Trading rules
Drawdown limits, position limits and the other rules for evaluation and funded accounts.
Trading rules at a glance
These rules apply to every Goat Funded Predictions account. Each one has its own article with more detail.
| Rule | Limit |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 8% (evaluation) |
| Maximum drawdown | 3.5%, trailing end of day |
| Daily drawdown | 2% of your balance at the start of the day. Resets at 5:00 PM ET. |
| Consistency rule | 35% |
| Evaluation time limit | 120 days. The account fails if time runs out. |
| Minimum trading days | None in the evaluation. 3 qualifying profit days before each payout in the funded stage. |
| Open positions | 30 at once |
| Max shares per event | 1,250 ($25K), 2,500 ($50K), 4,000 ($100K) |
| Risk per event limit | Events priced at 0.85 or below |
| Bots and automated tools | Not allowed |
| Profit split | 80%, or 100% with the add-on bought at checkout |
| Payouts | Every 14 days, via Rise or crypto |
| Payout cap per cycle | $750 ($25K), $1,250 ($50K), $2,500 ($100K), after the split |
| Minimum payout | $100 |
| Trading fees | None |
Consistency rule
No single trading day can make up more than 35% of your total profit. The rule applies in the evaluation and in the funded stage.
In the funded stage it resets with every approved payout and only counts the profit you make in the new payout cycle.
Example: on a $25K evaluation, reaching the $2,000 profit target means no single day can contribute more than $700.
Updated 27 October 2026
Maximum drawdown
Your maximum drawdown is 3.5%, trailing on an end-of-day basis. It sets the floor your account must stay above.
Where your floor starts
| Account size | Starting floor |
|---|---|
| $25K | $24,125 |
| $50K | $48,250 |
| $100K | $96,500 |
How it trails
The floor is checked at the end of each trading day. When your account closes a day at a new high, the floor moves up with it. The floor never moves down.
When it locks
Once the floor reaches your starting balance, it stops trailing and stays at your starting balance.
Requesting a payout also locks the floor at your starting balance, permanently. After your first payout request, if your account equity reaches or falls below your starting balance, the account is breached.
Keep a buffer. Once the floor is at your starting balance, withdrawing all of your profit leaves nothing above the floor, and the account is closed. Request a partial payout to keep some profit in the account.
Updated 27 October 2026
Position and share limits
Open positions
You can hold up to 30 open positions at once across your account.
The limit counts each distinct market and side you hold, and it is the same for every account size. It applies to both evaluation and funded accounts.
Once you have 30 open positions, close one before you open a new one.
Max shares per event
| Account size | Max shares per event |
|---|---|
| $25K | 1,250 |
| $50K | 2,500 |
| $100K | 4,000 |
The limit counts every share you hold on the same event, YES and NO together.
Updated 27 October 2026
Risk per event limit
You can trade events priced at or below 0.85. Markets priced above 0.85 are not eligible.
The limit is checked when you open a position. If the price rises above 0.85 after you buy, you can keep the position.
Updated 27 October 2026
What happens if I fail my evaluation?
Your evaluation fails if you:
- go below your maximum drawdown floor,
- lose more than 2% of your balance at the start of the day in one trading day, or
- run out of time before reaching the profit target (120 days).
A failed evaluation can't be restarted and its fee isn't refunded. To try again, buy a new evaluation.
Is there an inactivity rule?
Funded accounts must stay active. Place at least one trade in any rolling 15-day period. If 15 calendar days pass without a trade, your funded account can be deactivated.
The rule only applies to funded accounts. There's no inactivity rule during the evaluation, though the 120-day time limit still applies.
Going on a break
If you'll be away, message support before your break starts. As long as you've told us in advance, your funded account won't be deactivated for inactivity while you're away.
Updated 27 October 2026
Prohibited trading practices
Accounts are for disciplined, risk-managed trading. Any of the practices below can lead to a failed evaluation, a closed funded account and lost payouts.
Market manipulation and information abuse
- Self-trading or wash trading to move prices or volumes.
- Trading together with other users to move prices or create fake liquidity.
- Trading on non-public information, such as early knowledge of how a market resolves.
- Trying to influence the outcome of an event you have direct control over.
Getting around the limits
- Building oversized exposure across closely related markets to get around the share limit, for example buying YES on a candidate winning and YES on several state-level markets that add up to the same bet.
- Abusing known differences between related markets, settlement rules or resolution sources.
- Buying up most of a thin market to distort its price.
Account abuse
- Opposite or offsetting positions across several accounts, yours or anyone else's, to hedge or make sure one account passes.
- Copying trades between accounts, by hand or automatically, including group trading.
- More than one person trading the same account.
- Running several accounts from the same device or shared connection.
- Using a VPN, proxy or any tool that hides or fakes your location.
- Opening many accounts with coordinated strategies to farm passes.
Risky trading
- Martingale or doubling up after losses.
- Putting most of your allowed risk into a single market or event.
- Gambling-style bets or deliberately breaking a rule to influence the account's outcome.
- Any technique designed to game the consistency rule or payout rules.
Automated trading
Bots, scripts and any tool that places, manages or changes trades without your manual input are not allowed. We monitor for signs of automation such as inhuman reaction times, highly regular trade timing and identical repeated orders.
Trading alerts and signal services are fine, as long as you place every trade yourself. A service that executes trades for you counts as a bot.
Updated 27 October 2026
Daily drawdown
Your daily drawdown is 2% of your balance at the start of the trading day. If you lose more than that in one day, the account is breached.
When the day resets
The trading day resets at 5:00 PM ET (New York time). Your limit for the next day is then set from your balance at that point.
Example
You start the day with $25,000, so you can lose up to $500 that day. If you end the day at $25,600, your limit for the next day is $512.
Updated 27 October 2026
Trading days and qualifying profit days
Is there a minimum number of trading days?
Not in the evaluation. You pass as soon as you hit the 8% profit target within the drawdown, daily drawdown and consistency rules.
What counts as a trading day
A trading day counts when at least one of your orders fills during that New York calendar day.
Qualifying profit days in the funded stage
Before each payout, you need 3 qualifying profit days in that payout cycle. A qualifying profit day is a day where your realized profit is at least 0.5% of your starting balance.
| Account size | Profit needed for a qualifying day |
|---|---|
| $25K | $125 |
| $50K | $250 |
| $100K | $500 |
Updated 25 October 2026
Are bots or automated tools allowed?
No. Trading with bots or automated tools is not allowed on Goat Funded Predictions.
Support for bots and AI agents is planned for the future.