The 2-step gives you a static $8,000 and a $4,000 day
Phase 1 is $8,000, the same cash as the static floor, so the profit you are chasing is the loss that would fail a tight account. Phase 2 is $5,000, larger than the $4,000 day. You cannot survive a full losing day during Phase 2. The floor at $92,000 does not move when you win. The day resets at 00:00 from the higher of balance or equity, so a winner held overnight changes the next $4,000.
Register on Venasri with the 2-step percents stored as 4 and 8, not as the 1-step's 3 and 5. Sixteen winners at $500 build the $8,000. Eight losers at $500 are the day. There is no third calendar day you are forced to trade, and there is also nothing stopping you from doing the damage on day one.
The 1-step is 3% a day and a 5% trail
Daily loss $3,000. Trailing maximum $5,000. A closed high can lift the trail. The day can end the account first: three $1,000 losses, or six $500 losses. The 2-step would still be inside its $4,000 day after six $500 losses ($3,000) and dead only at eight. People buy the 1-step to skip Phase 2 and then use Phase 1's size. Phase 2 being gone does not make the day larger. It makes the path shorter and the day smaller.
Equity Guard on the 1-step sits under $3,000. On the 2-step it sits under $4,000. Instant's entire trail is $3,000, with a 20% consistency score, so an Instant card is tighter than both exams. Do not park Instant on the 2-step guard.
Shared permissions, different cash
Weekend holds are allowed on the 1-step, the 2-step, and the 3-step. A Sunday gap spends whichever day you bought. Funded news uses a window of 2 to 5 minutes. The idea cap of 1% to 2% floating loss, and the 1.5% to 2.0% combined-pair trap, apply once you are funded and do not care which exam you passed. Platforms are MT5, Match-Trader, cTrader, and TradeLocker.
Bot Control can pause the news window and can block a second ticket on the same pair. Trade managers and personal non-HFT tools are allowed. Martingale, grid recovery, and latency bots are not. The 3-step program can be held over the weekend. Quote its loss line from the account, not from the 2-step's 8%.
Zero minimum days changes the psychology, not the math
With no minimum day, a trader tries to finish the 8% in a single session. The session is only allowed to lose 4% on the 2-step or 3% on the 1-step. The target is larger than the day on both paths. Spread the $8,000. The payout, 80% every 10 business days, starts after you pass, not after you rush. The $15 micro account is a place to practice the percent. It is not a place to practice a $100K lot.
Pick the 2-step if you want the static floor and can live with a $4,000 day and two targets. Pick the 1-step if you will cut size to a $3,000 day and accept a trail that can rise. Pick Instant only if a 3% trail and a 20% score are the product you meant to buy. The $379 fee is similar. The cushion is not.
