What is Minimum Trading Days?
The minimum number of separate days a trader must place at least one trade during a prop firm evaluation — typically 4 to 10 days.
The minimum trading days rule is a count of separate business days on which the trader must place at least one trade during an evaluation. Common settings are 4 days (FTMO), 5 days (FundedNext Stellar), 8 days (E8 Markets), and up to 10 days at some smaller firms. Hitting the profit target without satisfying this count means the phase does not pass — even if the profit target is exceeded.
The purpose is to filter out single-trade passes that prove nothing about repeatable skill. A trader who hits 10% on day one with one oversized position is exactly the trader the firm wants to weed out before funding — that approach almost certainly blows up on a funded account.
The defensive strategy is to plan from the start: assume the minimum-days clause will bind. If the profit target arrives early, continue trading with very small position size on remaining days (0.1 to 0.2 percent risk) just to clock the count without endangering the win. This also helps the consistency rule by spreading profit across multiple sessions.