What is a consistency rule?
A consistency rule says no single day may be more than a set share of your total profit. With a 50% limit, a best day of $1,200 out of $2,000 total is 60%, over the limit. Some firms check it during the evaluation, others when you request a payout.
Worked example
The rule compares your best day with your total profit, not with your other days.
Four days: $1,200, $300, $250, $250
- Best day
- $1,200
- Total profit
- $2,000
- Best day's share
- 60%
- Limit
- 50%
Over the limit.
A fifth day of $400
- Best day
- $1,200
- Total profit
- $2,400
- Best day's share
- 50%
- Limit
- 50%
At or under the limit.
$1,200 of $2,000 is 60%, over the 50% limit. At $2,400 total, the same best day is 50%: at the limit, not over it. The best day can't shrink, so only the total moves the share.
Computed by the same rule engine your real accounts use.
Reading the share
The share is the best day divided by the total profit across all days. The best day never gets smaller, so the share only falls as the total grows. Going over the limit isn't the same as hitting the max loss; what it costs depends on the firm.
How firms differ
- The limit itself, and whether it applies during the evaluation, at payout, or both.
- Whether going over it fails anything, or only means more trading days before you can pass or be paid.
- Firms do change this rule, so the version on your account matters.
Check your firm's current terms. Claridae's presets record each firm's version, dated, and you can edit any account's rules.
See it on a sample day
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