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Goat Funded Trader
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Goat Funded Trader
Forex Prop Firm

Eight routes to funding — three Instant tiers, Goat Blitz, 1-Step, two 2-Step tiers and 3-Step, with splits to 100%.

CEO
Edoardo Dalla Torre
Country
Hong Kong
Trustpilot
reviews
Founded
Jun 2023
In Op.
3 yrs
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Profit Split
Up to 100%
Payouts
Every 10 Days
Starts From
$18.00

Trading Platforms

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MT5MT5
TradeLockerTradeLocker
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cTradercTrader

Payout Methods

🏦Bank Transfer
CryptoCrypto
RiseworksRiseworks
SkrillSkrill

About Goat Funded Trader

Goat Funded Trader has run out of Hong Kong since June 2023 under Edoardo Dalla Torre. Eight programs cover the ground: Instant Premium, Instant Goat and Instant Hero fund you on purchase, Goat Blitz is a promo released on two random weekends a month, and the evaluations run 1-Step Goat, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Goat and 3-Step Goat. Accounts reach $400,000 on Match Trader, MT5, TradeLocker, Volumetrica or cTrader, at leverage to 1:100 in evaluation and 1:50 once funded. The split starts at 80% and reaches 100% with the add-on, and the fee comes back in full on your fourth payout. GFT holds a 3.4 TrustPilot rating across 4,179 reviews.

Challenge Programs

Instant Funding (GOAT)

No evaluation required — trade immediately with daily loss limits

Profit Split: 80% Bi-weekly

Leverage: 1:50 Forex | Daily Loss: 3% | Max Drawdown: 6% | 15% consistency rule | Min 5 profitable days

Instant Funding (PREMIUM)

Funded from purchase with no profit target and no consistency rule, on the fastest Instant payout cycle. Needs 5 minimum profitable trading days and closes if floating losses reach -1.5%. Sizes $5K to $150K. From $79.00.

Profit Split: 80% fixed, no add-on

No profit target | Daily Loss: 3% | Max Loss: 6% (EOD Trailing) | Payouts: 10 Days | Leverage: 1:50

Instant Funding (HERO)

Funded from purchase with no profit target, at the highest standing split of the three Instant tiers. Carries a 15% consistency rule, 6 minimum profitable trading days and the tightest floating-loss limit at -1%. Sizes $5K to $200K. From $29.00.

Profit Split: 90% standard, 100% with the add-on

No profit target | Daily Loss: 3% | Max Loss: 5% (EOD Trailing) | Payouts: 14 Days | Leverage: 1:50

1-Step Goat Challenge

Single 10% profit target evaluation

Profit Split: 80% Bi-weekly, On-Demand with Add-on

Leverage: 1:100 Forex | Daily Loss: 4% | Max Drawdown: 6% | Min 3 profitable days

2-Step Standard

Phase 1: 8% target → Phase 2: 4% target

Profit Split: 80% Bi-weekly, On-Demand with Add-on

Leverage: 1:100 Forex | Daily Loss: 4% | Max Drawdown: 8% | Min 3 profitable days

2-Step Goat

Phase 1: 8% target → Phase 2: 6% target

Profit Split: 80% Bi-weekly, First Payout On-Demand with Add-on

Leverage: 1:100 Forex | Daily Loss: 4% | Max Drawdown: 10% | Min 3 profitable days

3-Step Goat Challenge

Phase 1: 6% → Phase 2: 6% → Phase 3: 6% targets

Profit Split: 80% Bi-weekly, On-Demand with Add-on

Leverage: 1:100 Forex | Daily Loss: 4% | Max Drawdown: 8% | No min days in evaluation, 3 profitable days funded

Goat Blitz

A limited-run promo released on two random weekends each month, offering the quickest route to funding. Lowest profit target on the board at 3%, with a 15% consistency rule, 5 minimum profitable trading days and a -2% floating loss limit. Sizes $2.5K to $100K. From $23.50.

Profit Split: 80% standard, 100% with the add-on

Profit Target: 3% | Daily Loss: 3% | Max Loss: 5% (EOD Trailing) | Payouts: 14 Days | Leverage: Eval 1:100 / Funded 1:50

Key Features

• Eight Programs: from a $23.50 Goat Blitz to a $400,000 Instant Goat account

• 100% Split: on every program except Instant Premium, which is fixed at 80%

• Fee Refunded: 100% back on your fourth payout

• No Time Limit: work through the evaluation at your own pace

• Scaling Plan: four levels to GOAT Trader at +50% capital, a 95% split and a monthly salary

• EAs Allowed: your own only — no third-party, HFT or gold arbitrage EAs

• News Trading: allowed, with profit capped at 1% in the 5-minute window either side

• Daily Profit Cap: $3,000 on funded accounts

• Goat Guard: auto-closes at a 2% loss; first time halves your split, second breaches the account

• 2-Minute Hold: profit from shorter trades is discarded, though losses still count

Leverage

AssetInstant1-Step2-Step3-Step
FX
1:50
1:100
1:100
1:100
Metals
1:10
1:20
1:20
1:20
Indices
1:10
1:20
1:20
1:20
Energy
1:10
1:20
1:20
1:20
Crypto
1:2
1:2
1:2
1:2
Stocks
1:5
1:5
1:5
1:5
Other Commodities
1:10
1:20
1:20
1:20

Commissions

AssetCommission
FX$5 per lot
Metals$5 per lot
IndicesNo commission
EnergyNo commission
CryptoNo commission
StocksNo commission
Other CommoditiesNo commission

Restricted Countries

Afghanistan • Belarus • Central African Republic • Chile • Cuba • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Hong Kong • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Libya • Mali • Myanmar (Burma) • North Korea • Russia • Senegal • Singapore • Somalia • South Korea • South Sudan • Sudan • Syria • Togo • Venezuela • Yemen • Zimbabwe
SizeProgramProfit TargetMax LossDaily LossDrawdownProfit SplitPayoutLoyaltyActivation FeePrice
50% OFF

50% Off for New Customers

First time with Goat Funded Trader? Code FIRSTGFT halves the price of any account — a 2-Step Goat drops from $36.00 to $18.00. Prices in our Challenges table already reflect it.

40% OFF + BOGO

40% Off Plus Buy One Get One

Code BOGO40 takes 40% off and adds a second account free. Better value than the 50% code if you plan to run two accounts.

Allowed Restricted Prohibited

News Trading Allowed

News trading is allowed, but any trade opened or closed within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news can only bank up to 1% of the account's initial balance. Anything above that is removed with no penalty, on both challenge and funded phases.

Copy Trading Allowed

Copy trading of any kind is strictly prohibited. Every account has to be traded on its own, and you cannot duplicate trades or trade ideas, by hand or by EA, between accounts at any stage.

Consistency Rule - Instant GOAT & GOAT Blitz Restricted

Applies to Instant GOAT and GOAT Blitz (funded)

You can only request a payout if no single trading day makes up 15% or more of your total profit during the payout period. If it does, you keep trading until that is no longer the case.

Consistency Rule - Instant PRO Restricted

Applies to the Instant PRO program

You can only request a payout if no single trading day makes up 20% or more of your total profit during the payout period.

Max Loss Per Trade Restricted

Applies to Instant funding and GOAT Blitz

Your account is permanently closed if floating losses hit -2% of your balance at any point.

Goat Guard Restricted

Goat Guard is GFT's risk tool for funded accounts other than instant funding. It automatically closes every open trade if they hit a 2% loss, which counts as a soft breach so you can keep trading with no ban. The first time it triggers, your profit split drops to 50%. A second trigger breaches the account fully.

Daily Profit Cap Restricted

Funded traders have their daily profit capped at $3,000.

Minimum Trade Hold Time Restricted

Profit from trades held under 2 minutes on funded accounts is not counted, though the losses still apply.

Weekend Gap Policy Restricted

Weekend holding is allowed, but you cannot trade purely to exploit the Monday morning gap. On funded accounts, any profit from trades opened in the last three hours of Friday and closed in the first three hours of Monday is removed. Overnight and crypto weekend holding are otherwise fine.

Minimum Trading Days Restricted

1-Step and 2-Step accounts need 3 profitable days with at least 0.5% profit each, on both evaluation and funded. The 3-Step evaluation has none, but its funded stage needs 3. Instant funding and Goat Blitz need 5 profitable days of at least 0.5% each.

Expert Advisors (EAs) Restricted

EAs are fine as long as they follow the prohibited-practice rules, but third-party EAs, high-frequency trading systems, and Gold Arbitrage EAs are not allowed. You also cannot use a bot to pass the challenge and then switch to manual on the funded account, or the other way around.

Risk Management Restricted

GFT can apply a 1% risk limit per trade idea if it spots excessive risk-taking, and using more than 80% of your available margin on a single trade is banned. Martingale and grid recovery systems that increase lot size after losses are also prohibited.

Inactivity Rule Restricted

Trade at least once every 30 days. Accounts left inactive for 30 consecutive days are breached.

Prohibited Trading Practices Prohibited

Exploiting pricing or platform errors, insider information, front-running, all-or-nothing trading, hedging across accounts, third-party or off-the-shelf EAs, switching strategy between evaluation and funded, and duplicating trades across accounts are all banned.

Shared Device Usage Prohibited

You cannot access or trade your account from a shared mobile or desktop device. Activity from a device linked to several user accounts leads to loss of payout eligibility and can end in termination.

Social Media & Public Conduct Prohibited

Spreading false information or running negative advertising about Goat Funded Trader on social media or public platforms is prohibited, and can lead to account termination, a permanent ban, and potential legal action.

Restricted Countries

Afghanistan • Belarus • Central African Republic • Chile • Cuba • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Hong Kong • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Libya • Mali • Myanmar (Burma) • North Korea • Russia • Senegal • Singapore • Somalia • South Korea • South Sudan • Sudan • Syria • Togo • Venezuela • Yemen • Zimbabwe

Live On-Chain Payouts — Last 30 Days

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Payout Limits
Minimum: $100 • Maximum: your first two payouts are capped at 6% of the initial balance or $10,000, whichever is lower, with no limits after that (all programs)
Processing: Crypto max $3,000/payout • Skrill max $5,000/payout

Instant Funding Hero

90% split, paid bi-weekly.

Instant Funding Premium

80% split, paid every 10 days.

Instant Funding Goat

80% split, or 100% with the add-on. Paid bi-weekly.

1-Step, 2-Step Goat, 2-Step Standard, 3-Step Goat & Goat Blitz

80% split, or 100% with the add-on. Paid bi-weekly.

First Reward on Demand (Add-On)

Takes your first payout on demand at a 40% split. The 3% minimum profit and the minimum profitable trading day requirements still apply, and the 100% split add-on does not lift that 40% on the first reward.

Payout Caps

The first two payouts are capped at 6% of the initial balance or $10,000, whichever is lower. No cap after that, on any program.

Minimum Payout

$100.

Drawdown Reset

On accounts with trailing drawdown, the maximum loss limit resets after each payout.

Payout Methods

Crypto, Riseworks and Skrill. Bank transfer is available only in Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Cameroon and Ghana.

Scaling — Assessment Accounts

Level 1: +15% capital and a 90% split after 2 months and 4 payouts, with the daily and max loss limits each up 1%. Level 2: +30% capital, 90% split and weekly payouts after 4 months and 6 payouts, limits up 2%. Level 3: +40% capital, 92% split, a $300–$500 monthly salary, weekly payouts and a free challenge after 5 months and 10 payouts, limits up 3%. Level 4, GOAT Trader: +50% capital, 95% split, the monthly salary and a free challenge after 6 months and 15 payouts, limits up 4%. Scaling always works from your original account size, even where accounts have been merged.

Scaling — Instant Funding

Double the account each time you reach a 10% profit target, up to three times. On hitting it you can keep trading, withdraw, or scale — taking 50% of the profit and a new account at double the balance.

Available Markets & Leverage

FX

Instant
1:50
1-Step
1:100
2-Step
1:100
3-Step
1:100

Metals

Instant
1:10
1-Step
1:20
2-Step
1:20
3-Step
1:20

Indices

Instant
1:10
1-Step
1:20
2-Step
1:20
3-Step
1:20

Energy

Instant
1:10
1-Step
1:20
2-Step
1:20
3-Step
1:20

Crypto

Instant
1:2
1-Step
1:2
2-Step
1:2
3-Step
1:2

Stocks

Instant
1:5
1-Step
1:5
2-Step
1:5
3-Step
1:5

Other Commodities

Instant
1:10
1-Step
1:20
2-Step
1:20
3-Step
1:20

Commissions

FX

$5 per lot

Metals

$5 per lot

Indices

No commission

Energy

No commission

Crypto

No commission

Stocks

No commission

Other Commodities

No commission

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Goat Funded Trader Reviews & Ratings

Rated by our community & expert team

The menu is the draw — eight programs, entry from $18, a fee refunded on your fourth payout, and a scaling plan that reaches a 95% split with a monthly salary. What you accept is one of the denser rulebooks on this site. Funded profit is capped at $3,000 a day. Goat Guard force-closes your trades at a 2% loss, halves your split the first time and breaches you the second. Profit from trades held under 2 minutes does not count, though the losses do. Hedging is banned outright and copy trading only works between funded accounts. Resets get expensive fast: a funded 3-Step Goat reset costs 175% of the original fee. Read the rules before the prices.

2.3 / 5
Payout Speed
2.4 / 5
Customer Support
2.2 / 5
Platform & Tools
2.5 / 5
Transparency
2.1 / 5

Summary

Goat Funded Trader runs eight programs from Hong Kong. The three Instant tiers fund you immediately on trailing drawdown: Premium at a fixed 80% split with no consistency rule and 10-day payouts, Goat at 80% with a 15% consistency rule, and Hero at 90% needing 6 profitable days. Goat Blitz asks the lowest target on the board at 3%. The evaluations use static drawdown — 1-Step Goat at 10%, 2-Step Standard at 10% then 5%, 2-Step Goat at 8% then 6%, and 3-Step Goat spreading the target across three stages. Sizes run $2,500 to $400,000, and code GUIDE takes 50% off. Payouts are bi-weekly, or every 10 days on Instant Premium, with a $100 minimum through crypto, Riseworks or Skrill. Three rules deserve attention before buying: the $3,000 daily profit cap, Goat Guard’s 2% auto-close, and the 2-minute minimum hold on funded accounts. Its 3.4 TrustPilot rating from 4,179 reviews sits below most of its rivals.

Deep Dive

More About Goat Funded Trader

Is Goat Funded Trader Legit?

Goat Funded Trader has traded from Hong Kong since June 2023 under Edoardo Dalla Torre, and pays through crypto, Riseworks and Skrill, with bank transfer in eight African markets. The rules are published in unusual detail — the exact reset surcharges by phase, the Goat Guard thresholds, the floating-loss limits per Instant tier and the scaling requirements. That transparency counts for something. Set against it, the 3.4 TrustPilot rating across 4,179 reviews is the lowest of any firm we cover, and the rulebook contains several clauses that quietly favour the house: profit from sub-2-minute trades is discarded while losses stand, and a funded reset can cost 175% of what you originally paid. Start small, read your program’s rules specifically, and check your country is eligible — the restricted list includes Hong Kong itself.

Goat Funded Trader vs Other Forex Prop Firms

Goat Funded Trader vs FundingPips: Both reach a 100% split and both run five or more programs. FundingPips has a far larger review base and a lighter rulebook; GFT answers with cheaper entry and instant funding in three tiers. On reputation alone FundingPips wins comfortably.

Goat Funded Trader vs FXIFY: FXIFY also runs eight programs and also pays 100% on one of them. It has no daily profit cap, no forced 2% auto-close and no minimum hold time. GFT is cheaper to enter and refunds the fee; FXIFY gives you more room once you are trading.

Goat Funded Trader vs Funded Trading Plus: FT+ has four years behind it, allows same-account hedging and imposes no daily profit cap. GFT counters with more programs and a refundable fee, but the extra rules make it the harder account to hold.

Goat Funded Trader Frequently Asked Questions

What challenge types does Goat Funded Trader offer?

Eight. Instant Premium, Instant Goat and Instant Hero fund you on purchase. Goat Blitz is a weekend promo with a 3% target. The evaluations are 1-Step Goat, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Goat and 3-Step Goat.

How much does a Goat Funded Trader account cost?

Code GUIDE takes 50% off everything. A 2-Step Goat 5K is $18, a Goat Blitz 2.5K is $23.50, and a 1-Step Goat 5K is $37. The fee is refunded in full on your fourth payout.

What is the profit split at Goat Funded Trader?

80% as standard, rising to 100% with the profit split add-on. Instant Hero starts at 90% instead, and Instant Premium is fixed at 80% with no add-on available.

Does Goat Funded Trader have a daily profit cap?

Yes — funded accounts are capped at $3,000 of profit in a single trading day.

What is Goat Guard?

A risk tool on funded accounts, excluding instant funding, that automatically closes every open trade if they reach a 2% loss. It counts as a soft breach so you can keep trading, but triggering it once cuts your split to 50% and a second time breaches the account.

Is copy trading allowed at Goat Funded Trader?

Only between your own funded accounts. Copying between evaluation accounts, or from an evaluation to a funded account, is not permitted, and third-party signal services are banned outright.

What is the minimum trade hold time?

Two minutes on funded accounts. Profit from anything shorter is not counted, though losses from those trades still apply.

How often does Goat Funded Trader pay out?

Bi-weekly on every program except Instant Premium, which pays every 10 days. The minimum payout is $100, and the first two payouts are capped at 6% of your initial balance or $10,000, whichever is lower.

What does a reset cost?

It depends on the stage. Phase 1 resets carry a 7% discount, but funded resets carry a surcharge — 50% on 1-Step Goat and Goat Blitz, 100% on the 2-Step tiers, and 175% on 3-Step Goat.

What is the Goat Funded Trader scaling plan?

Four levels on assessment accounts. Level 1 adds 15% capital and a 90% split after 2 months and 4 payouts; Level 4, GOAT Trader, adds 50% capital, a 95% split, a $300–$500 monthly salary and a free challenge after 6 months and 15 payouts.

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