, not lottery winners.
Example
- Apex 30% rule. You make $1,000 on day 1, then $0 on days 2-5 (no trades). On day 6 you make $5,000. Total: $6,000. Day 6 is $5,000 / $6,000 = 83% — fails the rule. You'd need additional profitable days to dilute the spike.
Related terms
- Profit target (evaluation)
The minimum cumulative profit required to pass an evaluation or progress to a funded account.
- Evaluation (Combine)
The simulated trading challenge a prop firm uses to qualify traders for a funded account.
- Funded account
A live trading account financed by a prop firm where the trader keeps a profit share while the firm absorbs losses against a defined drawdown rule.