Consistency rule: the largest-day limit

What is the consistency rule?

A ratio: your best day divided by the total profit of the current cycle. It must stay at or under the threshold of your account type. The cycle is the evaluation for an evaluation account, and the period since the last payout for a funded account.

Account	Evaluation	Funded
Cycle	none	40%
Clear	50%	none
Stream	50%	none
Direct	no evaluation	20%

How is the ratio calculated?

Largest profitable day ÷ net profit of the cycle. Both numbers are closed profit. The check happens when you request a pass or a payout, and it resets after each payout.

What does 50% mean in practice on Clear and Stream evaluations?

Your best day may not be more than half the profit target. On a 100K Clear with a $6,000 target, a $4,000 day alone does not pass; you need at least $4,000 more from other days. Two solid days is the realistic minimum, which is why Clear and Stream evaluations rarely pass in one day.

Why is Direct at 20%?

Because there is no evaluation. A Direct trader is funded from the first trade, so the 20% threshold replaces the evaluation as the filter: no single day may weigh more than a fifth of the cycle. With a $6,000 first-cycle goal on a 100K, the largest day may be at most $1,200 when you request the payout.

How do you fix a consistency breach?

Trade more days at a normal size. The ratio only improves as the cycle profit grows, so a breach is a delay, not a failure. Do not try to “fix” it by taking a large risk to inflate the profit: a second outsized day makes the ratio worse and raises the Max Loss Limit exposure.

Common mistakes

• Sizing up on a strong signal during a payout cycle on a funded Cycle account, creating a day that needs weeks of normal trading to absorb.
• Passing a Clear evaluation in mind on day one and forgetting the 50% check; the second day is required.
• On Direct, requesting the first payout at the profit goal exactly, with a best day above 20%.
• Counting unrealised profit. Only closed profit enters the ratio.