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Innovation One Building, Level 2, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
RM 1205, 12/f. Beverly Hse 93-107 Lockhart Rd Wan Chai Hong Kong
Oliver Newland
United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong
2026
2024
Traders may enter the live-account review pool after payout 5, significant lifetime payouts, exceptional simulated-funded performance or a previous live transition. Selection is always at Finotive Futures' discretion.
On demand once all requirements are met.
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.
Payout requests are processed within 24 to 48 hours.
Payouts processed within 2 business days. A $500 bonus is automatically applied if processing exceeds this SLA.
1-Step Funded
- $25K: $1,000 first payout; $1,500 thereafter
- $50K: $2,000 first payout; $2,500 thereafter
- $100K: $2,500 first payout; $3,000 thereafter
- $150K: $3,000 first payout; $3,500 thereafter
Instant
- $25K: $1,000
- $50K: $2,000
- $100K: $3,000
- $150K: $4,000
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
$500 before the 90% reward split.
$500 across all account sizes
All positions must be closed and KYC and compliance checks must be complete before requesting a payout.
- 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.
- 1-Step evaluation: a discounted reset can be purchased within 14 calendar days of a breach.
- 1-Step Funded: up to 2 resets before the first payout, within 14 days of the breach; each costs 5 times the evaluation fee.
- Instant: no standard reset; the same size can be repurchased at a reduced price within 3 calendar days of a breach.
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.
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)
- 1-Step: EOD trailing, based on the highest end-of-day balance; it locks at the initial balance once the Profit Buffer is reached.
- Instant: intraday trailing, following the highest balance or open equity.
- Reaching the maximum drawdown is a hard breach.
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.
Calculated from the end-of-day balance. A breach is soft: positions are closed and trading stops for that day; the account is not failed. The new daily limit on 25K 1-Step evaluations applies only to new purchases; existing accounts retain their original rules.
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.
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.
Applies only to 1-Step Funded accounts and must remain in the account: $1,000 on $25K, $2,000 on $50K, $3,000 on $100K and $4,500 on $150K. Each payout also requires new profit equal to 1% of the initial balance above the buffer. Instant accounts use a recurring payout milestone instead: $1,450, $3,000, $5,000 and $8,000 respectively.
GOAT Daily funded buffer: $25K $1,100 · $50K $2,100 · $100K $3,100 · $150K $4,600.
Unlimited evaluation accounts. Total funded allocation across 1-Step and Instant accounts is capped at $1,000,000.
No time limit for the 1-Step evaluation. Accounts close after 15 consecutive calendar days without a trade.
No time limit on any plan.
The 1-Step evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
FLEX Challenge requires 2 trading days. EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.
GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
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.
- 1-Step evaluation: none
- 1-Step Funded: 3 per payout cycle
- Instant: 5 per payout cycle
A profitable day requires at least 0.25% of the initial account balance in realised profit.
One-time purchase fee. No subscription or automatic rebilling, and no activation fee after passing.
One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint and FLEX Challenge are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.
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)
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
Bots, EAs and personal automated strategies are allowed if they do not exploit latency, feed errors or the simulated environment.
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.
Connections must remain stable and verifiable. VPNs, proxies or location masking are prohibited when they impair identity, location or account-control checks.
Hedging within one account is allowed, including mini versus micro positions. Opposing or correlated hedges across separate accounts or prop firms are prohibited.
Microscalping is allowed, but no more than 50% of total profit may come from trades held for less than 30 seconds.
Manual scalping allowed. Tick scalping and trades closed within 2 minutes have their profits deducted (micro-scalping rule).
Allowed when used responsibly within contract and drawdown limits. Aggressive exposure may be reviewed as gambling behaviour.
Allowed only between accounts personally owned and controlled by the same trader, including their accounts at other prop firms. Third-party signals, accounts and copy services are prohibited.
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.
Allowed without restrictions during the 1-Step evaluation. On 1-Step Funded and Instant accounts, orders cannot be opened, closed or triggered from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news.
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.
15 consecutive calendar days without a trade is a hard breach and permanently closes the account.
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.
No consistency rule during the 1-Step evaluation. At payout, one day may represent at most 40% of cycle profit on 1-Step Funded accounts and 20% on Instant accounts.
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.
Positions cannot be carried through the Friday close into the Sunday reopen.
Overnight holding NOT permitted (all account types). All positions must be closed before the end of the trading session. Weekend holding also NOT permitted.
Hedging across accounts or platforms; latency, feed, spread or exchange arbitrage; account or device sharing; coordinated/group trading; copying third parties; spoofing, layering and market or order-queue manipulation; volume inflation or artificial trades; HFT and algorithmic exploitation; non-viable simulated-fill strategies; gambling/account rolling; news straddling; and gap or illiquid-market exploitation.
- 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.
All open positions are automatically closed at 15:55 CT, five minutes before the daily close.

















