Payout and Consistency Rules

Passing an evaluation is not the same as getting paid. A separate set of rules governs withdrawals, and they are the ones traders read last and regret first.

The consistency rule

A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit may come from your single best day. It exists to filter out traders whose result came from one oversized gamble rather than a repeatable method.

The effect is counter-intuitive: an unusually good day can delay your payout, because it raises the total profit you must accumulate before that day is small enough as a proportion. Firms state the cap differently and some do not apply one at all, so read the exact wording on the firm's own rules page.

Aqua Futures: Rules differ by programme and change often — open the firm's own plan page and read the current terms against what you just read here.

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Minimum trading days and buffers

Most programmes require a minimum number of days with genuine activity before a withdrawal, and many require the account to stay above a buffer — a cushion over the starting balance — after the payout is taken. Both rules push toward small, regular gains rather than a single spike.

Withdrawal cycles and the profit share

Payouts run on a cycle: you request, the firm reviews, then funds are sent. Timing, methods and minimum amounts vary by firm, and several scale the profit share over the first withdrawals rather than applying the headline number immediately. We do not publish per-firm payout figures here unless the firm states them officially — check the source.

BlueberryFunded Futures: Rules differ by programme and change often — open the firm's own plan page and read the current terms against what you just read here.

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Worked example

Suppose a firm caps the best day at 30% of total profit and you want a 3,000 withdrawal.

A 1,500 day inside 3,000 of profit is 50% — over the cap. The payout is blocked until total profit grows to about 5,000, so that day falls to 30%.
Six days of roughly 500 give the same 3,000 with a best day of about 17%. Compliant immediately.

Same money, and the second path pays out weeks earlier. Once you know a consistency cap applies, deliberately closing a runaway day early is a rational decision, not timidity.

Common mistakes

Discovering the consistency cap after the outsized day that triggered it.
Requesting a payout that drops the account below the required buffer, so it is rejected.
Counting a day of one token trade toward the minimum-trading-day requirement.
Assuming the headline profit split applies to the first withdrawal.
Treating a delayed payout as a scam when it is simply a rule you agreed to at checkout.

Read these together

Payout rules only make sense next to the daily limit and profit target and the drawdown model. Together they describe the pace of trading the programme actually rewards.

Futures firms we cover

Every firm below publishes its own current rules and pricing. Use this page as the checklist and the firm's site as the source of truth.

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