Detailed Comparison: FundedNext vs Sure Leverage Funding (2025)

Office No. 7, AI Robotics HUB, C1 Building, AFZ, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Al Shohada Road 10055, Al Hamra Industrial Zone-FZ, 10055, Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E.

Abdullah Jayed

Sebastian Ness

2022

2023

Liquidity Providers

Liquidity Provider

Registration (or reset) fee is refunded after the first payout. Applies to all accounts except Stellar Lite, where the fee is refunded after the third payout.

Historically, standard challenges were non-refundable. A newer rule states that evaluation fees purchased after January 9, 2026 are refundable on the 4th payout, while older purchases remain non-refundable.

3.5%

2% payout fee or a $10 minimum transaction fee per payout.

• Stellar 1-Step: Every 5 business days
• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite — reward structure chosen at checkout:
  • Standard: First payout after 21 days, then every 14 days. No additional conditions.
  • 3-Day Performance Reward: Payout every 3 days after completing 3 profitable days in the cycle, each with at least 1% profit.
  • On-Demand Performance Reward: Payout on demand after reaching 2% account growth and maintaining 40% consistency.
• Stellar Instant: On-demand from day 1 (minimum 5% profit)

1 Step Evaluation and 2 Step

• Instant payout request once requirements are met.

Instant Funding Static

• Base schedule every 14 days.
• Promotional instant requests may apply.

Instant Funding Trailing and Buy Now, Pay Later

• Every 14 days.

EA Challenge

• First payout after 4 weeks, then every 2 weeks.

Futures Style

• Instant Funding: payout eligible after 5 days.
• 1 Step Pro Evaluation: payout eligible after 3 days.

Brand Promise: Guaranteed Performance Reward within 24 hours, or get $1,000 extra.

Payouts are processed within 24 business hours or the trader receives an extra 10% on the profit split.

• USDT, USDC: $1,000

• Instant Funding Zero under the new terms announced on August 20, 2026: no payout cap.
• Other funded products: usually capped at 5% of the initial balance per payout cycle, depending on the program.

• USDT: $20
• USDC, Rise: $50

$100 minimum withdrawal. Lower withdrawals may be processed on request with fees deducted.

• Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation: $250 / $500 / $750 / $1,000 minimum payout on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K.

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
• Instant: 7.5:1

Gold is included in the firm's general leverage framework.

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 15:1 (Challenge) / 10:1 (Funded)
• Instant: 7.5:1

• 2-Step, Lite: 25:1 (Challenge) / 15:1 (Funded)
• 1-Step: 10:1 (Challenge / Funded)
• Instant: 5:1

2:1

• Standard challenge accounts: 1:50
• Funded phase: 1:30
• EA Challenge during challenge phase: 1:100

All evaluation accounts can be reset for a fee. Reset discount: 10% off challenge price on Stellar 1-Step / 2-Step / Instant, 5% off on Stellar Lite.

Only the 1 Step Evaluation documents a free reset, available if the funded account is lost within 10 days. Futures Style Instant Funding and Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation show reset availability; no reset fee is stated publicly. Other listed products do not include a free reset.

• Swap-Free (+10%)
• 95% Profit Split (+30%)
• No minium trading days (+20)
• 150% Refund (+10%)
• Biweekly payout (+25%)
• 10% Max Drawdown (+25%)
• Double up: Purchase two identical accounts and receive a 60% discount on the second account
• EA (+5%)
• VPS (+5%)

• +10% Profit Split (+15%)
• Weekly payout (+20%)
• +10% Profit Split + Weekly payout (+30%)
• News trading: Instant Funding Static and 1 Step

Success Benchmarks

To trigger your first scaling event, you must meet the following Success Benchmarks:

• Proven Track Record: Successfully received a minimum of 4 Performance Rewards.
• Growth Benchmark: Demonstrate a minimum of 4% growth within each of those 4 payout cycles.
• Maturity Milestone: Maintain an active and disciplined presence for at least 2 months.
• Account Status: Finish the most recent cycle with a positive result and all positions closed before requesting the scale-up.

Pro Trader Privileges

Once you become a Pro Trader, you unlock the following privileges:

• Exponential Growth: A 25% increase in your simulated capital for every qualifying cycle, up to a maximum of $4 Million.
• Extra Performance Reward: A 15% retroactive reward from the profits earned during your Challenge phase (exclusive to Stellar 1-Step and 2-Step accounts).
• Bonus Account: Receive a $100K Stellar Lite Challenge Account completely free to diversify your portfolio.
• Loyalty Discount: Exclusive 12% discount on all your new account purchases.
• Pro Distinction: Official designation as a "FundedNext Pro Trader".

• Stellar 2-Step, Stellar 1-Step, Stellar Lite: Static
• Stellar Instant: 6% trailing. It rises with profits, never falls, is capped at the initial account balance and does not reset after a payout.

• 1 Step Evaluation: 10% maximum drawdown, trailing on end-of-day (EOD) high-watermark.
• EA Challenge uses trailing high-watermark logic.
• 2 Step and Free Challenge use static maximum drawdown.
• Instant Funding Static uses static drawdown.
• Instant Funding Zero: 5% of the initial balance, trailing from the highest recorded equity (high-water mark).
• Instant Funding Trailing and Buy Now, Pay Later funded phase use trailing high-watermark logic.
• Futures Style Instant Funding: EOD maximum-loss limit of $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000 for $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K.
• Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation: EOD maximum-loss limit of $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 for $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K.

• Stellar 1-Step: 80%

• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite: 80% with Standard, 60% with 3-Day Performance Reward, or 90% with On-Demand Performance Reward. The reward structure is chosen at checkout.

• Eligible Stellar accounts can reach up to 95% under the scaling plan.

• Instant: 70% on tier 1 and 2, 80% on tier 3 and above

• Stellar 2-Step and Stellar 1-Step: 15% of the profits from the evaluation phases after achieving 10% profit in the funded account

• 1 Step Evaluation: 90%
• 2 Step: 80%
• Instant Funding Static: scales from 50% to 80%
• Instant Funding Zero: 70% from the first payout
• Instant Funding Trailing: 80% from the first payout
• EA Challenge: scales from 50% to 80%
• Buy Now, Pay Later: 80%
• Futures Style Instant Funding: 90%
• Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation: 90%
• Free Challenge funded outcome: 50%

A Free Challenge exists, but it still requires a small activation fee of $1 to $5 and converts into a $5,000 2 Step account if passed.

Balance-based

Daily drawdown resets at 5 PM EST and is generally recalculated from the higher of balance or equity using the product's initial-balance loss allowance.

• Futures Style Instant Funding: no daily limit on $25K; $1,200 / $2,100 / $3,000 on $50K / $100K / $150K.
• Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation: no daily limit on $25K; $1,200 / $1,800 / $2,700 on $50K / $100K / $150K.

300,000

For traders in Cambodia, Mongolia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Pakistan, FundedNext allows a Maximum Allocation of $50,000 across their accounts.

• Stellar Lite, and Stellar 2-Step evaluation phases: 5 days
• Stellar 1-Step evaluation phase: 2 days
• Funded phase in all accounts: 0 days

Instant Funding Zero under the new terms announced on August 20, 2026: no minimum trading days.

FundedNext’s Infinity Points Program rewards traders for their activity on the platform. By completing various actions, users collect Infinity Points that can be exchanged for discount coupons on FundedNext Challenges. The program recognizes trader participation while offering savings and added value to their trading journey.

Soft-breached profit is deducted at payout review. If deductions reduce profit to zero or below, the payout is denied and the account is reset.

No time limits are stated for the 1 Step and 2 Step evaluations. No broader firm-wide maximum duration rule was documented for the other active products reviewed.

EA Add-on required

EAs are generally prohibited, except on the EA Challenge where they are allowed only during the challenge phase and prohibited once funded.

EA Add-on required

Scalping is not completely banned, but tick scalping is prohibited and trades should generally remain open for more than 2 minutes.

3%

Only 40% of the profit from trades during this window will be counted toward your account balance. This applies to trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before and after a listed high-impact news event.

For new accounts purchased after the rule change announced on 30 September 2026, trading high-impact (red-folder) news is prohibited during the 5 minutes before and after the event. A news trading add-on is available at checkout for Instant Funding Static and 1 Step. Accounts purchased before the change retain their previous news trading permissions.

Accounts (both Challenge and FundedNext) inactive for 60 consecutive calendar days are marked inactive. A warning email is sent first; if no trade is placed within 24 hours of the warning, the account is deactivated. Stellar Challenge Accounts can be reset to continue; FundedNext Accounts cannot. KYC verification must be completed within 30 days post-challenge.

At least one open trade or pending order is required every 30 days to keep the account active.

Profit Consistency Rule

• 1 Step Evaluation: no single trading day can make up 50% or more of total profits, in both evaluation and funded phases.
• 2 Step, Instant Funding Static and EA Challenge: a trading day cannot equal or exceed 25% of total profit for the payout period.
• Instant Funding Lite: 15%.
• Instant Funding Trailing and Buy Now, Pay Later: 20%.
• Instant Funding Zero under the new terms announced on August 20, 2026: no consistency rule.
• Futures Style 1 Step Pro Evaluation: none in evaluation; 40% in funded status.

There is no lot size consistency rule.

• Hyperactivity
• Latency Trading
• Copy Trading from Others
• Any form of Arbitrage Trading
• Tick Scalping
• Grid Trading
• One-sided Betting
• Account Sharing
• Hedging or Group Hedging
• Use of Guaranteed Profit with Limit Orders
• Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Demo Server Errors

• Tick scalping / ultra-short trades
• High-frequency trading (HFT)
• Latency arbitrage
• Reverse arbitrage
• Martingale
• Account management
• Third-party copy trading or mirrored group trading
• Exploiting pricing, execution, latency or platform errors
• Manipulative hedging patterns designed to game payouts or risk limits