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Consistency rules: what they are and how to trade within them
01 May 2026 · 6 min read
Caps on single-day profit share exist to filter luck. Here is how to plan an evaluation so they never bite.
Key takeaways
- Consistency rules cap how much of your total profit can come from one day.
- They filter one-off gambles rather than penalising skill.
- Plan a per-session target instead of hunting a single large day.
A consistency rule typically states that no single trading day may account for more than a set percentage of total profit in the evaluation. If the cap is 40% and you need ₹80,000, no day may contribute more than ₹32,000.
The purpose is filtering. A trader who makes the entire target on one leveraged event trade has demonstrated a willingness to gamble, not a repeatable process. Firms that fund such traders lose money predictably.
Working within the rule is straightforward if you plan backwards. Divide the target across the number of sessions you expect to trade, and if a day runs far ahead of schedule, reduce size or stop rather than pressing.
The rule also improves you. Traders who plan for steady daily contributions naturally hold smaller positions, which lowers breach risk — which is exactly the behaviour the funded stage requires anyway.
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