Sure Leverage Funding Rules Explained (2026): Daily Loss, Drawdown, News & Payouts

Overview: challenges and instant accounts

Sure Leverage Funding sells two challenges and four instant accounts. The 1 Step challenge asks 10%. The 2 Step Drop Out Plan comes in $50,000 only and asks 10% then 5%. The EA Challenge asks 6% and is the only account where Expert Advisors are allowed, and only until you are funded. The instant accounts are Instant Funding Static, Trailing, Lite and Zero.

Funding goes up to $200,000. The help center does not print sizes or prices, so check the order page. Splits run from 90% on the funded 1 Step to a ladder on Static and the EA Challenge that starts at 50% and reaches 80% from the sixth payout. Zero pays 70%, Trailing and Lite pay 80%, and the funded 2 Step pays 80%.

Rules that end the account

Every daily limit uses the 5pm New York reset (4pm CT): the higher of balance or equity at that moment, minus the percentage of the initial balance, sets the next day's floor.

Daily loss

1 Step, 2 Step, Trailing and Lite 3%; Static and EA Challenge 4%; Zero 2%.

Max loss

1 Step: 10% trailing end of day, recalculated at the 5pm snapshot and never moving down. 2 Step: 10% static. Static: 8% static. EA Challenge: 8% trailing until 6% profit, then locked at the starting balance. Trailing: 7% of the high-water mark. Lite: 6% of the high-water mark. Zero: 4% of the initial balance below the high-water mark.

Floating loss

On Static, EA Challenge, Lite and Trailing accounts bought after 2 February 2026 (EA Challenge after 15 June 2025), and on Zero, equity more than 1% below the starting balance is a breach. The first halves your split; the second closes the account. It can be removed for 15% of the account cost on Static, EA Challenge and Lite.

Hold time

Trades should stay open more than 2 minutes. Shorter trades are soft breaches.

Soft breaches

Each one deducts that trade's profit. Twenty close the account, and a payout is declined if half or more of your trades are soft breaches. The first declined payout halves your split; the second closes the account.

Payout rules

Cycle: every 14 days on 1 Step, Static, Trailing, Lite, Zero and the EA Challenge. The funded 2 Step pays on demand.
Consistency: best day under 50% of payout-period profit on 1 Step and funded 2 Step, 25% on Static and EA Challenge, 20% on Trailing and 15% on Lite. Zero has none. Missing it blocks the payout but is not a breach.
Caps: 5% of the initial balance per cycle on Static, Trailing, Lite and the EA Challenge. The funded 2 Step caps each payout at $1,000 and resets the balance to $50,000.
Profitable days: 4 days of at least 0.5% on Static and the EA Challenge. Zero needs a 3% buffer before any payout; only profit above it is paid.

News and weekend

From 29 September 2026, funded 1 Step accounts, both 2 Step phases and the funded stage, the EA Challenge and the Static, Trailing and Zero instant accounts may not open or close trades within 5 minutes before or after a red folder event. Profit from those trades is deducted at payout. The 1 Step challenge phase and Instant Funding Lite allow news trading.

The help center does not state a weekend rule for any account, so confirm in your dashboard.

Worked example: $100,000 Instant Funding Static

The max loss floor is $92,000 for good. If the day ends with balance at $101,000 and equity at $101,500, tomorrow's daily floor is $97,500. The floating-loss rule is tighter than both: equity below $99,000 is a breach that halves your split.

To request a payout you need 4 days of at least $500 profit, and no day may be 25% or more of the period's profit, so a $1,000 day needs $4,000 in total. The most you can withdraw per cycle is $5,000, at 50% on the first payout.

How Proof tracks it

Pick the Sure Leverage Funding preset. Proof sets the 4pm CT reset from the higher of balance or equity, keeps the static, end-of-day or high-water trail, warns before equity gets 1% under the starting balance, flags trades under 2 minutes and inside the 5-minute news windows, and checks the best day and the 5% cap before a payout. The drawdown calculator and payout date calculator work the same numbers by hand.

In Proof

Proof tracks every Sure Leverage Funding rule for you

The Sure Leverage Funding presets carry the 4pm CT reset, each account's trail, the 1% floating-loss warning, the 2-minute hold, the news windows and the best-day and cap checks.

See how Proof does it

Frequently asked questions

What is the Sure Leverage Funding daily drawdown?

2% to 4% of the initial balance depending on the account, subtracted from the higher of balance or equity at 5pm New York time.

What is the floating loss rule?

On most accounts bought after 2 February 2026, equity more than 1% below the starting balance is a breach. The first halves your split and the second closes the account.

Can I trade news with Sure Leverage Funding?

Not on funded accounts, the 2 Step or most instant accounts: there is a 5-minute window on each side of red folder events. The 1 Step challenge phase and Instant Funding Lite allow it.

How often does Sure Leverage Funding pay?

Every 14 days on most accounts, with a 5% of initial balance cap per cycle on the instant accounts and EA Challenge. The funded 2 Step pays on demand, capped at $1,000.

Are EAs allowed?

Only in the EA Challenge before you are funded.

Sources checked October 2026: Help: 1 Step Challenge · Help: 2 Step Challenge (Drop Out Plan) · Help: EA Challenge · Help: Instant Funding Static · Help: Instant Funding Trailing · Help: Instant Funding Lite · Help: Instant Funding Zero