The consistency rule
How it is calculated, when it applies, and what happens if you exceed it.
Updated September 25, 2026
Consistency limits how much of your profit can come from a single day. On Classic and Zenith it affects payouts only. On Horizon it applies to the evaluation instead, where it decides when you pass. Either way it is never a violation and never closes an account.
The rule by program
| Program | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Classic | None | 35% |
| Horizon | 40% | None |
| Zenith | Not applicable | 20% |
Zenith's requirement is 20%, the same on every payout.
How it is calculated
Take the profit you are withdrawing against, or on a Horizon evaluation, the profit you reached the target with. Your single best day cannot be more than the stated percentage of it.
What share your biggest day represents:
What total profit clears the rule:
Losing days come out of the total, so they make the ratio worse.
On a funded account the measurement resets after every payout. The profit you are withdrawing against means the profit you have made since your last approved payout, not everything you have ever made on the account. A big day before that payout does not follow you into the next cycle, and equally, the profit that diluted it does not come with you either. What else resets after a payout
Example, Classic funded, 35%: you have $3,000 of profit and your best day made $1,400. That day is 46.7% of the total, which is over 35%. Your best day would need to be $1,050 or less.
Put the second formula to work and $1,400 ÷ 0.35 is $4,000, so $4,000 of total profit clears the rule. You are $1,000 short.
Enter your own days and the calculator tells you whether you are inside the limit, and if not, exactly how much more profit releases the payout.
Open the consistency calculator
What happens if you exceed it
Nothing bad. The payout is not available yet.
Keep trading. As you add profitable days, the total grows and your big day becomes a smaller share of it. Once it falls under the threshold, the payout unlocks. We call this waiting for it to dilute.
Why it exists
It asks for a record built across several days, not one position.
It is also why Horizon exists. That program asks for it once, during the evaluation, and then removes the rule entirely.