Head to head · 33 criteria compared Across pricing, rules and payout terms, Goat Funded Trader takes the lead (8 against 5). Funded Trading Plus stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
A London firm founded in late 2021 and bought by Instant Funding in May 2026, Funded Trading Plus pays every 7 days on its 1-Step Express and Instant programs, with the split rising from 80 to 100% and scaling up to $5 million. The catch: intraday trailing drawdown on both, and a Trustpilot score the platform has pulled.
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: 8 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Funded Trading Plus
$549
Goat Funded Trader
$478
| Full comparison | Funded Trading Plus | Goat Funded Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 80/100 ✓ | 78/100 |
| Trustpilot | — | — |
| Founded | 2021 ✓ | 2023 |
| Headquarters | GB | HK |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $89 | $36 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $549 | $478 ✓ |
| Refundable fee | Yes | — |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 400 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 ✓ | 2 |
| Profit target | 10 % | 8 % ✓ |
| Max daily loss | 4 % | 4 % |
| Max total drawdown | 6 % | 10 % ✓ |
| Drawdown type | Trailing intraday | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | — | — |
| Min trading days | — | 3 |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | — | — |
| Payout frequency | Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic | Every 2 weeks (14 days); processed within 2 business days, minimum $100 |
| Payout methods | crypto and rise | rise, crypto, and paypal ✓ |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 5 M ✓ | 400 K |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader ✓ | mt5, tradelocker, ctrader |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto | fx, indices, metals, energy, stocks, crypto ✓ |
| Leverage | 1:30 on 1-Step Express, 1:50 on 2-Step Classic | 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 |
| Weekend holding | Yes | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | Yes | Yes |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | Yes | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Funded Trading Plus if… Choose Goat Funded Trader if… Funded Trading Plus applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 4 % daily limit. Goat Funded Trader applies a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with a 4 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
Funded Trading Plus keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic. 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.
Funded Trading Plus is the only one of the two to offer dxtrade, match-trader. 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.
Funded Trading Plus has been running since 2021, 2 years longer than Goat Funded Trader. Our trust pillar scores them 74/100 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 $89 for Funded Trading Plus, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $549 for Funded Trading Plus 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.
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