GOAT Funded Futures vs YLOS Trading
GOAT Funded Futures and YLOS Trading side by side on price, rules and payouts.
- Cheapest challenge, YLOS Trading
- $124.75
- Biggest max. allocation, YLOS Trading
- $300K
At a Glance
| 2 firms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Not listed | |
| In operation | 2 years | 2 years |
| Country | HK | |
| Cheapest challenge | $138EOD, $50K | $124.75No Activation Fee, $25KCheapest |
| Max. allocation | $150K | $300KBiggest |
| Programs | Instant Lite, Instant Classic, EOD, Flex, 1-Day Pass, GOAT Daily, Flex (Daily Loss Limit off) | Instant Funding, No Activation Fee, Standard, Freedom 2.0, Static Prime |
Trading Rules
Each firm’s daily and maximum loss limits, as the firm sets them. Each firm’s profile says how its limits are measured.
| 2 firms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Daily loss limitAcross the firm's programs | None to $4,500 | None to $750 |
| Max loss limitAcross the firm's programs | $1,000 to $7,500 | $1,200 to $7,500 |
| Daily drawdown | Soft breach (positions closed, trading paused until next day). EOD: none in evaluation, 2.5% funded. 1 Day Pass: 2.4% on 25K, 2% on 50K and 100K, both phases. Flex: none. Daily Payouts: 2% or 1.5%, and a third hit within 30 days closes the account. Instant Classic: 3%. Instant Lite: none on 25K, 2% on 50K and 100K, third hit closes the account. | No daily loss limit on Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom 2.0 or Instant Funding accounts. Static Prime: $750 daily loss limit. |
| Max drawdown | End of day trailing on EOD, 1 Day Pass Plan, Flex and Instant Lite, and in the Daily Payouts evaluation; locks at the starting balance (EOD, 1 Day Pass, Flex) or starting balance plus $100 (Daily Payouts, Instant Lite). Intraday trailing on Instant Classic (locks at starting balance) and on Daily Payouts funded accounts (locks at starting balance plus $100). | Evaluation (Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom): end of day, but the account is blocked immediately if the balance falls below the limit intraday. Funded: real time (tick by tick) trailing until profit equals the drawdown plus $100, then static. Freedom 2.0 funded: end of day, never becomes static. Static Prime: static $1,500 drawdown. EOD Drawdown add on available. |
| Minimum trading days | No minimum trading days on the evaluations (Daily Payouts' 40% consistency rule means at least three days in practice). | Standard and No Activation Fee evaluation: minimum 1 day. Freedom 2.0 evaluation: at least 5 days with $50 profit a day. Funded payouts: 10 trading days with 7 winning days of $50 or more (Standard, No Activation Fee); 5 days with $200 net profit a day (Instant Funding). |
| Time limit | None; at least one trade every 7 days is required to keep an account active. | None; one time fee with no renewals. Accounts must record activity at least once every 7 days (a closed result of at least $100 positive or negative). |
| News trading | No restriction in the EOD, Flex and 1 Day Pass evaluations. A 2 minute buffer around high impact news applies on all funded accounts and in both phases of Daily Payouts; positions opened before the window may be held. Gap trading around earnings is prohibited. | Allowed in the evaluation. Funded accounts must not be positioned at the time of news releases (may trade immediately after). Freedom 2.0 funded and the Freedom Rules add on remove this restriction. Bracketing news with pending orders on both sides is prohibited. |
| Overnight and weekends | No overnight or weekend holding on any account type; open positions are flattened automatically at 15:55 CT. Holding time rules: profit from trades closed within 2 minutes is removed on EOD, 1 Day Pass and Instant Classic; Flex requires 50% of trades and profit from trades held over 1 minute; Daily Payouts requires 50% of profit from trades held over 60 seconds. | Intraday only. All positions must be closed at least 30 minutes before the close (3:30 pm Chicago time on normal days); holding past the close blocks the account and zeroes the balance. No overnight or swing trading. |
| EAs and copy trading | Own automated strategies and EAs allowed on EOD, 1 Day Pass, Flex and Instant Classic; not allowed on Daily Payouts or Instant Lite (manual only; grid and martingale banned). Copying your own trades across your own accounts is allowed (Daily Payouts only between Daily Payouts accounts). Copying signals or other traders is prohibited. | No automation of any kind except the official Ylos Order Replicator. Copying external signals, copiers between different accounts, third party EAs, martingale, grid, hedging and microscalping (trades of 30 seconds or less in most trades) are prohibited. |
| Consistency rule | EOD: 50% evaluation, 30% funded. 1 Day Pass: none evaluation, 35% funded. Flex: 50% evaluation, none funded. Daily Payouts: 40% evaluation, none funded. Instant Classic: 20%. Instant Lite: 15% first payout, 20% second, 25% thereafter. | Funded Standard and No Activation Fee: no day above 40% of net profit in the period (resets after each withdrawal), plus a median rule (largest loss no more than 5 times the median winning trade) and contract size consistency. Instant Funding: 30%. Freedom 2.0: evaluation requires no single day to reach 40% of the target; no funded consistency, median or contract consistency rules. |
Payouts
When and how each firm pays once you are funded.
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| Profit split | 80/20 default on EOD, 1 Day Pass and Flex (90/10 add on for 20% of the challenge price); 90/10 on Daily Payouts and Instant Lite; Instant Classic 100% of the first $10,000 in payouts, then 90% | Tiered on cumulative profit across all accounts: 100% of the first $15,000, 90% from $15,000 to $30,000, 80% above $30,000 |
| First payout | EOD, 1 Day Pass and Flex: 50% of profit per request, capped by size and payout number (e.g. EOD 50K first payout $1,500; 1 Day Pass 50K $1,500; Flex 50K $2,000). Daily Payouts: after 24 hours of funded trading, above a buffer (e.g. $52,100 on 50K), capped at $650 to $2,500 per request, 3% processing fee deducted. Instant Classic: after 7% account growth. Instant Lite: after 6% to 6.5% growth. GFF processes requests within two business days (48 hours on Daily Payouts). | Balance must exceed a buffer of the drawdown plus $100 (e.g. $52,600 on 50K). Compliance review within 1 business day, funds released to the wallet within 24 to 48 business hours. Initial withdrawals are capped by account size: $1,500 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $2,500 (100K), $2,750 (150K) and $3,500 (300K) per withdrawal. Freedom 2.0 caps: $1,000 (25K) and $1,500 (50K) per withdrawal. |
| Payout frequency | EOD: every 7 winning days. 1 Day Pass and Flex: every 5 winning days. Requests only between the 5th and 8th or the 20th and 23rd of each month. Daily Payouts: once every 24 hours with no windows or winning day requirement. | Standard and No Activation Fee: every 10 trading days. Instant Funding: every 5 trading days. Freedom 2.0: one withdrawal per day. Requests accepted from 5 am Monday to 12 pm Friday Chicago time. |
| Minimum payout | $500 | $500 on all account sizes; $250 on Freedom 2.0 |
| Payout methods | Rise (Riseworks) | YLOS wallet, then transfer to bank account, Rise (international payments, per homepage FAQ) |
Platforms and Markets
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| Leverage | Not applicable; fixed contract limits per plan (e.g. EOD 50K: 5 mini or 50 micro). | Not applicable; contract limits of 4 minis (25K), 10 (50K), 14 (100K), 17 (150K) and 35 (300K) on Standard, No Activation Fee and Instant Funding; Freedom 2.0 2 minis (25K) and 5 minis (50K) per pricing page. |
| Scaling plan | No scaling plan; full contract limits apply from day one on the plans reviewed. | No scaling plan captured. A Live account with daily payouts is offered by invitation only. |
Rules and prices as each firm lists them on its profile here. Firms change their rules often, so check the firm's own site before you buy. We may earn a commission if you buy through our links. Firms cannot pay to change our ratings.