Pine Script Daily Profit Cap for Apex Consistency Rule

Stops new entries once session profit hits a configurable cap. Essential for Apex PA accounts — one outsized day can invalidate a payout request under the 30% consistency rule.

Copy//@version=5
strategy("Daily Profit Cap", overlay=true)

// ── Inputs ──────────────────────────────────────────────
dailyProfitCap = input.float(800.0, "Daily Profit Cap ($)", step=50,
     tooltip="Stop new entries once session profit hits this level. For Apex PA: set to ~25% of profit target.")

// ── State ────────────────────────────────────────────────
var float sessionProfit = 0.0
var bool  capReached    = false

if session.isfirstbar_regular
    sessionProfit := 0.0
    capReached    := false

if strategy.closedtrades > strategy.closedtrades[1]
    sessionProfit += strategy.closedtrades.profit(strategy.closedtrades - 1)

if sessionProfit >= dailyProfitCap
    capReached := true

// ── Entry logic ──────────────────────────────────────────
longCondition = ta.crossover(ta.ema(close, 9), ta.ema(close, 21)) and not capReached

if longCondition
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)
    strategy.exit("Exit", "Long", profit=20, loss=10)

// Visual
bgcolor(capReached ? color.new(color.green, 90) : na, title="Daily Cap Reached")

When you need this

The Apex consistency rule — also called the 30% rule — applies to funded PA (Performer Account) holders. When you request a payout, Apex checks whether any single trading day accounts for more than 30% of your total account profit. If it does, the payout may be delayed or denied until you trade your account to a more consistent distribution of gains.

For automated strategies this is a real risk. A strategy can have one exceptional session — a gap fill day, a major news event, a trend day — where it captures far more profit than a typical session. Without a daily cap, that one day can put your consistency ratio offside and complicate your payout.

This snippet mirrors the kill switch logic but in the opposite direction: instead of tracking losses, it tracks profits and blocks new entries once the daily target is met.

How to set the cap

Set dailyProfitCap to approximately 25% of your total profit target. This keeps any single day well below the 30% threshold even if the exact calculation differs slightly between your Pine Script tracking and Apex's internal system.

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