Getting paid at Blue Guardian Futures and Goat Funded Futures

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

RM 1205, 12/f. Beverly Hse 93-107 Lockhart Rd Wan Chai Hong Kong

Sean Bainton

United Arab Emirates

Hong Kong

2021

2024

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

After completing the evaluation and trading consistently on a Simulated Funded Account, the Risk Management team may invite traders to Live. There is no fixed timeline; each trader is evaluated individually. From 28/09/2026, all eligible funded accounts merge into one Live Account at transition. Their starting Live drawdowns add together: five $50K accounts provide $10,000 of combined drawdown. The $15,000 cap applies to new purchases after 28/09/2026. Contract limits scale with the combined drawdown, up to 10 minis / 100 micros. At each live profit milestone of 0.5x, 1x and 1.5x the starting drawdown, 25% of that drawdown is deposited into the Live balance as a bonus. The bonus becomes withdrawable after five winning days with the account in profit. Instead of trading Live, the trader may choose a one-time Live Buyout of 50% of the combined starting drawdown at transition. It is available once per trader, with a 28-day cooldown afterward. Live accounts use end-of-day drawdown with no daily loss limit. CME professional data, trade commissions and platform fees are deducted from the balance. Contract limits may increase with consistent performance.

• 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

Withdrawal eligibility is confirmed by the end-of-day (EOD) dashboard update. Once the withdrawal button is enabled, a request can be submitted at any time without waiting for the next EOD update.

EOD Challenge
Every 7 winning days (a winning day = net P&L ≥ 0.2% of account balance).

Sprint Challenge
Every 5 winning days.

FLEX Challenge
Every 5 winning days, with request windows on the 5th-8th and 20th-23rd of each month.

Instant Funded
Every 7 winning days. Minimum 10 calendar days before first payout. After first payout, must surpass previous equity high before next request.

GOAT Daily
Payout requests every 24 hours once funded.

GOAT Access
Weekly payout requests once funded.

Minimum payout: $500 across all sizes.

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.

Payouts processed within 2 business days. A $500 bonus is automatically applied if processing exceeds this SLA.

$500 across all account types.

$500 across all account sizes

Caps grow with each payout number. FLEX Challenge does not publish caps.

EOD Challenge

• 1st: $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,000 · $150K $2,500
• 2nd: $50K $2,000 · $100K $2,750 · $150K $3,250
• 3rd: $50K $2,500 · $100K $3,250 · $150K $3,750
• 4th+: $50K $2,750 · $100K $3,750 · $150K $4,250

Sprint Challenge

• 1st: $25K $800 · $50K $1,500 · $100K $2,500
• 2nd: $25K $1,000 · $50K $1,750 · $100K $3,000
• 3rd: $25K $1,200 · $50K $2,000 · $100K $3,500
• 4th+: $25K $1,500 · $50K $2,500 · $100K $4,500

Instant Funded (per cycle)

• $25K: $1,000 · $50K: $2,000 · $75K: $3,000 · $100K: $3,000 · $150K: $4,000

GOAT Daily

• Per payout: $25K $650 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,500

• EOD Challenge: 7 winning days.
• Sprint Challenge: 5 winning days.
• Instant Funded: 7 winning days and minimum 10 calendar days before the first payout.
• GOAT Daily: no winning-day requirement once funded.
• A winning day requires net P&L of at least 0.2% of account balance.
• Payout submission windows (excluding GOAT Daily): 5th–8th and 20th–23rd of each month.
• Instant Funded requires exceeding the previous equity high for subsequent payouts.

Evaluation accounts can be reset at 30% off the original price. After failing the evaluation, the trader has 7 days to decide whether to reset. Funded accounts cannot be reset.

Available on evaluation plans (EOD, Sprint, FLEX, GOAT Access). Reset fees:

• EOD: $50K $59 · $100K $109 · $150K $159
• Sprint: $25K $46 · $50K $69 · $100K $99
• FLEX: up to two resets; prices in the challenge catalogue. Resets keep the DLL selection.

Instant Funded and Instant Lite accounts cannot be reset.

Reserve challenges are configurable at checkout. Traders can choose a Daily Loss Limit or no Daily Loss Limit, combined with a 40% consistency rule (3-day pass) or a 50% consistency rule (2-day pass). The price varies depending on the selected combination.

Express challenges offer an optional 50% evaluation consistency add-on instead of the standard 40% rule, allowing traders to qualify after as few as 2 green days.

FLEX: optional daily loss limit at checkout for a lower purchase price; applies in both phases, closes the account if reached and is retained on reset. Optional 90% profit split for a 20% surcharge.

Scaling applies to funded Reserve and Express accounts only. Standard and Direct keep flat contract limits from start to finish.

On Reserve and Express you get full contract size during the evaluation, and funded limits start lower and grow with the account balance. Updated at end of day (EOD) on the closing balance; if the EOD balance drops below a trigger, the tier can go back down.

Starting funded limits

• $25,000: 1 mini / 10 micros
• $50,000: 2 minis / 20 micros
• $100,000: 3 minis / 30 micros
• $150,000: 3 minis / 30 micros

Scaling triggers ($25K / $50K / $100K / $150K)

• +$1,500: 2/20 · 3/30 · 4/40 · 4/40
• +$2,000: — · 4/40 · 5/50 · 5/50
• +$3,000: — · — · 8/80 · 8/80
• +$4,500: — · — · — · 12/120

Flat limits (Standard and Direct)

• $25,000: 1 mini / 10 micros
• $50,000: 4 minis / 40 micros
• $100,000: 8 minis / 80 micros
• $150,000: 12 minis / 120 micros

1 mini = 10 micros; contracts can be mixed within the limit.

Points-based rewards program (no formal tiers). Earn points by passing challenges, withdrawing, social engagement and trading milestones. Redeem for perks such as:

• +5% profit split on withdrawal (150 points)
• Faster 24h withdrawals (150 points)
• Account scaling +10% size (200 points)
• +$500 extra max drawdown (200 points)
• Free $25K / $50K challenge accounts (350 / 500 points)

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.

EOD Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%) | $150K: $4,500 (3%)

Sprint Challenge

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is restored
• $25K: $1,000 (4%) | $50K: $2,000 (4%) | $100K: $3,000 (3%)

FLEX Challenge

• EOD Trailing Max DD — locks at starting balance

Instant Funded

• Intraday Trailing — locks at starting balance once balance is reached
• $25K: $1,250 (5%) | $50K: $2,500 (5%) | $75K: $3,750 (5%) | $100K: $5,000 (5%) | $150K: $7,500 (5%)

Instant Lite

• EOD Trailing — locks at starting balance
• $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $1,750 | $100K: $3,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation: EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100.
• Funded: intraday trailing.

GOAT Access

• EOD trailing in evaluation and funded; stops trailing at $50,100

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.

EOD Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

FLEX Challenge

• 80% by default
• 90% with optional Profit Share Add-On (+20% of challenge price)

Sprint Challenge

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Funded

• 100% on the first $10,000 in payouts
• 90% after the first $10,000

Instant Lite

• 90% from the first payout (no add-on required)

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

EOD Challenge

• Evaluation: no daily loss limit
• Funded: soft breach 2.5% of starting balance ($50K: $1,250 | $100K: $2,500 | $150K: $3,750)

Sprint Challenge

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

FLEX Challenge

• No daily loss limit by default. Optional DLL at checkout, in both phases; touching it closes the account. Cannot be changed after purchase; resets retain the selection. Values are in the challenge catalogue.

Instant Funded

• 3% of starting balance (soft breach - account pauses until next trading day)
• $25K: $750 | $50K: $1,500 | $75K: $2,250 | $100K: $3,000 | $150K: $4,500

Instant Lite

• $25K: none | $50K: $1,000 | $100K: $2,000

GOAT Daily

• Evaluation and funded: $25K $500 · $50K $1,000 · $100K $1,500 · $150K $2,250.
• Soft breach: positions are closed and trading is paused for the day.

GOAT Access

• No daily loss limit (evaluation or funded)

Initial account sizes up to $150,000. Scaling via rewards program can grow allocation beyond that, with documented brand-wide payouts of $18M+ and up to $750,000 available across plans.

Standard — Funded Buffer

• $25,000 → $1,600
• $50,000 → $2,100
• $100,000 → $3,600
• $150,000 → $5,100

Payouts are only available from profits earned above the buffer, and the buffer must stay intact when submitting a request.

Express

• $25,000 → $1,100
• $50,000 → $2,100
• $100,000 → $3,600
• $150,000 → $5,100

Payouts are only available from profits earned above the buffer.

Reserve

• No buffer to reach before a payout, but after any withdrawal the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100.

Direct

• No profit buffer requirement.

GOAT Daily funded buffer: $25K $1,100 · $50K $2,100 · $100K $3,100 · $150K $4,600.

• 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

FLEX, EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.

GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.

GOAT Access: no minimum days and no time limit in the evaluation.

No activation

No activation fee after passing, except on GOAT Access, which charges it only once the evaluation is passed. Instant Funded is a one-time fee that grants funded-account access immediately, without an evaluation phase.

• 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

Contract limits (mini / micro) scale with account size and plan:

EOD Challenge

• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 9 / 90
• $150K: 12 / 120

Sprint Challenge

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 7 / 70

FLEX Challenge

• $50K: 3 / 30
• $100K: 5 / 50
• $150K: 8 / 80

Instant Funded

• $25K: 3 / 30
• $50K: 4 / 40
• $75K: 5 / 50
• $100K: 6 / 60
• $150K: 8 / 80

One-time fee

One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint, FLEX Challenge and GOAT Access are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.

No time limit on any plan.

Personal automated strategies and EAs are allowed, provided they are consistent with the trader's style and do not exploit system vulnerabilities, latency, or data feed anomalies. Strategies designed to manipulate the simulated environment are prohibited.

Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal profit margins) is prohibited. Automated scalping systems that exceed 200 trades per day are not allowed. Exploiting tight brackets or the simulated market's absence of slippage is forbidden.

Manual scalping allowed. Tick scalping and trades closed within 2 minutes have their profits deducted (micro-scalping rule). FLEX is exempt from the 2-minute rule: at each payout, at least 50% of closed trades and 50% of net profit must come from trades held longer than 1 minute; otherwise the payout is declined and sub-minute profit deducted. Tick scalping remains prohibited.

Max risk-to-reward ratio: 5:1. For every $100 of profit target, your initial stop loss cannot exceed $500. Mental stops are accepted but excessive risk-taking can lead to warnings or payout disqualification. Adjusting stops to add risk goes against policy; only move stops forward to trail and protect profits.

Additional risk guardrails:

• Trade within 2% of any CME price limit is prohibited.
• Trading without clear risk management, excessive sizing, inconsistent contract sizes or "all-in" strategies may be considered gambling and lead to account review.
• Holding a position into the daily 16:10 EST auto-close is fine; the auto-close itself doesn't breach the account.

Copy trading between your own accounts is allowed (e.g. between multiple GFF accounts in your name). Bundle discounts (2 or 3 accounts) are available and you can copy trades to all simultaneously. Cross-user copy trading is not addressed in the helpcenter.

Allowed on both challenge and funded accounts, on every plan. Traders can open, manage and close positions during high-impact news. Blue Guardian warns that slippage and spread widening may occur.

Evaluation phase (EOD, Sprint, FLEX)
No news trading restrictions.

Funded phase (all account types including Instant)
2-minute buffer around high-impact news events. Within 2 min before/after release you cannot open, close or trigger pending orders. Positions opened before the window may be held through the event.

GOAT Access
News trading not allowed.

Microscalping rule
EOD, Sprint, Instant: profits from trades closed within 2 minutes of opening are deducted (not a breach but profits invalid).
FLEX: microscalping rule does NOT apply.

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

15 consecutive days without trades results in account breach. Applies to both evaluation and funded accounts. Once breached, account cannot be reinstated and fees are non-refundable. Notify support in advance if you plan to be away.

A single trading day cannot equal or exceed:

• Standard: 40%, on the funded account only
• Reserve: configurable as 40% (3-day pass) or 50% (2-day pass), on the evaluation only
• Express: 40% on the evaluation by default; an optional 50% evaluation consistency add-on allows qualification after as few as 2 green days
• Direct: 20% on the first payout, 25% on the second, 30% from the third onwards

Calculation: Highest Net Profit Day / Total Account PnL. On evaluation accounts, passing is delayed until the ratio complies with the selected threshold. On funded accounts, payouts are blocked until the ratio drops below the applicable threshold. Violating the rule does NOT terminate the account.

No single day can represent more than:

• EOD Challenge — Evaluation: 50% of total profits. Funded: 30% during a payout period.
• Sprint Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: 35%.
• FLEX Challenge — Evaluation: 50%. Funded: none.
• Instant Funded — 20% (the tightest of all plans).
• Instant Lite — 15% for the 1st payout, 20% for the 2nd, 25% from the 3rd onwards.
• GOAT Daily — Evaluation: 40%. Funded: none.
• GOAT Access: none during the evaluation.

Violating the rule blocks the next payout but does not close the account.

Overnight holding NOT permitted (all account types). All positions must be closed before the end of the trading session. Weekend holding also NOT permitted.

• 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.

• Tick scalping and other extremely short-duration trading.
• Except on FLEX, trades closed within 2 minutes - profits are deducted (micro-scalping rule).
• Unrealistic execution that relies on simulated market conditions (slippage, liquidity, partial fills) not replicable in live.
• Holding positions overnight or over the weekend.
• Trading affected instruments inside the 2-minute high-impact news buffer on funded accounts.