Side by side · verified from each firm's own pages

FundedNext vs Goat Funded Trader

Rules placed next to each other, with the calculation basis written out — because two firms quoting the same percentage can be measuring completely different things.

What differs most.

They calculate the daily loss limit from different reference points, so the percentages are not directly comparable.

Account closed
Trading day over, account survives
Room to lose on day one
Profit still needed to pass phase one

Drawn to scale from each plan's own published numbers, on the plan compared in the table below. Day one is the only day on which every daily-loss basis agrees, which is what makes the two bars honestly comparable at all. Both maximum-loss floors sit at the same place on day one, $90,000. The two daily-loss floors are measured from different reference points, so they only line up on day one. From day two they move apart.

	FundedNext United Arab Emirates	Goat Funded Trader Hong Kong
Disclosure score	Partially documented	Fully documented
Challenge from	$59.99 list, USD	Not yet verified
Plan compared	Stellar 2-Step	2-Step Standard
Model	2-Step	2-Step
Profit target	8% → 5%	10% → 5%
Daily loss limit	5% of initial balance, on equity, including floating P/L. Resets 00:00 server time	5% of the higher of the previous day’s closing balance or closing equity, on balance or equity. Resets 5:00 PM EST
Maximum loss limit	10% Static floor, from initial balance	10% Static floor, from initial balance
Consistency	No consistency rule	No consistency rule
Stop loss	Not yet verified	Not required
Best profit split	95% 95% Add-On	100% With 100% split add-on
Weekend holding	Not yet verified	Not yet verified
News trading	Not yet verified	Restricted window
Inactivity breach	60 days	30 days
Retroactive rule changes	0	0
Operator jurisdiction	United Arab Emirates (Ajman Free Zone)	Hong Kong
Regulator disclosed	Not yet verified	Not yet verified
Restricted countries	Terms of Service 5.3 (5 May 2026, Tier A) — 'Restricted Countries – CFDs', 20 named: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Grenada, Chad, Malaysia, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Bouvet Island, Burundi, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Fiji. The trading-objectives page (Tier B) lists only five (North Korea, Myanmar, Belarus, Iran, Russia) — a shorter, different list; both are recorded and the contract governs. Note Comoros itself is on the list while an affiliated entity is registered there.	Afghanistan, Belarus, Central African Republic, Chile, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Al-Qaida, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe (help centre, dated 27 July 2026). Hong Kong appears on this list while the contracting company is registered in Hong Kong. MetaTrader 5 is stated as not intended for US citizens or residents.

Only the first recorded plan of each firm is shown here. Full plan detail, sources and everything we could not verify are on each firm's page. Last verified 7 September 2026.

Not yet verified is not No. Where a cell reads "Not yet verified", we could not confirm the rule from the firm's own terms or help centre. It is not a claim that the rule does not exist.