You hit the target. You did not breach anything. Then the review says your best day was 62% of your total gain, and the pass is void. That is a consistency rule, and it is the most under-read clause in the industry.
What a consistency rule does
It caps the share of your total gain that may come from a single day, or occasionally a single trade. A typical wording is "no single trading day may account for more than 40% of total profit." Exceed it and the phase does not count — even though every risk rule was respected.
Why firms use them
- To filter out traders who passed by taking one enormous, lucky position.
- To discourage gambling behaviour that a funded account will not survive.
- Less charitably: because it reduces pass rates, and pass rates are cost.
The first two are legitimate risk management. The distinction is whether the threshold is published, specific and applied automatically — or vague and applied at review.
How to trade inside one
- Work out the implied minimum number of profitable days: a 40% cap means at least three meaningful green days.
- Cap your own daily gain at roughly a quarter of the target, and stop when you hit it.
- Do not front-load. Passing 80% of a target on day one guarantees a consistency problem later.
Where FundedAxe stands
FundedAxe publishes its thresholds rather than leaving them to a reviewer's judgement. The 1-Step evaluation runs a 50% consistency rule and the 1-Step Pro a 30% one; the 2-Step and 3-Step evaluations have none. Once funded, the threshold is 25% on the 1-Step and 3-Step, 30% on Pay After Pass and 20% on Instant. The full rule set is on the rules page.
Published thresholds, no time limit
Every consistency figure is stated before you buy, so nothing is decided at review.
Frequently asked questions
What is a consistency rule at a prop firm?
A cap on how much of your total gain may come from a single trading day or trade — commonly 40%. Exceeding it can void a pass even when no risk rule was breached.
Do prop firms have consistency rules?
Many do, and the wording varies widely. FundedAxe publishes its figures: 50% on the 1-Step evaluation, 30% on the 1-Step Pro, and none on the 2-Step or 3-Step.
How do I avoid breaking a consistency rule?
Cap your own daily gain at roughly a quarter of the phase target and spread the gain across several sessions. Never take most of the target in one day.
FundedAxe evaluations and funded accounts are simulated. Traders do not trade real client capital; rewards are paid on simulated performance under the terms of the FundedAxe trader agreement.