FTMO, the largest prop firm in the industry, announced on October 8 that the Consistency Rule will replace the Best Day Rule on its 1-Step Challenge — effective today, October 12, 2026. If you’re trading an FTMO 1-Step account or thinking about buying one, this changes how your biggest winning day is judged.
What Changed
Starting with orders created on or after October 12, 2026 at 9:00 platform time, new FTMO 1-Step Challenges use the Consistency Rule instead of the Best Day Rule.
- Best Day Rule (old): your best day’s profit vs. total profit from positive days only. Losing days were excluded.
- Consistency Rule (new): your best day’s profit vs. your total profit — including losing days.
Home-run-then-grind trading styles get judged more strictly now: losing days shrink the denominator, so the same big winner looks like a larger share of your total.
Who Is Affected
- New 1-Step orders (on/after Oct 12): Consistency Rule from day one.
- Existing orders (before cutoff): stay on the Best Day Rule.
- Rewards Accounts merged on/after cutoff: Consistency Rule applies.
What Didn’t Change
3% maximum daily loss and 10% end-of-day trailing maximum loss stand. Only the consistency calculation changed.
Protect Yourself Before You Buy Any Challenge
- Read the rules attached to YOUR order, not a review site’s summary.
- Know the account-enders: daily loss, max drawdown, consistency, news windows, minimum days. Those five cause most failed evaluations and denied payouts.
- Understand drawdown first: trailing vs end-of-day drawdown explainer.
- Run the numbers: the prop firm calculator does the math in seconds.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does FTMO’s Consistency Rule take effect? October 12, 2026 at 9:00 platform time, for new 1-Step orders.
Does it apply to my existing account? No. Orders before the cutoff stay on the Best Day Rule.
Source: FTMO’s October 8, 2026 trading update, via PropFirmsInsider’s Q4 2026 rule-change tracker.
