Blue Guardian Futures
United Arab Emirateswww.blueguardian.com/futures
Blue Guardian Futures is a UAE-based futures proprietary trading firm established in November 2024, offering 1-Step (Express, Reserve) and Instant (Direct) programs with account sizes ranging from $25K to $150K. Its strongest advantages are 90% profit sharing across the supplied programs, relatively high contract limits, TradingView and major futures-platform support, daily payout availability on qualifying programs, permitted news trading, and the ability to copy trades between accounts owned by the same trader. The main considerations are its strict risk-management rules, including a maximum 5:1 risk-to-reward ratio, a prohibition on trading without appropriate stops, all-in trading restrictions, a 2% CME price-limit restriction, microscalping restrictions, and payout/consistency requirements that differ materially across the Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct programs.
Challenge Programs
Standard
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,500 | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $154.00$115.50 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $209.00$156.75 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | $2,000 | $3,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $330.00$247.50 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $424.00$318.00 | Buy |
Express
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,500 | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $119.00$59.50 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $179.00$89.50 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | $1,250 | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $283.00$141.50 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | $1,750 | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $440.00$220.00 | Buy |
Reserve
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,500 | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $64.00$48.00 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | None | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $100.00$75.00 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | None | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $148.00$111.00 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | None | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $296.00$222.00 | Buy |
Payment Methods
- Credit/Debit Card
- Cryptocurrency
Payout methods are a separate set: cryptocurrency and Riseworks. Availability may vary by trader location and payment provider.
Pros & Cons
CREDITS9
- UAE-based futures prop firm established in 2024
- Offers both 1-Step (Express, Reserve) and Instant (Direct) funding programs
- 90% profit split across the supplied programs
- Supports TradingView, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and Deepcharts
- High contract limits, up to 15 minis / 150 micros on larger Guardian and Instant accounts
- News trading is permitted
- Copy trading between a trader's own accounts is permitted, including third-party copier software
- Daily payout availability on qualifying Express accounts
- Multiple payout structures across Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct programs
DEBITS12
- Relatively new firm, established in November 2024
- Strict prohibition on AI, bots, and fully automated trading
- Maximum 5:1 risk-to-reward ratio
- All-in trading is prohibited
- Microscalping is restricted
- Funded accounts require trading at least once every 7 days; evaluations require at least once every 30 days
- Copying other traders, signal providers, or groups is prohibited
- Trading within 2% of CME price limits is prohibited
- Payout rules vary substantially by program
- Standard and Express programs require substantial payout buffers before withdrawal
- Direct accounts use progressively increasing consistency requirements by payout number
- Exact commission amounts are not provided in the supplied data
Trading Rules
- Funding model spans four programs: Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct (Instant funding)
- Standard: 40% consistency rule on funded accounts
- Reserve: 50% consistency rule during the challenge; requires 5 winning days meeting a per-tier minimum profit per day
- Express: 40% consistency rule during the challenge
- Direct: consistency rule escalates from 20% (1st payout) to 25% (2nd payout) to 30% (3rd payout onward)
- Maximum risk-to-reward ratio of 5:1
- Traders may not deliberately trade without appropriate stop-loss protection while relying on the trailing drawdown to close the trade, or intentionally attempt to 'blow' the account
- All-in trading — using maximum contract sizes to chase an early gain and then reducing size to overcome the trailing drawdown — is prohibited
- Traders may not trade any product within 2% of a CME price limit
- Multiple same-price limit orders designed to manipulate fills are prohibited
- Microscalping is restricted: less than 50% of total profits may come from trades held under 10 seconds, during both evaluation and funded stages
- Extended futures trading session runs 6:00 PM to 4:10 PM EST; positions are automatically closed at 4:10 PM, and this scheduled closure does not itself cause a breach
- Maximum contract size varies by program and account size: Standard reaches 3/6/9 minis (30/60/90 micros) on 50K/100K/150K; Guardian and Instant reach 5/10/15 minis (50/100/150 micros) on 50K/100K/150K
- Inactivity: evaluation accounts require at least one trade every 30 calendar days; funded accounts require at least one trade every 7 calendar days
Restricted strategies
Blue Guardian Futures permits copy trading only between accounts legally owned by the same trader, including the trader's own external accounts, and allows third-party copier software strictly for that own-account use case; copying other traders, signal providers, or groups is prohibited, as is any third-party account management.
News trading
- Allowed
News trading is permitted and is not subject to a general prohibition; it remains subject to the firm's other risk-management and conduct rules.
Payouts & Trading Costs
- Payout frequency
- Varies by program: Standard and Express allow withdrawals once profit clears a per-tier buffer; Reserve requires 5 winning days; Direct (Instant) payout eligibility begins 3 days after the first trade, with profit goals and consistency requirements that escalate by payout number.
- Processing time
- 1 to 24 business hours
- Profit split
- Up to 90% — 90% profit split across the Standard, Reserve, Express, and Direct programs supplied.
- Payout routing
- Cryptocurrency or Riseworks
- Minimum withdrawal
- $100 (Crypto); $500 (Rise)
- Trading costs
- Vary by instrument/platform
Trust & Safety
Blue Guardian Futures is a UAE-based futures proprietary trading firm established in November 2024. It provides access to several established futures platforms, including TradingView, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and Deepcharts, with account sizes reaching $150K, and publishes detailed rules covering consistency, drawdown management, automated trading, copy trading, news trading, inactivity, position sizing, price-limit exposure, and scalping.
- Legal entity
- Iconic Exchange FZCO (UAE); Blue Guardian Limited (Saint Lucia)
- Regulated
- No
Blue Guardian Futures operates as a proprietary trading program rather than a conventional regulated investment account. No specific regulatory license information was stated in the source material.
Traders should review the exact conditions of their selected Standard, Reserve, Express, or Direct program before purchasing, since payout caps, buffers, consistency requirements, minimum trading requirements, and payout timing differ materially between programs.
Trading carries risk. Evaluation programs like this one involve simulated accounts and non-refundable fees; review the firm’s current terms directly before purchasing. This page is informational and not financial advice.