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Glossary · Evaluations

Consistency rule

  • Also called
  • consistency score
  • best day rule

What it means

In a prop firm, the consistency rule exists to stop one lucky day from passing an evaluation or triggering a payout. It is usually written as a percentage: no single day may account for more than a set share of total profit. If it does, the trader keeps trading until the share falls, rather than failing outright, at most firms.

Firms apply consistency rules to the evaluation, the funded stage, or both, and some apply them only to payout requests. Futures firms and instant funding programs use them most often, because those products have fewer other filters.

Alternatives that serve a similar purpose include minimum trading days, payout caps and a minimum number of profitable days before a payout.

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Profit target

A profit target is the gain, usually a percentage of starting balance, a trader must reach in a prop firm evaluation phase to pass it, without breaking any risk rule.
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Payout cap

A payout cap limits how much a trader can withdraw in a single payout or period, often as a fixed amount or a percentage of the simulated account's starting balance.
Evaluations

Minimum trading days

Minimum trading days is a prop firm rule requiring a trader to place trades on a set number of separate days before an evaluation phase can pass or a payout can be requested.
Payouts

Payout ratio

Payout ratio is the share of a prop firm's revenue paid out to traders as performance rewards over a period, the key measure of whether the model is sustainable.
The website

Rules page

A prop firm rules page is the single, canonical explanation of every evaluation and funded-stage rule, with definitions, worked examples and an update date.

On your website

Where this shows up on a prop firm site.

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Challenge pricing table

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Feature

Rules pages

Rules a trader can read one way: one page per rule, worked examples from your own numbers, and a table of which rules apply to which plan.
Guide

How Do Prop Firms Manage Risk? The Operator's Toolkit

How prop firms manage payout risk: rules tied to account size, withdrawal caps, consistency rules, abuse detection, reserves and selective A-booking.
Guide

What Is the Consistency Rule in Prop Firms? Why Use It

The prop firm consistency rule, from the operator's side: what it does, why firms use it, how to write it, and how to publish it without disputes.

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