The short answer
No. The only money you ever spend with UZO is your one-time evaluation fee. Failing an evaluation simply ends that account. It never creates a debt, a margin call, or any further charge.
This is the single most important thing to understand before you start. Your downside is fixed and known on the day you pay, and nothing that happens during trading can increase it.
What you can lose
Exactly one thing: the evaluation fee you paid to start. That is the full extent of your financial exposure.
Entry costs are deliberately low so the decision is easy to size for yourself:
Evaluation | Account size from |
One Step | $5,000 |
Two Step | $10,000 |
Treat the fee the way you would any programme cost: spend only what it is worth to you to attempt the challenge. Current pricing for each size is shown on your dashboard at checkout.
And it can come back
On the One Step and Two Step challenges, the full evaluation fee is returned to you with your third reward. Pass the challenge and the cost effectively comes back.
What you cannot lose
You cannot lose trading capital, because none of it is yours to lose. UZO is a simulated (Syn-Fi) trading platform. You trade against live market prices, but the capital itself is simulated. No live funds of yours are ever placed in the market.
Because of that, a few things that exist in real-money trading simply do not exist here:
No margin calls and no negative balance you have to top up.
No way for a losing trade to bill your card or bank.
No liability beyond the fee, no matter how a position moves.
When an account breaches a rule, such as a daily or maximum drawdown limit, the account is closed. That is the entire consequence. The breach ends your access to that simulated balance. It does not convert into a charge, a fine, or anything you owe.
The bottom line
The maths is simple. Your maximum loss is the evaluation fee, known in advance on the day you pay, and nothing that happens during trading can add to it. Every rule is published in full, so you know exactly what you are aiming for.
If you pass, the fee comes back with your third reward, and from then on you keep a share of the simulated profit you generate. The exact share depends on the product you choose.
If you want the mechanics in more detail, the articles below explain how simulated capital works and what a breach actually does.
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