Blue Guardian Futures review

All Blue Guardian Futures' future instruments available on their platform, including contract specifications, commissions, and trading fees, can be found here: https://helpfutures.blueguardian.com/en/articles/14095336-futures-instrument-list-codes

Blue Guardian Futures offers Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct futures accounts. Standard, Reserve, and Express accounts begin with an evaluation phase, while Direct accounts provide immediate funded access without an evaluation phase. Traders may purchase as many evaluation accounts as they wish, but no more than 5 funded accounts may be traded simultaneously. If a trader purchases a Direct account or qualifies for a new funded account that would exceed the 5 funded account limit, the additional account remains inactive until space becomes available within the trader’s active funded allocation.

Traders must follow the contract limits listed for their account type and account size. Standard and Direct accounts use flat contract limits, while Reserve and Express funded accounts use a scaling structure based on the trader’s end-of-day balance. Contract limits are based on simultaneous open positions, and orders that exceed the trader’s current contract limit may be rejected. If the trader’s end-of-day balance falls below a scaling trigger, their funded contract tier may be reduced.

Blue Guardian Futures allows copy trading only between accounts legally owned by the same trader, including the trader’s own Blue Guardian Futures accounts and external accounts. Copying signals, copying other traders, group trading, account sharing, third-party account management, coordinated trading across unrelated accounts, and using another person to trade the account are not allowed. Fully automated trading bots, hands-off AI trading systems, prohibited high-frequency strategies, fill manipulation, slippage abuse, and strategies designed to exploit the simulated trading environment are prohibited.

Stop losses are not mandatory, but traders are expected to use responsible risk management. Blue Guardian Futures requires traders to follow a maximum 5:1 risk-to-reward ratio. Scalping is allowed, but micro scalping is restricted. Less than 50% of total profits may come from trades held under 10 seconds.

News trading is allowed on the new Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct accounts. Traders are still responsible for using proper risk management and avoiding abusive, latency-based, or simulated-environment exploit strategies around news events. Live accounts have separate rules and do not allow news trading.

Trades must follow Blue Guardian Futures trading hours. Open trades are automatically closed at 4:10 PM New York time. This automatic close does not count as a rule violation, but traders are still responsible for managing their positions, drawdown, and risk before the close.

Standard accounts have an evaluation stage and a funded stage. During the evaluation stage, traders must reach the required profit target for their account size while staying within the account’s daily loss limit and max drawdown rules, and there is no consistency in this stage. In the funded stage, the consistency requirement is 40%. Standard funded accounts require the trader to meet the payout target, maintain the required funded buffer, and trade for 3 days after the first trade before payout eligibility. The Standard funded buffers are $1,600 on the 25K, $2,100 on the 50K, $3,600 on the 100K, and $5,100 on the 150K. Withdrawals cannot be requested from the buffer, and only profits above the buffer are eligible for payout.

Reserve accounts have a 50% consistency requirement in the evaluation stage. During this stage, traders must pass the account by reaching the required evaluation profit target while staying within the account’s drawdown and risk limits. Reserve funded accounts do not have a consistency requirement. Instead, payout eligibility is based on 5 winning days. The 25K Reserve requires each winning day to be at least $100, the 50K requires $150, the 100K requires $200, and the 150K requires $250. Winning days reset after each approved payout. Reserve funded accounts do not require a funded buffer, and payouts are limited to 50% of profits up to the account’s payout cap.

Express accounts have a 40% consistency requirement in the evaluation stage. During this stage, traders must reach the required evaluation profit target while staying within the account’s drawdown and risk limits. Express funded accounts do not have a consistency rule and use a daily payout structure once eligible. Traders must still maintain the required funded buffer before withdrawing. The Express funded buffers are $2,100 on the 50K, $3,600 on the 100K, and $5,100 on the 150K. The buffer cannot be withdrawn, and only profits above the buffer are eligible for payout. Express daily payout caps are $1,100 on the 50K, $2,200 on the 100K, and $3,300 on the 150K.

Direct accounts do not have an evaluation stage. They provide immediate funded access and do not have a daily loss limit. Direct accounts are still subject to their max drawdown and payout consistency rules. Direct payout consistency is 20% for the first payout, 25% for the second payout, and 30% for the third payout and beyond. If the trader’s best trading day exceeds the allowed consistency threshold, the account is not automatically breached for that reason, but the trader must generate additional profit before becoming eligible for payout. Direct accounts do not require a funded buffer.

Blue Guardian Futures funded traders receive a 90% profit split under their payout structure. The minimum withdrawal request is $500. Payouts are processed through Rise or Crypto, and are generally processed within 24 business hours after approval. They offer a 24-hour payout guarantee, and if this is not met, they will give the trader a 100% profit split on that payout instead of the standard 90/10 profit split.

Standard accounts require the trader to maintain a funded buffer before withdrawing. The funded buffer is $1,600 on the 25K Standard, $2,100 on the 50K Standard, $3,600 on the 100K Standard, and $5,100 on the 150K Standard. The buffer cannot be withdrawn. Only profits generated above the required buffer are eligible for payout. Standard payouts become available 3 days after the first trade once the trader meets all payout requirements. Standard first payout caps are $1,500 on the 25K, $2,500 on the 50K, $3,000 on the 100K, and $4,000 on the 150K. Standard second payout and later caps are $2,000 on the 25K, $3,000 on the 50K, $3,500 on the 100K, and $4,000 on the 150K.

Reserve accounts do not require a funded buffer. Reserve accounts allow traders to withdraw 50% of profits up to the account’s payout cap. The 25K Reserve payout cap is $1,000, the 50K Reserve payout cap is $2,000, the 100K Reserve payout cap is $2,500, and the 150K Reserve payout cap is $3,000. Reserve accounts require 5 winning days before payout eligibility. The 25K Reserve requires each winning day to be at least $100, the 50K Reserve requires each winning day to be at least $150, the 100K Reserve requires each winning day to be at least $200, and the 150K Reserve requires each winning day to be at least $250. Winning days reset after each approved payout.

Express accounts require the trader to maintain a funded buffer before withdrawing. Express does not have a 25K account size. The 50K Express funded buffer is $2,100, the 100K Express funded buffer is $3,600, and the 150K Express funded buffer is $5,100. The buffer cannot be withdrawn. Only profits generated above the required buffer are eligible for payout. Express accounts use a daily payout structure once eligible. The 50K Express daily payout cap is $1,100, the 100K Express daily payout cap is $2,200, and the 150K Express daily payout cap is $3,300.

Direct accounts do not have a funded buffer requirement. Direct accounts become eligible for payout once the trader meets the required payout goal and consistency rule. The 25K Direct first payout goal is $1,500 and the second payout and later goal is $1,000. The 50K Direct first payout goal is $3,000 and the second payout and later goal is $2,000. The 100K Direct first payout goal is $6,000 and the second payout and later goal is $3,500. The 150K Direct first payout goal is $9,000 and the second payout and later goal is $4,500. Direct payout caps for payouts 1 through 3 are $1,000 on the 25K, $2,000 on the 50K, $2,500 on the 100K, and $3,000 on the 150K. Direct payout caps for payout 4 and beyond are $1,000 on the 25K, $2,500 on the 50K, $3,000 on the 100K, and $3,500 on the 150K.

After any approved payout or withdrawal, the drawdown floor locks at the starting balance plus $100. A trader qualifies for Live after 5 successful approved payouts on a single funded account. Live transition is based on 5 successful payouts, not a separate profit threshold. Once moved to Live, the trader is no longer subject to the same funded payout cap structure. Live accounts have daily payouts, no payout caps, a 90% profit split, static drawdown, and no news trading.