Consistency Calculator

A consistency rule limits how much of your total profit can come from a single trading day. For example, with a 30% consistency rule, no single day's profit may exceed 30% of your total profit. Prop firms use this rule to ensure traders show steady, repeatable performance instead of passing an evaluation or requesting a payout based on one lucky trade.

Divide your largest single-day profit by your total profit and compare the percentage to the firm's limit. For example, if your best day made $2,000 and your total profit is $5,000, your best day represents 40% of total profit — which breaches a 30% consistency rule. To become compliant, you would need to grow total profit to at least $6,667 so the $2,000 day falls to 30% or less.

It depends on the firm. Most firms treat it as a soft breach: your account is not closed, but you cannot pass the evaluation or withdraw profits until your profit distribution becomes compliant. You typically fix it by trading additional profitable days so your largest day falls under the threshold. A few firms treat repeated violations more strictly, so always check your firm's specific rules.

Set a daily profit target based on the rule before you trade. With a 30% rule and a $3,000 profit goal, keep each day's profit under roughly $900. This calculator does the math for you: enter your account details and the consistency percentage, and it shows your maximum daily profit and how much more you need to trade if you are already over the limit.

Both, depending on the firm. Many futures prop firms apply consistency rules during the evaluation phase, and some also enforce them on funded accounts as a payout condition — your largest day must stay under the threshold for a withdrawal to be approved. Always verify whether the rule applies to evaluation only, payouts only, or both.

Most prop firms set consistency rules between 20% and 50%, with 30% being the most common for futures firms. A lower percentage is stricter because it forces profits to be spread across more trading days. Some firms have no consistency rule at all, which is worth factoring in when comparing firms.

No. The rule compares your single best profitable day against your total net profit. Losing days reduce your total profit, which actually makes the rule harder to satisfy — your best day becomes a larger share of a smaller total. This is why steady position sizing beats swinging for big single-day wins under a consistency rule.