Blue Guardian vs The Futures Desk on TradersPost
Blue Guardian and The Futures Desk differ on 10 of 18 points TradersPost compares: platform, authentication, automated trading, copy trading and 6 more.
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Platform
Tradovate
ProjectX
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Authentication
OAuth
API key
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Automated trading
Conditional
“Futures: bots/EAs/algos prohibited; semi-auto with active management allowed. Automated scalping capped at 200 trades/day; HFT <60s prohibited.”
Allowed
Set by the firm
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Copy trading
Conditional
“Futures: bots/EAs/algos prohibited; semi-auto with active management allowed. Automated scalping capped at 200 trades/day; HFT <60s prohibited.”
Allowed
Set by the firm
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Bracket orders
Supported
Not supported
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Stop limit orders
Supported
Not supported
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Good till canceled orders
Supported
Not supported
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Immediate or cancel orders
Supported
Not supported
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Fill or kill orders
Supported
Not supported
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Trailing stop attached to entry
Supported
Not supported
Automation and copy trading rules are set by each firm and can change. Rules recorded May 21, 2026; confirm the current policy with the firm before you connect.
Blue Guardian rules from help.blueguardianfutures.com.
The Futures Desk rules from www.thefuturesdesk.com.
Same on both 8
- Short selling
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Trailing stops
- Day orders
- Modify open orders
- Paper accounts
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Worth knowing about each
Blue Guardian
- Platform
- Tradovate
- Automated trading
- Conditional
- Copy trading
- Conditional
The Futures Desk
- Platform
- ProjectX
- Automated trading
- Allowed
- Copy trading
- Allowed