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Getting paid at Sure Leverage Funding and The Trading Pit

Sure Leverage Funding focuses on high-frequency payout requests and aggressive profit splits of up to 90%, whereas The Trading Pit offers a more structured, European corporate environment with a wider array of platforms and a consistent 80% split.

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The split

The potential earnings vary significantly between the two firms depending on the chosen program:

  • Sure Leverage Funding: Offers a top-tier 90% split for 1-Step Evaluation and Futures Style programs. The 2-Step evaluation pays 80%, while Instant Funding programs scale from 50% to 80% (except for the "Zero" model which starts at 70%).
  • The Trading Pit: Maintains a standard 80% profit split across its evaluation-based models.

How often you can withdraw

The speed at which you can access your money depends on the account type:

  • Sure Leverage Funding: Provides "Instant" payout requests for 1-Step and 2-Step evaluations once requirements are met. Other products like Instant Funding Static or Trailing follow a 14-day cycle. The EA Challenge requires 4 weeks for the first payout, then bi-weekly.
  • The Trading Pit: Operates on a fixed 14-day payout frequency for its earning accounts.

Minimums and methods

Both firms have established clear thresholds and channels for moving funds:

  • Sure Leverage Funding: Requires a minimum withdrawal of $100. Payouts are processed via RiseWorks.io or USDT (TRC20). There is a 2% payout fee or a $10 minimum transaction fee.
  • The Trading Pit: Set a $100 minimum withdrawal ($200 for Instant Earning accounts). They support Bank Transfers and Crypto, with a 1% payout fee.

What delays a payout

Before seeing a cent, you must navigate specific risk and consistency rules that can postpone or nullify a withdrawal:

  • Sure Leverage Funding: Implements a Profit Consistency Rule. For the 1-Step, no single day can exceed 50% of total profits. For the 2-Step, that limit is 25%. Additionally, trades should generally stay open for more than 2 minutes to avoid being flagged as prohibited scalping.
  • The Trading Pit: Requires at least 3 "profitable days" (where you earn at least 0.5% of the initial balance) before being eligible for a payout. There is also a consistency rule for specific accounts where the best day cannot exceed 50% of the total profit. They also require an active Stop Loss on trades.

What it takes to get there

The journey begins with the initial investment and the technical setup:

  • Sure Leverage Funding: Offers a very low barrier to entry with the "Buy Now, Pay Later" challenge for just $10. A standard $10,000 2-Phase account costs $40, while a 1-Step $10,000 account is $113. They support MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker. Note that EAs are generally prohibited except in the specific "EA Challenge" phase.
  • The Trading Pit: A $10,000 account (1-Phase or 2-Phases) costs $99. They offer more platform variety, including MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, and cTrader. Unlike their competitor, they allow the use of EAs more broadly.

Which pays out more comfortably

Sure Leverage Funding is the better choice for aggressive traders who want the highest possible split (90%) and the ability to request payouts instantly after passing an evaluation. However, the strict profit consistency rules (especially the 50% or 25% caps) require a very disciplined trading style.

The Trading Pit offers a more "comfortable" path for traders who value platform choice (cTrader) and those who use Expert Advisors. While the 3 profitable days rule adds a slight delay, the lack of a "2-minute minimum" rule on all accounts makes it more flexible for high-speed manual traders.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper to start a $10,000 account, Sure Leverage Funding or The Trading Pit?

Sure Leverage Funding is significantly cheaper for a 2-step process, charging only $40 for a $10,000 account, and even offers a "Buy Now, Pay Later" option for $10. The Trading Pit charges a flat $99 for both its 1-phase and 2-phase $10,000 evaluations.

Does Sure Leverage Funding or The Trading Pit allow the use of EAs?

The Trading Pit allows the use of Expert Advisors across its platforms. In contrast, Sure Leverage Funding generally prohibits EAs, only allowing them during the evaluation phase of the specific "EA Challenge" and banning them once the account becomes funded.

Who offers a higher profit split, Sure Leverage Funding or The Trading Pit?

Sure Leverage Funding offers a higher maximum split of 90% for its 1-Step and Futures Style evaluations. The Trading Pit provides a consistent 80% profit split, which is lower than Sure Leverage's best offer but higher than some of Sure Leverage's initial Instant Funding tiers.

Between Sure Leverage Funding and The Trading Pit, which one supports cTrader?

The Trading Pit supports cTrader along with MetaTrader 4 and 5. Sure Leverage Funding does not offer cTrader, limiting its users to MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker.

Field by field

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Headquarters

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

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

CEO

Sebastian Ness

Daniela Egli

Country

United Arab Emirates

Liechtenstein

Foundation

2023

2022

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

Liquidity Provider

Orbex, Tickmill
Refund
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.

Yes

Challenge fee refunded after the first reward for accounts purchased before 29 April 2026, or after the third reward for accounts purchased from that date.

Payout Fee

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

1%

Platforms
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Metatrader 4, Metatrader 5, cTrader
Stop Out Level
No data

100%

Payout Methods
Rise, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
ApplePay, GooglePay, PerfectMoney, Neteller, Skrill, Card, Transfer, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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.

14 days

Payout Guarantee

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

No data
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
Yes
Maximum Withdrawal
  • 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.
  • Instant Earning Account: the lower of 50% of total realized profit or a cap of $2,500 ($5K, $10K, $20K), $3,500 ($50K) or $4,500 ($100K) per reward. Minimum payout $200, every 14 days. From the second reward onward, any profit above $0 since the last request qualifies.
Minimum Withdrawal

$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.

$100

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

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

15:1
Energies
No data
15:1
Indices
No data
10:1
Stocks
No data
2:1
Crypto
No data
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
5 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
5 / lot
Indices
5 / lot
5 / lot
Crypto
5 / lot
0.2%
Stocks
No data
20%
Commission-Free Option
No data
No
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset

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.

No data
Add-ons
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.
No
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Balance increases by 25% after at least 2 active months, 2 rewards and total profit of at least 10% of the initial balance. Every fourth scale-up uses the new balance as its base.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 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.

Static except for 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts purchased from 29 April 2026: those trail on end-of-day balance until the starting balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: trailing on the highest balance. The limit stops moving once it reaches the starting balance.
Profit Split
  • 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%

80%

Free Trial
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.

No
Profit After Breach

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 data
Daily Drawdown

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.

Calculated from the previous day's closing balance and updated daily at 16:15 CT.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
200,000
400,000
Merge Accounts
No
No
Maximum Trading Days

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.

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

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

No data
Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days
No data

3 profitable days of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each; applies to Challenge and Earning.

  • Instant Earning Account: 5 trading days minimum, with no profitable-day requirement.
Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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

Yes
VPN
No
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
Yes
Scalping
Limited

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

Yes

Allowed on CFD Prime, including trades under one minute. High-frequency trading is prohibited.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Yes
Martingale
No data
No
Maximum Risk Limit
No
Yes

Risk per trade idea is capped at 1.5% of initial balance on 1-Phase $100K/$200K. Where the margin rule applies, margin used per trade idea is capped at 40% of initial balance.

  • Instant Earning Account: total risk from all open positions on the same symbol may not exceed 1% ($5K, $10K, $20K) or 0.5% ($50K, $100K) of the starting balance.
Copy Trading
Yes
Limited

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader, including an external account you own. Third-party copying and shared trading are prohibited.

News Trading
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.

Yes

News trading is allowed except for the $100,000 and $200,000 accounts, in which case it is not allowed to open traders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases

Inactivity Rule

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

21 consecutive days without placing a trade.

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.

Limited

For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, the best day may not exceed 50% of positive-days profit. It applies in Challenge and Earning; exceeding it requires more profit, not a breach.

  • Instant Earning Account: the best day may not exceed 30% ($5K, $10K, $20K), 25% ($50K) or 20% ($100K) of total profit before requesting a payout.
Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

Instant Earning Account: positions can be held over the weekend on most instruments, but gold, oil and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.

Prohibited Strategies
  • 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
  • Grid, martingale and similar high-risk strategies
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedging-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Gap trading
  • Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets and hyperactivity
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