The short answer
Maximum drawdown is your total loss ceiling: the lowest your account is allowed to fall before the breach line. Two Step uses a 12% static maximum drawdown. Instant and Instant Pro use a 7% trailing maximum drawdown. Instant 24h uses a 3% trailing maximum drawdown. One Step's maximum drawdown is set per product and shown on your dashboard.
Maximum drawdown is the floor under your whole account. Daily drawdown limits how much you can lose in a single day and resets at 00:00 UTC. Maximum drawdown does not reset. It is the single number that ends an account if it is breached. Here is how it works on each UZO product.
Maximum drawdown side by side
Product | Maximum drawdown | Type |
One Step | Shown on your dashboard | See dashboard |
Two Step | 12% | Static |
Instant | 7% | Trailing |
Instant Pro | 7% | Trailing |
Instant 24h | 3% | Trailing |
Static limits are measured from your starting balance. Trailing limits are measured from your highest reached equity. The next sections explain what that means in practice.
Two Step: 12% static
Two Step uses a static maximum drawdown of 12%. Static means the breach line is fixed at the start and never moves. On a $10K account, your equity may not fall below $8,800 at any point, in either phase or once funded. As you grow your balance, that floor stays exactly where it was, so every dollar of profit becomes pure cushion above the line.
Static limits are the most forgiving once you are in profit, because the floor does not chase your gains upward. This is why Two Step pairs a slightly larger ceiling with a two-phase structure (a 3% target, then 5%).
Instant and Instant Pro: 7% trailing
Instant and Instant Pro both use a trailing maximum drawdown of 7%. Trailing means the floor follows your highest equity upward. It starts 7% below your opening balance, and every time your equity reaches a new peak, the breach line rises with it, staying 7% below that new high. When equity falls back, the floor holds at the highest point it reached.
Both products also carry a 4% daily drawdown and a single-trade loss cap. Instant Pro applies a tighter single-trade maximum loss than Instant and has the lowest entry cost of the instant class, which is why it is the bestseller. The maximum drawdown percentage is identical on both.
Instant 24h: 3% trailing
Instant 24h is the tightest product on every risk dimension. Its maximum drawdown is 3% trailing, paired with a 2% daily drawdown and a 1% single-trade loss cap. The objective is a 3% profit target inside a 24-hour window, so the limits are deliberately close to keep the challenge fast and disciplined.
With a trailing floor this tight, a strong early move can lock your progress quickly, but a sharp reversal can also breach fast. Size positions accordingly.
One Step and where to confirm
One Step's maximum drawdown value and type are set per product and displayed on your account dashboard. We will not quote a number here that could differ from what governs your specific account. Open your dashboard, where the exact maximum drawdown, daily drawdown, and breach lines for your account are shown live and update as you trade.
One rule, always true
Your dashboard is the source of truth for every limit on your account. Trailing or static, the live breach line shown there is the number that counts.
If you want the deeper mechanics of how a trailing floor differs from a static one, including the moment a trailing limit locks, see the related articles below.
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