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 that applies to a funded account, 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. Every limit is published in full and shown on your dashboard. If you understand these four triggers, 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 | All products |
Maximum drawdown limit exceeded | All products |
Single-trade loss limit exceeded | All products, funded phase |
Prohibited strategy used | All products |
Drawdown breaches
Drawdown is the core risk rule, and two kinds can breach you. Both are measured on your equity, which includes the profit and loss of any open positions, so a floating loss counts in real time rather than only when a trade is closed.
The daily drawdown caps how much your account may fall within a single day. The daily window resets at 00:00 UTC, so the limit refreshes at the start of each new trading day. Should your equity fall past the daily floor before that reset, the account breaches. Instant uses a 3% daily limit, Instant Pro 4%, and Instant 24h 2%. The One Step evaluation uses 3% and the Two Step 4%.
The maximum drawdown caps your total loss for the life of the account. The Two Step uses a static maximum that never moves, fixed at 8%. The One Step and the Instant products use a trailing maximum that follows your equity upward: 6% on One Step, 5% on Instant, 6% on Instant Pro, and 3% on Instant 24h. Cross either floor and the account breaches. For exactly how each one is measured, see the dedicated drawdown articles below.
Single-trade loss breaches
Every funded account carries a cap on how much a single position may lose. It protects your locked progress from one oversized trade. Because the Instant products fund you immediately, the cap applies from your very first trade.
Instant: a 2% single-trade loss limit.
Instant Pro: a 2% single-trade loss limit, the same as Instant.
Instant 24h: a 1% single-trade loss limit.
One Step and Two Step: a 3% single-trade loss limit, in the funded phase only.
The One Step and Two Step evaluation phases carry no single-trade loss limit, so this trigger does not apply to them until the account is funded.
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 errors, execution, or the simulation model itself.
Genuine trading is welcome. Expert advisors, bots and custom indicators, news trading, and holding overnight or over the weekend are all permitted. Automated tools and copy trading are welcome too, provided each account uses its own distinctive settings and runs only on accounts you personally own. 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 a careful trader.
The Best Day Rule never breaches you. On the One Step, Two Step, Instant and Instant Pro products, a soft Best Day Rule applies: for a withdrawal, no single trading day may account for more than 20% of your total profit in the current reward segment, meaning the profit earned since your last reward. Exactly 20% is permitted; only above it is held. It never fails your account. It simply holds the withdrawal until your profit is more evenly distributed, and then the withdrawal proceeds. Instant 24h uses a Best Trade Rule in its place, where no single trade may account for more than 15% of your profit. That too is not a breach, though if one trade goes beyond 15% the account still runs to the end of its 24 hour window and then closes with no reward generated.
No time limit and no minimum days on the evaluations. The One Step and Two Step evaluations have no deadline and no minimum number of trading days, so time can never fail you. The Instant products fund you at once and ask only for a modest amount of activity before a withdrawal: 5 trading days on Instant and 6 on Instant Pro. The single timed product is Instant 24h, which sets a 3% profit target within a 24 hour window and asks for at least 7 trades.
No hidden activity penalty. The only trading-day requirements are those published for your product and shown on your dashboard. Nothing beyond them can fail you.
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.
Related
What is allowed and what is prohibited