TopStep Doesn't Have a Consistency Rule. It Has a Consistency Target. The $3,000 Difference You're Probably Missing.

Published on runvigil.app — April 2026 TL;DR (40-word direct answer): TopStep does not enforce a "consistency rule" the way Apex or Tradeify does. It enforces a Consistency Target that applies only to the Trading Combine, not the Express Funded Account or the Live Funded Account. Most traders treat the two as identical. The difference affects every payout you will ever take at TopStep. The myth that ranks on page one of Google Search "TopStep consistency rule" and the first five results treat it as a synonym for "consistency rule" at any other prop firm. That is wrong, and the wrongness costs TopStep traders real money. TopStep's own help documentation is explicit: the Consistency Target applies only to the Trading Combine. It is not a requirement for the Express Funded Account Standard or the Live Funded Account. Source: TopStep Help Center, "What is the consistency target" . Three words changed that definition from a rule to a target: "applies only to." Every trader who carries the C