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AquaFunded Futures
Blue Guardian FuturesIFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2023
2021
Sean Bainton
IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2023
2021
Sean Bainton
$35 flat processing fee deducted from the first approved withdrawal of each calendar month.
2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).
- Daily: daily
- One Step Standard, Instant Standard: on demand
- One Step Flex: after 5 winning days
Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time.
- Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
- Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
- Express: daily payouts
- Direct: instant payout from day one
Within 24 business hours. Get paid in 24 hours or AquaFunded Futures pays you an extra $500.
Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.
Daily — maximum daily payout
- $50k: $1,100
- $100k: $2,200
- $150k: $3,300
Instant Standard — payout cap
- $25k: $1,000
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $4,000
- $150k: $6,000
One Step Standard — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000, then $2,500
- $100k: $4,000, then $5,000
- $150k: $6,000, then $7,500
One Step Flex — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $2,500
- $150k: $3,000
- Instant Standard, One Step Standard, One Step Flex: $500
$500 across all account types.
$35 flat processing fee deducted from the first approved withdrawal of each calendar month.
2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).
- Daily: daily
- One Step Standard, Instant Standard: on demand
- One Step Flex: after 5 winning days
Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time.
- Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
- Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
- Express: daily payouts
- Direct: instant payout from day one
Within 24 business hours. Get paid in 24 hours or AquaFunded Futures pays you an extra $500.
Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.
Daily — maximum daily payout
- $50k: $1,100
- $100k: $2,200
- $150k: $3,300
Instant Standard — payout cap
- $25k: $1,000
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $4,000
- $150k: $6,000
One Step Standard — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000, then $2,500
- $100k: $4,000, then $5,000
- $150k: $6,000, then $7,500
One Step Flex — payout cap
- $50k: $2,000
- $100k: $2,500
- $150k: $3,000
- Instant Standard, One Step Standard, One Step Flex: $500
$500 across all account types.
- Daily and One Step Flex: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation and funded stages
- Instant Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown
- One Step Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation
Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:
- Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
- Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
- Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
- Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500
Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.
On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.
Daily and One Step Flex: unlimited evaluation time.
One Step Standard: none; the evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
- No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
- Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
- Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active
One Step Standard: $0 activation fee.
No activation
90% on all funded accounts and plans.
A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.
Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.
- Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
- Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
- Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
- Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
- Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
- Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
- Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
- Express: no minimum
- Direct: no minimum
One-time fee
- Daily and One Step Flex: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation and funded stages
- Instant Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown
- One Step Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation
Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:
- Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
- Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
- Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
- Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500
Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.
On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.
Daily and One Step Flex: unlimited evaluation time.
One Step Standard: none; the evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
- No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
- Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
- Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active
One Step Standard: $0 activation fee.
No activation
90% on all funded accounts and plans.
A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.
Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.
- Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
- Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
- Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
- Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
- Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
- Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
- Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
- Express: no minimum
- Direct: no minimum
One-time fee
At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.
- No full automation: bots, AI and hands-off trading are forbidden.
- Auto scalping is limited (>200 trades/day restricted).
- Semi-automation is allowed with active manual control.
- No order manipulation (layering or fake liquidity).
- No exploiting simulated fills, slippage or illiquid markets.
- Follow CME rules; no coordinated accounts.
- Scalping and microscalping require a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.
- Martingale is allowed within risk limits.
- Violations may result in termination and loss of profits.
- Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
- AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
- Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
- Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
- Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
- Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
- Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
- Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
- Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
- Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.
At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.
- No full automation: bots, AI and hands-off trading are forbidden.
- Auto scalping is limited (>200 trades/day restricted).
- Semi-automation is allowed with active manual control.
- No order manipulation (layering or fake liquidity).
- No exploiting simulated fills, slippage or illiquid markets.
- Follow CME rules; no coordinated accounts.
- Scalping and microscalping require a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.
- Martingale is allowed within risk limits.
- Violations may result in termination and loss of profits.
- Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
- AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
- Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
- Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
- Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
- Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
- Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
- Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
- Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
- Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.
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