The short answer
Balance is money from trades you have already closed. Equity is your balance plus or minus everything currently open. The difference between them is your floating P&L, the live profit or loss on positions you still hold. Profit is measured against your account starting balance, the figure your target and drawdown are built on.
Every number on your dashboard comes from trading against real, live market prices. The capital is simulated, so none of your own money is ever at risk, and yet the prices, the mechanics and any rewards are entirely real. Whenever you reach a reward, you keep 90% of your profit and UZO keeps 10%, the same 90/10 share on every product and at every account size. It is one of the most generous profit shares available anywhere.
Balance vs equity vs floating P&L
These three numbers are the foundation. Read them together and your account makes sense at a glance.
Number | What it means |
Balance | The result of closed trades only. It does not move while a position is open. |
Equity | Balance plus or minus the live value of every open position. It moves tick by tick. |
Floating P&L | The gap between equity and balance. Positive when open trades are in profit, negative when they are not. |
When you have no positions open, balance and equity are identical and floating P&L is zero. The moment you open a trade, equity starts to move while balance stays still. When you close, the floating amount is settled and folded into balance.
Why everything is measured from your starting balance
Profit targets are always measured against your account starting balance, the size you began with. Your percentage target is a fixed share of that figure, so the same reference point stays constant from day one.
Drawdown is measured on your equity, which includes the live profit or loss on any open position, not just your closed balance. Some products anchor the maximum drawdown to your starting balance. Others use a trailing floor that rises as your equity rises, then locks at your starting balance once you are far enough ahead. Alongside this, a daily limit resets at 00:00 UTC each day, giving you a clean start every session. Your dashboard shows the live status for your specific product, so that is always the right place to check your current limit. The principle is the same in both cases: one clear reference keeps your limits unambiguous.
On One Step and Two Step there is no time limit and no minimum number of trading days, so you are free to trade to your own plan and let your numbers develop at their own pace.
What moves your equity: your markets and 1:100 leverage
Your stats reflect genuine market movement across everything you are able to trade. UZO gives you access to six markets, spanning more than 1,300 instruments, all at 1:100 leverage.
Six markets: forex, metals, crypto, indices, shares and energies. Your equity responds to real price movement in whichever of these you hold.
Leverage of 1:100 on every account size sets how much position you can control per unit of margin. It magnifies both your floating P&L and the speed your equity moves, in either direction.
Open positions settle into balance on close. While a trade is live, its value sits in your floating P&L and moves your equity tick by tick. The moment you close, that amount is realised and folded into your balance.
Why your platform and dashboard can differ by a moment
You may notice your trading platform (MetaTrader 5 or TradeLocker) and your UZO dashboard showing figures that differ by a small margin for a second or two. This is normal.
Live prices update constantly, and the two systems sample and display them a moment apart. The platform is your real-time execution view; the dashboard is your objective and risk view. They converge as soon as the next update lands. Treat the dashboard as the reference for whether you have met a target or breached a limit.
Common misreadings to avoid
A few simple habits keep you reading your own progress accurately.
Do not read floating profit as passing the target. Open profit is unrealised. Progress is judged on the basis your dashboard shows, not on equity that can still reverse.
Do not panic at a fresh open trade in the red. A small negative right after opening is normal and usually just reflects live prices settling around your entry.
Do not eyeball your equity to judge a drawdown limit. Drawdown is measured on equity and the daily limit resets at 00:00 UTC. Some products are fixed against your starting balance, others trail your equity as it rises before locking. Your dashboard shows the live limit for your specific account.
What this is all building toward
Reading your numbers accurately keeps you in control of your progress, and the rules you are working toward are published in full and the same for everyone. When you reach a reward, 95% of rewards are approved in 2 to 3 hours and paid in about 12 hours, by bank transfer or crypto. On One Step and Two Step, your evaluation fee is returned in full with your third reward. And whatever you make, you keep 90% of your profit, the same 90/10 share on every product and at every account size, one of the best profit shares available.
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