The rules we have, and the rules we don't

Most prop firm comparisons are about the profit target and the fee. Those are the easy numbers. The rules that actually decide whether you get paid are further down the page, and some firms would rather you found them afterwards.

So here are ours, both directions. What you have to do, and what you don't.

The consistency rule: not on three of our four plans

The consistency rule is the most complained-about rule in this industry, and it is worth explaining before saying where we stand on it.

A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit may come from a single day. With a 20% rule, if you make $10,000 in total, no single day may account for more than $2,000 of it. Trade well on Monday and badly for a fortnight, and you can hit your profit target and still be refused a payout — because the good day was too good.

It is defensible as a risk measure. It is also the rule most likely to catch out a trader who did nothing wrong.

Where we stand:

Three of the four have no consistency rule at all. On those, one exceptional day is simply an exceptional day.

Instant Lite has one, and 25% is generous as these go. On $10,000 of profit, your best day could be $2,500 before it matters.

The minimum holding time: we don't have one

Some firms void a trade held for less than a set period, commonly one or two minutes. The intent is to discourage latency arbitrage and tick scalping. The effect, for an ordinary trader, is that a quick exit on a news spike can have its profit removed after the fact.

There is no minimum holding time on any plan here. A trade closed after ten seconds counts the same as one closed after ten hours.

If a position is open for a few seconds because the market moved to your target in a few seconds, that is a trade, and the profit is yours.

The minimum trading days: we do have this one

This is the rule we are not going to bury.

You must trade on a minimum number of days. Not profitable days — you are not required to be in profit on any particular day — but days on which you actually place trades.

On the funded account after a Two-Step or One-Step evaluation, there is no minimum.

One-Step has no minimum at any stage. That figure was corrected on 2 October 2026 after checking it against the provider's live system, which reports none where this page previously said five.

The distinction between trading days and profitable days matters, so to be explicit: hitting your profit target in a single day does not complete the evaluation on its own. You still need the five days. Plan for that rather than discovering it at the end.

Why a firm would tell you its own requirements

A payout dispute is expensive for everyone. The trader loses money they had counted on, and the firm loses a customer and gains a public argument.

Nearly every one of those disputes starts the same way: a rule the trader did not know about, which was technically published somewhere they did not look.

We would rather you knew now and chose a different firm than found out at payout. That is a worse outcome for us commercially and a better one for both of us in every other respect.

The rest of the rules, in one place

The full rule set per plan — daily loss, overall loss, drawdown type, profit targets, payout cycle — is published on the challenges page before you pay for anything. There is no rule that appears only after purchase.

If something there is unclear, ask before you buy rather than after. That is what the support address is for.

Summary

• Consistency rule: none on Two-Step, One-Step or Instant Pro. 25% on Instant Lite.
• Minimum trading days: 5, on the phases listed above. None on a funded account after an evaluation.
• Minimum profitable days: none. You are never required to be in profit on a given day.
• Minimum holding time: none. A trade closed in seconds counts.
• Everything else is on the challenges page, before purchase.