Blue Guardian

Accounts Where News Trading Is Allowed:

News trading is permitted during the evaluation phases of 1 Step and 2 Step challenges, including Standard and Nano models, subject to all other trading rules.

Accounts With News Restrictions:

News trading restrictions apply to all funded accounts obtained after passing an evaluation challenge.

The restrictions also apply to Instant Standard accounts purchased after November 13, 2025.

Older Instant Standard accounts remain subject to the terms applicable to their purchase date.

Restricted News Window:

Opening or closing positions on affected trading instruments is restricted within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after high-impact economic news (Red Folder events).

This includes FOMC speeches, statements, decisions and related news events.

Affected Trading Instruments:

Restrictions depend on the economic event and the instruments affected.

These may include forex pairs, indices, gold, silver and cryptocurrencies.

A high-impact event does not automatically restrict every trading instrument.

Holding Positions During News:

Simply holding an existing position during a news event is not prohibited under the opening and closing restriction itself.

However, profits significantly influenced by news events may be removed, even when a trade was opened or closed outside the restricted time window.

Consequences:

Profits generated in violation of news trading restrictions, or significantly influenced by news events, are subject to removal.

Under the published news trading policy, such profit removal does not, by itself, constitute an account violation resulting in termination.

Profit removal also applies to trades attempting to circumvent the news restrictions.

Important Reminder:

If you trade a funded account or an Instant Standard account subject to these restrictions, avoid opening or closing positions on affected instruments within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news events.

Profits significantly influenced by news may still be removed outside this window.

Payout Schedule:

The first payout becomes available 14 calendar days after the first trade on the funded account.
Subsequent payouts are available every 14 days, or every 7 days with the optional paid payout add-on.

Payout Requirements:

• Complete 3 profitable trading days per payout cycle, with at least 0.5% of the account size earned on each qualifying day.
• No consistency rule applies.
• All account and withdrawal conditions must be met.

Profit Split:

85% by default, with an optional paid upgrade to 90% at checkout.

Withdrawal Buffer:

Once the account reaches 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance, a 1% buffer of the initial account balance must remain after withdrawal.

Reaching 6% profit is not required before requesting a payout, provided all other conditions are met.

Payout Schedule:

Payouts are available every 7 days, subject to eligibility requirements.

Payout Requirements:

• Complete 5 profitable trading days on the funded account, earning at least 0.5% of the account size on each qualifying day.
• Meet the consistency requirement of less than 50%.
• The best trading day's profit must represent less than 50% of the total profits.

Profit Split:

85% by default, with an optional paid upgrade to 100% at checkout.

Withdrawal Buffer:

Once the account reaches 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance, a 1% buffer of the initial account balance must remain after withdrawal.

Traders do not need to achieve 6% profit before requesting a payout if all other conditions are satisfied.

Payout Schedule:

The first payout becomes available 14 calendar days after the first trade on the funded account.
Subsequent payouts are available every 14 days, or every 7 days with the optional paid payout add-on.

Payout Requirements:

• Complete 3 profitable trading days per payout cycle, with at least 0.5% of the account size earned on each qualifying day.
• No consistency rule applies.
• All account and withdrawal conditions must be met.

Profit Split:

85% by default, with an optional paid upgrade to 90% at checkout.

Maximum Drawdown:

This account uses an 8% static maximum drawdown calculated from the initial balance. The withdrawal buffer specific to trailing drawdown accounts does not apply.

Payout Schedule:

Payouts are available every 14 days, subject to eligibility requirements.

Payout Requirements:

• No minimum profitable trading days are required.
• A consistency rule of less than 50% applies to the funded account.
• The best trading day's profit must represent less than 50% of the total profits earned during the payout cycle.

Profit Split:

The default profit split is 80%.

Payout Cap:

Each payout cycle is limited to a maximum of 2% of the initial account balance.

Example: A $100,000 account has a maximum payout cap of $2,000 per cycle, subject to the profit split and all other applicable rules.

Profits exceeding this limit remain in the account and cannot be withdrawn during the same cycle. Future withdrawal eligibility remains subject to applicable rules.

Payout Schedule:

On-demand payouts are available once all eligibility conditions are met, without a fixed 7-day or 14-day payout cycle.

Payout Requirements:

• Complete 5 profitable trading days, earning at least 0.5% of the account size on each qualifying day.
• Meet the applicable consistency requirement based on account size.

Consistency Rule:

• Account sizes from $5K to $200K: below 20%.
• $300K and $400K accounts: below 15%.

Profit Split:

80% by default, with an optional paid upgrade to 90% at checkout.

Withdrawal Buffer:

Once the account reaches 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance, a 1% buffer of the initial account balance must remain after withdrawal.

Reaching 6% profit is not a prerequisite for requesting a payout if all other conditions are satisfied.

Withdrawal Methods and Minimums:

• Crypto: $100 minimum. Available for payout amounts below $5,000.
• Rise Works: $500 minimum, with no published maximum payout limit for this method.

Processing Fee:

All payouts are subject to a 3% processing fee.

General Eligibility Requirements:

• Complete KYC verification before the first payout request.
• Meet the trading-day and consistency requirements applicable to the account model.
• Maintain the account balance above the initial account balance.
• Have no active trading-rule violations.
• Close all open positions and pending orders before submitting a payout request.

Large Account Payout Caps:

$200K, $300K and $400K accounts have a maximum payout cap of $10,000 on each of their first two payouts.

This cap is lifted after two successful payouts, while all other account-specific restrictions and payout limits remain applicable.

Payout Requests and Processing:

Payout requests must be submitted through the trader dashboard.
Blue Guardian states that payouts are processed within 24 business hours, subject to compliance and account reviews.

Once a payout request is submitted, the account enters read-only mode. Trading can resume after the payout is approved.

Overnight and weekend holding is allowed on all accounts.

Daily Drawdown Limits:

• 1 Step Standard: 4%
• 1 Step Nano: 4%
• 2 Step Standard: 4%
• 2 Step Nano: 3%
• Instant Standard: 3%

How It Is Calculated:

At the daily reset, Blue Guardian uses the higher of the account Balance or Equity and subtracts the daily loss allowance calculated from the initial account balance.

Formula:
Daily Loss Threshold = Higher of Balance or Equity − (Initial Balance × Daily Drawdown Percentage).

Example 1 - Floating Profit:

Account size: $100,000
Daily drawdown: 4%
Balance at reset: $100,000
Equity at reset: $102,000
Daily loss allowance: $4,000

The higher value is $102,000.
New daily loss threshold = $102,000 − $4,000 = $98,000.

Account equity must not fall below $98,000 during the new trading day.

Example 2 - Floating Loss:

Account size: $100,000
Daily drawdown: 3%
Balance at reset: $100,000
Equity at reset: $98,000
Daily loss allowance: $3,000

The higher value is the $100,000 account balance.
New daily loss threshold = $100,000 − $3,000 = $97,000.

Account equity must not fall below $97,000 during the new trading day.

Daily Reset Time:

The daily loss threshold resets at 5:00 PM Eastern Time, according to Blue Guardian's published trading schedule.

The calculated threshold remains fixed throughout the trading day and is recalculated at the next reset.

Important:

Floating losses from open positions are included in account equity. Traders may breach the daily loss limit even without closing a position.

Positions held across the daily reset may affect the next day's loss threshold because Balance and Equity can differ at the reset.

Both daily and overall drawdown limits must be respected. Breaching either limit constitutes a violation of the account rules.

Maximum Drawdown by Account Type:

• 1 Step Standard: 6% Trailing
• 1 Step Nano: 6% Trailing
• 2 Step Standard: 8% Static
• 2 Step Nano: 10% Static
• Instant Standard: 6% Trailing

1. Static Maximum Drawdown

The maximum loss threshold is calculated from the initial account balance.

It remains fixed regardless of how much profit the trader generates.

Formula:
Maximum Loss Threshold = Initial Balance − (Initial Balance × Drawdown Percentage).

Example - 2 Step Standard:

Initial balance: $100,000
Maximum drawdown: 8%
Allowed loss: $8,000
Maximum loss threshold: $92,000

Even if the account balance increases to $110,000, the threshold remains fixed at $92,000.

Example - 2 Step Nano:

Initial balance: $100,000
Maximum drawdown: 10%
Allowed loss: $10,000
Maximum loss threshold: $90,000

This threshold does not increase as account profits grow.

2. Trailing Maximum Drawdown

The maximum drawdown is 6%, calculated from the highest recorded balance after closed trades (Highest Closed Balance).

As the highest closed balance increases, the loss threshold moves upward.

The threshold never moves downward following subsequent trading losses.

Once the threshold reaches the initial account balance, it locks at that level and stops trailing.

Formula before locking:
Maximum Loss Threshold = Highest Closed Balance − (Initial Balance × 6%).

The threshold cannot rise above the initial account balance.

Practical Example - $100,000 Account:

Trailing drawdown: 6%
Drawdown allowance: $6,000

At the start:
Highest closed balance: $100,000
Loss threshold: $94,000

After generating $5,000 in closed profits:
Highest closed balance: $105,000
Loss threshold: $99,000

After reaching $6,000 in closed profits:
Highest closed balance: $106,000
Loss threshold: $100,000

At this point, the trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance.

If the balance later increases to $110,000, the loss threshold remains at $100,000.

Closed Profit vs Floating Profit:

Unrealized profits from open positions do not increase the highest closed balance used for trailing drawdown.

However, floating losses are included when monitoring account loss limits. A breach may occur even without closing an open position.

Realized profits, realized losses, commissions and swap charges affect the account's net balance.

Withdrawal Buffer:

On trailing drawdown accounts, once 6% profit has been achieved and the drawdown threshold locks at the initial balance, traders must maintain a 1% withdrawal buffer based on the initial balance.

This is a payout requirement, not an additional drawdown allowance.

Important:

Maximum overall drawdown does not reset daily like daily drawdown.

Both daily and overall drawdown limits must be respected. Reaching either loss threshold may result in an account breach.

Blue Guardian offers a scaling plan for eligible accounts, with an advertised maximum of $4,000,000.

Scaling Requirements:

Achieve a cumulative profit of at least 12% within a 3-month period while complying with all trading rules.

Once the requirements are met and the scaling request is approved, the account size increases by 30% of the initial account balance.

Example:

Initial account size: $100,000
Scaling increase: $30,000
Account size after first scaling: $130,000

The increase is calculated from the initial account size, not from the progressively scaled balance.

Profits earned remain with the trader and are not deducted for scaling.

Instant funding accounts are not eligible for scaling.

Blue Guardian allows eligible funded accounts of the same challenge type to be merged, subject to specific conditions.

Maximum Merging Limit:

Eligible funded accounts can be merged up to a combined allocation of $400,000.

Account Merging Requirements:

• Accounts must be funded and eligible for merging.
• Accounts must belong to the same challenge type.
• Each account balance must be at or above its initial balance.
• Accounts may have profits at the time of merging. An exact breakeven balance is not required.
• All open positions must be closed before merging.
• The combined active funded allocation must remain within the permitted limit.

Merging Restrictions:

1 Step and 2 Step accounts cannot be merged together.

Having accounts of the same size does not automatically make them eligible for merging. The challenge-type requirement must also be satisfied.

Instant and Nano Accounts:

The current official information does not explicitly confirm merging eligibility or specific merging limits for Instant and Nano account models.

Traders should confirm eligibility directly with Blue Guardian support before requesting a merge.

Maximum Active Allocation:

The maximum active funded allocation is $400,000 across all funded CFD account types, including Instant Funding.

This overall allocation limit is separate from merging eligibility and does not mean that all account types can be combined.

Important Note:

Account merging remains subject to eligibility verification and approval under the company's applicable rules.

Traders must place at least one trade every 30 days to keep their accounts active.

This rule applies to evaluation accounts, funded accounts, and instant funding accounts.

When Does the Period Start?

The inactivity period starts from the account creation date, not from the first executed trade.

Although the evaluation period begins with the first trade, this does not delay the start of the inactivity period.

Consequences of Inactivity:

Failing to place a trade within 30 days results in the account being classified as inactive and breached.

This may lead to account closure or loss of eligibility to continue, depending on the account stage and applicable company rules.

Maximum Allocation Queue Exception:

If an account is waiting for activation because the maximum active funded allocation of $400,000 has been reached, and the account is breached solely due to inactivity, Blue Guardian states that it will reactivate the account.

This exception applies only to accounts in the maximum allocation queue.

Other accounts remain subject to the standard inactivity rules.

Blue Guardian permits copy trading between accounts legally owned by the same trader, subject to the company's trading rules.

Allowed Copy Trading:

• Copying trades between your own Blue Guardian accounts.
• Copying between your own Evaluation and Funded accounts.
• Copying between Blue Guardian accounts and external accounts legally owned by you.
• Using third-party trade copiers on Instant Funding accounts, provided all connected accounts belong to the same trader.

Prohibited Copy Trading:

• Copying trades from accounts belonging to other traders.
• Using trade copiers connected to accounts you do not legally own.
• Allowing another person to manage your account or execute trades on your behalf.
• Using trade copying for coordinated group trading or to bypass company rules.

Cross-Account Hedging:

Opening opposing positions to hedge between separate accounts is prohibited, even when all accounts belong to the same trader.

Permission to copy trades does not authorize hedging between separate accounts.

Trade Copier Software:

Blue Guardian does not provide a built-in trade copying system.

Third-party trade copier software is permitted, provided its use complies with all applicable trading rules.

Traders are responsible for ensuring their chosen copier complies with company policies.

VPN and VPS Usage:

VPN and VPS services are allowed, provided they are not used to bypass copy trading, group trading or signal trading restrictions.

Shared devices or VPS services linked to accounts belonging to other traders are prohibited.

Violations may result in payout rejection, profit removal, or account termination, depending on the breach.

Summary:

You may copy trades between your personally owned accounts, including your Blue Guardian and external trading accounts.

Copying other traders, third-party account management, and cross-account hedging are strictly prohibited.

Blue Guardian permits automated trading tools, VPN and VPS services on CFD accounts, provided traders comply with all applicable trading rules and company policies.

Expert Advisors (EAs):

Expert Advisors are permitted when configured by the trader to suit their own trading strategy and trading style.

Automated strategies must reflect realistic market conditions and comply with the company's risk management requirements.

Prohibited Automated Strategies:

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT).
• Arbitrage bots.
• Latency arbitrage.
• Exploiting platform errors or delayed price feeds.
• Tick scalping and trading that violates the minimum trade-holding period.
• Third-party off-the-shelf strategies or strategies marketed to pass prop firm challenges.
• Automated systems exploiting simulated trading conditions in ways that do not reflect realistic market trading.

Trade Copier Software:

Third-party trade copier software is permitted in accordance with Blue Guardian's copy trading policy.

All connected trading accounts must be legally owned by the same trader.

VPN and VPS Usage:

VPN and VPS services are permitted for legitimate trading purposes.

However, they must not be used to:
• Conceal unauthorized copying from other traders.
• Bypass group trading restrictions.
• Circumvent signal trading rules.
• Conceal the actual account operator or evade company policies.

Shared Devices and Servers:

Traders must operate their accounts using personal devices that are not shared with other traders.

Devices or VPS environments associated with accounts belonging to different traders are prohibited.

Accounts linked to shared devices may be flagged for compliance review, particularly during payout requests.

Consequences of Violations:

Misusing VPN or VPS services to circumvent trading rules may result in the account being failed and terminated.

Shared-device violations or prohibited trading strategies may also result in payout rejection, profit removal, account suspension or termination, depending on the violation.

Summary:

Automated trading is permitted when using your own trading strategy and complying with Blue Guardian's rules.

VPN and VPS services are allowed, provided they are not shared with other traders or used to circumvent trading restrictions.

Identity Documents:

Traders must provide an accepted government-issued identity document. Eligible documents may include:
• National Identity Card.
• Passport.
• Driver's License.

Document acceptance depends on the trader's country and the verification provider Sumsub.

Facial verification or a selfie may also be requested as part of the identity verification process.

When Is KYC Required?

KYC verification is not required when purchasing an account or passing an evaluation.

Verification must be completed before submitting the first payout request on a funded or instant funding account.

How to Complete Verification:

Traders can complete KYC through the Verification section of their trading dashboard.

Accepted identity documents can be checked by country through the Sumsub website.

Additional Live KYC/AML:

Blue Guardian may request additional live identity verification during payout reviews.

This may occur when documents are unclear, incomplete, inconsistent or require further verification.

Additional live verification is requested on a case-by-case basis and is not mandatory for every trader.

Identity Matching Requirements:

Accounts must be registered under the trader's legal name.

The identity information must match the account holder and payout recipient.

Fake documents, impersonation, or attempts to bypass verification are prohibited.

Violations may result in payout denial, account termination, or permanent blacklisting.

Hedging:

Hedging is permitted within the same trading account.

Hedging between separate accounts is prohibited, even when all accounts belong to the same trader.

Martingale:

Blue Guardian permits Martingale strategies, subject to applicable drawdown limits and risk management rules.

Margin Usage Rule:

Margin usage exceeding 80% is prohibited and classified as gambling under Blue Guardian's trading rules.

Blue Guardian applies specific payout conditions to Instant Funding accounts sized $200K, $300K and $400K.

1- Consistency Rule:

• $200K Account: 20% consistency.
• $300K Account: 15% consistency.
• $400K Account: 15% consistency.

The most profitable trading day must represent less than the applicable consistency percentage of total profits earned during the payout cycle.

2- First Two Payout Caps:

All three account sizes are subject to a maximum payout cap of $10,000 for each of their first two successful payouts.

The $10,000 limit applies separately to each payout, not to the combined total of both payouts.

3- Removal of the Payout Cap:

After the first two payouts have been successfully processed, the $10,000 payout cap is removed for subsequent withdrawals.

All future payouts remain subject to the general account rules, including consistency requirements, drawdown limits and payout eligibility conditions.

Important:

The $10,000 cap refers to the permitted reward amount, not the net amount received after the applicable profit split and processing fees.

Guardian Shield is a risk management mechanism designed to automatically close open positions when a specified floating loss threshold is reached.

Applicable Accounts:

• 1 Step Standard Funded: 2%.
• 2 Step Standard Funded: 2%.
• Instant Standard: 1%.

Excluded Accounts:

Guardian Shield does not apply to 1 Step Nano or 2 Step Nano accounts.

How It Works:

When the combined floating losses of open positions reach the applicable threshold, Guardian Shield automatically closes all open positions in most cases.

Actual execution prices may vary due to market volatility and slippage.

Example:

Funded Standard account: $100,000.
Guardian Shield threshold: $2,000.

If combined floating losses reach $2,000, the mechanism intervenes to close open positions.

Consequences:

• First trigger: The profit split is permanently reduced to 50%, and trading may continue.
• Second trigger: Permanent account termination.

Guardian Shield triggers do not reset, and the original profit split cannot be restored after reduction.

A profitable trading day is counted when the trader earns at least 0.5% of the initial account balance in profit during that day.

Profitable trading days do not need to be consecutive.

Blue Guardian permits standard scalping strategies while prohibiting Tick Scalping and High-Frequency Trading (HFT).

Minimum Trade Holding Time:

Each trade must remain open for at least 2 minutes.

Any trade closed in under 2 minutes may be flagged as Tick Scalping and subject to review.

The minimum holding period applies to each individual trade, not to the average holding time across all trades.

Permitted Scalping:

Standard scalping and short-term trading strategies are permitted when the minimum holding period and all other trading rules are respected.

Automated Trading:

Tick Scalping restrictions apply to both manual trading and Expert Advisors (EAs).

Automated trading tools do not provide an exemption from the minimum trade holding time requirement.

Consequences of Violations:

Blue Guardian classifies Tick Scalping as a prohibited trading practice.

Violations may result in enforcement actions, including account termination, during both evaluation and funded stages.

The company does not specify a fixed number of violations before enforcement action.

Blue Guardian prohibits unfair trading strategies and practices that exploit simulated account conditions to generate results that do not reflect realistic market trading.

Prohibited Trading Strategies:

• Exploiting platform errors, frozen prices or server failures.
• Trading using delayed price feeds or charts.
• Prohibited arbitrage strategies, including Reverse Arbitrage, Latency Arbitrage and Hedge Arbitrage.
• Using trade emulators or systems designed to exploit simulated trading conditions.
• High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and Tick Scalping.
• Hedging between separate accounts.
• Using insider or non-public information to gain an unfair trading advantage.

Gambling Rule:

Blue Guardian prohibits excessive risk-taking and all-or-nothing trading behavior.

Trading activity is classified as gambling when Margin Usage exceeds 80% in open positions.

This limit refers to margin usage, not the permitted loss percentage on an individual trade.

Excessive Risk-Taking:

Accounts may be subject to risk reviews for excessive exposure on a single trade or a series of overlapping trades.

This includes strategies where the account's outcome depends heavily on a single position or a group of trades linked to a major news event.

Third-Party Strategies:

The use of third-party off-the-shelf trading strategies, including strategies marketed specifically to pass prop firm challenges, is prohibited.

Changing Strategies After Evaluation:

Blue Guardian prohibits passing an evaluation using one strategy and subsequently switching to a different strategy on the funded account, as determined through the company's review of trading activity.

Gap Exploitation:

Opening Equity CFD positions near the end of a trading session with the intention of profiting from the price gap when the market reopens is prohibited.

This does not constitute a general prohibition on normal overnight or weekend position holding.

Password Policy:

Traders must use the original password provided by Blue Guardian to access the trading platform.

Changing the original trading account password is not permitted under the company's policy.

Sharing login credentials or allowing third parties to manage an account is also prohibited.

Consequences of Violations:

During the evaluation stage, violations may result in disqualification from receiving a funded account.

During the funded stage, violations may result in payout denial, profit removal, account termination or termination of the Trader Agreement.

Risk Team Reviews:

Not all trading violations are detected automatically or immediately.

Some breaches may be identified during manual reviews conducted by the Risk Team, particularly during payout requests or compliance checks.

Blue Guardian reserves the right to take action when a violation is discovered, even if it was not detected when it occurred.

Blue Guardian offers a full refund of the evaluation fee after the fourth successful payout from an eligible funded account.

Refund Requirements:

• Successfully complete the evaluation and receive a funded account.
• Complete four successful payouts.
• Maintain the account without a hard breach before the fourth payout.

Effective Purchase Date:

This refund policy applies to accounts purchased on or after January 21, 2026.

Loss of Refund Eligibility:

If the account is hard-breached before the fourth payout, the evaluation fee will not be refunded.

Blue Guardian provides a payout processing guarantee of 24 business hours for eligible payout requests covered by the guarantee.

Compensation for Delays:

If an eligible payout exceeds the guaranteed processing period, the trader receives an additional 10% profit share for that specific payout only.

When Does the Timer Start?

The 24-business-hour period begins once the payout is eligible for processing and all required documentation, information and trader actions have been completed.

Exceptions:

The guarantee excludes delays involving:

• Weekends and applicable bank holidays.
• Compliance checks, risk reviews and additional account investigations.
• Rise onboarding or processing delays.
• Technical delays or system issues.
• Missing documentation, pending verification or required trader actions.

Important:

The guarantee covers Blue Guardian's payout processing timeframe, not necessarily the time required for funds to reach the trader's chosen payment method.