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Goat Funded Trader Review

4.2across 1,113 reviews
Max profit split
80%
Challenges from
$36
Largest account
$400K
Payouts
bi-weekly
First payout
14 days

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How Goat Funded Trader compares

Strengths

  • A 4% daily loss limit gives more intraday room than the 3% typical of the 19 forex firms we track.
  • Funds accounts up to $400K — larger than the typical ceiling among the 19 forex firms we track.

Trade-offs

  • Entry starts at $36 — above the typical starting price among the 19 forex firms we track.
  • Rated 4.2/5 across public trader reviews, below the 4.4 median among the 19 forex firms we track.

Goat Funded Trader suits traders who value more daily-loss headroom and larger funded accounts; the trade-off is a higher entry price.

Ratings

Community rating
4.2/ 5
1,113 reviews

Ratings aggregated from public trader review scores, verified 2026-08.

About Goat Funded Trader

Goat Funded Trader offers evaluation and funded trading programs for both Forex and futures. They support various account sizes, ranging from $2,500 to $2,000,000 in simulated capital, and provide access to multiple trading platforms including MetaTrader 4 and 5, TradeLocker, and cTrader.

Headquarters
Hong Kong
Founded
2022
Max profit split
80%
Starting price
$36
Largest account
$400K
Payout frequency
bi-weekly
First payout
14 days
Profit target
10%
Max drawdown
6%

Platforms

MetaTrader 4MetaTrader 5TradeLockercTrader

Markets

ForexFuturesStocksCrypto

Challenges & pricing

Goat Funded Trader's cheapest plan is a $5,000 2-step account at $36; the largest funded account is $400,000 ($2,998). In total Goat Funded Trader lists 56 plan configurations across 6 account models, with profit splits up to 80%.

Goat Funded Trader's 1-Step runs from a $15,000 1-step account at $178 up to $200,000 at $1,098, with a profit target of 10%, a max loss of 6%, a daily loss limit of 4% and a profit split of 80%.

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About the 1-Step program

Rules that apply to every account size above.

In detail
Max loss6% static in evaluation and funded stages
Daily loss3% in evaluation and funded stages for accounts purchased from August 1, 2026; legacy accounts 4%.
Profit split80% base; optional 100% profit-split add-on.
Evaluation
Min trading daysEvaluation: 3 valid days. Funded: 4 valid days per payout for accounts purchased on/after July 27, 2026 (legacy 3).
Funded account
Funded drawdown3% daily for accounts purchased from August 1, 2026 (legacy 4%); 6% maximum overall loss, static.
Consistency ruleNone
Consistency rule (funded)None
Max allocation$400,000 across simulated funded accounts
Scaling planFour levels: +15%, +30%, +40%, and +50% of original account size after 2/4/5/6 months and 4/6/10/15 payouts; split rises to 90%/90%/92%/95%.
Payouts
Payout frequencyEvery 14 days
First payoutEvery 14 days by default; checkout add-on offers an on-demand first reward after 3 funded trading days at a 40% split.
Processing timeWithin 2 business days after request (after first-payout KYC completes)
Min days to payout4 valid funded trading days for current accounts; resets after each payout (legacy 3 days).
Refund policyEvaluation fee is refundable with the fourth payout; not refundable if the evaluation is failed before then.
Trading rules
Weekend holdingAllowed
Overnight holdingAllowed (weekend holding is expressly allowed)
HedgingNot allowed
Copy tradingSignals and copy trading are prohibited between evaluation accounts or evaluation↔funded; copying between funded accounts is allowed.
Expert advisorsAllowed if compliant; HFT systems and Gold Arbitrage EA are prohibited.
Other restrictionsNo latency/error exploitation, insider information, front-running, all-or-nothing trading, hedging, third-party pass-assessment strategies, duplicated evaluation trades, or martingale/grid recovery.
Commission / lot$5 per lot for FX pairs and metals; $0 for crypto, indices, commodities, and stocks (MT5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker).
Access
PlatformscTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Volumetrica, MT5
Payout methodsRise, Crypto, Skrill, Bank transfer

Recent changes

Reviewed updates to Goat Funded Trader's pricing, account configuration, FAQs and trading rules, tracked in Fine Print.

  1. Rules

    New restricted countries added

    Before
    … African Republic, Chile, Cuba, Democratic Repub…
    After
    … Trader: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia, Central African Republic, Chile, Cuba,…
  2. Rules

    Goat Guard trigger threshold changed from 2% of your account balance to 2% of your initial account size.

    Before
    … of your account balance.
    After
    … 2% of your initial account size.
  3. Rules

    Merging rules changed from 'Only simulated Funded Accounts c…hat came from an Evaluation model can be merged.'

    Before
    … can be merged. Evaluation accounts cannot be merged at any stage.
    After
    … simulated Funded Accounts that came from an Evaluation model can be merged. These can never be merged: - Evaluation accounts, at any stage. - Instant Funding accounts of an…
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