The short answer
A UZO account breaches in only four ways: exceeding the daily drawdown limit, exceeding the maximum drawdown limit, exceeding the single-trade loss limit on products that set one, or using a prohibited strategy. Nothing else fails you.
We keep the breach list short on purpose. There are no hidden tripwires, no surprise rules, and no quiet disqualifications. If you understand these four triggers and the limits shown on your dashboard, you understand everything that can end an account.
The breach triggers
An account fails the moment any one of these conditions is met. The exact limits depend on the product you are trading and are always displayed on your dashboard.
Breach trigger | Applies to |
Daily drawdown limit exceeded | Products that set a daily limit |
Maximum drawdown limit exceeded | All products |
Single-trade loss limit exceeded | Instant, Instant Pro, Instant 24h |
Prohibited strategy used | All products |
Drawdown breaches
Drawdown is the core risk rule, and two kinds can breach you.
The daily drawdown caps how much your account can fall within a single day. The day resets at 00:00 UTC, so the limit refreshes each session. If your equity drops past the daily floor before that reset, the account breaches. Instant uses a 4% daily limit, Instant Pro 4%, and Instant 24h 2%. On the One Step and Two Step evaluations, the daily figure is shown on your dashboard.
The maximum drawdown caps your total loss for the life of the account. Some products use a static maximum that never moves: the Two Step holds a fixed 12% maximum drawdown. The Instant products use a 7% trailing maximum that follows your equity upward. Cross either floor and the account breaches. To understand exactly how each is measured, see the dedicated drawdown articles below.
Single-trade loss breaches
The Instant family adds one more guardrail: a cap on how much a single position can lose. This protects your locked progress from one oversized trade.
Instant: a 2% single-trade loss limit.
Instant Pro: a tighter single-trade limit than Instant, the lowest entry cost in the instant class.
Instant 24h: a 1% single-trade loss limit.
The One Step and Two Step evaluations do not set a single-trade loss limit, so this trigger does not apply to them.
Conduct breaches
A small set of strategies is prohibited because they game the simulation rather than trade it. Using any of them breaches the account regardless of your balance.
Latency or high-frequency arbitrage.
Tick exploits and tick scalping.
Any technique designed to exploit pricing, execution, or the simulation engine itself.
Genuine trading is welcome. Expert advisors and bots, custom indicators, copy trading from your own accounts, news trading, and holding overnight or over the weekend are all allowed. The line is simple: trade the market, do not exploit the model. See the allowed and prohibited article for the full breakdown.
What cannot breach you
Just as important is what is not a breach. UZO does not run rules that quietly disqualify careful traders.
No consistency rule. You can make most of your profit on one strong day without penalty.
No time limit. The One Step, Two Step, and every Instant product have no deadline, so running out of days cannot fail you. The one exception is Instant 24h, which sets a 3% profit target inside a 24 hour window.
No minimum activity penalty beyond the stated rules. The One Step asks for at least 2 trading days; meeting that is all that is required.
The principle
If it is not one of the four triggers above, it does not breach your account. Trade within your drawdown limits, respect any single-trade cap, and keep your methods honest. Everything else is yours to manage.
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