How to use the consistency calculator

Choose your firm and plan. The rule, the profit it is measured against and any minimum trading days load automatically. Plans without a consistency rule say so.
Enter your daily P&L, one trading day per line, with a minus sign for losing days. For a payout rule, enter only the days since your last approved payout.
Read the result: whether you meet the rule, the net profit you need, and the biggest next day that keeps you consistent.
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How the calculator works

A consistency rule limits how much of your profit can come from your best single day. The calculator divides your best day by your profit and compares the result with the firm's limit:

Consistency % = Best day ÷ Profit · Profit needed = Best day ÷ Rule

What changes from firm to firm is which profit goes into the formula, and the calculator handles all three:

Total net profit, used by most evaluations, such as Take Profit Trader, Tradeify Select, FTMO Futures and TradeDay.
The profit target, used by Topstep's Trading Combine (55%) and FundedNext Flex (40%). Here the limit is a fixed dollar amount, and going over raises your target to your best day ÷ the rule.
Profit since your last payout, used for funded payouts at Apex Trader Funding, Alpha Futures, Topstep's Consistency path and Top One Futures.

The wording matters at the edge. "At most 40%" is met at exactly 40%; "less than 50%" is not. The calculator flags a result that lands exactly on the limit of a firm whose wording says "less than".

Worked example

On a 50K evaluation with a 40% rule, you make $400, $1,800, $300 and $500: $3,000 in total. Your best day is $1,800 ÷ $3,000 = 60% of your profit, so you are not consistent yet. You need $1,800 ÷ 0.40 = $4,500 in total, so $1,500 more on days smaller than $1,800. That is the example loaded in the calculator above; read the full explanation in our consistency rule guide.

Apex Trader Funding payouts

Apex has no consistency rule in its evaluations, but each Performance Account payout needs your largest day to be under 50% of net profit since your last approved payout, plus five qualifying days, a safety net and a payout cap. Our Apex payout calculator checks all of them at once.

Prop firms without a consistency rule

If you would rather not deal with this rule at all, FundedNext Futures Rapid Daily and Phidias Express to Live have none at any stage, and several other plans drop it in the evaluation or once funded. See the full list, or compare the rules side by side in our prop firm comparison.

Frequently asked questions

How do you calculate a prop firm consistency rule?+

Divide your best day by your profit: Best day ÷ Profit = consistency %. To find the profit you need, divide your best day by the rule: with a $1,800 best day and a 40% rule, you need $1,800 ÷ 0.40 = $4,500. Check whether your firm uses total profit, the profit target or profit since your last payout.

Do losing days count toward the consistency rule?+

At firms that measure net profit, yes: a losing day lowers your net profit, which raises your best day's share. Apex gives the example of a $1,000 day followed by a $200 loss: $1,000 ÷ $800 = 125%.

What is the biggest day I can make and stay consistent?+

With a rule based on your profit, a new day x keeps you consistent while x ≤ rule × (profit + x), so the cap is rule × profit ÷ (1 − rule). With $3,000 of profit and a 40% rule, the biggest next day is $2,000. The calculator shows this as "biggest next day".

Which prop firm consistency rules does the calculator support?+

Every plan of the 15 futures prop firms we review, including Apex Trader Funding, Topstep, Take Profit Trader, Tradeify, My Funded Futures, FundedNext Futures, FTMO Futures, TradeDay and Alpha Futures, plus a custom mode for any other rule.

Is this calculator the final word on my payout?+

No. It applies each firm's published rule as we checked it, but the firm's own dashboard decides. Use it to plan your days, then confirm in your dashboard before you request a payout.

Sources

This calculator is a free educational tool, not financial advice. It follows each firm's published rules as checked on the date above; firms change their rules, and your firm's dashboard always decides. Check the current terms before you request a payout or buy an evaluation.

Prop Firm Consistency Rule Calculator