Futures Firms Comparator

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

28780 Single Oak Dr, 325, Temecula, California 92590, US

Sean Bainton

Manuel Meraz

United Arab Emirates

United States

2021

2024

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

• 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

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Prime: Every 3 trading days
• Classic: Every 7 trading days
• Premier / Elite: Every 5 trading days
• Velocity Standard: Every 3 trading days
• Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: Daily (1x per day)
• Straight To Funded (S2F): Every 7 trading days
• S2F Accelerate: Eligible for payout after 5 trading days

Professional Stage Accounts

• Daily withdrawal requests permitted.

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.

$500 across all account types.

Minimum withdrawal amount: $250.

Simulated Funded Accounts — Max Payout Per Request

• Prime: Payout 1 ($1,000–$3,500), Payout 2+ ($1,500–$4,000)
• Classic: Payout 1 ($1,750–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000–$6,000)
• Premier / Elite: Payout 1 ($1,750–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000–$6,500)
• Velocity Standard: $750–$3,250 per request
• Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: $600–$2,500 per request
• S2F: Payout 1 ($1,000–$3,000), Payout 2+ ($1,000–$3,500)
• S2F Accelerate $50K: Payout 1 ($1,250), Payout 2 ($1,250), Payout 3+ ($1,500)

Professional Stage Accounts

• No maximum withdrawal amount, limited only by available profits above the required buffer.

Commission depends on the trading platform used

• NinjaTrader: standard NinjaTrader/CME exchange and clearing fees apply. Check NinjaTrader's commission schedule for exact rates per contract.
• Tradovate: standard Tradovate platform and exchange fees apply. See Tradovate's pricing page for per-contract rates.
• TradingView (via Tradovate): fees are determined by the connected broker (Tradovate). Refer to Tradovate for exact rates.
• WealthCharts: standard exchange and clearing fees apply. Verify with WealthCharts for specific per-contract pricing.

Evaluation Accounts

• Unlimited resets at discounted fees. Fees vary by plan and account size.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.

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.

Evaluation Phase

• Prime / Classic / Premier EOD: End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on realized gains.
• Elite / Premier Intraday: Intraday trailing drawdown based on unrealized gains.
• S2F Standard: End-of-Day drawdown.
• S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
• Velocity: End-of-Day drawdown.

Simulated Funded Phase

• End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except S2F Accelerate, which uses an intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling. Once an End-of-Day account reaches the buffer zone (e.g., $52,000 for $50K account), the drawdown becomes static at the initial balance.

Professional Stage

• End-of-Position (EoP) drawdown: adjusts only when a position is closed in profit. Drawdown locks at a static threshold once fully recovered (e.g., $50,100 for $50K account).

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.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• 90% trader / 10% firm

Professional Stage Accounts

• 80% trader / 20% firm

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

Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts

• No explicit daily loss limit (DLL) during evaluation or simulated funded phase. However, the 2% CME price limit rule applies.

Professional Stage Accounts

• Daily Loss Limit (DLL) applies and is tied to the current scaling tier.

Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts

• 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

• Classic Evaluation: Minimum 2 trading days to pass.
• Prime: Minimum 1 trading day to pass. Standard and Max differ only in position limits and price.
• Premier: Choose a 1-Day Pass or 2-Day Pass at checkout. The selected minimum applies to the evaluation.
• Elite, Velocity and S2F: Minimum 1 trading day to pass.
• Funded payouts: 7 qualifying trading days ($200+ profit) for Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F. 3 qualifying days for Prime. 5 qualifying days for Premier Plus accounts purchased after April 7, 2026.

No activation

No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, and Velocity. Classic has an activation fee.

• 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

Payout Requirements (Simulated Funded)

• Each payout cycle requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days with at least $200 realized profit per day.
• Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F: 7 qualifying days per payout.
• Prime: 3 qualifying days per payout.
• Premier Plus (after 4/7/26): 5 qualifying days per payout.

Professional Stage

• A Qualified Trading Day is defined as a day with at least $200 in realized profit, used to determine withdrawal stage eligibility.

One-time fee

Monthly subscription. Evaluation plans include Prime, Premier (Intraday and EOD), Velocity, and Classic. Straight To Funded (S2F) is available as a one-time fee option that bypasses evaluation.

No time limit. Traders can take as long as needed to meet the profit target.

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

At least 1 trade per week (Monday-Friday) lasting minimum 10 seconds is required per account. Accounts idle for 2 consecutive weeks are marked inactive and automatically closed without restoration.

• 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.

• Bots / algorithmic trading
• Hedging
• Trading within 2% of CME price limits
• Straddles / strangles exploiting news volatility
• Excessive Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) into losing positions
• Micro-scalping: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profits must come from positions held longer than 20 seconds
• Unauthorized group trading / signal services