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Goat Funded Trader GOAT 1-Step — daily loss limit

Last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19
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Goat Funded Trader GOAT's daily loss limit is 3%, and breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails — measured from your current balance. The rule above is fixed; what it means for your account is not — run your own win rate and average R against Goat Funded Trader's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against Goat Funded Trader — free.

Source: https://propsurvival.com/firm-rules/goat-funded-trader-daily-loss · corpus Goat Funded Trader · retrieved 2026-08-12 · re-checked 2026-09-19: the cited wording was no longer found — the rule may have changed; check the source link · free calculator: run your own book against Goat Funded Trader — free

GOAT 1-Step: dollars to the 3% daily limit

Corpus GOAT 1-Step daily loss is 3% of day-start balance — not the incorrect five/ten percent table published elsewhere. Pick an account size and an optional loss-per-trade to see room to the daily fail line and how many full losers fit.

Daily limit ($)
$750
Full losers to limit
Rule
3% · fail on breach

Limit = account size × 3%. Losers-to-limit = floor(limit ÷ loss-per-trade). PropSurvival is not affiliated with Goat Funded Trader. This is arithmetic on published rules, not a pass promise.

Goat Funded Trader sets a daily loss limit of 3% ($75 at the 2500 tier, scaling with account size) at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (2500, 5k, 8k, 10k, 15k, 25k, 50k, 100k, 150k, 200k, 250k, 300k, 400k), measured from day-start balance. Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.

FieldValue
Limit3% (scales by size)
Measured fromday-start balance
Includes unrealized P&LYes
On breachends the evaluation — the account fails
Resets22:00 UTC
"For 1-Step accounts purchased from August 1st, 2026 onward, the Daily Drawdown Limit is 3% instead of 4%."Source: https://help.goatfundedtrader.com/en/articles/10630134-1-step-model — last changed 2026-07-31 · last checked 2026-09-19

Does Goat Funded Trader GOAT have a daily loss limit?

Yes — 3% of the account balance.

What happens if you breach Goat Funded Trader GOAT's daily loss limit?

Breaching it ends the evaluation — the account fails.

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