What is the consistency rule?
A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit may come from one single day. With a 40% rule and $10,000 total profit, no day may exceed $4,000. It stops traders from passing a challenge with one lucky trade.
Losing days lower the total profit, which raises the share of your best day. That is why a red day near the end of a challenge can suddenly break the rule.
How to fix a consistency breach
You do not lose the profit: you need more profit spread over other days. Required total = best day ÷ limit. A $3,000 best day under a 40% rule needs at least $7,500 total.
- Keep the same risk per trade; do not chase another big day.
- Use “max per day now” as a soft daily target cap.
- Close the day once you hit it.