That's true but if he continued to earn the same profit every day, he would be fine at the end of 15 days. It's only if his profit drops over the next 12 days that he will have a problem. I'd tell him to shoot for exactly the same profit every day. This way the account will show consistency over the life of the evaluation account. The rule itself is just plain stupid and intended to penalize good traders. Every trader has peak performance days. If you don't count those days or are penalized for them, it lowers your chances of completing the evaluation successfully. It's intentional. It's stupid.