Drawdown is the one mechanic that ends evaluations and funded accounts, so reading it correctly matters. The numbers below are the confirmed limits per product. Where a value is not yet finalized, the figure on your dashboard is the source of truth.

The daily drawdown line is the lowest your equity is allowed to fall during a single trading day. It is calculated against your balance at the start of that day, and it resets at 00:00 UTC, so a fresh allowance opens each day.

Because it tracks equity, not just closed trades, an open position sitting in floating loss counts against it in real time. Watch the live equity figure and the remaining daily buffer side by side on the dashboard. When the buffer shrinks, that is your signal to reduce size or close, not after the trade settles.

The maximum drawdown line is the floor your equity can never fall below for the life of the account. Depending on your product, it is either static (a fixed level that does not move) or trailing (a level that follows your equity upward).

On the dashboard this appears as a second buffer next to your daily one. Like the daily line, it reacts to floating losses on open trades, so it is live, not end-of-day. Keep an eye on whichever buffer is smaller at any moment, because that is the one you will hit first.

The Instant family adds one more live guardrail: a cap on how much any single trade may lose. The dashboard flags this per position, so you see it before a single trade does damage.

One Step and Two Step do not use a single-trade loss limit, so this indicator simply will not appear on those accounts.

A static maximum drawdown is fixed at a level set from your starting balance and stays there no matter how much profit you make. Two Step uses this, so its 12% floor never moves.

A trailing maximum drawdown follows your equity up as you make new highs, then holds at the highest point it reached. The Instant products use trailing. This means your maximum drawdown buffer can tighten as you profit, which is exactly why watching the live line matters.

On accounts with the Dynamic Risk Shield, the trailing maximum drawdown follows your equity up while you build profit, then locks at your starting balance once your profit clears the threshold. After it locks, your maximum drawdown line stops moving and your initial capital is protected.

If your equity touches a daily or maximum drawdown limit, the account is closed automatically and the dashboard updates to reflect the breach. Because the limits are evaluated live on open positions, this can happen on a floating loss before you close a trade.

The honest reality is that most evaluations do not pass, and drawdown is usually why. Treat the live buffers as hard walls, keep size sensible, and close before a floating loss reaches the line. A breach ends that account, it never creates a debt. If a breach looks incorrect, contact us at support@uzo.com and we will review the account.