Head to head · 33 criteria compared Goat Funded Trader wins this comparison (6 against 5). FTMO stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
Founded in Prague in 2015, FTMO reports more than $450 million paid to traders and closed its acquisition of broker OANDA in December 2025. The 2-Step challenge, static drawdown and no deadline, remains its core product, with fees fully refunded on the first payout. Price is the weak spot, and it rose again in 2026.
Criteria won: 5 / 33
Goat Funded Trader launched in 2023 out of Hong Kong. It publishes a full price grid, runs static drawdown across its three evaluation models, and pays every 14 days with a profit split from 80 % up to 100 %. The counterweight: its Trustpilot score is suspended over fake reviews, rules tightened in summer 2026, and 29 countries are excluded.
Criteria won: 6 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
FTMO
€499
Goat Funded Trader
$478
| Full comparison | FTMO | Goat Funded Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 88/100 ✓ | 78/100 |
| Trustpilot | 4.8/5 | — |
| Founded | 2015 ✓ | 2023 |
| Headquarters | CZ | HK |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | €79 | $36 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | €499 | $478 ✓ |
| Refundable fee | Yes | — |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 400 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 ✓ | 2 |
| Profit target | 10 % | 8 % ✓ |
| Max daily loss | 3 % | 4 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | 10 % | 10 % |
| Drawdown type | Static | Static |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 50 | — |
| Min trading days | — | 3 |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 90 % | 100 % ✓ |
| First payout | 14 days | — |
| Payout frequency | On demand from the 14th day after the first trade, then every 14 days | Every 2 weeks (14 days); processed within 2 business days, minimum $100 |
| Payout methods | — | rise, crypto, and paypal |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 2 M ✓ | 400 K |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt4, mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradingview ✓ | mt5, tradelocker, ctrader |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto, stocks | fx, indices, metals, energy, stocks, crypto |
| Leverage | 1:100 (forex) | Evaluation: forex 1:100, indices/commodities 1:20, crypto 1:2 — Funded: forex 1:50, indices/commodities 1:10, crypto 1:2 |
| News trading | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | Yes | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | Yes | Yes |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | Yes | — |
| Hedging | Yes | — |
Choose FTMO if… Choose Goat Funded Trader if… FTMO keeps 90 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 14 days, then pays On demand from the 14th day after the first trade, then every 14 days. Goat Funded Trader keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Every 2 weeks (14 days); processed within 2 business days, minimum $100. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
FTMO is the only one of the two to offer mt4, dxtrade, tradingview. Goat Funded Trader covers tradelocker, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
FTMO has been running since 2015, 8 years longer than Goat Funded Trader. Our trust pillar scores them 97/100 and 66/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
Goat Funded Trader opens at $36 against €79 for FTMO, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is €499 for FTMO against $478 for Goat Funded Trader. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
FTMO applies a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with a 3 % daily limit. Goat Funded Trader applies a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with a 4 % daily limit. Both use the same model, so the difference plays out on the percentages rather than on the mechanism.
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