Blue Guardian Futures rules by account size (25K to 150K): targets, EOD drawdown, daily loss limits, consistency, payout caps and prices for Standard, Reserve, Express and Direct

Prices and plan rules come from the plan tables on blueguardian.com/futures (the same plan data sits on the homepage), and rule detail from the 21 English articles of Blue Guardian's futures help center, helpfutures.blueguardian.com, read on 15 October 2026 and re-checked on 16 October 2026 (plan tables and all 21 article bodies unchanged). The plan data behind the futures page stores dollar values with a doubled sign, for example $$3,000; we show one $. Each price cell gives the list price first and then the price the page shows with the code printed on that card on 19 October 2026: SPOOKY (25% off) on Standard, Reserve, Express and Direct (it replaced HALLOWEEN, 35% off, that day). Blue Guardian also runs a CFD program with different rules; nothing on this page applies to it. The futures page marks one card per model popular (50K on Reserve, 100K on Standard, Express and Direct); we use the 50K Standard for the key-rules box because it has no checkout options and its page and help-article figures agree. Figures we worked out ourselves are in 'Our arithmetic across sizes' and tagged Ours; where Blue Guardian's own pages disagree we show both and list the difference below.

What this means for you: Every Blue Guardian Futures figure here is from the futures page plan tables or the futures help center; anything we worked out ourselves is tagged Ours.

Standard: one-phase evaluation, fixed contract limits, no consistency rule on the evaluation, payout caps that rise after the first payout. Reserve: one-phase evaluation with checkout options for the daily loss limit and the consistency rule, no funded buffer, payouts capped at 50% of profit. Express: one-phase evaluation built for daily payouts with a daily payout cap. Direct (Instant Funding): no evaluation and no profit target; you trade a funded account from day one under a scaling consistency rule. All Blue Guardian Futures accounts operate on a one-time purchase model: no monthly subscription fees, no recurring renewal fees and no hidden activation fees. Every evaluation needs the 6% profit target while respecting all trading rules and risk limits, and once the target is reached, the account will undergo a final review. Models sold before July 6th (Standard, Rapid, Pro and Instant Standard) are legacy plans; accounts bought then keep their original rules.

What this means for you: Pick the model first (Standard fixed rules, Reserve options, Express daily payouts, Direct no eval), then the size; all four share 25K to 150K and a one-time fee.

The 50K Standard evaluation needs $3,000. The daily loss limit is 2% of the initial balance, except for $25,000 accounts, which do not have a daily loss limit: $1,000 on the 50K, $2,000 on the 100K and $3,000 on the 150K, on the evaluation and the funded account. Breaching it closes all open trades and the account is automatically reinstated on the next trading day. Max drawdown is $1,000, $2,000, $3,500 and $5,000 by size, EOD trailing. There is no consistency rule on the evaluation, and Blue Guardian says a Standard can pass in as little as one trading day. On the funded account a 40% consistency rule applies: a best day equal to or greater than 40% of your total profits within a payout cycle blocks the payout (Blue Guardian's wording); the largest day must stay under 40%. Breaking it does not breach the account; the payout button stays unavailable until you make more profit. Blue Guardian's example: a $2,000 day needs total profits of at least $5,000. Payouts: the first payout is capped at $1,500, $2,500, $3,000 and $4,000 by size, and every later payout at $2,000, $3,000, $3,500 and $4,500; on the 50K that is $2,500 on the 1st payout, $3,000 on 2nd+ payouts. The balance must stay above the funded buffer ($1,600, $2,100, $3,600 and $5,100), so on a 50K you can only withdraw above $52,100; Blue Guardian's example has $1,900 available at a $54,000 balance. Payout frequency: 3 days after placing first trade. A reset costs $104, $141, $223 or $286 and is fixed regardless of any active promotions or discount codes. A funded account breached before its first payout can be reactivated up to 2 times within 30 calendar days for $450, $750, $900 or $1,200.

What this means for you: Standard has no consistency on the evaluation, a soft-breach daily loss limit from 50K up, and funded payouts capped above a buffer from 3 days after the first trade.

Reserve has the same profit targets, with max drawdown of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 and $4,500, EOD trailing. Two checkout options change the rules and the price. Daily loss limit: the default is $600, $1,200, $1,700 or $3,000 by size (exceeding it is a soft breach), and the No Daily Loss Limit option removes it for a higher price; on the 50K that is $1,200 by default; None with the No Daily Loss Limit option ($184 list, $138 with SPOOKY). Consistency: the futures page default is 40% Consistency, labelled 3 Day Pass, and 50% Consistency, labelled 2 Day Pass, costs more ($138 list, $104 with SPOOKY on the 50K with the default DLL, or $210 / $158 with No Daily Loss Limit). With both options together (50% Consistency and No Daily Loss Limit) the futures page lists $112 / $84 on the 25K, $210 / $158 on the 50K, $284 / $213 on the 100K and $460 / $345 on the 150K (list / SPOOKY). The 50% rule has a 1% Consistency Cushion, so on a 50K that reaches exactly $3,000 the largest day can be $1,530 instead of $1,500 (Blue Guardian's example); under a strict less-than-50% reading without the cushion that would be under $1,500. The rule applies only during the Challenge; funded Reserve accounts have no consistency rule. The Reserve article does not say whether the default daily loss limit applies on the evaluation, the funded account or both; see (a). Payouts: no buffer, and each request can take 50% of profit, up to $1,000, $2,000, $2,500 or $3,000. You need 5 winning days of at least $100, $150, $200 or $250, which do not need to be consecutive and reset after each payout. For Reserve accounts purchased on or after July 27, 2026, payouts 2 to 5 also need net profit since the last payout of $500, $750, $1,000 or $1,250. The reset fee is calculated at 10% less of the base-discounted amount paid, so it depends on the options and code used (Ask Blue Guardian for your quote). A funded Reserve account breached before its first payout can be reactivated up to 2 times within 30 calendar days; the reactivation fee is not published (Ask).

What this means for you: Reserve lets you buy No Daily Loss Limit and a 50% consistency option at checkout; funded payouts take up to 50% of profit after 5 winning days, with no buffer.

Express evaluations carry a 40% consistency rule (a 50% option labelled 2 Day Pass is sold for more: $99, $150, $236 or $368 list, $74, $113, $177 or $276 with SPOOKY, by size), and funded Express accounts have none. The daily loss limit, a soft breach, is none on the 25K challenge and $500 on the 25K funded account, and $1,000 on both 50K stages; for 100K and 150K the futures page and the article disagree (see below). Max drawdown is EOD trailing. The Express article says the daily loss limit and Max Loss Limit figures apply to Express accounts purchased on or after 2 September; earlier purchases keep the rules they were bought under. The same on-or-after-2-September date also starts the 50% rebuild of the previous payout from the second payout onward. Express pays daily up to a cap: $600, $1,100, $1,500 or $2,500 per day, with a minimum payout of $250, $500, $1,000 or $1,500. For accounts bought on or after September 2nd, from the second payout onward you must first make new profit equal to 50% of your previous payout; Blue Guardian's example is $550 after a $1,100 withdrawal on a 50K. The funded buffer is $1,100, $2,100, $2,600 or $3,600 in the Express article. Resets cost $72, $121, $191 or $261, and reactivation $180, $330, $450 or $750.

What this means for you: Express is built for daily capped payouts; confirm 100K and 150K daily loss and drawdown figures with support before you buy because the page and article disagree (c).

Direct has no profit target or evaluation phase; you sign the trader agreement and trade. For accounts bought on or after July 21, the daily loss limit is $1,000, $1,250, $2,500 or $3,000 (soft breach). The max drawdown is $1,500, $2,000, $3,500 or $4,500, EOD. Each payout needs a profit goal ($1,500, $3,000, $6,000 or $9,000 for the first, then $1,000, $2,000, $3,500 or $4,500) and a scaling consistency rule: 20% on the 1st payout, 25% on the 2nd and 30% from the 3rd onward. There is no profit buffer. Payouts 1 to 3 are capped at $1,000 (fixed), $2,000, $2,500 or $3,000 and payouts 4+ at $1,000 (fixed), $2,500, $3,000 or $3,500. The Direct article lists no reset or reactivation fee.

What this means for you: Direct skips the evaluation: you fund from day one under a scaling 20/25/30% consistency rule and payout profit goals.

Standard, Reserve and Express use an End-of-Day (EOD) trailing drawdown. In Blue Guardian's words, your maximum loss limit moves up when you achieve a new highest end-of-day closing balance; it does not trail unrealized profits during the session or move back down after a losing day. It stops trailing once it reaches your starting balance plus $100: on a 50K, once your end-of-day closing balance reaches $52,100, your maximum loss limit locks at $50,100. After any payout or withdrawal the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 ($25,100, $50,100, $100,100 or $150,100). Each model article publishes an 'EOD Balance Required to Stop Trailing' table. Standard: $26,600 / $52,100 / $103,600 / $155,100. Reserve: $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,100 / $154,600. Express: $26,100 / $52,100 / $102,600 / $153,600. Direct: $26,600 / $52,100 / $103,600 / $154,600. On Standard 25K the stated max drawdown is $1,000 while the stop-trailing balance is $26,600 ($1,500 above the $25,100 lock); see (e). Direct's article calls the drawdown EOD trailing with that stop table, while the futures page tooltip calls it Static drawdown (no trailing); see (f). From a fresh account the room equals the stated max drawdown either way.

What this means for you: EOD trailing raises the floor only on a new highest end-of-day close and locks at start + $100 once the official stop-trailing balance is reached; after a payout it locks there immediately.

Funded traders receive a 90% profit split on every model; Blue Guardian's example is $900 to the trader from $1,000 of profit. Payout requests are processed within 24 business hours through Rise or crypto, and the payout policy adds that all payouts are subject to a 3% processing fee. Under the 24-hour payout guarantee, for accounts covered by it, an eligible payout that takes longer earns an additional 10% profit share on that payout. KYC verification must be completed before any payout. Minimum withdrawal amounts differ between articles (see below).

What this means for you: Every funded model pays a 90% split; processing can take up to 24 business hours and the payout policy adds a 3% fee (h).

1 Mini = 10 Micros, and you can mix them within the limit; on a 50K Standard Account with a 4 Mini / 40 Micro limit you can hold 4 Minis, 40 Micros or 2 Minis + 20 Micros. Standard and Direct limits stay the same on the evaluation and funded account. Reserve and Express give full size on the evaluation, then start funded accounts lower and scale at end of day: a 50K starts at 2 Mini / 20 Micro, unlocks 3 / 30 at +$1,500 and 4 / 40 at +$2,000. Orders above the limit are rejected, and a lower EOD balance can reduce the tier again.

What this means for you: 1 Mini = 10 Micros; Standard and Direct stay flat, while Reserve and Express funded accounts start smaller and scale at end of day (o).

The Live account cannot be bought. Reaching Payout 5, large lifetime payouts or exceptional performance can put you in a Live Review Pool, and the risk team decides. Approved traders' eligible funded accounts (each with at least one payout) merge into one Live account with real CME execution, a $0 starting balance and a combined Live drawdown of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 or $4,500 per 25K, 50K, 100K or 150K account, up to $15,000. Live pays 90% / 10% with daily payouts and no payout caps, has no daily loss limit and no consistency rule, and news trading is not permitted. A one-time Live Buyout pays 50% of the combined starting Live drawdown instead.

What this means for you: Live is invite-only after strong payout history; it cannot be bought and news trading is not permitted on Live.

Trading hours are 18:00-16:10 ET, and all open trades automatically close at 4:10 PM ET without counting as a breach. Trading within 2% of a CME price limit is prohibited. News trading is allowed on challenge and funded accounts. You may buy as many evaluations as you wish, but no more than 5 funded accounts can trade at once. Scalping is allowed, but less than 50% of your total profits may come from trades held for under 10 seconds. AI, bots and fully automated trading are prohibited, semi-automated trading is allowed only if you actively monitor it, and automated systems that exceed 200 trades per day are limited. Hedging and Martingale strategies are not permitted, and copy trading is allowed only between accounts you own. Inactivity: evaluation accounts need at least one trade every 30 calendar days; funded accounts upgraded before 10 October 2026 every 7 calendar days, and those upgraded on or after 10 October 2026 every 10 calendar days. Platforms: Deepcharts, and Tradovate with NinjaTrader and TradingView. Stop losses are not mandatory.

What this means for you: Be flat by 4:10 PM ET, keep microscalping under 50% of profits from sub-10-second trades, and run no more than 5 funded accounts at once.

Blue Guardian's Prohibited Trading Strategies article (dated 12 October 2026, read on 18 October 2026) says AI, bots and fully automated trading are strictly prohibited across all account types; semi-automated trading is allowed only if you actively monitor and manually manage the trades, fully understanding the system's purpose and limitations, and fully hands-off, continuous, day-and-night trading is forbidden. It also limits automated systems designed for ultra-high-frequency scalping, particularly those that exceed 200 trades per day. On copy trading, the same article and the Standard Account Rules say copying is allowed, including third-party copier software, only between accounts legally owned by the same trader, which includes copying between your own Blue Guardian accounts and your own external accounts; copying other traders, signal providers or trade groups is strictly prohibited, as is letting third parties manage or execute trades on your behalf. Hedging stays banned (see Other rules).

What this means for you: No bots on Blue Guardian, only semi-automation you watch and manage by hand; copiers are fine between accounts you own.

These are TradeDesk HQ calculations from the Blue Guardian Futures figures above, not figures Blue Guardian publishes as ratios. Profit target ÷ max drawdown: Standard 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.71 / 1.8 ($1,500÷$1,000, $3,000÷$2,000, $6,000÷$3,500, $9,000÷$5,000); Reserve 1.5 / 1.5 / 2 / 2 ($1,500÷$1,000, $3,000÷$2,000, $6,000÷$3,000, $9,000÷$4,500). Buffer = stop-trailing balance − starting balance on Standard and Express: Standard $1,600 / $2,100 / $3,600 / $5,100 (matches the Standard buffer table; on 25K, $26,600 stop − $25,100 lock = $1,500, vs the stated $1,000 drawdown — see (e)); Express $1,100 / $2,100 / $2,600 / $3,600 (Express article). On every Express size that has a daily loss limit, and on the Standard 50K, the daily loss limit is exactly half the max drawdown, so two full daily-limit days from a fresh account reach the max drawdown (touch vs 'falls below' wording; tagged ours). Largest day under 40% if you finish exactly on the evaluation target (Reserve and Express default): under $600 / $1,200 / $2,400 / $3,600. On a funded Standard account the same 40% rule applies to each payout cycle: if a cycle totals $1,500 / $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000, the best day must stay under $600 / $1,200 / $2,400 / $3,600 (ours). Reserve 50% with the official 1% cushion: Blue Guardian's 50K example is $1,530; extrapolating the same cushion to the other sizes gives $765 / $3,060 / $4,590 (ours). Express rebuild after a max daily payout (50% of previous payout, on/after 2 September): $300 / $550 (Blue Guardian's $1,100 example) / $750 / $1,250. Direct best day at the first profit goal under the 20% rule: under $300 / $600 / $1,200 / $1,800. List-price cost per $1 of evaluation target (Standard): about $0.103 / $0.070 / $0.055 / $0.047; coupons change this. The losing-trade ladder at the top of this page uses CME contract point values (MNQ $2, MES $5, NQ $20 and ES $50 per point) — CME contract specs, not Blue Guardian figures — and its TOO TIGHT, WORKABLE and COMFORTABLE tags are a TradeDesk HQ rule of thumb: the max drawdown is used up within 5 losing trades, within 6 to 9, or not before trade 10. Fail-on-touch of the max drawdown is our assumption: the articles word the daily loss limit as balance or equity falling below the limit, and do not word a max-drawdown breach the same way.

What this means for you: Target ÷ drawdown, buffer = stop − start, under-40% largest days, Express rebuilds and Direct 20% caps are our arithmetic from Blue Guardian's published dollars.

(a) Reserve daily loss limit: the Reserve article's summary table shows no daily loss limit and the introduction calls Reserve accounts flexible funded accounts with no daily loss limits, while the same article's text says Reserve Accounts include a Daily Loss Limit by default and the futures page checkout defaults to the $1,200 DLL on a 50K. The rule lists on the futures page also say None for Reserve. (b) Reserve consistency default: the futures page and the article's summary table make 40% the default with 50% as an add-on; the article text calls 50% the standard rule and 40% an optional lower-priced add-on. Both agree 40% is the cheaper choice. (c) Express 100K and 150K: the futures page lists evaluation daily loss limits of $1,500 and $2,250 and evaluation drawdowns of $3,000 and $4,500; the Express article lists $1,250 and $1,750 and drawdowns of $2,500 and $3,500, which match the futures page's funded figures and the Express stop-trailing balances of $102,600 and $153,600 (start + article DD + $100). (d) Express buffers: the Express article (and the futures page's buffer balances of $102,600 and $153,600) put the 100K and 150K buffers at $2,600 and $3,600; the payout policy says $3,600 and $5,100. (e) Standard 25K: the max drawdown is $1,000, but the trailing stop table says the limit stops trailing at a $26,600 balance and locks at $25,100 ($1,500 apart), and the buffer is $1,600; on the other sizes the stop balance is the drawdown plus starting balance plus $100. (f) Direct drawdown: the Direct article says End-of-Day (EOD) trailing drawdown with a stop-trailing table ($26,600 / $52,100 / $103,600 / $154,600); the futures page tooltip calls it Static drawdown (no trailing). From a fresh account the room is the stated max drawdown either way. (g) Scaling: the Standard and Direct summary tables say Position Scaling Yes; the contract limits article says Standard and Direct Accounts do not use scaling. (h) Minimum withdrawal: the Standard, Reserve and Express articles say $100 via crypto and $500 via rise, the payout policy says $500 Crypto / $500 Rise, and the Direct article says $1000 via crypto and $1000 via rise. Of the current-model pages, only the payout policy mentions the 3% processing fee (the legacy article also has it). (i) Payout timing: the futures page says approved payouts are processed in 1 hour on average and that you get paid on-demand, weekly or bi-weekly depending on account type and add-ons, and its default plan widget shows Instant Payouts, which belongs to the CFD plan; the articles say 24 business hours, and Standard pays 3 days after placing first trade. (j) Payout guarantee: the futures page says 24-hours payout guarantee / $1,000 extra; the guarantee article says an additional 10% profit share. (k) Discounts: the bundle article lists 25% off for 1 account up to 40% off plus a 5th account free; the futures page's bundle tiers run from 35% to 50% (30% to 50% on Reserve, and Standard's last tier reads 100%), the banner says SPOOKY gives 25% off on all accounts (it replaced HALLOWEEN, 35%, on 19 October 2026), and the Reserve cards carry the same code. (l) Headline claims: the futures page says Trade up to $750K and its description says up to $450K of capital and Keep 100% of your profits, and says select plans pay out 100%; every futures model lists a 90% profit split. (m) Inactivity: the introduction says funded accounts need one trade every 7 calendar days; the prohibited strategies article (updated 12 October 2026) says 10 calendar days for funded accounts upgraded on or after 10 October 2026. (n) Typo: the Express article prints the 25K profit target as $,1500; the futures page shows $1,500. (o) Funded position size on Reserve and Express: the contract limits article and the Reserve and Express summary tables (progressive scaling system on funded) say funded accounts start lower (2 Mini / 20 Micro on a 50K) and scale up, while the futures page's funded rule lists show the full evaluation size (4 Mini | 40 Micro on a 50K Reserve or Express).

What this means for you: Where Blue Guardian's own pages disagree we quote both and tag Pages differ; we do not pick a winner.

Blue Guardian's CFD program, the legacy plans' full tables, the instrument list, restricted countries and the affiliate program. Rules and prices change; check blueguardian.com/futures and the futures help center before you buy.

What this means for you: CFD rules, full legacy tables, the instrument list, restricted countries and the affiliate program are out of scope here.

• blueguardian.com/futures (plan tables for Standard, Reserve, Express, Direct)
• Standard Account Rules
• Reserve Account Rules
• Express Account Rules
• Direct Account Rules
• Payout Policy
• Contract Limits & Funded Scaling System
• Introduction to Blue Guardian Futures
• What is the Blue Guardian Futures Live Account?
• Legacy Account Models (Old Account)
• Prohibited Trading Strategies
• Trading Hours
• How many funded accounts am I allowed at once?
• 2% Price Limit Rule
• 24 Hours Payout Guarantee
• How does Bundle Pricing work?
• Blue Guardian Futures Trading Platforms

Last checked 2026-10-16.