Consistency Rule and Active Trade Days (ATD) Explained
Two different rules often both get called the "consistency rule." Here is what each one means, plus the exact numbers for every plan and account size.
The two rules at a glance
- ATD-qualifying rule: whether a trading day counts as an Active Trade Day. A day counts only if it hits both a minimum dollar profit and a minimum percentage of your best day.
- Consistency rule (Revamped Fast Track only): your single best day cannot exceed a set percentage of your total profit (40% to qualify, 30% at reward). No other plan caps your best day. On DTF, 1-Step, Static, EOD and Diamond Hands, the best-day percentages (such as 30% or 23%) only decide whether a day counts as an ATD; they don't limit how much you can make in a day.
DTF plan — by account size
Each Active Trade Day (ATD) must meet both the minimum profit and the best-day percentage shown for your account size.
1-Step, Static, EOD, and Diamond Hands
- For evaluations purchased on or after October 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM PT, a day counts as an ATD when it earns at least $250 realized profit AND at least 30% of your best day. A $125 minimum applies instead of $250 for 10K Static and 25K Static.
- For evaluations purchased before October 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM PT, the previous rule still applies: at least $200 realized profit AND at least 23% of your best day, with a $100 minimum instead of $200 for 10K and 25K Static, 10K 1-Step, 25K 1-Step, 25K EOD, and 100K Static.
- ATDs required: 8 for Cycle 1, 10 for Cycles 2-4 on Static, EOD and Diamond Hands, and on 1-Step accounts bought before July 6 or from July 28, 2026. 1-Step accounts bought July 6-27, 2026 use 5 / 5 / 3 / 2.
- Active Trade Days don’t need to be consecutive. Any qualifying day counts, even with days off in between. This applies to every account type.
- A short-lived 1-Step promotion for accounts purchased July 6-27, 2026 used a faster 5 / 5 / 3 / 2 cycle schedule (same reward amounts, fewer ATDs needed per cycle). Accounts purchased before July 6, 2026, or on or after July 28, 2026, use the standard 8/10/10/10 schedule above.
- Setting a new best day raises the percentage threshold for future days.
Revamped Fast-Track consistency rule
- To qualify: 40% consistency - your best single day cannot exceed 40% of your total profit.
- At reward: your best single day can’t be more than 30% of your total profit. Revamped Fast Track ATDs need only a dollar minimum: $100 (10K End of Day, 10K Static) or $200 (10K Live Trailing), with no best-day percentage.
Legacy Fast-Track Elite Reward Requirements
- Legacy Fast-Track does not use the 40%/30% consistency-cap rule. At reward (Elite Sim-Funded), it follows the standard Elite Reward Requirements: each day must reach at least 23% of your best trading day amount to count.
Trade How You Want promotion
Trade How You Want: this promotion applies to all Elite Trader Funding sim accounts (evaluations, Elite Sim-Funded and Direct to Funded accounts, not LIVE ELITE) and ends on November 1, 2026. While it is in effect, it modifies these sections of the Terms of Service:
- Section (ah): the 10-second minimum trade duration does not apply. There is no minimum hold time and no maximum number of trades, and scalping is allowed.
- Section (aj): Martingale and adding to a losing position (DCA, averaging down) are allowed.
Long-only and short-only trading are also allowed. Everything else in the Terms of Service still applies, including section (ae): positions must be closed at least 1 minute before the instrument's close, unless your plan's rules allow holding overnight (DTF and Diamond Hands do).
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