Applies to: Futures
Short answer
The Live Account is the top level of Blue Guardian Futures: real capital and real CME execution. It can't be bought. Our Risk Team offers it to funded traders who show exceptional performance. When you move to Live, your eligible funded accounts merge into one Live Account with daily, uncapped payouts and a 90% profit split.
At a glance
How to qualify | Exceptional performance on your funded accounts, at the Risk Team's discretion |
Starting balance | $0, or your pending payout amount if you move to Live with one |
Drawdown | End-of-day, combined from your eligible funded accounts (up to $15,000) |
Payouts | Daily, no cap |
Profit split | 90% |
Daily loss limit / consistency rule | None |
News trading | Not allowed |
Hedging | Strictly prohibited |
Fees | None |
How do I qualify?
There's no set number of payouts, profit target or timeframe. Our Risk Team monitors funded accounts and may offer Live to any trader at any time. They look at consistency, risk management, discipline, profitability, account behaviour and any previous Live history. All decisions are at the Risk Team's discretion.
What happens when I move to Live?
All eligible funded accounts merge into one Live Account. An account is eligible if it has received at least one payout.
Each eligible account adds Live drawdown based on its size (see below), up to a combined $15,000.
All your evaluation accounts are closed.
Funded accounts with no payouts yet don't move to Live.
Refunds on closed accounts: for evaluations and funded accounts with no payouts, your fee is refunded if the account has more than 50% of its maximum drawdown remaining. If it has 50% or less, it's closed without a refund.
Live drawdown per funded account
Funded account | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
Live drawdown added | $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
Example: 2 × $50K Elite, 1 × $50K Reserve and 2 × $50K Express, each with a payout, merge into one Live Account with $10,000 combined drawdown.
If your combined drawdown is over $15,000, it can be split across two Live Accounts. For example, five $150K accounts ($22,500) become $15,000 + $7,500.
Maximum position size
Combined Live drawdown | Max position (Minis / Micros) |
Up to $2,000 | 2 / 20 |
$2,000–$4,500 | 4 / 40 |
$4,500–$6,500 | 6 / 60 |
$6,500–$9,500 | 8 / 80 |
$9,500–$15,000 | 10 / 100 |
Your limit doesn't change after payouts or when your maximum loss limit locks. Some highly volatile contracts may have lower limits. Traders with strong, consistent risk management may later qualify for larger sizes.
If you have a pending payout
If you're offered Live while a payout is pending, choose one:
Take the payout: it's paid as normal. A 30-day cooldown then applies before you can buy a new evaluation, and after that you can only trade one funded account at a time.
Move to Live: the payout isn't paid out. Instead, your Live Account starts with that amount as its balance.
Live Buyout (cash instead of Live)
If you have no pending payout, you can take a one-time cash payment instead of trading Live: 50% of your combined starting Live drawdown. Example: $10,000 combined drawdown gives a $5,000 buyout. Your accounts are then closed.
Only available at the moment you're offered Live, once per trader.
A 30-day cooldown applies before you can buy a new evaluation, and after that you can only trade one funded account at a time.
Live Bonus (first promotion only)
On your first move to Live, you receive a bonus of 25% of your starting combined Live drawdown each time your cumulative net profit reaches 1×, 2× and 3× your combined Live drawdown.
Cumulative net profit | Bonus |
1 × combined Live drawdown | 25% of starting combined drawdown |
2 × combined Live drawdown | 25% of starting combined drawdown |
3 × combined Live drawdown | 25% of starting combined drawdown |
Example: you move to Live with five $50K funded accounts, giving $10,000 combined drawdown. You receive $2,500 when your net profit reaches $10,000, another $2,500 at $20,000 and another $2,500 at $30,000, which is $7,500 in total.
Bonus funds are added to your Live balance for trading. They become withdrawable once you've had 5 winning days on Live (each with net profit of at least 1% of your starting combined drawdown, minimum $100) and your account is in profit. Payouts always come from trading profit first, so your profit withdrawals are never blocked. The Live Bonus can only be earned once, on your first promotion.
Live Account rules
Drawdown: end-of-day. If you request a payout before your balance exceeds your Live drawdown amount, your maximum loss limit locks at $100.
No daily loss limit and no consistency rule, whichever plan your accounts came from.
News trading: not allowed, because of the risks of real CME execution during high-impact news.
Hedging: strictly prohibited. Breaking this can lead to permanent closure and a permanent ban.
Household rule: while one member of a household trades a Live Account, other household members can't trade simulated Blue Guardian Futures accounts.
If you breach your Live Account
Live Accounts can't be reset, bought back or reactivated. After a breach:
A 30-day cooldown applies before you can buy a new evaluation.
After that, you can only trade one funded account at a time.
Repeated breaches through reckless risk-taking may lead to longer cooldowns.