How Does the Consistency Rule Work? | Sway Funded Help Center

Traders must be able to prove their consistency while trading with us, providing a sufficient trading history that shows their risk management skills.

Instead of trying to “shoot for the moon,” trades must show control of emotions, and stable results, not fall into the category of a lucky trader or gambler.

For that, at each evaluation stage, there is a consistency rule in place:

Phase 1 - Assessment No single trading day should represent 30% or more of the total profit of the account.

Phase 2 - Confirmation No single trading day should represent 40% or more of the total profit of the account.

Phase 3 - Funded Account No single trading day should represent 40% or more of the total profit of the account.

Your Sway Funded client portal lets you keep an eye on your profits and targets to make sure they're in line with the consistency rule. If a trading day exceeds the amount established by that rule, don't worry, your challenge isn't failed, but your target levels adjust accordingly.

The threshold for achieving your account's objectives is dynamically adjusted based on the results of your trading days, in accordance with the consistency rule.
The profit that remains to be made from current equity in order to meet the objective of the current phase.
The threshold you should aim to stay below to avoid increasing the required profit for reaching the objective.
Within the objectives section, you can easily track your progress against both the success threshold and the consistency rule requirements.

For example:

If you are in Phase 1 with a challenge of $100,000 and the consistency rule is set at 30%, this means that no single trading day should account for more than 30% of the total profit of the account (3% of profit).

So, if on the first trading day you earn $3,500 (3.5%), this represents 35% of the profit target ($10,000). According to the consistency rule, this would increase the profit target from $10,000 to $11,667. This adjustment ensures that the $3,500 earned on that day represents less than 30% of the account's total profit, making sure you are complying with the consistency rule.

At the funded stage, where there isn't a profit target, your largest trading day will establish your consistency rule.

For instance, let's say you have a $100,000 funded account, and you make a profit of $1,000 (1%) on the first day. To ensure that this $1,000 represents 40% or less of the total account profit, you would need to achieve a total profit of $2,500 (2.5%), since $1,000 is 40% of $2,500, to be able to meet the consistency rule and unlock your payout.