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Blue Guardian Futures
Goat Funded FuturesAlgaroud 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
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).
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Available on evaluation plans (EOD, Sprint, FLEX). Reset fees:
- EOD: $50K $59 · $100K $109 · $150K $159
- Sprint: $25K $46 · $50K $69 · $100K $99
- FLEX: $50K $74 · $100K $124 · $150K $174
Instant Funded and Instant Lite accounts cannot be reset.
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.
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 (evaluation or funded)
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.
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.
- 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 Challenge requires 2 trading days. EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.
GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.
No activation
No activation fee after passing — you keep 100% of the funded account access without any extra payment. 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
One-time fee
One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint and FLEX Challenge are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.
- EOD Challenge: none during evaluation; 2.5% soft breach when funded.
- Sprint Challenge: none in either phase.
- FLEX Challenge: none in either phase.
- Instant Funded: 3% soft breach.
No time limit on any plan.
Available on evaluation plans (EOD, Sprint, FLEX). Reset fees:
- EOD: $50K $59 · $100K $109 · $150K $159
- Sprint: $25K $46 · $50K $69 · $100K $99
- FLEX: $50K $74 · $100K $124 · $150K $174
Instant Funded and Instant Lite accounts cannot be reset.
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.
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 (evaluation or funded)
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.
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.
- 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 Challenge requires 2 trading days. EOD, Sprint and Instant Funded have no minimum trading days.
GOAT Daily: no minimum trading days once funded.
No activation
No activation fee after passing — you keep 100% of the funded account access without any extra payment. 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
One-time fee
One-time fee. No monthly subscription and no recurring charges. EOD, Sprint and FLEX Challenge are paid up-front to enter the evaluation phase.
- EOD Challenge: none during evaluation; 2.5% soft breach when funded.
- Sprint Challenge: none in either phase.
- FLEX Challenge: none in either phase.
- Instant Funded: 3% soft breach.
No time limit on any plan.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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