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Suite 302, 2 Pembroke Street Upper, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

RM 1205, 12/f. Beverly Hse 93-107 Lockhart Rd Wan Chai Hong Kong

Peter Brown, David Bhidey

Ireland

Hong Kong

• Standard and Expert: Every 14 calendar days from first trade on funded account. Minimum $100.
• Straight to Sim Live: Every 14 calendar days. Minimum 3% of account balance ($450 on $15K, $900 on $30K, $1,800 on $60K, $2,400 on $80K).

EOD Challenge
Every 7 winning days (a winning day = net P&L ≥ 0.2% of account balance).

Sprint Challenge
Every 5 winning days.

FLEX Challenge
Every 5 winning days.

Instant Funded
Every 7 winning days. Minimum 10 calendar days before first payout. After first payout, must surpass previous equity high before next request.

GOAT Daily
Payout requests every 24 hours once funded.

Minimum payout: $500 across all sizes.

Payouts processed within 2 business days. A $500 bonus is automatically applied if processing exceeds this SLA.

Standard and Expert

• $50,000 Account → $5,000
• $100,000 Account → $10,000
• $150,000 Account → $15,000

Straight to Live Sim

• $15K → $3,000
• $30K → $6,000
• $60K → $12,000
• $80K → $15,000

Withdrawals Structure

Withdrawals follow a tier-based structure, where the percentage of profits available for withdrawal increases with each payout:

• Payout 1 → 60% of the total profits (On Standrad and Expert only profits above the buffer count)
• Payout 2 → 70%
• Payout 3 → 80%
• Payout 4 → 90%
• Payout 5 and onwards → 100%

Caps grow with each payout number. FLEX Challenge does not publish caps.

EOD Challenge

• 1st: $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,000 · $150K $2,500
• 2nd: $50K $2,000 · $100K $2,750 · $150K $3,250
• 3rd: $50K $2,500 · $100K $3,250 · $150K $3,750
• 4th+: $50K $2,750 · $100K $3,750 · $150K $4,250

Sprint Challenge

• 1st: $25K $800 · $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,500
• 2nd: $25K $1,000 · $50K $1,750 · $100K $3,000
• 3rd: $25K $1,200 · $50K $2,000 · $100K $3,500
• 4th+: $25K $1,500 · $50K $2,500 · $100K $4,500

Instant Funded (per cycle)

• $25K: $1,000 · $50K: $2,000 · $75K: $3,000 · $100K: $3,000 · $150K: $4,000

GOAT Daily

• Per payout: $25K $650 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,500

• Standard and Expert: $100
• Straight to Live Sim: 3% of balance

$500 across all account sizes

• EOD Challenge: 7 winning days.
• Sprint Challenge: 5 winning days.
• Instant Funded: 7 winning days and minimum 10 calendar days before the first payout.
• GOAT Daily: no winning-day requirement once funded.
• A winning day requires net P&L of at least 0.2% of account balance.
• Payout submission windows (excluding GOAT Daily): 5th–8th and 20th–23rd of each month.
• Instant Funded requires exceeding the previous equity high for subsequent payouts.

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Only available for evaluation accounts

Available on evaluation plans (EOD, Sprint, FLEX). Reset fees:

• EOD: $50K $59 · $100K $109 · $150K $159
• Sprint: $25K $46 · $50K $69 · $100K $99
• FLEX: $50K $74 · $100K $124 · $150K $174

Instant Funded and Instant Lite accounts cannot be reset.

Profit Split Increase (+10%)

• Standard: 80% to 90%
• Expert and Direct to Sim Live: 90% to 100%

Remove Daily Drawdown (+10%)

• Only available for Expert account

Points-based rewards program (no formal tiers). Earn points by passing challenges, withdrawing, social engagement and trading milestones. Redeem for perks such as:

• +5% profit split on withdrawal (150 points)
• Faster 24h withdrawals (150 points)
• Account scaling +10% size (200 points)
• +$500 extra max drawdown (200 points)
• Free $25K / $50K challenge accounts (350 / 500 points)

EOD (End of Day Balance)

EOD Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%) | $150K: $4,500 (3%)

Sprint Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $25K: $1,000 (4%) | $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%)

FLEX Challenge

• EOD Trailing Max DD — locks at starting balance

Instant Funded

• Intraday Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is reached
• $25K: $1,250 (5%) | $50K: $2,500 (5%) | $75K: $3,750 (5%) | $100K: $5,000 (5%) | $150K: $7,500 (5%)

Instant Lite

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance
• $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $1,750 | $100K: $3,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation: EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100.
• Funded: intraday trailing.

Standard and Expert Accounts
Tier-based withdrawal structure:

• Payout 1: 60% of amount above buffer zone
• Payout 2: 70%
• Payout 3: 80%
• Payout 4: 90%
• Payout 5+: 100%

Straight to Sim Live

• Base split: 90% trader / 10% firm
• 100% available with checkout add-on
• Same tier-based withdrawal (60→100% per payout)

EOD Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

FLEX Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

Sprint Challenge

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Funded

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Lite

• 90% from the first payout (no add-on required)

In all accounts

EOD Challenge

• Evaluation: no daily loss limit
• Funded: soft breach 2.5% of starting balance ($50K: $1,250 | $100K: $2,500 | $150K: $3,750)

Sprint Challenge

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

FLEX Challenge

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

Instant Funded

• 3% of starting balance (soft breach — account pauses until next trading day)
• $25K: $750 | $50K: $1,500 | $75K: $2,250 | $100K: $3,000 | $150K: $4,500

Instant Lite

• $25K: none | $50K: $1,000 | $100K: $2,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation and funded: $25K $500 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,250.
• Soft breach: positions are closed and trading is paused for the day.

5 active accounts across the Evaluation and Funded stages combined, and one Sim Live account

Initial account sizes up to $150,000. Scaling via rewards program can grow allocation beyond that, with documented brand-wide payouts of $18M+ and up to $750,000 available across plans.

Standard Accounts

• $50,000 Account → $500
• $100,000 Account → $1,000
• $150,000 Account → $1,500

Expert Accounts

• $50,000 Account → $1,000
• $100,000 Account → $1,500
• $150,000 Account → $2,000

GOAT Daily funded buffer: $25K $1,100 · $50K $2,100 · $100K $3,100 · $150K $4,600.

No time limit on any plan.

• Standard evaluation phase: 4 days to pass
• Expert evaluation phase: 3 days to pass

FLEX Challenge requires 2 trading days. EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.

GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.

Lifetime activation fee

No activation fee after passing — you keep 100% of the funded account access without any extra payment. Instant Funded is a one-time fee that grants funded-account access immediately, without an evaluation phase.

Contract limits (mini / micro) scale with account size and plan:

EOD Challenge

• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 9 / 90
• $150K: 12 / 120

Sprint Challenge

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 7 / 70

FLEX Challenge

• $50K: 3 / 30
• $100K: 5 / 50
• $150K: 8 / 80

Instant Funded

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 4 / 40
• $75K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 6 / 60
• $150K: 8 / 80

Montly fee

One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint and FLEX Challenge are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.

Personal automated strategies and EAs are allowed, provided they are consistent with the trader's style and do not exploit system vulnerabilities, latency, or data feed anomalies. Strategies designed to manipulate the simulated environment are prohibited.

Micro scalping not allow (trades executed within seconds to under a minute, targeting small profits, typically less than 3 points.

Manual scalping allowed. Tick scalping and trades closed within 2 minutes have their profits deducted (micro-scalping rule).

Copy trading allowed but NOT enabled by default. Requires submission of a request for review and approval (case-by-case basis). Documentation needed: HTML trading history of master account with 3+ months history, displaying client's own name. Only permitted between accounts owned by the same user.

Copy trading between your own accounts is allowed (e.g. between multiple GFF accounts in your name). Bundle discounts (2 or 3 accounts) are available and you can copy trades to all simultaneously. Cross-user copy trading is not addressed in the helpcenter.

Evaluation phase (EOD, Sprint, FLEX)
No news trading restrictions.

Funded phase (all account types including Instant)
2-minute buffer around high-impact news events. Within 2 min before/after release you cannot open, close or trigger pending orders. Positions opened before the window may be held through the event.

Microscalping rule
EOD, Sprint, Instant: profits from trades closed within 2 minutes of opening are deducted (not a breach but profits invalid).
FLEX: microscalping rule does NOT apply.

No inactivity rule. Funded accounts will NOT be closed for inactivity. Accounts remain active as long as trading parameters are respected.

15 consecutive days without trades results in account breach. Applies to both evaluation and funded accounts. Once breached, account cannot be reinstated and fees are non-refundable. Notify support in advance if you plan to be away.

• Standard: 30% consistency rule (applies to both Challenge and Funded stages)
• Expert: 40% consistency rule (applies to Funded stage only)
• Straight to Sim Live: 20% consistency rule

No single day can represent more than:

• EOD Challenge — Evaluation: 50% of total profits. Funded: 30% during a payout period.
• Sprint Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: 35%.
• FLEX Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: none.
• Instant Funded — 20% (the tightest of all plans).
• Instant Lite — 15% for the 1st payout, 20% for the 2nd, 25% from the 3rd onwards.
• GOAT Daily — Evaluation: 40%. Funded: none.

Violating the rule blocks the next payout but does not close the account.

Overnight holding NOT permitted (all account types). All positions must be closed before the end of the trading session. Weekend holding also NOT permitted.

• All or Nothing Approach: max leverage on single position using loss limits as stop-loss
• Tick or Micro Scalping: trades with <10 ticks movement
• Exploiting Favorable Fills (no slippage exploitation, tight brackets)
• Account Rolling
• Reverse Trading (opposite positions on separate accounts)
• Manipulating Gaps and Illiquid Markets
• Group Trading
• Account Management (third-party trading on your behalf)
• Latency Arbitrage

• Tick scalping and other extremely short-duration trading.
• Trades closed within 2 minutes — profits are deducted (micro-scalping rule).
• Unrealistic execution that relies on simulated market conditions (slippage, liquidity, partial fills) not replicable in live.
• Holding positions overnight or over the weekend.
• Trading affected instruments inside the 2-minute high-impact news buffer on funded accounts.