FTMO Changes the 1-Step Consistency Rule to Total Profit

FTMO has replaced the Best Day Rule on its 1-Step model with a new Consistency rule. Per FTMO's Trading Objectives page, it applies to accounts from orders created on or after 12 October 2026. The 50% figure stays the same. What changes is the number it is measured against.

What changed

Old rule: Best Day Rule

Your best day could be no more than 50% of Positive Days' Profit. That is the sum of closed profits from your winning days only. Losing days did not count.

New rule: Consistency

Your best day can be no more than 50% of total profit. Total profit is the sum of closed profits and losses across all trading days. Losing days now reduce the base.

Exceeding the limit is not a breach. You must keep trading until your best day is 50% or less of total profit. The rule applies to passing the 1-Step Challenge and to qualifying for a reward on the FTMO Account (1-Step).

Who it affects

• Affected: 1-Step Challenges and 1-Step FTMO Accounts from orders created on or after 12 October 2026. FTMO also applies it to accounts merged on or after that date.
• Not affected: Accounts directly initiated from orders before 12 October 2026. They keep the legacy Best Day Rule.
• Not affected: The 2-Step Challenge. FTMO lists no consistency rule for it.

The new FTMO Instant Account has its own, stricter consistency rule of 30%. See our Instant Account news post.

A worked example

Say you trade four days with these closed results, as a share of the account:

• Day 1: +3%
• Day 2: +2.5%
• Day 3: +4.5%
• Day 4: -2%

Under the old rule, positive days total 10%. Your best day is 4.5%, which is 45%. You pass the check.

Under the new rule, total profit is 8%. Your best day of 4.5% is about 56% of that. You fail the check for now. You would need total profit of at least 9% before the 4.5% day falls to 50%.

The lesson: under the new rule, every losing day pushes the finish line back. Our consistency calculator can run these numbers for you.

The rest of the 1-Step rules

The other 1-Step objectives on FTMO's page are unchanged:

• Profit target: 10% (Challenge only).
• Maximum Daily Loss: 3%, reset daily at 00:00 CE(S)T.
• Maximum Loss: 10%, end-of-day trailing.
• No minimum trading days.

Fees in our database run from €79 for the 10K to €999 for the 200K. See the FTMO 1-Step 100K rules page for one example.

What it means for traders

The new rule is tougher for traders with uneven results. One big win plus a few losing days could have passed the old check. Now it may not.

It also closes a gap. Under the old rule, a trader could post one large day, lose some back, and still pass. Measuring against net profit rewards steadier results.

Practical points:

• Cap your best day. Aim to keep any single day well under half your target.
• Losses matter twice. They hurt your drawdown and they shrink your consistency base.
• Know your order date. Accounts from older orders keep the old rule. Check your account's objectives in the client area.
• Consider the 2-Step. It has no consistency rule, though it has two phases and 4 minimum trading days each. Our one-step vs two-step guide compares them.

Next steps

1. Read the rule wording on FTMO's Trading Objectives page.
2. Review the full rule set in our FTMO Challenge rules guide and FTMO review.
3. Read consistency rules explained for how other firms do it.

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