Prop firm consistency rules, by phase
Almost every comparison publishes one consistency percentage per firm. A single number cannot express this rule. It changes with the phase you are in, and two firms printing the same percentage can be dividing by different things. Apex has no consistency rule during an evaluation and 50% once funded. Take Profit Trader is the exact reverse.
We published this wrong ourselves. A flat “30%” for Apex appeared in fifteen places on this site for months, when Apex actually runs three regimes and a separate rule that shares the number. The audit's conclusion was that the mistake was the data model, not a bad figure — which is why this page is organized by phase rather than by firm.
Every firm, every phase
Firms sell several plan families side by side, and they do not share a percentage — so each row names the families it applies to.
Alpha Futures
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Zero Eval |
| Evaluation | 40% | Advanced Eval |
| Evaluation | 50% | Standard Eval |
| Funded | 40% | Standard Eval Qualified, Zero Eval Qualified |
| Funded | 20% | Direct Qualified |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Advanced Eval Qualified |
Apex Trader Funding
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | EOD Trail, Intraday Trail, Legacy Full |
| Funded | 50% | EOD Trail, Intraday Trail |
| Funded | 30% | Legacy Full |
Blue Guardian Futures
| Evaluation | 50% | Express — 50% Consistency, Reserve, Reserve — DLL, 50% |
| Evaluation | 40% | Express, Reserve — DLL, 40%, Reserve — No DLL, 40% |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Standard |
| Instant funding | 20% | Direct |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Express, Express — 50% Consistency, Reserve, Reserve — DLL, 40%, Reserve — DLL, 50%, Reserve — No DLL, 40% |
| Funded | 40% | Standard |
Boxcar Trading
| Evaluation | 50% | BoxcarPayout EOD Eval, BoxcarPayout EOD Eval + DLL, BoxcarPayout Intraday Eval, BoxcarPayout Intraday Eval + DLL, BoxcarScale + DLL Eval, BoxcarScale Eval |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | BoxcarPrime + DLL Eval, BoxcarPrime Eval |
| Instant funding | 20% | BoxcarFunded |
| Funded | No consistency rule | BoxcarPayout EOD Eval + DLL Funded, BoxcarPayout EOD Eval Funded, BoxcarPayout Intraday Eval + DLL Funded, BoxcarPayout Intraday Eval Funded, BoxcarScale + DLL Funded, BoxcarScale Funded |
| Funded | 40% | BoxcarPrime + DLL Funded, BoxcarPrime Funded |
E8 Futures
| Evaluation | 40% | E8 Zero MAX, E8 Zero Starter |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | E8 Signature |
| Funded | No consistency rule | E8 Zero MAX, E8 Zero Starter |
| Funded | 35% | E8 Signature |
Earn2Trade Futures
| Evaluation | 30% | GAU, TCP |
| Funded | No consistency rule | GAU, TCP |
| Live | No consistency rule | GAU, TCP |
FundedNext
| Evaluation | 40% | Flex Challenge, Legacy Challenge |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Rapid Daily Challenge, Rapid Pro Challenge |
| Instant funding | 20% | Direct Account |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Flex Funded, Legacy Funded, Rapid Daily Funded |
| Funded | 40% | Rapid Pro Funded |
Lucid Trading
| Evaluation | 50% | LucidDaily Eval, LucidFlex, LucidFlex Eval |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | LucidPro, LucidPro Eval |
| Instant funding | 20% | LucidDirect |
| Funded | 40% | LucidPro, LucidPro Funded |
| Funded | No consistency rule | LucidDaily Funded, LucidFlex Funded |
My Funded Futures
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Builder, Builder Add-On, Builder Legacy, Pro One Day, Studio #001, Studio #002 |
| Evaluation | 50% | Pro, Rapid |
| Evaluation | Not checked | Flex |
| Evaluation | 30% | Rapid EOD |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Pro, Pro One Day, Rapid, Rapid EOD, Studio #001, Studio #002 |
| Funded | 50% | Builder, Builder Add-On, Builder Legacy |
Take Profit Trader
| Evaluation | 50% | Evaluation |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Evaluation PRO |
| Live | No consistency rule | Evaluation PRO+, PRO+ Development |
Top One Futures
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Elite Access, Elite Access Intraday |
| Evaluation | 40% | Elite Daily |
| Evaluation | 50% | X-Ultra |
| Instant funding | 20% | INSTANT Sim Funded |
| Instant funding | 15% | IGNITE Instant Funding |
| Funded | 40% | Elite Access, Elite Access Intraday |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Elite Daily, X-Ultra |
TopStep
| Evaluation | 55% | Labs Static, No-Activation-Fee RTA-off, No-Activation-Fee RTA-on, Standard RTA-off, Standard RTA-on |
| Funded | 40% | Labs Static — Express Funded, No-Activation-Fee RTA-off — Express Funded, No-Activation-Fee RTA-on — Express Funded, Standard RTA-off — Express Funded, Standard RTA-on — Express Funded |
TradeDay
| Evaluation | 30% | Quick Pay EOD eval, Quick Pay Intraday |
| Evaluation | 45% | Fast Pass |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Quick Pay EOD eval Funded Sim, Quick Pay Intraday Funded Sim |
| Funded | 45% | Fast Pass Funded Sim |
Tradeify
| Evaluation | 40% | Select, Select Daily |
| Evaluation | 50% | Select, Select Daily |
| Evaluation | No consistency rule | Growth |
| Instant funding | 20% | Lightning |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Select, Select Daily |
| Funded | 35% | Growth |
Traders Launch
| Evaluation | 40% | Futures 22-Hour 55%, Futures 22-Hour 60%, Futures 22-Hour 80%, Futures NYC 55%, Futures NYC 80% |
| Evaluation | 50% | TL Early Access 60%, TL Early Access 80%, TL Early Access 90% |
| Funded | No consistency rule | Futures 22-Hour 55%, Futures 22-Hour 60%, Futures 22-Hour 80%, Futures NYC 55%, Futures NYC 80%, TL Early Access 60%, TL Early Access 80%, TL Early Access 90% |
“No consistency rule” means we checked and there is none. “Not checked” means nobody has read that firm's documentation for that phase — it is never rendered as an absence. 1 firm has at least one unchecked phase.
What the percentage does not tell you
Evaluations carry no consistency rule at all: only the profit goal and the trailing drawdown. Current funded accounts run 50%. Legacy PA accounts run 30%, and that one stops applying after the sixth payout or on transfer to a live account.
apextraderfunding.com “50% Consistency Requirement” and “Consistency Rules for Legacy PA and Funded Accounts”, read 2026-07-31.
A 50% rule during the evaluation with a three-day minimum, and no consistency rule at all once funded. If you have internalized how Apex works, this is backwards — and the drawdown flips from end-of-day to intraday at the same boundary.
Take Profit Trader plan documentation, read 2026-07-31.
TopStep measures consistency against the PROFIT TARGET, not against total profit. A 55% rule that divides by a fixed target is not the same rule as a 55% rule that divides by what you have actually made, even though both print as “55%”. TopStep raised the figure from 50% to 55% in September 2026.
help.topstep.com “Trading Combine® Parameters” (article 8284197), read 2026-09-26.
A 50% Consistency Add-on is offered at checkout on the 25K to 150K Select evaluations. It raises the limit from 40% to 50% and lets the evaluation be passed in two trading days instead of three — so two traders on a plan with the same name can be held to different thresholds depending on what they paid. It is not offered on the 300K.
help.tradeify.co/en/articles/12853921-select-evaluation-accounts ("40% (50% add-on available)") and the pricing reference, both read 2026-09-17.
Lightning accounts bought on or after 12 September 2025 scale 20% → 25% → 30% across payouts. Accounts bought earlier stay at a flat 20% forever. Two traders on the same named plan can hold different rules.
Tradeify plan documentation, read 2026-07-31.
LucidPro runs 40%, or 35% if the account was bought or reset before 28 November 2025.
Lucid Trading plan documentation, read 2026-07-31.
Blue Guardian Direct moves 20% → 25% → 30% as you take payouts, so the rule tightens exactly as the account matures.
Blue Guardian Futures plan documentation, read 2026-07-31.
It uses a 20% Equity Stability Score rather than a best-day ratio, alongside a minimum of ten trading days of which seven must be profitable. Filing it under “20% consistency” would be a category error.
Top One Futures plan documentation, read 2026-07-31.
Both the Trader Career Path and the Gauntlet carry 30% during evaluation, and neither LiveSim nor Live carries a consistency rule.
Earn2Trade help center and Trader Career Path page, read 2026-08-04.
How the rule actually behaves
Breaching it does not fail your account
On the firms we have checked, exceeding the consistency ratio makes a payout request unavailable — it does not breach the account and there is usually no time limit on fixing it. Trading on is the remedy.
The window resets when you get paid
It is measured on net profit since your last approved payout, not over the lifetime of the account. A payout resets the denominator, which is why the rule bites hardest right after one.
Losing days make it worse, not better
Losses shrink the denominator. A $1,000 best day against $800 of net profit since the last payout is 125% — worse than the same best day against $3,000, even though the best day never changed.
Nothing is forfeited
A day above the threshold still counts in full toward your profit. The rule gates when you can withdraw, it does not cap or delete profit.
Common questions
What is a prop firm consistency rule?
A cap on how much of your profit may come from a single day. A 50% rule means your best day cannot exceed half of the net profit you have made since your last approved payout. It is a payout gate, not a loss limit.
Does breaking the consistency rule fail your account?
On the firms we have checked, no. Exceeding the ratio makes a payout request unavailable until further profit brings it back into line. The account keeps trading, and there is usually no deadline.
Do consistency rules apply during the evaluation or only once funded?
It depends entirely on the firm, and two large firms are exact opposites. Apex has no consistency rule during an evaluation and 50% once funded. Take Profit Trader has 50% during the evaluation and none once funded. Comparing firms without naming the phase produces an answer that is wrong for whichever phase you are in.
Do two firms with a 50% consistency rule work the same way?
Not necessarily. TopStep measures against the profit target; Apex measures against profit actually made since the last payout. Identical percentages, different denominators, and materially different in practice.
Can losing days break the consistency rule?
Yes, and this surprises people. The rule is a ratio, and losses shrink the denominator. A $1,000 best day against $800 of net profit is 125% — worse than the same day against $3,000 — even though the best day never changed.
To check a specific account against its own rule, the consistency calculator does the arithmetic per plan, and drawdown types covers the other rule that changes between phases.