Explanation of the Consistency Rule in Contract Usage at Ylos Trading

The Consistency Rule in Contract Usage at Ylos Trading is designed to ensure that your operational profile remains stable and secure in the long term.

It is crucial to highlight that this guideline applies exclusively to Funded accounts. During the evaluation phase (Challenge), this rule does not come into effect, allowing you more flexibility to pass your test.

To assess your consistency in a Funded account, our system analyzes the historical data for the period and calculates the "average size" of your trades in financial value, not just the number of contracts traded.

This differentiation is essential because contracts have very different financial requirements — trading a full contract, for example, generates significantly greater financial exposure than trading a microcontract, even if the numerical quantity entered on the order form is the same.

Based on this history of traded values, the system creates a personalized "normality range" that respects your own average and natural variation. Drastically deviating from this range triggers an alert.

Trading financial volumes significantly above your usual pattern (exceeding the ceiling) is evaluated very rigorously, as a sudden and disproportionate increase in exposure represents a high risk. Similarly, trading volumes significantly below your usual range (breaking the floor) is also considered atypical.

We have also implemented a mechanism to avoid false positives. If you are an extremely consistent trader and almost always trade the same financial exposure, the system understands this behavior and intelligently widens your tolerance margin. This ensures that small, natural day-to-day adjustments are not unfairly marked as pattern breaks.

This consistency analysis occurs daily. If any trade you make during the day completely deviates from your normal range, the entire day will be recorded as outside the consistency pattern. If you are not yet eligible to request a withdrawal, these out-of-pattern days will not immediately block your account. They will be recorded in your trading history, and this metric will be evaluated at the appropriate time of your withdrawal request.

Our goal with this rule is not to restrict your operations, but rather to protect your capital and that of the trading desk, encouraging a professional, mature approach without impulsive lot size fluctuations.