The funded consistency rule is one sentence: no single trading day may account for more than 40% of the total profit counted toward a payout cycle.
It applies to every funded FPT Scale account, at every size and every scaling milestone, and it is checked when you request a payout.
The Rule in Practice
To find whether a cycle satisfies the rule, take the cycle's total profit, multiply by 0.40, and compare that figure to your largest single day.
If your largest day is at or below 40% of the cycle total, the cycle satisfies the rule. If it is above, the cycle does not yet satisfy it.
Worked Example — A Cycle That Passes
A $50k funded account records five qualifying days, each at or above the $150 minimum for that size.
| Day | Profit | Share of cycle total |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | $400 | 20% |
| Day 2 | $600 | 30% |
| Day 3 | $300 | 15% |
| Day 4 | $450 | 22.5% |
| Day 5 | $250 | 12.5% |
Cycle total is $2,000. Forty percent of $2,000 is $800. The largest day is $600, which is below $800, so the cycle satisfies the rule.
Worked Example — A Cycle That Does Not
The same account, a different week.
| Day | Profit | Share of cycle total |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | $1,600 | 64% |
| Day 2 | $200 | 8% |
| Day 3 | $250 | 10% |
| Day 4 | $250 | 10% |
| Day 5 | $200 | 8% |
Cycle total is $2,500. Forty percent of $2,500 is $1,000. Day 1 at $1,600 is above that, so the cycle does not satisfy the rule even though five qualifying days were recorded.
The fix is arithmetic, not appeal. Day 1 stays at $1,600 permanently, so the cycle total has to grow until $1,600 is 40% or less of it — that is a total of $4,000. The trader keeps trading qualifying days until the cycle reaches that total, at which point the same $1,600 day is exactly 40% and no longer blocks the payout.
Why the Rule Exists
A payout cycle is meant to demonstrate a repeatable process. One outsized day followed by four small ones can be a single lucky market rather than a method, and FPT is paying real compensation against that record.
The rule is not a penalty and does not breach the account. It delays a payout until the cycle looks like the thing it is supposed to prove.
What Is Settled and What Is Not
Settled and binding today:
- The threshold is 40%.
- It is measured against the total profit counted toward the payout cycle.
- It applies to the funded stage per payout cycle, and to the evaluation against the profit target — see The 40% Consistency Rule.
- It applies identically on the $25k, $50k and $100k accounts.
Not yet finalised:
- exactly how losing days enter the calculation
- how a mid-cycle reset is treated
- how a partially completed cycle is measured
FPT will publish the complete treatment of those cases in this article before launch. Until it is published here, FPT will not apply an unpublished interpretation of them to your account. The worked examples above use clean numbers precisely because they avoid the unsettled cases.
How It Interacts With the Rest of a Cycle
Consistency is a separate test from the qualifying-day count. A cycle needs both.
- Five qualifying payout days, each at or above your account's minimum — $100 on the $25k, $150 on the $50k, $200 on the $100k.
- No single day above 40% of the cycle's total profit.
A day below your qualifying minimum does not count toward the five. Days do not have to be consecutive. See Five Qualifying Payout Days.
Trading With the Rule Rather Than Against It
- Check your largest day's share as the cycle builds, not on the day you want to request a payout.
- A very large day early in a cycle sets the bar for the rest of it. Plan the remaining days around the total it implies.
- Your payout cap is a separate ceiling on what a single approved payout pays. Growing a cycle total to satisfy consistency does not raise the cap — see How Payout Caps Scale.
Still Need Help?
Email support@fundedpredictiontrader.com with your account size and the cycle in question if your dashboard's consistency figure does not match your own calculation.