Prop Firm Consistency Calculator 2026
Quick answer: A prop firm consistency calculator is best trading day ÷ total net profit in the active window. On Alpha Futures that cap is 50% on Standard evaluations, 40% on Advanced evaluations and on Zero/Standard Qualified Accounts, 20% on Direct, and none on Zero evaluations or Advanced Qualified Accounts. Use the live tool at consistencycalculator.alpha-futures.com.
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Looking for a prop firm consistency calculator? You need two numbers from the same window: your largest winning day, and your total net profit. Divide the first by the second. If that share sits over the published cap for your plan, you have not satisfied the consistency rule yet, even if the headline profit target is already in the green. On a Qualified Account, a share sitting exactly on the cap is also not eligible yet.
Alpha Futures publishes the live tool at consistencycalculator.alpha-futures.com. This page teaches the same maths so you can see why the button stays locked, and which plan uses 40%, 50%, or 20%.
A consistency rule is not a profit target and it is not Daily Loss Guard. The target is how much you must make. The calculator only asks how concentrated that profit is. Missing the ratio does not breach the account by itself. You keep trading until the share of your best day falls to the cap.
This is an evaluation (what many traders still call a challenge) on simulated funds. After you pass you trade a Qualified Account. You may request performance fees when the rules say you can. Performance fees are performance-based, and outcomes are not guaranteed. Simulated results do not reflect real trading outcomes. Confirm live cards before you buy.
How a prop firm consistency calculator actually works
Every serious consistency rule calculator uses the same equation:
Best trading day ÷ total net profit in the active window = your consistency share.
The active window is the evaluation until you pass, or the profit collected since the last performance fee request once you are qualified. The rule resets after a valid request. Leftover maths from the previous window does not carry over.
On evaluations, the published cap is that one day cannot be larger than 40% or 50% of net profit, so a share sitting exactly on the cap can pass. On Qualified Accounts, Zero, Standard, and Direct write the cap as greater than or equal to, so a share sitting exactly on 40% or 20% is not eligible yet. If you want one habit that works on every stage, keep the best day under the cap.
To find the minimum total profit you still need, invert the cap:
Minimum total net profit = best day ÷ consistency cap.
Cap | What you divide the best day by | If the best day is $1,000, you need at least |
|---|---|---|
50% | 0.50 | $2,000 total net profit |
40% | 0.40 | $2,500 total net profit |
20% | 0.20 | $5,000 total net profit |
Plug your own best day into that row. If the result is larger than your current net profit, the calculator will tell you to keep going. If it is smaller, and every other rule is clean, the request or the pass can proceed.
The official Alpha Futures calculator is the faster way to do this on a live dashboard. The table above is the method so you are not guessing what the percentage means.
40% consistency rule vs 50% consistency rule with worked examples
The 40% consistency rule and the 50% consistency rule are the same idea with a different ceiling. Fifty percent lets more of the total sit in one day. Forty percent forces a wider mix of days. Twenty percent on Direct is stricter still.
Standard 50K evaluation, 50% cap, $3,000 profit target. The published guide for an efficient pass is a best day of $1,500 or less, because $1,500 is 50% of $3,000. Suppose instead your best day is $2,000 and your total is $3,000. $2,000 ÷ $3,000 is about 67%, so you have hit the target and you have not hit consistency. You need total net profit of at least $2,000 ÷ 0.50 = $4,000 before that $2,000 day is a legal 50% share. You are not breached. You are not passed. You keep trading.
Advanced 50K evaluation, 40% cap, $4,000 profit target. The published guide for an efficient pass is a best day of $1,600 or less, because $1,600 is 40% of $4,000. If your best day is $2,000 on a $4,000 total, $2,000 ÷ $4,000 is 50%, which is above 40%. You need at least $2,000 ÷ 0.40 = $5,000 total net profit, or a smaller best day, before the evaluation can pass.
Zero Qualified Account, 40% between requests. There is no consistency rule on the Zero evaluation, so you can pass in one session if the profit target, Maximum Loss Limit, and Daily Loss Guard are respected. After you are qualified, a $1,400 day on $3,000 of net profit since the last request is about 47%. That request stays closed until more profit arrives and the share drops under 40%.
Direct Qualified Account, 20% cap. Direct skips the evaluation. A $1,000 best day needs at least $5,000 of net profit in that request window before 20% is satisfied, and Direct also uses its own withdrawal profit target. The calculator does not replace that target.
Example | Best day | Total net profit | Share | Cap | Eligible? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard 50K eval | $1,500 | $3,000 | 50% | 50% | Yes, if the $3,000 target is also met. One day cannot be larger than 50%. |
Standard 50K eval | $2,000 | $3,000 | 66.7% | 50% | No. Need $4,000 total for that best day. |
Advanced 50K eval | $1,600 | $4,000 | 40% | 40% | Yes, if the $4,000 target is also met. One day cannot be larger than 40%. |
Advanced 50K eval | $2,000 | $4,000 | 50% | 40% | No. Need $5,000 total for that best day. |
Zero Qualified | $1,200 | $3,000 | 40% | 40% | No. Qualified uses greater than or equal to 40%. |
Zero Qualified | $1,400 | $3,000 | 46.7% | 40% | No. Keep trading. |
Direct Qualified | $1,000 | $4,000 | 25% | 20% | No. Need more than $5,000 total for that best day. |
The “recommended best day” column in the live Advanced and Standard tables is a planning number for people who want to finish near the profit target. It is not a second hidden rule. If your best day is larger, the inverted formula tells you how much extra total you must build.
Alpha Futures consistency rules by plan on evaluation and Qualified Accounts
Alpha Futures does not use one consistency number on every account. The evaluation and the Qualified Account can differ on the same plan. Live checkout is Zero, Standard, Advanced, and Direct. Premium is not a live plan.
Plan | Consistency on the evaluation | Consistency on the Qualified Account |
|---|---|---|
None | 40% of net profit since the last performance fee request | |
50% of net profit, required to pass | 40% since the last request | |
40% of net profit, required to pass | None | |
No evaluation | 20% since the last request, plus the Direct profit target |
Zero is the plan people mean when they want to pass without a consistency gate. The gate returns on the Qualified Account. Advanced is the inverse: you accept a 40% mix of days to pass, then you have no consistency rule once qualified. Standard sits in the middle with 50% to pass and 40% to request. Direct is already qualified and uses the tightest share, 20%.
Suggested largest days on the evaluation, so the cap and the profit target can finish together:
Plan and size | Profit target | Suggested best day at or below |
|---|---|---|
Standard 50K | $3,000 | $1,500 |
Standard 100K | $6,000 | $3,000 |
Standard 150K | $9,000 | $4,500 |
Advanced 50K | $4,000 | $1,600 |
Advanced 100K | $8,000 | $3,200 |
Advanced 150K | $12,000 | $4,800 |
Your dashboard is the live reading. If the request control is hidden, the ratio is not met yet, or another request rule is still open. Other rules still apply either way: Maximum Loss Limit, Daily Loss Guard where the plan has one, contract caps, and the performance fee policy.
How to calculate whether you can request a performance fee yet
On a Qualified Account the window is since the last request, not lifetime profit. After a valid request the ratio resets, and you start a new total.
Work through it in this order:
- Write down the best day in the current window, in dollars, after simulated costs.
- Write down total net profit in that same window.
- Divide best day by total. If you are on Zero or Standard Qualified, the cap is 40%. If you are on Direct, the cap is 20%. If you are on Advanced Qualified, there is no consistency cap on the request.
- If the share is at or above the cap, compute best day ÷ cap. That result is the minimum total you still need. The difference is how much more net profit must arrive from other days.
- Confirm the rest of the request rules for your plan, including winning-day counts on Zero, Standard, and Advanced, or Direct’s withdrawal profit target.
What traders call a payout here is a performance fee on eligible simulated results. The calculator cannot approve the request. It only tells you whether consistency is the blocker.
If your best day is $1,200 on a Zero Qualified Account and your total since the last request is $2,400, the share is 50%. At a 40% cap you need at least $1,200 ÷ 0.40 = $3,000 total. You still need $600 of net profit that does not raise that same best day. A second $1,200 day would not fix it. A string of smaller green days would.
What a consistency calculator cannot tell you about a futures evaluation
A prop firm consistency calculator does not size NQ for you, does not watch Daily Loss Guard, and does not replace Maximum Loss Limit. You can have a perfect 35% best day and still fail the evaluation by tagging MLL. You can also satisfy consistency and still be short of the profit target.
It cannot tell you that one plan is “better.” Zero with no eval consistency is faster to pass and stricter later. Advanced is stricter to pass and cleaner later. Direct’s 20% rule is a request filter on an account that skipped the evaluation. Pick the stage you actually care about, then run the numbers for that stage.
It also cannot promise a performance fee. Consistency is one gate. Winning days, minimums, caps, and rule review still sit on the request. Nothing on this page is a payout guarantee.
If you trade forex and CFDs rather than CME futures, Alpha Capital uses a 40% best-day rule on on-demand Qualified Accounts (and 15% on Direct). That is a different product. Use the Capital on-demand page in Related reading rather than this futures calculator.
FAQ
What is a prop firm consistency calculator?
It is the formula best day ÷ total net profit, compared with your plan’s cap, so you can see whether a 40%, 50%, or 20% consistency rule is already satisfied.
How do you calculate a 40% consistency rule?
Divide your largest winning day by total net profit in the window. On a Qualified Account the share must sit under 40%. On an Advanced evaluation, one day cannot be larger than 40% of net profit, so the same formula applies with a slightly softer edge at exactly 40%. Equivalently, total net profit must be at least 2.5 × the best day, and safer if it is more.
How do you calculate a 50% consistency rule?
Use the same division. Total net profit must be more than 2 × the best day, and the share must sit under 50%. Alpha Futures uses 50% on Standard evaluations.
Does Alpha Futures Zero have a consistency rule?
Not on the evaluation. Yes on the Zero Qualified Account: 40% of net profit since the last performance fee request.
Does missing consistency fail the account?
No. The account is not breached for the ratio alone. You continue until the share is under the cap. You can still fail separately on Maximum Loss Limit.
Where is the Alpha Futures consistency calculator?
Use consistencycalculator.alpha-futures.com alongside your dashboard. The tables on this page are the same maths in writing.
Related reading
- How Alpha Futures works
- What is the consistency rule?
- Futures prop firms with no consistency rule
- What is the profit target?
- Performance fee rules
- What is a performance fee?
- Standard plan
- Direct
- Daily Loss Guard
- Maximum Loss Limit
- How many NQ contracts on a 50K evaluation?
- What is a futures prop evaluation?
- One-step vs two-step
- How fast are payouts?
- Alpha Futures consistency calculator
- Alpha Capital: on-demand performance fees
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