Ten percent is the stage hole, in cash
On a $100,000 stage the maximum hole is $10,000. On $50,000 it is $5,000. On $200,000 it is $20,000. The first hit triggers a 2-week quarantine. You are not handed a fresh account, and you are not automatically finished forever. The pause is the penalty, and the Edge Score you carry into the restart still has to clear the stage minimum, which runs from 50 up through 90 or higher as you advance.
Daily loss remains 5% beside that maximum. On $100,000 the day is $5,000, so two full days at the daily line are the entire stage hole. Open a Venasri account and store the stage name, from Seed through Pro M, because a 10% figure without the stage balance is not a rule you can trade.
Live equity counts, and there is no 6% fork
The drawdown is judged on live account equity, so an open loser counts before you click close. A $6,000 floating gold loss on a $100,000 stage is already most of the $10,000 hole and more than the $5,000 day. Waiting for the candle to "come back" is how the quarantine starts while the ticket is still open.
This program does not publish one static 10% product and a separate trailing 6% product. The 1-step and 2-step fields in the rules both carry a 5% day and a 10% maximum. If you wanted the tighter trail some prop firms use on a one-step exam, you will not get it by picking a different Axi label. You will get the same 10%, plus a second 5% profit target on the two-stage path.
The pause is two weeks and the day still resets at midnight
Server midnight is 00:00 on the Axi MT4 or MT5 clock. Open equity at that snapshot is part of how the next day begins, because the book is marked on live equity. A winner you refuse to bank can reverse after the reset and spend the new 5% while yesterday's chart still looks like a win. The 2-week pause, if it comes, does not rewind that math.
There is no news blackout to hide a CPI wick, and weekend holding is fully permitted. A gap or a slip counts immediately in the equity hole. Bot controls should flatten when equity loss approaches the daily line, rather than editing the stop through the print and hoping the quarantine is a soft landing.
Flatten at 4.25% so the 10% hole is never the first exit
Set Equity Guard at 4.25% daily loss. On $100,000 that is $4,250, leaving $750 before the $5,000 day and a long way before the $10,000 stage hole. The quarantine is survivable compared with a permanent fail, and it still freezes progress for two weeks, which is long enough to miss a monthly settlement on the 1st.
A single oversized loser can also drop the Edge Score under the stage minimum and freeze multiplier progression for a month, even if the 10% hole was only grazed. The drawdown pause and the score freeze are different clocks. Size the trade so seven full stops at 0.35% to 0.65% would be required before the 5% day is in danger. One 3% idea makes both clocks your problem.