[Lightning Plan] How does the consistency rule work?
30% Consistency Rule Explained for a 100K Account
This rule ensures that your profits build consistently rather than coming from a single exceptional day. It applies in both the Challenge and Live stages, promoting steady, sustainable trading performance.
Example for a 100K Challenge Account (5% Profit Target)
With a 100K account and a 5% profit target, your goal is to make $5,000 in total. Under the 30% consistency rule, no single day’s profit should exceed 30% of your cumulative gains.
Example for a 100K Challenge Account (5% Profit Target)
With a 100K account and a 5% profit target, your goal is to make $5,000 in total. Under the 30% consistency rule, no single day’s profit should exceed 30% of your cumulative gains.
- If your total profit reaches $5,000, the maximum allowed profit in one day is $1,500 (30% of $5,000).
- If you earn $1,800 in a single day, it falls out of the consistency rule. In this case, you must continue trading and grow your total profit until that $1,800 day accounts for 30% or less of the total gains.
- To balance it out, you would need to increase your total profits to at least $6,000 because 30% of $6,000 is $1,800, making it compliant.
To break it down
If you make $1,800 in a single day and your total profit target is only $5,000, this would fall out of the consistency rule because $1,800 is more than 30% of $5,000.
To fix this, you need to keep trading until your total profit is high enough that the $1,800 day is 30% or less of your total gains.
How to Fix It
If you make $1,800 in a single day and your total profit target is only $5,000, this would fall out of the consistency rule because $1,800 is more than 30% of $5,000.
To fix this, you need to keep trading until your total profit is high enough that the $1,800 day is 30% or less of your total gains.
How to Fix It
- Right now, 30% of $5,000 is $1,500, meaning your $1,800 day is too high.
- To balance it out, you need to increase your total profit so that $1,800 is 30% or less.
- The easiest way to do this is by making at least $1,000 or more profit, bringing your total gains to $6,000 or more. (Highest Day Profit/Consistency percentage, 1,800/30% = $6,000)
- At $6,000 total profit, 30% is $1,800, which means you’re now following the rule.
How the Rule Works in a Funded Account
In a funded account, there is no fixed profit target, but you must trade for at least 3 days while still maintaining profit consistency. Since there is no set goal, the 30% rule applies based on your cumulative profits.
Example 1 – Profits Spread Out Properly:
In a funded account, there is no fixed profit target, but you must trade for at least 3 days while still maintaining profit consistency. Since there is no set goal, the 30% rule applies based on your cumulative profits.
Example 1 – Profits Spread Out Properly:
- Day 1: $1,200
- Day 2: $900
- Day 3: $1,500
- Total Profit: $3,600
- 30% of $3,600: $1,080 (largest allowed single-day profit based on 30% consistency rule)
- Issue? Yes, since $1,500 exceeds $1,080. You need to continue trading to increase total profit.
Example 2 – Adjusting to Meet the Rule:
- Day 4: $1,200 more profit → New total: $4,800
- 30% of $4,800: $1,440 (now the $1,500 day is still too high)
- Day 5: $700 more profit → New total: $5,500
- 30% of $5,500: $1,650 (now the $1,500 day is within the limit)
- Issue? No, now the consistency rule is met.
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