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Several futures prop firms — Bulenox, Apex, Tradeify and others — enforce a "consistency rule" that denies a payout if any single trading day made up too much of your total profit. This is the rule that catches profitable traders the most often. Check your distribution before requesting a payout.

Consistency Rule Threshold (%) The maximum percentage of total profit any single day is allowed to be

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List every trading day with a profit. Skip losing days and break-even days — those don't count toward consistency.

How the consistency rule actually works

At payout time, the firm divides your largest profitable day by your total profit. If that ratio exceeds the threshold (typically 40%), the payout is denied — not because you broke a rule mid-trade, but because your profit is "too concentrated." The fix is either to keep trading until your average day catches up, or to size down on your big days from the start.

Different firms calculate this differently — some use only profitable days, some include losing days as negative numbers, some only count days above a minimum threshold. Always check your specific firm's exact formula before relying on this calculator for a real payout decision.

The prop firm consistency rule, explained

A consistency rule limits how much of your profit can come from any single day. It's sold as a guard against luck, and it partly is — but in practice it's the rule that most often turns a passed evaluation into a stalled payout, because it punishes exactly the days traders are proudest of. One clean trend day, and you're locked out until you've ground out enough ordinary days to dilute it.

The maths is simple and the calculator above runs it, but the strategic point is this: after a big day, don't cut size to protect it. Smaller days make the ratio worse. Same size, same process, more days.

Which prop firms have a consistency rule (2026)

Pulled live from our review data. Thresholds are the maximum share of total profit one day may account for.

Firm	Consistency threshold	Our score
Apex Trader Funding	30%	4.6	How to pass →
Bulenox	40%	4.1	How to pass →

Firm

Consistency threshold

Our score

Apex Trader Funding

30%

4.6

How to pass →

Bulenox

40%

4.1

How to pass →

Top-rated firms with no consistency rule on record

Full list on best prop firms with no consistency rule. Rules change — each review shows when we last verified it.

Quick answers

What is a prop firm consistency rule?

A cap on how much of your total profit can come from a single trading day — commonly 30%, 40% or 50%. If one day exceeds it, the firm withholds the payout (or fails the evaluation) until your other days catch up.

How do I calculate it?

Best day ÷ total profit. If your best day is $1,200 and total profit is $2,400, that's 50% — over a 40% rule. To fix it you need total profit of $3,000 (1,200 ÷ 0.40), so $600 more without another big day. The calculator above does this for you.

Which firms have no consistency rule?

Most forex/CFD firms, including FTMO and FundedNext at the time of writing. Futures firms almost always have one. The live table on this page pulls the current threshold from our review data for every firm.

Does the consistency rule apply to funded accounts or just the evaluation?

It varies. Some firms apply it only during the evaluation, some only on funded accounts, some to both. Check the specific firm's 'How to pass' guide — we list where it applies.