{"term":{"slug":"consistency-rule","term":"Consistency Rule","definition":"A rule requiring that no single trading day accounts for more than a certain percentage of total profits. Designed to prevent lucky one-day windfalls from passing evaluations.","extendedExplanation":"Consistency rules ensure traders demonstrate repeatable performance rather than gambling on a single big trade. The most common threshold is 30-50% -- meaning no single day can represent more than 30% or 50% of your total profit.\n\nThis rule disproportionately affects scalpers and news traders who may generate outsized returns on specific days. If you make $6,000 total in your evaluation and $3,500 came from one day, you would violate a 50% consistency rule even though your total profit exceeds the target.\n\nNot all firms have consistency rules. FTMO and FundedNext do not enforce one. TopStep caps single-day profit at 50% of total, and Apex caps it at 30%. Traders who prefer aggressive strategies should factor consistency rules into firm selection.","exampleWithNumbers":"Apex $100K with 30% consistency rule: your profit target is $6,000. If you make $2,500 on Monday and $3,500 the rest of the week, Monday represents 41.7% of total profit -- you would fail the consistency rule. You need to either reduce Monday gains or add more profitable days until no single day exceeds $1,800 (30% of $6,000).","category":"evaluation","relatedTerms":["profit-target","evaluation-phase","funded-account","win-rate"]},"_links":{"self":"https://runvigil.app/api/glossary/consistency-rule","page":"https://runvigil.app/learn/consistency-rule","allTerms":"https://runvigil.app/api/glossary","learn":"https://runvigil.app/learn"}}