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Goat Funded Trader and TTT Markets at a glance

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The short answer

Goat Funded Trader (GFT) is the superior choice for platform variety and traders seeking a fee refund, while TTT Markets stands out for its unique subscription-based entry and significantly higher maximum capital allocation (up to $1M).

Where they actually differ

  • Price and Model: TTT Markets offers a "Subscription" model starting at $59/month for a 10K account, whereas GFT follows the traditional one-time fee model ($140 for a 10K 1-step).
  • Platforms: GFT provides five options, including cTrader, MatchTrader, and TradeLocker. TTT Markets is restricted to MT5 and their proprietary WebTrader.
  • Risk Rules: GFT features "Goat Guard," an automated system that closes trades at a 2% loss to protect the account. TTT uses traditional fixed or trailing drawdown depending on the chosen program.
  • Payout: GFT refunds your initial fee after the 4th payout. TTT Markets does not offer any fee refunds.
  • Trading Styles: GFT allows copy trading between your own accounts using their internal "Goat Copier" only. TTT Markets prohibits copy trading and group trading entirely.
  • Max Allocation: TTT Markets allows up to $1,000,000 per program. GFT caps total allocation at $400,000.

Where they are basically the same

  • Risk: Both firms enforce a 30-day inactivity rule.
  • Price: Entry-level 5K accounts are priced similarly around $70-$80 for 1-step evaluations.
  • Payout: Both offer Crypto and Bank Transfer as withdrawal methods.
  • Platforms: Both offer MetaTrader 5 as a core option.
  • Styles: Both prohibit high-frequency trading (HFT) and strategies that exploit platform errors.

Pick this one if

Goat Funded Trader:

  • You want to use cTrader or MatchTrader.
  • You value getting your evaluation fee back.
  • You want a scaling plan that includes a monthly salary.

TTT Markets:

  • You prefer a low-cost monthly subscription over a larger upfront fee.
  • You are targeting a $1,000,000 account size.
  • You want the option of a free trial before committing.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper for a 10K evaluation, Goat Funded Trader or TTT Markets?

TTT Markets is cheaper if you use their "Subscription" model ($59/month) or their "2-Step Lite" ($55). Goat Funded Trader charges $73 for a 2-step evaluation and $140 for a 1-step evaluation of the same size.

Which firm offers more trading platforms, Goat Funded Trader or TTT Markets?

Goat Funded Trader offers significantly more variety with five platforms: MatchTrader, cTrader, TradeLocker, Volumetrica, and MetaTrader 5. TTT Markets only provides MetaTrader 5 and their own TTT WebTrader.

Which firm has a higher capital limit, Goat Funded Trader or TTT Markets?

TTT Markets offers a much higher limit, allowing up to $1,000,000 per program for 1-step, 2-step, and Subscription models. Goat Funded Trader limits its maximum allocation to $400,000 across all accounts.

Does Goat Funded Trader or TTT Markets offer a refund of the evaluation fee?

Only Goat Funded Trader offers a full refund of the evaluation fee, which is processed after the trader reaches their 4th payout. TTT Markets does not provide refunds for any of its challenges or subscription plans.

Field by field

Goat Funded Trader and TTT Markets, side by side

Rules, plans, platforms, leverage, commissions and payouts of both, with the option to see only what differs.

Head to head

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Headquarters

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

Operating office: 44 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AH. TTT Markets Ltd registered office: Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia.

Country

St. Lucia

Saint Lucia

Foundation

2023

2022

Banned Countries
Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, Libya, Vietnam
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Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Providers

TTT Markets Ltd. Simulated prop trading accounts; separate brokerage service. MT5 unavailable to residents or citizens of the US, Iran or North Korea.

Refund
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

No
Platforms
MatchTrader, cTrader, TradeLocker, Volumetrica, MetaTrader5
MT5, TTT WebTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, Rise, Crypto
Bank Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
ApplePay, Korapay, Card, GooglePay, PayPal, Crypto, Skrill, IMPS
Credit/Debit Card, Bank Transfer, Crypto, Kora Pay
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
  • Instant Daily: first request 24 hours after purchase, then daily.

1-Step Standard and 1-Step Lite: first payout after 21 calendar days and 14 trading days. 2-Step: first after 14 calendar days, then every 14 days. 2-Step Lite: every 14 days with 5 trading days. Subscription: first 30 days after activation with 10 trading days, then monthly. Instant Standard: after meeting the target. Monday 22:00 GMT cutoff, Wednesday review; 1-2 business days after approval. Keep trades closed during review.

Payout Guarantee

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

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Alternative Currency
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GBP, EUR
Crypto Weekend Trading
Yes
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Maximum Withdrawal

Other models: for the first two requests, up to 6% of the initial balance. Instant Daily: up to 3% of the initial balance per request.

No published maximum limit.

Minimum Withdrawal

Other models: $100. Instant Daily: 1% of the initial balance per request.

USD 100; Instant may have different requirements.

Demo Account
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MT5
ID1000753PasswordTTTMarkets1_ServerTTTMarkets-Ltd
Forex
  • Evaluation phases: 100:1
  • Funded phase: 50:1

Evaluations and Subscription: up to 1:100. Instant Standard: 1:50.

Metals
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1
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Energies
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1
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Indices
  • Evaluation phases: 20:1
  • Funded phase: 10:1
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Stocks
  • Evaluation phases: 5:1
  • Funded phase: 5:1
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Crypto
  • Evaluation phases: 2:1
  • Funded phase: 2:1
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Forex
5 / lot
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Metals
5 / lot
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Energies
0
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Indices
0
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Stocks
0
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Crypto
0
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Commission-Free Option
No
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Swap Free
No
Yes
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%).

Limited

Subscription issues a fresh evaluation each billing cycle without reset fees; minimum 2-month commitment. Funded 1-Step and 2-Step buyback: 2% of account size, subject to review. Instant: no free retries.

Add-ons
Yes
  • Payout On Demand (+15%)
  • 100% Profit Split (+20%)
  • Both add-ons (+30%)
Limited

Weekend Holding +25%: 1-Step Standard from 5K to 200K. Drawdown Upgrade +20%: 1-Step Standard, 2-Step Standard and Subscription; evaluation limits of 5% daily and 10% total. Account Protection +30%: Standard and Lite evaluations, excluding Pro and Subscription; recovery for 40% of the undiscounted original price within 7 days of an eligible drawdown breach.

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes
Limited

2-Step Standard: doubles after achieving 10% for 3 consecutive months. Instant Standard: doubles at 12%, replacing that cycle's payout. 2-Step Lite: no scaling.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: Static
  • Instant Funding: Trailing
  • Instant Premium: EOD high-watermark; not recalculated intraday or downward
  • Instant Daily: intraday trailing on peak balance/equity. Locks at the initial balance when reached or at the first payout, whichever comes first; never resets. Withdrawing down to the initial balance breaches the account.

1-Step Standard and Pro: trailing equity. 1-Step Lite, 2-Step Standard/Lite, Subscription and Instant Standard: fixed relative to initial capital. Floating losses count.

Profit Split

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

  • Instant Daily: base split in the catalogue; 70% on payouts 3 and 4, 80% from payout 5.

1-Step and 1-Step Lite: 50%, 70%, then 80%. 2-Step: first payout 70%, then 80%. 2-Step Lite and Pro: up to 80%. Instant Standard: starts at 50%, +5 points per payout or scaling event up to 70%. Subscription: starts at 70%, +5 points per payout up to 90%.

Free Trial
No
Yes
Daily Drawdown

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

  • Instant HERO: daily starting balance at 5 PM EST.
  • Instant Daily: none.

Includes closed and floating losses. 1-Step Standard: trails the equity high.

Three Steps
Yes
No
Max Allocation

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

1-Step, 2-Step and Subscription: USD 1,000,000 per program. Instant Standard: USD 500,000.

Merge Accounts
Limited

Merging available on eligible accounts. Instant Daily cannot merge with any account.

Limited

Lite accounts cannot be merged. Other programs: unconfirmed.

Maximum Trading Days

Other models: unlimited. Instant Daily: account closes automatically after 30 days.

No time limit; the inactivity rule applies.

Minimum Trading Days

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

  • Instant Daily: none.

Lite: no evaluation minimum; payout trading-day requirements are shown under payout frequency.

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.
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Monthly Competition
No
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Minimum Profitable Days
  • 3 days with 0.5% profit on all phases of evaluation accounts
  • 5 days with 0.5% profit on Instant Funding accounts other than Instant Daily
  • Instant Premium: 5 days with 0.5% profit (not necessarily consecutive)
  • Instant Daily: no minimum profitable days.
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Maximum Accounts
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Subscription: up to 10 active accounts, subject to the allocation limit.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Limited

Allowed unless they use prohibited strategies. 1-Step Lite and Pro: not allowed. Maintain a consistent strategy; do not mix manual and EA trading on 1-Step Standard.

VPN
No
Limited

The AML policy treats using a VPN to mask identity or location as a red flag. No general permission to use VPNs on prop funding accounts is published.

Hedging
No
Limited

Cross-account hedging prohibited. Same-account hedging depends on the program.

Requires Stop Loss
No
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Scalping
Yes

Funded accounts only: minimum holding time of 1 minute for purchases from 6 October 2026 at 00:00 UTC; 2 minutes for earlier purchases, including their resets. Funded accounts follow the original challenge purchase date. Profits from shorter trades are excluded from payouts; losses still count. This is not an account breach. Evaluation accounts are exempt.

Limited

Discretionary scalping allowed; tick scalping and execution abuse prohibited. The official blog states a 2-minute minimum trade duration, without specifying its scope by programme in the help centre.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
Limited

1-Step Standard/Lite: maximum of 2 simultaneous positions.

Maximum Risk Limit
Yes
  • Instant HERO: 1% maximum floating loss; breach closes the account.
  • The firm may impose a 1% risk-per-trade-idea limit after excessive risk-taking.
  • Instant Daily: combined floating loss across all open positions must stay below 1% of the initial balance; touching the limit closes the account.
Yes

Used margin must remain below 80% of current equity; floating losses can increase this ratio.

Copy Trading
Limited

Allowed between your own GFT accounts only through Goat Copier, GFT's own trade copier: funded to funded, challenge to challenge, and challenge to funded in either direction. Applies to existing and new accounts. Any other trade copier or third-party tool is prohibited, as is copying other traders, or copying between GFT and personal broker accounts or accounts at another prop firm.

No
News Trading
Limited

El beneficio máximo por cualquier operación que se abra o cierre dos minutos antes o después de un evento noticioso de alto impacto (según la designación de ForexFactory.com) está restringido al 1% del saldo de apertura de la cuenta.

Limited

Allowed on Standard, Lite evaluations, Instant Standard and Subscription. Pro: unconfirmed.

Inactivity Rule

30 Days

Yes

Closure after 30 calendar days without executing a trade; logging in or holding a position does not count.

Consistency Rule
Limited
  • Instant Goat: A single day cannot represent more than 15% of your total earnings when requesting a withdrawal.
  • Instant Premium: no consistency rule.
  • Instant HERO: no single day can represent 15% or more of total profits during a payout period.
  • Instant Daily: no daily profit consistency requirement. For payouts, the largest winning trade must be at least the largest losing trade, net of commission/swap; checked since purchase or the last payout. Partial closes count separately.
Limited

1-Step Standard/Lite: lot sizes between 25% and 200% of the average according to official examples; 14 trading days and no trade or group may account for most profits. Reviewed at payout; noncompliant profits may be removed.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

2-Step Standard and Instant Standard: allowed. 1-Step Standard from 5K to 200K: requires the add-on. Lite and Subscription: not allowed.

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

Arbitrage, tick scalping, latency or pricing exploitation, HFT, copy/group trading, third-party management, signal bots, martingale/grid EAs and aggressive or all-in trading.

Martingale
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