The short answer
You pay one up-front account fee when you buy your evaluation. There are no hidden charges. While you trade, real spreads and commissions apply just as they would in live markets, and those are shown in your platform, not added on by UZO. Scaling your funded account carries no new fee, and your evaluation fee is refunded on your first reward payout.
Pricing should be something you can read in one sitting. This article lays out every cost so you know exactly what leaves your account and when.
What the up-front fee covers
When you buy a UZO challenge, you pay a single account fee at checkout. That fee gives you access to the evaluation and, once you pass, to a funded simulated account. Entry pricing depends on the product and account size you choose, for example One Step from $39 and Two Step from $52, with larger sizes priced higher.
The price you see at checkout is the price you pay. There are no setup, activation, or platform charges layered on top. Whether any specific product renews or recurs is shown on your dashboard and on the live pricing page, so always confirm there before you buy.
Spreads and commissions while trading
UZO runs on real, third-party price feeds across forex, metals, crypto, indices, stocks, and energies. To keep the simulation faithful to live conditions, real spreads and commissions are applied to your trades the same way they would be at a live broker.
These are not UZO fees and they are not hidden. They are normal trading costs that appear inside your platform on each position. Because they mirror live conditions, your simulated performance reflects what real execution would look like. For current spreads and commission detail, see the live pricing in your trading platform.
Payout-related costs
When you earn a reward, you keep 90% and UZO keeps 10%, fixed at every account size. Payouts are approved in under an hour and clear within 12 hours, by bank transfer or crypto.
Your evaluation fee comes back
Your evaluation fee is refunded on your first reward payout. The cost of getting funded is returned to you the first time you get paid.
Any payout method or processing fees are set per method and can change, so we do not list fixed figures here. See the payout fees article and your dashboard for the current amounts before you withdraw.
No new fee when you scale
Your funded account can grow through scaling: $100K to $200K to $500K to $1M, increasing by 35% every four months, up to $4M. Reaching the next size does not cost you anything extra.
Cost | When it applies |
Account fee | Once, up front at checkout (refunded on first payout) |
Spreads and commissions | Per trade, real live conditions, shown in your platform |
Profit split (10% firm) | Only when you earn a reward |
Scaling to $4M | No new fee |
If anything about a charge is ever unclear, write to us at support@uzo.com and we will walk you through it line by line.
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