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QT Funded vs Sure Leverage Funding at a glance

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The short answer

Choose QT Funded if you prioritize static drawdown and platforms like cTrader. Select Sure Leverage Funding if you prefer "Futures Style" mechanics or want to start an evaluation for just $10 via their Buy Now Pay Later model.

Where they actually differ

  • Risk (Drawdown logic): QT Funded uses static drawdown on most evaluations (QT ONE, TWO, Power), which is generally more trader-friendly. Sure Leverage Funding relies heavily on trailing drawdown (EOD or High-Watermark) across its 1-Step and Instant programs.
  • Trading Styles (EAs): QT Funded allows Expert Advisors following a pre-approval process. Sure Leverage Funding generally prohibits EAs on funded accounts, only allowing them during the evaluation phase of their specific "EA Challenge."
  • Platforms: QT Funded offers cTrader, MetaTrader 5, and TradeLocker. Sure Leverage Funding is limited to MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker.
  • Price and Fees: Sure Leverage Funding offers a $10 entry for any account size (paying the rest after passing), but charges a 2% payout fee. QT Funded requires full upfront payment for evaluations and includes activation fees (e.g., $500 on the Power plan) once funded.
  • Payout (Cobro): QT Funded offers faster cycles, with 4-day payouts on QT ONE and Instant plans. Sure Leverage Funding typically operates on a 14-day cycle, though some plans allow instant requests upon meeting requirements.

Where they are basically the same

  • Assets: Both offer Forex, Commodities, Indices, and Crypto.
  • News Trading: Both restrict opening/closing trades during high-impact news windows (5 minutes before/after), though QT excludes certain plans from this rule.
  • Leverage: Both offer a standard 1:50 leverage for Forex.
  • Copy Trading: Both permit it with restrictions on total allocation or third-party usage.

Pick this one if

QT Funded

  • You want static drawdown to protect your buffer.
  • You are a cTrader user.
  • You want to withdraw profits every 4 days.
  • You use EAs and can get them pre-approved.

Sure Leverage Funding

  • You want to test a large account for only $10 upfront.
  • You prefer 90% profit splits (available on their 1-Step).
  • You are looking for Futures Style drawdown and payout rules.
  • You trade HFT (only allowed in the EA Challenge phase).

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper for a $100,000 evaluation, QT Funded or Sure Leverage Funding?

QT Funded is significantly cheaper for a standard 2-step evaluation, with the QT TWO $100k account priced at $550. In contrast, Sure Leverage Funding charges $711 for its 1-Step $100k evaluation. However, Sure Leverage allows you to start any account size for a $10 commitment through its "Buy Now, Pay Later" program, whereas QT Funded requires the full fee upfront.

Which firm offers more flexible drawdown rules, QT Funded or Sure Leverage Funding?

QT Funded offers more flexible rules because it uses static drawdown (6% to 8% depending on the plan) that does not move up with your balance. Sure Leverage Funding primarily uses trailing drawdown (up to 10% on some plans), which follows your account's high-water mark or end-of-day balance, making it harder to keep your buffer as you grow.

Who pays out faster, QT Funded or Sure Leverage Funding?

QT Funded provides faster access to capital with a 4-day payout cycle on its QT ONE and QT INSTANT plans. Sure Leverage Funding generally requires a 14-day waiting period between withdrawals for most of its funded products, although its 1-Step and 2-Step evaluations allow for an "instant" request once the initial requirements are met.

Can I use Expert Advisors (EAs) on funded accounts with QT Funded or Sure Leverage Funding?

You can use EAs on funded accounts with QT Funded provided they pass a pre-approval process. With Sure Leverage Funding, EAs are strictly prohibited on funded accounts; they are only permitted during the evaluation phase of the "EA Challenge" and must be disabled once the account reaches funded status.

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Headquarters

Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, 7764, ZA

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

CEO

Tanswell Sassman

Sebastian Ness

Country

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2023

2023

Banned Countries
Cyprus, Iran, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Sudan, Syria, Russia
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk (Ukraine), Somalia, Syria, Pakistan, Algeria
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Crypto, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
Quant Tekel

Liquidity Provider

Refund
Yes

Only when purchasing with add-on

Limited

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.

Platforms
Metatrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID10255137Password6M!3h%PzFrServerQuantTekel-Server
TradeLocker
IDspreads@qtfunded.comPassword5Tagx>J}SnpKServerQTEKEL
No data
Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer, Card
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Crypto, Transfer, Card, PayPal
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency
  • QT ONE: 4-day cycle
  • QT TWO: 14-day cycle
  • QT INSTANT: 4-day cycle
  • QT Power: 14-day cycle for accounts purchased from August 11, 2026. Accounts purchased on or before August 10 receive the first payout on demand, then move to a 14-day cycle.
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14-day standard cycle
  • QT Bonus (promotional accounts): 30-day cycle

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.

Instant Funding Zero

  • Every 14 days. No minimum trading-day requirement; meeting the buffer from a single trade does not make payout processing immediate.
Alternative Currency
GBP
No data
Minimum Withdrawal

1% of profit ($100 min) — except QT INSTANT: 5% of profit, and a 3% buffer applies (8% profit must be reached before the first payout request).

$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.
Payout Fee
No data

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

Payout Guarantee
No data

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

Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
No data
  • 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.
Forex
50:1
  • Standard challenge accounts: 1:50
  • Funded phase: 1:30
  • EA Challenge during challenge phase: 1:100
Metals
15:1

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

Energies
10:1
No data
Indices
20:1
No data
Crypto
1:1
No data
Forex
4 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
4 / lot
5 / lot
Energies
4 / lot
5 / lot
Indices
4 / lot
5 / lot
Crypto
4 / lot
5 / lot
Commission-Free Option
Yes
No data
Swap Free
Yes
No
Account Reset

Phase 2 reset available with add-on

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.

Add-ons
Yes
  • Variable Spreads
  • Usage of EA
  • Swap Free
  • 10% Profit Split Extra (80% → 90%)
  • Refund on First Payout
  • 14 Day Payout cycle
  • 7 Day Payout cycle
Yes
  • +10% Profit Split (+15%)
  • Weekly payout (+20%)
  • +10% Profit Split + Weekly payout (+30%)
  • News trading: Instant Funding Static and 1 Step
  • Instant Funding Zero: remove daily drawdown (+30%), static maximum drawdown (+50%), or both (+80%). Percentages apply to the base account price.
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes
No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • QT ONE: 6% static
  • QT TWO: 8% static
  • QT INSTANT: 6% trailing, locked at starting balance once a withdrawal is made
  • QT Power: 8% static
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): 6% trailing
  • 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: trailing from the highest recorded equity by default, or static if selected at purchase. After payout, the balance resets to the starting balance; withdrawing all profit above the buffer can breach the trailing drawdown.
  • 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.
Profit Split
  • QT ONE: 70%
  • QT TWO: 80%
  • QT INSTANT: 100%
  • QT Power: 80%
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): 80%
    Upgradeable to 90% with the "10% Profit Split Extra" add-on on eligible plans.
  • 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%
Free Trial
No
Yes

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.

Daily Drawdown
  • QT ONE: 3% trailing (fixed amount, threshold recalculated daily on the higher of previous close balance or equity)
  • QT TWO: 4% fixed (balance-based)
  • QT INSTANT: 3% fixed
  • QT Power: 4% fixed
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): 3% daily trailing

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.

  • Instant Funding Zero: daily drawdown can be removed at purchase.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
  • Max total funded allocation: $300,000
  • Max Instant funded allocation: $100,000
  • No duplicate asset trading when at limit
200,000
Merge Accounts
Yes
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

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.

Minimum Trading Days
  • QT ONE: no minimum on the evaluation (can pass in a single day); 4 days when funded
  • QT TWO: 4 days per phase
  • QT INSTANT: 4 days when funded
  • QT Power: 4 days in each evaluation phase and 4 days per funded payout cycle
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): no minimum on the evaluation; 5 days when funded

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

Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • QT TWO: 4 days of +0.5% profit per cycle
  • QT INSTANT: 4 days of +1% profit per cycle
  • QT ONE: not required
No data
Profit After Breach
No data

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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Before using EAs, they must go through a pre-approval process.

Limited

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

VPN
Yes
No
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
Yes

A Stop Loss must be placed within 60 seconds of opening a trade. Applies to QT TWO and QT INSTANT (funded accounts). QT ONE has no stop loss rule.

No
Scalping
Yes
Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No

Cannot have three or more open positions on the same asset at the same time (only funded account

Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes
  • QT ONE (Funded): 1% max floating loss across all open positions
  • QT TWO (Funded): 1% max floating loss (first violation is a soft breach, second is a hard breach)
  • QT TWO (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
  • QT INSTANT (Funded): 1% max exposure per instrument
  • QT Power (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
  • QT Power (Funded): no exposure limit
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL, Funded): 2% floating loss
No
Copy Trading
Yes

Allowed without restrictions when allocation is lower than $300,000.
Not allowed when the allocation is $300,000 or above.

Yes
News Trading
Limited
  • No new entries or exits within the 10-minute window around a restricted news event (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after).
  • Order modifications ARE permitted during that window: adjusting stop loss, modifying take profit and cancelling orders.
  • Positions or limit orders placed more than 5 minutes before the release (with SL and TP set) may remain open or be triggered during the event.
  • Restricted releases: CPI, FOMC statement and meetings, Non-Farm Payrolls and USD PMI. Red folder events restrict every pair involving that currency and any index priced in it.
  • News source: Forex Factory.
  • The News Rule does NOT apply to QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT Power or QT 1 Step (BNPL) accounts.
Limited

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.

Inactivity Rule
  • QT TWO: no inactivity rule
  • QT INSTANT, QT Power, QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14 days
  • QT ONE: the comparison table states 7 days while the plan article states 14 days; confirm with support before relying on it.
    The period runs from the purchase date if no trade has been placed, or from the most recent closed trade.

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

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • QT INSTANT: 30%
  • QT Power: 35% in both evaluation and funded
  • QT 1 Step (BNPL): 20%
  • QT ONE, QT TWO: no consistency rule
Yes

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.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • All-or-Nothing
  • Latency Trading
  • Arbitrage Trading
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • Tick scalping
  • Reverse Trading or Group Hedging
  • Order book spamming
  • Flooding the server with messages due to incorrect use of algorithm
  • One side betting
  • Trading behaviours that the Risk Department deem Toxic
  • 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
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