A consistency rule says no single day may be more than a set share of your profit. It stops one very big day from counting for too much.
How it is measured
Your biggest winning day is compared with one of two things, depending on how your firm writes the rule:
- A share of your profit so far. This grows as you make more.
- A share of your profit target. This stays fixed at the target.
The meter shows your biggest day, what share it is, and your firm's limit. It measures after fees.
Getting back inside the line
If the rule uses your profit so far, making more profit on other days helps. Your total grows until your big day is inside the share again. The meter tells you how much more that would take.
If the rule uses the profit target, the total is fixed, so more profit does not change the share. The meter says which of the two you are looking at.
Before you have a winning day
The meter still shows the ceiling: the biggest day your firm's share allows.
What can go wrong
- The rule has not been researched for your firm. The meter says so, rather than borrowing another firm's number.
- Your firm measures against the target, and the target is blank. Fill it in on the account's Your firm's rules page, and the meter starts reading.