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Bulenox and Goat Funded Futures at a glance

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The short answer

The choice depends on your platform preference and cost structure: Goat Funded Futures offers Tradovate/TradingView and eliminates activation fees, while Bulenox provides faster same-day payouts on its new products and has no restrictions on news trading or micro-scalping.

Where they actually differ

Ordered from most to least determinant:

  • Price and Activation (Price): Goat Funded Futures has no activation fees; the price you pay for the challenge is the only cost. Bulenox charges an activation fee for its Legacy accounts (e.g., $248 for a $100K account), making the total cost significantly higher despite lower upfront challenge prices.
  • Platforms (Platforms): Goat Funded Futures supports Tradovate and native TradingView (via CQG/DxFeed). Bulenox is primarily Rithmic-based; its Momentum and Fast Track products do not support Tradovate or TradingView.
  • News and Scalping Rules (Styles): Bulenox allows news trading and scalping without time restrictions. Goat Funded Futures imposes a 2-minute "micro-scalping" rule (trades under 2 mins have profits deducted) and a 2-minute news buffer in the funded phase where opening/closing positions is prohibited.
  • Payout Requirements (Payouts): Goat Funded Futures requires "winning days" (5 to 7 days with a net profit ≥ 0.2% of the balance) to be eligible for withdrawal. Bulenox uses a simpler calendar-day or trading-day count (e.g., 5 or 10 days) regardless of the specific daily profit percentage.
  • Payout Speed and Frequency (Payouts): Bulenox Momentum and Fast Track offer same-day processing for requests. Goat Funded Futures processes within 2 business days and uses specific monthly windows (5th–8th and 20th–23rd) for most plans.
  • Inactivity and Buffers (Risk): Goat Funded Futures will breach your account after 15 days of inactivity. Bulenox does not have an inactivity rule but requires a mandatory profit buffer (e.g., $3,100 for a $100K account) before you can withdraw.

Where they are basically the same

  • Assets: Both firms focus exclusively on CME futures.
  • Risk Rules: Both offer End-of-Day (EOD) and Trailing drawdown options across their various plans.
  • Trading Styles: Both allow EAs, copy trading between own accounts, and do not require stop losses.
  • One-Step: Both offer one-step evaluation processes and instant funding options.

Pick this one if

Choose Bulenox if:

  • You trade high-impact news or very short-term scalps.
  • You want the fastest possible payout processing (same-day).
  • You prefer the Rithmic ecosystem and NinjaTrader.

Choose Goat Funded Futures if:

  • You want to avoid activation fees entirely.
  • You trade specifically on TradingView or Tradovate.
  • You want a rewards program that grants perks like drawdown increases or free accounts.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper for a $100K account, Bulenox or Goat Funded Futures?

Goat Funded Futures is cheaper in total cost. While a Bulenox $100K EOD challenge costs $215 upfront, it requires a $248 activation fee after passing, totaling $463. Goat Funded Futures charges $264 for its $100K EOD Challenge with $0 activation fees, or as little as $140 for its Sprint Challenge.

Can I trade the news on both Bulenox and Goat Funded Futures?

Bulenox allows news trading without restrictions in all phases. Goat Funded Futures allows news trading during the evaluation phase, but once funded, it enforces a 2-minute buffer before and after high-impact news releases during which you cannot open or close positions.

Between Bulenox and Goat Funded Futures, which one supports TradingView?

Goat Funded Futures supports native TradingView integration through its CQG and DxFeed data connections. Bulenox does not support native TradingView for its Momentum or Fast Track products, as these are restricted to the Rithmic platform.

Who has stricter payout rules, Bulenox or Goat Funded Futures?

Goat Funded Futures is stricter because it requires "winning days" where you must earn at least 0.2% of the account balance to count toward the 5-7 day requirement. Bulenox simply requires a set number of trading days and a mandatory profit buffer to be maintained in the account.

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Brokers
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Platforms
RTrader, NinjaTrader, Project X, ATAS, Quantower, Bookmap, Sierra Chart
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Tradingview, Quantower, ATAS, Volumetrica, Tickblaze
Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Wise
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Live Account
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Payment Methods
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Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Legacy Master: requests can be submitted at any time and are processed weekly on Wednesday.
  • Momentum Master and Fast Track: eligible requests submitted before 12:01 PM CT, Monday–Friday, are processed the same day.

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 Guarantee
No data

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

Maximum Withdrawal

Legacy Master — first three payouts:

Account Maximum
25K $1,000
50K $1,500
100K $1,750
150K $2,000
250K grandfathered accounts $2,500

Momentum Master:

Account 1st 2nd 3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
50K $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000
100K $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $4,000
150K $2,500 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000

Fast Track:

Account 1st–3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,250
50K $2,000 $2,500
100K $2,500 $3,000
150K $3,000 $3,500

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
Minimum Withdrawal
  • Legacy Master: $1,000.
  • Momentum Master: $500 on 25K; $1,000 on 50K, 100K and 150K.
  • Fast Track: $1,000.

$500 across all account sizes

Other Payout Requirements
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per cycle. Minimum profit per qualifying day: $100 on 25K, $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K and $250 on 150K. Minimum balances: $26,500, $53,000, $104,500 and $156,500 respectively.
  • Fast Track: later payout goals after the first payout are $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K and $4,500 on 150K.
  • 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.
Account Reset
  • Legacy Qualification: resets cost $78. Active recurring Legacy subscriptions keep the free reset available on their renewal date.
  • Momentum Qualification: reset available; price not announced. A reset does not extend the 30-calendar-day validity.
  • Fast Track: no reset option.

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.

Add-ons
No
No
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No data
Yes

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)
Max Drawdown
  • Legacy No Scaling Account: real-time Trailing Drawdown.
  • Legacy EOD Account: End-of-Day Drawdown.
  • In Legacy Master accounts, both thresholds stop moving when they reach the initial balance +$100.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 1: Trailing Drawdown.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 2: EOD Drawdown.
  • The amount for each account appears in the challenge table.

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.
Profit Split
  • First $10,000 in eligible cumulative profits per trader profile: 100% to the trader.
  • Thereafter: 90% to the trader and 10% to Bulenox.
  • The first-$10,000 threshold is shared across accounts and products.

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)
Free Trial
Yes

The Rithmic 14-day free trial (equivalent to 10 trading days) is offered directly by Rithmic and is available only to traders who have not previously registered or used Rithmic services.

No
Daily Drawdown

Legacy:

Only EOD accounts have a Daily Loss Limit. If it is reached, trading is paused for the rest of the day without being treated as a rule breach. It stops applying when the maximum drawdown reaches the initial balance.

Account Size Daily Loss Limit
$10K $400
$25K $500
$50K $1,100
$100K $2,200
$150K $3,300
$250K grandfathered accounts $4,500

Momentum and Fast Track:

Option 1 has no Daily Loss Limit. Option 2 has a Daily Loss Limit where specified in the challenge table.

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.
Max Allocation
  • Unlimited Qualification accounts.
  • Shared limit of 5 Master-level accounts across the Bulenox products.

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.

Mandatory buffer
Yes
Account Size Minimum Buffer
$25,000 $1,600
$50,000 $2,600
$100,000 $3,100
$150,000 $4,600
$250,000 $5,600
Yes

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

Merge Accounts
Yes

Once the funded account is achieved, all active master accounts must be merged into a single funded account.

No
Maximum Trading Days
  • Legacy and Momentum Qualification: 30 calendar days from activation.
  • Fast Track: not applicable because there is no Qualification.

No time limit on any plan.

Minimum Trading Days
  • Legacy Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Legacy Master: 10 trading days before payout.
  • Momentum Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum trading days before payout.
  • Funded Account: 5 trading days per payout.

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

GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.

Funded Phase Pricing Model
  • Legacy Master: one-time activation fee; amounts applicable from August 17 must be confirmed at checkout.
  • Momentum Master: no activation fee.
  • Fast Track Master: activation is included in the one-time Fast Track 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.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum profitable-day requirement.
No data
Position size scaling
Yes

Only EOD accounts have scaling.

 

$10K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
No Scaling 5 Micro-Contracts

 

$25K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $1,500 2
$1,501 + 3

 

$50K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $1,500 2
$1,501 – $4,000 4
$4,001 + 7

 

$100K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $2,000 3
$2,001 – $3,000 5
$3,001 – $5,000 8
$5,001 + 12

 

$150K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $4,000 5
$4,001 – $8,000 8
$8,001 – $12,000 10
$12,001 + 15

 

$250K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $5,000 6
$5,001 – $12,000 12
$12,001 – $20,000 18
$20,001 + 25
Yes

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
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model
  • Legacy Qualification and Momentum Qualification: one-time purchase with no recurring subscription; valid for 30 calendar days.
  • Active Legacy subscriptions opened before August 17, 2026 remain under their existing subscription terms.
  • Fast Track has no Qualification stage.

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

Two Steps
No data
No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes

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.

VPN
No data
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Martingale
No data
Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
No
No data
Copy Trading
Yes
Yes

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.

News Trading
Yes
Yes

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.

Inactivity Rule
No

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.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Legacy Master: 40%.
  • Momentum Master: 35%.
  • Fast Track: 20% for the first payout, 25% for the second and 30% from the third onward.
  • No consistency rule applies during Qualification.
Yes

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.

Hold Weekend
No
No

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

Prohibited Strategies
No data
  • 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.
Overnight positions
No
No
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