Blue Guardian Futures Standard vs Reserve vs Express vs Direct: 2026 Comparison

Blue Guardian Futures offers three evaluation routes, Standard, Reserve and Express, plus Direct, which skips evaluation. The useful comparison is where consistency applies, how much loss room each size provides, and what must happen before a withdrawal. CFP offers up to 45% off all four account types; it does not change their rules.

Updated 10 October 2026 by Yash R. This comparison uses current official account pages and checkout observations, with conditional discount calculations labelled separately. Legacy accounts and selected options may differ.

Standard vs Reserve vs Express vs Direct at a glance

Sources: Standard rules, Reserve rules, Express rules and Direct rules. Contract structure follows the dedicated scaling policy; buffer comparisons follow the payout policy. Reserve's overview and detailed section disagree about its default consistency. The checkout checked on 10 October showed 50% by default and a lower-priced 40% option, both with the daily loss limit on.

Standard: fixed size with funded consistency

Standard suits a comparison centered on predictable contract access. A trader who passes still has to meet 40% funded consistency and leave the payout buffer intact. A large winning day can postpone eligibility even when the balance is profitable.

The absence of a listed evaluation consistency percentage can make Standard easier to compare for traders with uneven evaluation results. It should not be read as a promise of a one-day pass: targets, reviews and every other rule still apply.

Reserve: optional daily-loss removal and five winning days

Reserve's detailed current policy includes a daily loss limit by default. Removing it requires the no-daily-loss-limit option. The overview's no-limit description is inconsistent with that detailed section, so a buyer should check the selected configuration rather than assume the restriction is absent.

Reserve's withdrawal structure can suit someone able to produce repeated qualifying days. Each cycle needs five winning days, and applicable later cycles need a minimum net-profit total. A losing day can therefore delay a payout even after five qualifying wins. Funded scaling also means the largest evaluation position may be unavailable immediately after passing.

Express: daily payout opportunities with a protected buffer

Express is an evaluation account with a 6% target and 40% challenge consistency. No funded consistency percentage is listed. Its main distinction is daily payout eligibility, subject to its buffer, minimum request, cap and fresh-profit requirement.

For current $25K Express, the evaluation has no daily loss limit but the funded stage has a $500 limit. On $100K and $150K Express, the overall drawdown allowances are smaller than the corresponding Standard or Reserve amounts. Compare that loss room before choosing a plan for its payout frequency.

Direct: skip evaluation, retain payout goals

Direct starts at the funded stage after the required account agreement. Its first payout uses 20% consistency, its second 25%, and later payouts 30%. There is no separate payout buffer, but cycle profit goals and caps still apply.

A trader comparing Direct with an evaluation should budget the actual purchase fee and test whether normal trading results satisfy the first-payout rules. “No evaluation target” does not mean every profitable balance is withdrawable.

Daily loss limits and maximum drawdown by account

Amounts below are USD for current account configurations. A daily loss limit is a session control; the overall maximum loss limit is a separate account threshold.

Daily loss limits

Reserve's detailed rule section now describes a daily loss limit by default and an optional no-daily-loss-limit add-on. Its overview still says otherwise. Confirm the selected order and agreement. Express loss updates are dated September 2; earlier purchases retain their original terms. Direct accounts purchased before July 21, 2026 retain no daily loss limit. Separately, $50K Direct accounts bought July 21–26, 2026 retain a $1,500 daily limit.

End-of-day maximum drawdown allowances

*Standard's $25K overview states $1,000, but its $26,600 end-of-day lock example implies a different allowance. Verify that pairing with support before sizing risk. Sources: Standard rules, Reserve rules, Express rules and Direct rules.

Drawdown and daily-loss controls serve different purposes

An EOD trailing floor responds to new highest closing balances rather than intraday unrealized highs. It does not move down after a loss. Current model pages describe the eventual fixed floor as starting balance plus $100, and the payout policy applies that floor after an approved withdrawal.

The allowance is more useful for comparing risk than the nominal account label. For example, the published $100K drawdown allowances are $3,500 Standard, $3,000 Reserve, $2,500 Express and $3,500 Direct. Those differences remain after applying a coupon.

A daily-loss soft breach temporarily suspends trading under the relevant rules. Do not interpret that recovery as protection against crossing the overall loss floor.

Payout caps: compare the same account size

The following table uses $50K accounts so the model differences are visible without changing nominal size.

Sources: payout comparison, Reserve eligibility and Express eligibility. Reserve's later net-profit condition applies to payouts 2–5 on accounts purchased on or after July 27, 2026. For Express purchases covered by the September 2 update, profit since the previous payout must reach at least half that payout before the next request.

Official payout conflicts to resolve before relying on a number

Express's current dedicated page lists $100K/$150K buffers of $2,600/$3,600; the general payout page lists $3,600/$5,100. Its size-specific minimums also differ from older method footers and the generic $500 minimum. The detailed Direct page lists a $1,000 minimum, another reason not to apply the generic figure universally.

Use the applicable account dashboard and written support clarification when these figures affect eligibility. Do not treat the most favorable conflicting number as a settled rule.

Profit split is separate from processing and delivery

The published trader split is 90%, with a 3% processing fee in the general policy. The final amount received is not simply the headline cap. The 24-business-hour guarantee starts only after eligibility, documents and required actions are complete; review, holidays and provider issues can affect the clock. It is a processing commitment, not a promise of instant bank arrival.

Contract size, platform and trading conduct

At $50K, Standard and Direct allow a fixed four-mini equivalent, while funded Reserve and Express start at two and use EOD tiers. All simultaneous positions count, and ten micros equal one mini. A falling qualifying balance can reduce a scaling tier. See contract limits.

The purchase choices are DeepCharts and Tradovate/NinjaTrader; TradingView connects through Tradovate. Check instruments and data costs separately in the official platform guide. Fully automated strategies are prohibited even if a platform supports automation. Own-account copying is allowed, but copying other traders and third-party management are not; see trading conduct.

Current simulated-account news permissions do not carry into the earned Live tier, where news trading is prohibited. Live promotion is discretionary, not an automatic benefit after a specified number of payouts.

CFP discount and current account prices

Price configuration reviewed on 12 October 2026: The official Futures page lists Reserve with DLL on and selectable evaluation-consistency settings. The 50% consistency configuration used in these examples is not a universal default: the current marketing selector marks the 40% variant as default, differing from the earlier checkout observation. Keep the chosen consistency setting with its matching price; maximum-discount figures remain conditional.

CFP: up to 45% off all Blue Guardian Futures account types. Verified on 12 October 2026 by Yash R. The offer covers Standard, Reserve, Express and Direct. The actual reduction depends on the selected purchase; 45% is the maximum advertised saving.

Regular prices below were checked on the official checkout on 10 October 2026: Futures, Tradovate, quantity one and a blank coupon field. Reserve rows use its selected 50% evaluation consistency with the daily loss limit on. The separate 40% consistency and no-daily-loss options are excluded from those rows. Express uses the documented 40% evaluation rule; DeepCharts displayed the same Express prices.

The optional Reserve 40% configuration displayed totals of $64/$112/$148/$296 in ascending size order, including separate option adjustments. Those configured totals are not used as coupon bases here because the discount treatment of the adjustment needs confirmation.

The last two columns are conditional arithmetic, not confirmed CFP checkout quotes. At the maximum rate, saving equals regular price multiplied by 0.45 and the remaining account price equals regular price multiplied by 0.55, rounded to cents. Taxes, paid options and other charges can change the total. No stacking with bundle offers is assumed. These figures do not establish discounts on resets, reactivations, data fees or other later charges.

Select the model, size, platform and options, enter CFP, then inspect the refreshed order total before paying. Read the Blue Guardian Futures CFP coupon guide for offer details. The coupon changes the purchase price only.

How to choose between the four accounts

The account-allocation policy limits simultaneous funded trading to five accounts. Additional eligible or Direct accounts wait inactive until capacity opens. Five $150K accounts total $750K in nominal labels; this arithmetic does not mean $750K of usable loss capacity.

1. Compare the loss allowance and daily limit against a realistic losing session. Include commissions and slippage in the budget.
2. Test normal daily results against the relevant consistency stage. A discounted account can still be a poor fit if one usual winning day blocks progression or a payout.
3. Model a withdrawal and the balance left afterward. For Standard and Express, preserve the required buffer; for every model, check the active loss floor.
4. Check funded position size. Reserve and Express can reduce position access after evaluation.
5. Price the exact configuration with CFP in checkout. Treat no-daily-loss options, other add-ons and future recovery costs as separate questions.

Current accounts use one-time purchase fees without monthly renewal or an additional funded activation fee. The program introduction also requires evaluation activity within 30 calendar days and funded activity within 7. A plan without a subscription still needs ongoing rule compliance.

For a broader assessment, see the Blue Guardian Futures review, the full rules guide and the CFP coupon details.