The Paper → Live gate

5 min read · updated 2026-06-11

The Paper → Live screen is the checkpoint between simulated and real money. It runs two safety checks, computed fresh from your account’s current status every time the page loads. Both green, and the Enable Live panel appears.

The two checks

CheckPasses whenWhere to fix it
2FA enrolledAn authenticator app is enrolled on your accountSettings → Account
Zero unresolved reconciliation driftA completed broker check within the last 7 days shows no unacknowledged drift — or no check has run yetReconciliation

Why only two?

Deliberately, no performance requirements — no minimum returns, no risk-score hurdle, no maximum-loss test, no minimum track record. It’s your money on your own broker; whether a strategy is “good enough” is your call, not ours. The gate guards only the two things that make live trading unsafe rather than merely unprofitable: an account that could be hijacked (no 2FA) and records we know don’t match the broker’s (drift).

What the gate is NOT

The gate is the safety half of going live, not the whole list. Flipping the switch also requires a Pro subscription in good standing and saved live keys — the enable-live ceremony walks the full set, and SleeveFolio re-checks everything on its own systems at the moment of the flip — the buttons you see are a hint, not the lock.