Goat Funded Futures drawdown rules
When the loss limit rises, what it is measured against, where it stops rising and what a payout does to it, in the firm’s own words.
What makes the loss limit rise · phase 1
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“It trails up with your profits at the end of each trading day, and stops trailing once it reaches your starting balance.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095302-eod-challenge-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge, Flex Challenge
What makes the loss limit rise · funded
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“That lock applies in both the evaluation and funded phases.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095302-eod-challenge-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge, Flex Challenge
What the limit is measured against · phase 1, funded
Our reading
The day's closing figure
“During the next day your equity dips to $49,200 intraday but you close at $50,800. No breach, because the floor is based on your end of day balance, not intraday equity.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14110198-what-is-a-trailing-drawdown · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass-Plan, Flex Challenge, Instant Lite, Daily Payouts
Where the limit stops rising
Our reading
At your starting balance
“End of day trailing max drawdown, which locks once it reaches your starting balance”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095302-eod-challenge-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge, Flex Challenge
What taking a payout does to the limit
Our reading
Nothing — the limit stays where it was
“Requesting or receiving a payout does not automatically move or lock your drawdown at the starting balance. Your drawdown remains wherever it was before the payout.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14110319-what-does-drawdown-lock-or-dd-lock-mean · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass-Plan, Flex Challenge, Instant Classic, Instant Lite
Daily limit · phase 1
“No daily loss limit during the evaluation phase”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095302-eod-challenge-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: EOD Challenge
What makes the loss limit rise · phase 1
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“It is calculated from your highest end of day balance , not your intraday equity, and it only updates after the trading day closes.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095577-1-day-pass-plan-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: 1-Day-Pass-Plan
What makes the loss limit rise · funded
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“Everything else carries over unchanged: the end of day trailing drawdown and its lock, your maximum drawdown amount, the daily loss limit and its percentages, contract limits, news trading rules, overnight and weekend holding, and the microscalping rule.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095577-1-day-pass-plan-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: 1-Day-Pass-Plan
Where the limit stops rising
Our reading
At your starting balance
“Drawdown lock, so the trailing drawdown stops moving once your balance reaches your starting balance”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095577-1-day-pass-plan-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: 1-Day-Pass-Plan
Daily limit · phase 1, funded
“No daily loss limit, in evaluation or funded”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14888545-flex-challenge-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Flex Challenge
What makes the loss limit rise · funded
Our reading
It rises tick by tick, while you trade
“It trails your highest equity point in real time, and it never moves back down.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095625-instant-classic-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Instant Classic
What the limit is measured against · funded
Our reading
Live equity, open trades included
“If your equity drops to $49,500 at any point, even before closing the trade, the account is breached.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14110198-what-is-a-trailing-drawdown · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Instant Classic, Daily Payouts
Where the limit stops rising
Our reading
At your starting balance
“Once it reaches your initial starting balance it locks there permanently and stops trailing.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095625-instant-classic-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Instant Classic
Daily limit · funded
“3% of your starting balance. This is a soft breach: if your net losses for the day reach the limit, the account is paused until the next trading day. It is not closed.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/14095625-instant-classic-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Instant Classic
What makes the loss limit rise · funded
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“EOD Trailing Max Drawdown that stops trailing once it reaches your starting balance + $100.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16186573-what-are-the-instant-lite-plan-specifications · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Instant Lite
What makes the loss limit rise · phase 1
Our reading
It rises with the day's closing balance
“Evaluation. End of day trailing. The limit moves up with your profits at the end of each trading day.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16863129-daily-payouts-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Daily Payouts
What makes the loss limit rise · funded
Our reading
It rises tick by tick, while you trade
“Funded. Intraday trailing. The limit moves in real time with your highest equity, including open positions, rather than waiting for the end of the day.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16863129-daily-payouts-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Daily Payouts
Where the limit stops rising
Our reading
Somewhere above your starting balance
“In both phases the limit stops trailing permanently once it reaches your starting balance plus $100. Breaching it is a hard breach and closes the account immediately.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16863129-daily-payouts-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Daily Payouts
What taking a payout does to the limit
Our reading
Nothing — the limit stays where it was
“Requesting a payout does not move or lock your drawdown limit.”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16863129-daily-payouts-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Daily Payouts
Total loss allowed · phase 1, funded
Our reading
4%
“50K
$2,000 (4%)
End of day trailing
Intraday trailing
Starting balance + $100”help centre · help.goatfundedfutures.com/en/articles/16863129-daily-payouts-specifications-rules-and-payouts · 2026-09-10 · saved copy
Plans: Daily Payouts
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