Side by side
The key differences in one list:
- Phases: 2-Step has evaluation + verification; 1-Step has a single evaluation.
- Targets: 10% then 5% (2-Step) vs one 10% target (1-Step).
- Daily loss: 4% (2-Step) vs 3% (1-Step).
- Maximum loss: 8% static (2-Step) vs 6% trailing that locks at the initial balance (1-Step).
- Time: 30 + 60 days (2-Step) vs no time limit (1-Step).
- Minimum days: 5 per phase (2-Step) vs 3 (1-Step).
- Weekend: the 2-Step evaluation is flattened and paused over the weekend; the 1-Step allows weekend holding.
Choose the 2-Step if…
You are new to prop firms, you hold through pullbacks, or you prefer a fixed floor that never moves. The wider limits forgive more mistakes, and the 5% second target is easier than the first.
Choose the 1-Step if…
You have a tested strategy, you scale out of winners and you want to be funded after a single phase without a deadline. The trailing drawdown rewards traders who protect open profit.