Where the rule is published as a percentage you can plan around it. Where it is described only as guidance applied at payout review, you cannot, and that is the version worth avoiding: an account can pass every stated rule and still have a payout held because one session dominated the profit. An unpublished consistency rule is the most common reason a passed account fails to pay.
Consistency rule
Risk rules
A cap on how much of your total profit may come from one day or one trade — commonly between 20% and 50%. Some firms publish the number, others apply judgement at payout review.
How firms apply it
What it means for your trading
If a firm caps a single day at 30% of total profit, one exceptional session obliges you to keep trading until the rest of the profit catches up. Traders who make most of their money on a handful of days each month should check this rule before the drawdown rule.
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