Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Says It Paid $26 Million to 22,279 of 1.2 Million Traders

Goat Funded Trader (GFT) made its payout and trading data publicly available on Tuesday, stating that it has paid out $26.16 million to 22,279 traders. The proprietary trading firm also introduced QR codes that allow anyone to verify the authenticity of the certificates it issues to funded traders.

The disclosure lands in a segment where payout totals are the headline metric firms use to compete, and where most figures remain self-reported. GFT said a further $3.17 million was distributed before its current tracking system went live and is therefore excluded from the headline number.

What the Dashboard Shows

According to the dashboard, GFT has recorded 43,883 individual rewards, with the largest single payout at $40,152 and a median of 62.9 hours for a payout to clear. It lists 1.2 million sign-ups, 594,997 users who purchased at least one paid challenge, and 28,859 funded accounts live as of early Wednesday. Instant-funding accounts, which bypass the evaluation stage, accounted for $5.01 billion of the $6.75 billion in notional capital GFT says it has allocated. That capital is simulated, and the firm's disclaimer describes the accounts as demo accounts.

The figures imply a rough conversion rate: the 22,279 rewarded traders represent about 3.7% of the 594,997 challenge buyers, a calculation that excludes traders paid before tracking began. By comparison, 2024 data from technology vendor FPFX Tech put the share of traders reaching a payout at around 7% across 10 prop firms, measured on a different basis.

The dashboard's totals work out to roughly $596 per reward, while a banner on the same page displays an average reward of $2,180. On the trading side, it shows $6.4 billion in simulated profits against $7.97 billion in simulated losses, a net shortfall of $1.57 billion across 108.5 million positions. Gold accounted for 69.2% of trades on paid accounts over the past 30 days — a product some prop firms have restricted as rising prices pressured payout structures. Paid challenge accounts closed in the past 90 days lasted a median 17.2 days before passing, failing or expiring. GFT said an additional feature, Clarity cards, would launch on Wednesday.

GFT also republishes Payout Junction's 30-day ranking, which placed it fourth on Tuesday with $1.59 million in on-chain payouts. FundedNext led at $18 million, ahead of The5ers with $3.64 million and FundingPips with $3.02 million. On-chain counts exclude bank and card withdrawals; tracked crypto payouts across the 10 largest prop firms reached $115 million in the first quarter of 2026, according to FM Intelligence data.

Audited verification remains rare in the sector. Hola Prime engaged Deloitte to review payouts from October 2025 to March 2026 and said 98.35% of withdrawals in that period cleared within an hour, while FundedNext has said it is working with Deloitte without disclosing the scope. FTMO, which reports lifetime payouts above $650 million, has not published audited breakdowns. Third-party trackers cover part of the market: Prop Firm Match counted about $325 million paid in 2025 based on firm-supplied data.