Since today is the last day of August, let’s see a recap of how @GoatFunded performed in the past 30 days. 1. $25M in trader rewards (ATH) On 11 August, the July payout report: $2,112,844.33 paid in July, the biggest month. and we crossed $25 million paid to traders in total during that month. Highlighting a 96.6% payout approval rate and average processing of 2 business days (with a $1,000 delay guarantee). Rise handled most payouts (~58%), crypto ~33%. Country breakdown was published for July (top 5): India ~$524k, Italy ~$225k, Pakistan ~$209k, Nigeria ~$199k, UK ~$166k. 2. New tools and product features 2a. Free backtesting software (5 August) Launched inside the trader dashboard, free for everyone: historical data, TradingView-style charts, replay up to 10x, order execution in the sim, and stats. other platforms charge for this; we don’t. 2b. Backtest a Prop Challenge (13 August) A second tool that runs real GFT challenge rules on historical data (targets, daily/max DD, min days, time limits). Break a rule and it stops and tells you why; pass and you can buy the matching live challenge; fail and you can reset the run. Full analytics per attempt. 2c. Track Record (19 August) Public, shareable performance page per account, free in the dashboard. One link; you toggle what is public (account ID, balances, trade history, volume). Shows balance curve, gain %, drawdown, win rate, Sharpe, monthly stats, full history, plus optional social links (X, IG, YouTube, TikTok, Telegram, Discord). 3. Instant plans, new sizes, and price cuts 3a. 10 August price drop: Instant Goat 100K $504 → $489, Instant Goat 200K $1,035 → $998, Instant Hero 100K $420 → $394. 3b. 21 August: Instant Hero $300K at $998 and $400K at $1,398 went live. Instant Hero uses trailing daily/max loss rules (commonly cited as 3% daily / 5% max, plus a floating-loss cap) and 14-day reward cycle, with a 100% split add-on. 3c. 28 August: 5K Instant Goat cut to $65 (from $108), MT5 and other platforms. 4. The Traders Cup: India vs Pakistan (10 August). Competition involving ~50k traders, two countries, one cup. Country with the most traders in the Top 50 wins. • Winning country: share $5,000 cash + free $8K 2-Step challenges • Runner-up: free $5K 2-Step challenges each 5. Ongoing payout / ops messaging: 2-business-day payout or +$1,000 guarantee and first payout on demand. Independent trackers such as payout junction, propfirmmatch etc. around the same period show large ongoing on-chain/Rise volumes; figures differ by methodology (firm-reported vs verified rails). Summary of all, is that August was less about a single new evaluation model and more about: 1. tools (free backtester + rule-accurate challenge backtest + public Track Record) 2. cheaper / larger instant inventory (Hero up to 400K, flash $17 Hero, $65 Instant Goat 5K) 3. loyalty (GOAT Points) 4. a $25M payout milestone 5. repeat Blitz weekends and the India–Pakistan cup. I think @EdwardXLreal and the whole @GoatFunded team both seen and unseen did an amazingly good job.