Best-day share = best profitable day ÷ total profit × 100.
Later losses shrink total profit, so they can push the share over the cap.
The fix for one oversized day is more ordinary days, not giving profit back.
The calculation
Best-day share = best profitable day ÷ total accumulated profit × 100. With $5,000 of total profit, the largest single day may be at most $1,750 (35% of $5,000).
Turn it around to plan: the total profit you need for a given best day is that day ÷ 35%. A big day is fine; it just needs enough ordinary days around it. The rule never asks you to give profit back, and it never stops you from trading; it only decides when a payout request fits.
Losses matter too. If total profit falls after a losing stretch while the best day stays the same, the share rises. A day that was inside the cap last week can be over it after two red days.
Where it applies
- Instant Funded: from the start, because there is no evaluation.
- 1-Step and 2-Step: on the funded account only, not during the evaluation.
- MFC Stocks: at payout, 35% of the profit you cash out. During the evaluation a separate best-day rule caps one day at 40% of profit.
- Prediction Markets: at payout, next to its Max Profit Per Event rule of 0.5% of plan size per event.
Why it exists
It separates steady performance from one lucky trade. A funded account that earned most of its profit in one session is closer to a bet than to a repeatable process. The rule asks for evidence that the result can happen again.
A worked week on a funded account:
| Day | Result | Total profit |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | +$400 | $400 |
| Tuesday | +$1,200 | $1,600 |
| Wednesday | +$300 | $1,900 |
| Thursday | −$200 | $1,700 |
| Friday | +$500 | $2,200 |
The best day, Tuesday, is $1,200 of $2,200: about 55% of total profit, above the 35% cap. To bring it under, total profit has to reach at least $1,200 ÷ 35% through ordinary days. Thursday’s loss pushed the share up, which is why red days matter too.
Trading with it
Keep daily profit close to your average. If one day runs far ahead, the answer is more ordinary days, not giving the profit back or forcing trades.
- Track the best-day share in your journal after each session.
- Check it in your Dashboard before you request a payout.
- Keep the same size after a big day: a second oversized day compounds the problem.
A useful daily ceiling: decide in advance the profit at which you stop for the day, close to your average good day. It costs you the occasional runaway session, but it keeps the best-day share low without any special effort at payout time.
On Prediction Markets, plan per event as well. On a $10,000 account one event may add at most $50 of potential profit, counted across every market in that event. Positions in different markets of the same match or election share one allowance.
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Risk & rules checklist
Rules as of 17 Oct 2026. Tick each line before your next session.
| Rule | 1-Step Challenge | 2-Step Challenge | Instant Funded | MFC Stocks | Prediction Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% | 8% + 5% | — | 7% | 10% |
| Daily loss limit | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% daily pause | 3% |
| Maximum loss | 10% · trailing | 10% · static | 6% · trailing | 5% · trailing | 6% · trailing |
| Consistency | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% |
| First payout | after 7 days | after 14 days | after 14 days | after 14 days | after 7 days |
| Then every | 7 days | 14 days | 7 days | 14 days | 7 days |
| Profit split | 80% → 95% | 80% → 95% | 70% → 80% | 70% → 80% | 75% → 90% |
1. What is a daily loss limit and how is it calculated?
- Daily floor = yesterday’s closing balance × (1 − the daily limit).
- Equity is checked, so an open loss can breach the account before you close it.
- Set your own stop for the day at about half the limit.
2. Static vs trailing drawdown: which floor applies to you?
- Static: the floor never moves, so every dollar of profit adds room.
- Trailing: the floor follows your best close, so profit moves it up, not away.
- Once a trailing floor locks at the starting balance, it stops moving.
3. How do you size a trade from your stop and risk?
- Position size = risk in money ÷ (stop distance × value per pip or point).
- Set the stop first, then let the size follow from it.
- Leverage changes margin, not the loss when the stop is hit.
4. How much should you risk per trade on a funded account?
- Losing streaks are normal; the question is whether the account outlives them.
- Divide the maximum loss by your risk per trade to get your streak budget.
- Cut size after a new high on a trailing account, never raise it to win back.
5. What is the consistency rule and how do you stay inside it?
- Best-day share = best profitable day ÷ total profit × 100.
- Later losses shrink total profit, so they can push the share over the cap.
- The fix for one oversized day is more ordinary days, not giving profit back.
6. Can you trade news or hold over the weekend?
- The news window blocks opening new FX and metals positions; closing is always allowed.
- Weekend holding needs its own add-on; MFC Stocks is flat every night anyway.
- Add-ons give a permission; they never widen the loss limits.
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Questions
Does a losing day count as my best day?
No. The best day is your largest profitable day. Losing days only matter because they reduce total profit, which raises the share.
What happens if my best day is over the cap when I want a payout?
Keep trading normally until total profit grows enough to bring the share under the cap, then request. Check the exact figure in your Dashboard.
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