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Crypto Fund Trader vs Goat Funded Trader

Rules, drawdown model, fees, and trading conditions compared side by side. Data verified from official sources.

Crypto Fund TraderCrypto-only

Switzerland · est. 2022

Varies

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Goat Funded Trader

Hong Kong · est. 2023

Static

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Crypto Fund Trader vs Goat Funded Trader: Full Comparison

Rule	Crypto Fund Trader	Goat Funded Trader
Drawdown	Varies Varies by program: the 2-Phase and 3-Phase evaluations use a static max loss; the 1-Phase and Break models use a trailing max loss. Full detail Varies by program: the 2-Phase and 3-Phase evaluations use a static max loss; the 1-Phase and Break models use a trailing max loss. No program uses tick-by-tick on unrealised intraday peaks.	Static Static. 1-Step: 6% max, 3% daily (4% before Aug 1 2026). 2-Step Standard 10%/5%, 2-Step GOAT 10%/4%. Full detail Static. 1-Step: 6% max, 3% daily (4% before Aug 1 2026). 2-Step Standard 10%/5%, 2-Step GOAT 10%/4%. Goat Guard triggers at a combined 2% floating loss on funded accounts.
Consistency rule	Varies	Varies
Risk per trade cap	Capped Funded / final-stage accounts require a stop-loss and no single trade may exceed 2% risk of account size.	Capped Max 2% risk per trade idea (grouped by instrument + direction) of initial balance; can tighten to 1% for risky patterns.
News trading	Varies Generally allowed; the Ascend Evaluation bans opening or increasing risk within 2 min of high-impact news or market opens.	Varies Allowed in both phases, but profit made within 5 min of high-impact news is capped at 1%.
Weekend holding	Yes Allowed on all account types and instruments.	Yes Allowed in all phases; funded accounts apply a weekend-gap profit adjustment.
EAs / bots	Varies EAs allowed but bans HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage and news-scalping EAs, and cross-account/copy strategies.	Varies Self-coded EAs allowed; third-party and off-the-shelf EAs banned, with source code demandable as proof. Full detail Self-coded EAs allowed; third-party and off-the-shelf EAs banned, with source code demandable as proof. CONTRADICTION: the article titled 'Can I use Expert Advisors (EAs)?' answers 'Yes, you can use them' and names only HFT and Gold-arbitrage EAs as exclusions, while the prohibited-practices article bans every third-party EA. Also bans martingale, hedging and latency exploits.
Daily loss limit	5%	3%
Overall loss limit	10%	6%
Profit split	80% base, 90% add-on 80/20 default on funded accounts; the 90% Bonus Performance add-on costs 20% of the evaluation price.	80% base, 100% add-on 80% standard, bi-weekly; 100% split is a checkout add-on. Funded daily profit capped at $3,000; first two payouts capped at 6% or $10K. Scales to $2M.
Fee refund	Verify	Yes Full detail 100% of the evaluation fee refunded with the fourth payout (help centre, Sep 2026).
Platforms	MT5, Match-Trader, Bybit	MT4, MT5, TradeLocker, cTrader
Assets	Crypto, FX, Indices, Stocks, Commodities	Crypto, FX, Stocks, ETFs, Indices
Account sizes	$5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K	$5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K, $400K
Payout methods	Crypto	-

Last verified: 2026-09-29 (Crypto Fund Trader), 2026-09-29 (Goat Funded Trader). Always verify current terms on each firm's official site before purchasing.