Goat Funded Trader
Goat Funded Trader Evaluation Rules: Trailing Drawdown and Overnight Restrictions
Goat Funded Trader has become a popular choice for traders who want competitive drawdown terms and low entry fees. Because the trailing floor rises with your highest balance, the earliest sessions of the eval are the ones that matter most — here's how the rule set works and what a script needs to handle.
Goat Funded Trader's rule set and what drives strategy decisions
Goat uses a trailing drawdown tied to the account's highest balance. As equity grows, the floor grows with it — which makes the early days of the evaluation the most exposed, since the trail hasn't had a chance to move yet. A rough early session, before any cushion exists, is the most common way traders fail here.
The strategic takeaway: don't sprint for the profit target in the first two sessions. Build equity gradually early on, let the trailing floor step up behind it, and there's more room to operate as the eval progresses. Steady small wins across 8-10 days beat one big session followed by a breach.
Goat Funded Trader 50k eval — key rules
| Account | Profit Target | Max Drawdown (Trailing) |
|---|---|---|
| 50k | $3,000 | $2,500 |
50k tier is detailed in-source; 100k/150k tiers are discussed qualitatively.
Drawdown type
Trailing (resets on highest balance)
Explicit repeated framing: "as your account grows, the floor grows with it."
Daily loss limit
None (check current rules, per source).
Consistency rule
None.
Min trading days
5 days minimum
Payout split
Not published
Automation policy
Permitted; TradingView plus TradersPost is described as "a common and accepted setup."
Overnight hold restriction — what it means for a Pine Script
Plans that prohibit overnight positions need a session-close flattener — logic that exits any open trade before RTH ends, whether or not the target's been hit. You can build it into the strategy with a session-end time such as 15:45 ET. If your account runs on NinjaTrader 8 or Tradovate, CrossTrade's Account Manager can also flatten the account at a scheduled end-of-day time, as a second layer outside the script. On NinjaTrader, that only runs while NinjaTrader and the CrossTrade add-on are running.
Instruments that work best
- MES — conservative sizing, ideal for building equity steadily early in the eval while the trail is at its tightest.
- MNQ — more volatile per tick, reaching the target faster but with more variance. A better fit once some cushion exists above the trail.
- ES / NQ — full-size contracts for 100k and 150k accounts, where the drawdown allows for larger stops.
Which Target Filled tier fits Goat Funded Trader?
Neither tier is tied to a firm or an account size. Indicators ($39/mo) is the full indicator library. Pro ($69/mo) adds every strategy with CrossTrade-ready alerts, and you choose the contracts: MES or MNQ on 50k, ES or NQ on 100k and up.
To automate, CrossTrade routes TradingView alerts to NinjaTrader 8 or Tradovate. Check which platforms Goat offers and its current automation rules before you connect anything. Target Filled is built by the team behind CrossTrade, the automation platform we recommend.