What makes a day count
Realised profit of at least 8% of the account size, inside a single UTC day running 00:00 to 24:00. Realised means sold: a position still open at midnight has not contributed, whatever it is showing. On a 50 SOL account the bar is +4 SOL.
Gaps are fine
The five days need not be consecutive and need not be in any particular order. Trade on Monday and Friday and both count if both clear the bar. There is no requirement to trade every day, and nothing decays while you are away.
Losing days cost nothing
A red day does not remove a counted day, and neither does a small green one. The count only goes up. The only thing a bad day can do is bring your equity toward the loss line, which is a separate rule entirely.
What happens after a payout
The count returns to zero and five more counted days open the next request, this time under the higher later cap. The loss line does not move down after a payout, so each cycle starts with a smaller buffer between your balance and the line than the balance alone suggests.
Why it is structured this way
A single enormous day is not evidence of much. Five separate days clearing a meaningful bar is harder to produce by luck, and it is the funded-account equivalent of the 60% consistency rule on the challenge. Both exist so that a payout reflects repeatable trading.
Questions people ask
Does a partial day count?
A day counts if it clears the bar, whatever fraction of it you traded.
Do counted days expire?
No. They hold until you use them on a payout.
Can one trade make a counted day?
Yes, if selling it realises 8% of the account size that day.