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Headquarters

The Sotheby Building, Ground Floor, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, SW18 1TA, St. Lucia

Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia

Country

St. Lucia

United Arab Emirates / Saint Lucia

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, Libya, Vietnam
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen
CEO

Arlind I.

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Stocks, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Providers

Refund
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Platforms
MatchTrader, cTrader, TradeLocker, Volumetrica, MetaTrader5
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Payout Methods
Transfer, Rise, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Payment Methods
ApplePay, Korapay, Card, GooglePay, PayPal, Crypto, Skrill, IMPS
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Biweekly
  • Evaluation accounts can be purchased with an add-on to get the first payout On Demand with 40% profit split
  • Standard Instant Funding have 'Triple payday' rewards, allowing traders to withdraw profits every 10 days.
  • Instant Premium: every 10 days
  • Instant HERO: every 14 days

Every 21 exchange days; 14 days with the add-on. Requests are usually processed within 72 business hours.

Payout Guarantee

If the payout takes longer than promised (2 business days), the trader automatically receives an extra $500 reward, guarantee.

Crypto Weekend Trading
Maximum Withdrawal

For the first two reward requests, traders can withdraw a maximum of 6% of the initial account balance.

The first two payouts are limited to 10% of the account size and an absolute maximum of USD 10,000. There is no maximum from the third payout onward.

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

USD 100 via crypto; USD 300 via bank transfer.

Payout Fee

Crypto: no fee. Bank transfer through Rise: USD 50.

Forex
  • Evaluation phases: 100:1
  • Funded phase: 50:1

1-Step and 2-Step evaluation: 100:1. PineX Account: 1-Step and Instant PineX 30:1; 2-Step and Instant Elite 50:1.

Metals
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account: 1-Step, Instant PineX and Instant Elite 10:1; 2-Step 20:1.

Energies
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1

1-Step: 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 in the PineX Account. 2-Step: 30:1. Instant PineX and Instant Elite: 10:1.

Indices
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1

Evaluation: 20:1. PineX Account and Instant: 10:1.

Stocks
  • Evaluation phases: 5:1
  • Funded phase: 5:1

1-Step: US 20:1 in evaluation and 10:1 funded; EU 30:1. 2-Step: US 5:1 and EU 30:1. Instant: US and EU 30:1.

Crypto
  • Evaluation phases: 2:1
  • Funded phase: 2:1

1-Step and Instant: 2:1. 2-Step: 2:1 in evaluation and 1:1 in the PineX Account.

Forex
5 / lot
0
Metals
5 / lot
0
Energies
0
0
Indices
0
0
Stocks
0
0
Crypto
0
Swap Free
Account Reset

If you don’t complete a challenge, you can restart it at any time with a 12% discount. You’ll also get a single-use coupon that gives you 10% off any program.

Reset: buy a Reset to continue from the phase where you breached instead of starting over — it issues a new account at that phase (Funded reset gives a new Funded account, no re-evaluation). Available any time, or within 14 days of a breach. Each phase can be reset once. Price is a % of the original Challenge: Phase 1 −7%; Phase 2 +45–50%; Phase 3 +80%; Funded +50–175% (Instant: −7%).

Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Two Steps
Max Drawdown
  • 1-Step, 2-Step, 3-Step: Static
  • Instant Funding: Trailing
  • Instant Premium: EOD high-watermark; not recalculated intraday or downward

1-Step and 2-Step use static drawdown from starting capital. Instant PineX and Instant Elite trail new highs; PineX resets after a payout and Elite does not.

Profit Split

Profit split varies by product; see challenges. Add-ons may offer a higher split.

80% by default. Up to 100% through an add-on on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant PineX. Instant Elite remains at 80%.

Free Trial
dailyDrawdown

Most models: highest balance or equity recorded at end of day (EOD high-watermark).

  • Instant HERO: daily starting balance at 5 PM EST.

1-Step and 2-Step keep a static daily limit. On Instant PineX and Instant Elite, the limit trails the daily balance/equity high.

Three Steps
Max Allocation

$400,000 on every country except Pakistan, where the maximum is $50,000

600,000
Merge Accounts
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Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

No time limit.

Minimum Trading Days

Instant HERO: 6 non-consecutive valid trading days before payout, with at least 0.5% profit each.

1-Step: 3 evaluation days and 4 profitable days of at least 0.5% for payout. 2-Step: none in evaluation and 4 on the PineX Account. Instant PineX: 5 days of at least 0.5%. Instant Elite: 6 days of at least 0.5%.

Points Reward Program

The GOAT Points Program rewards traders for both purchases and trading activities:

  • You earn 1 point for every $1 spent and can gain additional points by completing trading tasks.
  • Points are credited instantly and can be tracked in your Trader Dashboard. You can redeem them for valuable perks such as free accounts, extra leverage, increased drawdown, and account size boosts.
  • There's no limit to how many points you can earn, and all GFT traders are automatically enrolled.

PineX Points: 1 point per euro spent, redeemable for accounts, add-ons, discounts and rewards.

Monthly Competition
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 3 days with 0.5% profit on all phases of evaluation accounts
  • 5 days with 0.5% profit on all Instant Funding accounts
  • Instant Premium: 5 days with 0.5% profit (not necessarily consecutive)
Maximum Accounts

Multiple accounts are allowed. Eligible traders may combine them up to USD 600,000 in active allocation.

Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
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Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
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Stacking / Layering (DCA)
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Maximum Risk Limit
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Copy Trading
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News Trading
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hasInactivityRule

30 Days

The account is considered breached after 30 calendar days without opening and closing at least one trade.

Consistency Rule
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Hold Weekend
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Prohibited Strategies
  • All or nothing
  • Exploit broker/platform errors
  • Use insider/non-public info
  • Front-run other trades
  • Excessively risky strategies
  • Hedging across accounts
  • Third-party EAs/strategies
  • Switch strategies post-assessment
  • Martingale/grid strategies banned

Hedging and inverse trading; copy trading and account sharing; martingale, grids and recovery systems; excessive or all-in risk; more than two positions in the same trade idea; extreme margin usage; Quick Strike/HFT; arbitrage and latency abuse; account rolling; EAs and automated tools.

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