Consistency standards: how they work and why they exist

These are the standards Noctorial uses to verify that your results reflect genuine and repeatable trading, not a lucky position or an unusual session right before a payout or passing an evaluation phase.

1. Mandatory Stop Loss within the First Minute

After opening a position, you have the first minute to set your stop loss. Only the first stop loss you place is valid: you can modify it later to reduce your risk, but never to increase it.

This rule applies to all models, both in evaluation and funded accounts.

If you do not set a stop loss within the first minute, or if you place it incorrectly, your payout for that cycle may be denied or partially paid, evaluated on a case-by-case basis by our risk team.

Example: You open a trade on EUR/USD at 10:00:00. You have until 10:01:00 to set your stop loss. If you set it at 10:00:45, that is your valid stop loss for the entire trade: you can move it closer to your entry later, but you cannot move it further away to take on more risk.

👉 See the Infracciones graves: qué son y cómo evitarlas section for more information.

2. Consistency Rule

This rule only applies to funded accounts; it does not apply during evaluation phases.

No single trade can represent more than 25% of the total profit you request in a payout.

Example: You request a payout with $1,000 in total profit. 25% is $250. Any trade whose individual profit exceeds $250 will not be counted toward the payout. For example, if a trade made $600, you will need to keep trading until the weight of that trade represents at most 25% of the accumulated total profit.

3. Lot Size Consistency

For each instrument you trade, we calculate your average lot size based on all completed trades in the cycle.

This means that no trade can be larger than double (x2) or smaller than half (÷2) of your average lot size. Any trade that falls outside that range is considered a violation of the consistency rule.

Example: If your average lot size on EUR/USD is 1 lot, no trade can exceed 2 lots (x2 = double) or fall below 0.5 lots (÷2 = half). Any trade outside that range (for example, 5 lots) violates the consistency rule.

One thing to remember

Trade the same way in every session: same size, same risk, same approach.