The short answer
Yes. UZO accounts carry real spreads and real commissions, applied the same way they would be in a live trading environment. The capital is simulated, but the trading costs are not. What you model into a strategy is what you actually pay on every fill.
This matters because honest costs are the whole point of a simulated evaluation. If spreads and commissions were softened or removed, passing would prove nothing about how your strategy performs under real conditions. UZO keeps the friction real so the result is real.
Real spreads and commissions
Every trade is priced against live market data drawn from third-party feeds. The bid and ask you see, and the gap between them, reflect genuine market conditions at the moment of execution. When you enter and exit, the spread is part of your cost, just as it would be at a live broker.
Commissions are charged the same way. Where an instrument carries a commission, it is applied to your fills and shows up in your account, reducing your net result exactly as a real trading cost should. Nothing is waived because the capital is simulated.
Applied uniformly
Spreads and commissions are applied uniformly across accounts. There is no hidden tier, no quieter pricing for some traders and harsher pricing for others. The same cost structure that applies during your evaluation applies after you are funded, and it applies the same way to a small account and a large one.
This uniformity is deliberate. It means the conditions you learn during an evaluation are the conditions you keep, and it means no one can game the simulation by finding an account type with softer costs.
Why this is fair
Uniform, real costs are what let a UZO pass mean something. You are measured against the same market friction every other trader faces, so the discipline you prove is genuine.
Live conditions drive the numbers
Because prices come from real third-party feeds, your spread is not a fixed number we publish. It moves with the market. Spreads tend to be tighter when an instrument is liquid and active, and wider during thin periods: around major news, at session opens, and over weekends or holidays when liquidity drops.
The same logic applies to commissions, which vary by instrument and asset class. A forex pair, a metal, a crypto pair, an index, a stock, and an energy contract do not all cost the same to trade. When you build a strategy, treat spread and commission as live, variable inputs rather than constants.
Spreads widen and tighten with real liquidity, so the cost of the same trade can differ minute to minute.
Commission depends on the instrument and asset class you are trading.
Volatile windows (news, opens, low-liquidity sessions) typically mean wider spreads.
Where to see your exact costs
Because the figures move with the market and differ by instrument, we do not quote a single spread or commission number here. The accurate, current values are always the ones shown to you live.
Open the instrument on your platform (MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, or MatchTrader) to see the live bid, ask, and spread at that moment.
Check the instrument or symbol specification on your platform for the commission that applies to that asset class.
After a trade closes, your account history shows the realised spread and commission baked into the result.
If you want to confirm how a specific instrument is priced before you trade it, reach us at support@uzo.com and we will point you to the live figures.
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