Goat Funded Trader rules: the 2-Step Standard
Goat Funded Trader's most popular evaluation, the 2-Step Standard, asks for 10% then 5%, with a 5% daily drawdown and a static 10% maximum loss, and no consistency rule in any phase. You need 3 profitable days per step. The daily line is set at 5:00 PM EST from the higher of balance or equity, minus 5%.
Goat sells a dozen models, including a 2 Step GOAT version with 8% and 6% targets and a 4% daily. Check which one you hold.
- Profit target
- 10% (Step 1), 5% (Step 2)
- Daily drawdown
- 5% off the higher of balance or equity at 5:00 PM EST
- Max loss
- 10%, static from initial size
- Minimum days
- 3 profitable days of 0.5% per step
- Consistency
- None
- News
- Max 1% profit on trades within 5 minutes of red-folder news
- Leverage
- FX 1:100 in evaluation, 1:50 funded
- Split
- 80%, every 14 days
The daily line, in numbers
At 5:00 PM EST your equity is $104,000. Five percent of that is $5,200, so tomorrow's floor is $98,800. The static floor is $90,000.
Profitable days need at least 0.5% of initial balance, $500, net of fees, with at least one position closed. A trader risking 1% ($1,000) for 2R can make a qualifying day with one winner, and has five stops of daily room.
The news cap is easy to miss: a trade opened or closed within 5 minutes of red-folder news can make at most 1% of the initial balance, $1,000. A $2,400 news winner is trimmed to $1,000, with no breach.
Funded account rules
- Payouts: every 14 days at 80%, with 3 profitable days per payout (4 for accounts bought from 25 July 2026).
- Early caps: the first two payouts are capped at the lower of 6% of the initial size or $10,000.
- Daily profit cap: $3,000 a day on funded accounts. Anything above is deducted, not a breach.
- Weekend gap trades: profit from trades opened in Friday's last 3 market hours and closed in Monday's first 3 hours is removed.
- EAs: only ones you built yourself. No third-party, HFT or arbitrage EAs.
- Copy trading: between your own Goat accounts only.
Goat's prices change with promo codes and we could not confirm them per model, so check the current price on Goat's site.
Scaling levels
| Level | Requirement | Capital | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 2 months, 4 payouts | +15% | 90% |
| L2 | 4 months, 6 payouts | +30% | 90% |
| L3 | 5 months, 10 payouts | +40% | 92% |
| L4 | 6 months, 15 payouts | +50% | 95% |
Goat's scaling article does not say which models it covers, so confirm your model is eligible.
Where Goat traders get caught
Above $3,000 a day is deducted. Risk sized for a big account can make profit you do not keep.
The reset uses the higher of balance or equity, so open profit raises the next floor.
Profit from those trades is removed on funded accounts.
A plan for Goat's funded caps
Plan the funded stage around its caps. On $100,000, the first two payouts are capped at $6,000 each and any day above $3,000 is trimmed. A trader risking 0.5% ($500) per trade with 2R winners makes $1,000 per winner, so three winners in a day already brushes the daily cap.
In the evaluation, the 5% daily gives $5,000 of room. Keep each day inside $2,000 and make each of your 3 profitable days at least $500 closed. Phase 1's 10% then needs ten net winners.
Skip news entries unless you are happy with a $1,000 cap on the trade.
Track Goat in the RB journal
There is no Goat preset yet, so use Custom.
- In Risk Manager, add a prop account and pick Custom. Set targets 10% and 5%, daily 5%, total 10%, drawdown type static.
- Sync MT4 or MT5 live through the RBSync EA (cTrader is supported too), or import a CSV statement.
- Use the calendar to count profitable days of $500 or more on a $100K.
- Tag news trades so you can see when the 1% cap trimmed a winner.
- Once funded, track daily P&L against the $3,000 cap.
Questions traders ask about Goat Funded Trader
Does Goat Funded Trader have a consistency rule?
Not on the 2-Step Standard, in any phase.
How is the Goat daily drawdown calculated?
At 5:00 PM EST, Goat takes the higher of your balance or equity and subtracts 5% to set the next day's floor. Breaching it is a hard breach.
Is news trading allowed at Goat Funded Trader?
Yes, but any trade opened or closed within 5 minutes of red-folder news can make at most 1% of the initial balance. The rest is removed.
Sources
Rules on this page come from Goat Funded Trader's official website and help centre. Last checked: 8 October 2026. Where we could not verify a rule, we say so and ask you to check the firm's current rules.
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