Apex Trader Funding vs GOAT Funded Futures: prop firm rules compared

Apex Trader Funding's Intraday Trailing plan and GOAT Funded Futures' Instant Classic plan trail the drawdown intraday: the floor follows the highest balance the account reaches during the session, open profit included, and never moves back down — a winning trade given back before it is closed still lifts it. For example, at Apex Trader Funding's Intraday Trailing plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start; at GOAT Funded Futures' Instant Classic plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $47,500, $2,500 under the start.

On Apex Trader Funding's End-of-Day Trailing plan and GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass and Flex plans the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Apex Trader Funding's End-of-Day Trailing plan and GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass and Flex plans a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass and Instant Classic plans the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there. On Apex Trader Funding it keeps trailing for the whole evaluation.

A soft daily loss limit pauses the day instead of failing the account: reach it and open positions are flattened, trading stops until the next session, and the account stays open. Apex Trader Funding's End-of-Day Trailing plan sets it at $1,000 on $50,000 and GOAT Funded Futures' 1-Day-Pass and Instant Classic plans set it at $1,000 on $50,000. Apex Trader Funding's Intraday Trailing plan and GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge and Flex plans have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

Apex Trader Funding starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge and Flex plans cap any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target. GOAT Funded Futures' Instant Classic plan caps any single day at 20% of total profit, so it takes at least 5 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $700 of a $3,500 target. Apex Trader Funding and GOAT Funded Futures' 1-Day-Pass plan apply no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one large day can count in full.

GOAT Funded Futures' Instant Classic plan requires at least 7 trading days before a pass; Apex Trader Funding and GOAT Funded Futures' EOD Challenge and 1-Day-Pass plans set no minimum number of days.

Apex Trader Funding's evaluation runs for 30 days; a target not reached by then is not a pass.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at Apex Trader Funding it is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account; GOAT Funded Futures has no written answer on record. Written answers: Apex Trader Funding (read Oct 21, 2026).

Apex Trader Funding and GOAT Funded Futures differ on 3 of the evaluation rules compared here: trailing floor, consistency rule and minimum trading days. If one or two large days make up most of your profit, the consistency rule sets how fast you can finish: Apex Trader Funding has no consistency rule; GOAT Funded Futures caps one day at 20–50% of total profit on some plans and has no cap on others. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: Apex Trader Funding sets no minimum, GOAT Funded Futures sets no minimum on some plans and up to 7 trading days on others.

Once funded, the profit split is 100% (PA) at Apex Trader Funding and 80/20 default (90/10 add-on) at GOAT Funded Futures. Payout terms — Apex Trader Funding: Up to weekly (max 6 per PA); GOAT Funded Futures: Request windows 5th–8th and 20th–23rd. Apex Trader Funding sells 2 plans: Intraday Trailing and End-of-Day Trailing; GOAT Funded Futures sells 4 plans: EOD Challenge, 1-Day-Pass, Flex and Instant Classic. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan. If a strategy or bot will send your orders, Apex Trader Funding's written answer is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account, and GOAT Funded Futures has no written answer on record.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Apex Trader Funding's site and GOAT Funded Futures' site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.