The daily gap is 3% against 5%
A 1-Step day ends at 3%. A 2-Step day ends at 5%. On $100,000 that is $3,000 versus $5,000, reset at 00:00 CE(S)T from the day-start balance plus floating profit and loss. If you start a free Venasri account, label the login before you size, because the same lot is a different fraction of each day.
The 2-Step product is sold as Standard and Swing. Swing adds weekend holding and unrestricted news, with leverage capped at 1:30. Those permissions do not change the 5% day or the static 10% floor. They are not a third evaluation with its own percentages.
Same 10% cap, two different measurements
Both paths stop at 10% maximum loss, which is $10,000 on $100,000. The 2-Step line is static from the initial balance. The 1-Step line is an end-of-day trail. After a large winning close, the 1-Step trader is protecting a higher floor. The 2-Step trader is still protecting the original $10,000.
That is the practical pass difference, not a secret odds table. A swing-style hold that gives back open profit after a strong close is harder on the trail. A trader who wants the original floor to stay put is on the 2-Step path. Use Equity Guard at the daily percentage of the path you bought, not at an average of the two.
Targets and the four-day minimum sit on the 2-Step
The flagship 2-Step asks for 10% in Phase 1 and 5% in Phase 2, with at least four trading days. The $100,000 fee for that evaluation is $540. There is no hard best-day formula, but a single ticket that produces most of the 10% can still be reviewed.
Do not treat the missing pass rate as permission to gamble the 1-Step because it has one stage. The 3% day and the trailing floor remove room that the second stage would have used. Skipping Phase 2 is not free.
News, weekends, and the request cap still apply after you choose
Standard funded accounts flatten before the weekend and restrict red-folder news in the 2-minute window on each side of the release. Swing does not. Both still live under the 2,000 request ceiling. Open MT5 bot control on MT5, MT4, cTrader, or DXtrade and match the bot's holding behavior to the tier, not just to the step count.
The hidden failure on either path is a winning closed day with a large float still open at Prague midnight. The next 5% or 3% allowance is then measured from the new day-start balance, and later drops in that open profit count against the new day.
