The consistency rule explained
A consistency rule limits how much of your total profit may come from your best day. At 40%, a $1,500 best day means you need at least $3,750 in total profit.
How it works
A consistency rule stops a single lucky day from passing the test or unlocking a payout. It says your best day may be at most a set share of your total profit.
The check: best day divided by total profit must be at or below the limit.
The fix: if you're over, total profit needed equals best day divided by the limit. A $1,500 best day at 40% needs $3,750 in total.
Largest day allowed: $1,200
Too concentrated: your best day is 50.0% of $3,000. You need $3,750 total profit, so $750 more, without a bigger best day.
A worked example
Your target is $3,000 at a 40% limit, and you've made $3,000 in five days, with a best day of $1,500. That's 50%, so you don't pass yet, even though you've hit the target.
| Limit | Total profit needed with a $1,500 best day |
|---|---|
| 50% | $3,000 |
| 40% | $3,750 |
| 30% | $5,000 |
| 20% | $7,500 |
The lower the limit, the more a single great day costs you. And the extra profit has to come without an even bigger best day. Check your own days with your firm's limit in the consistency rule calculator.
Firms with a consistency rule
As of November 12, 2026, 73 of the 86 firms PropTested tracks apply a consistency rule on at least one plan. The last column counts plans with no rule in the evaluation and none when funded.
And 48 more firms with a rule, all listed on the consistency calculator page.
10 firms have no consistency rule on any plan we read, in the evaluation or when funded. Carrot Funding, City Traders Imperium, Crypto Fund Trader, FundedHive, Kraken Prop, Lark Funding, MyFundedPerps, Propr, Vanta Trading, Vest Markets. See every plan with no rule in the evaluation in the plan browser.
Where it applies
- Evaluation, funded or both. We show both on every plan, because they often differ.
- When it's checked. Some firms check at the moment you'd pass, others at each payout request.
- What counts. Firms may use closed profit per day, per session or per payout cycle.
- Lot consistency. Some forex firms also check that your trade sizes stay in a set range. That's a separate rule.
A practical way to stay inside it: cap your daily gain at a little below the limit of your target. With a $3,000 target at 40%, stop adding risk near $1,200 for the day.
Every firm words this differently. Before you buy, read the exact rule on the firm's own page, which we link on each plan.