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Blue Guardian
City Traders ImperiumAlgaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sean Bainton
Daniel Martin and Martin Najat
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2021
2018
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sean Bainton
Daniel Martin and Martin Najat
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2021
2018
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
1-Step, 2-Step
- 1st payout after at least 7 Profitable (0.5% or more) Trading Days and a Minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After your 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Monthly, during the last 5 days of each month.
Instant
- You can request the 50% profit share from Level 1 when the 10% profit target is achieved on Level 2.
- You can request the second payout on Demand anytime once you have at least 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After the 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Bi-Weekly, on the 14th/15th & the last 2 days of each month.
Payouts processed within 24 business hours (Mon 9 AM – Fri 5 PM Dubai time). If they miss this window you automatically receive a 100% profit split on that payout (no Blue Guardian cut). Delays caused by compliance checks, risk reviews or pending KYC do not qualify.
2 Step Nano: 2% of the initial balance per payout ($500 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K, $2,000 on $100K and $4,000 on $200K).
$100 in crypto, $500 via Rise (bank transfer). On 1 Step Standard and Instant accounts, once you reach 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at breakeven, a 1% buffer must remain in the account.
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
1-Step, 2-Step
- 1st payout after at least 7 Profitable (0.5% or more) Trading Days and a Minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After your 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Monthly, during the last 5 days of each month.
Instant
- You can request the 50% profit share from Level 1 when the 10% profit target is achieved on Level 2.
- You can request the second payout on Demand anytime once you have at least 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After the 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Bi-Weekly, on the 14th/15th & the last 2 days of each month.
Payouts processed within 24 business hours (Mon 9 AM – Fri 5 PM Dubai time). If they miss this window you automatically receive a 100% profit split on that payout (no Blue Guardian cut). Delays caused by compliance checks, risk reviews or pending KYC do not qualify.
2 Step Nano: 2% of the initial balance per payout ($500 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K, $2,000 on $100K and $4,000 on $200K).
$100 in crypto, $500 via Rise (bank transfer). On 1 Step Standard and Instant accounts, once you reach 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at breakeven, a 1% buffer must remain in the account.
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)
- Instant, Guardian X, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Nano, 2 Step Pro, Crypto: Trailing
- 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Classic, 2 Step Nano, 3 Step: Static
- 2-Step, Instant: Static
- 1-Step: Trailing
- Existing 1, 2 and 3 Step programs: 85%
- 1 Step Nano and 2 Step Nano: up to 100%
- Instant: 80%
- Instant Starter: 90%
- With add-on: 90%
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 80% (base value), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
- Instant Funding: starts at 50% (Level 1)
- Instant Funding Pro: starts at 70% (Level 2)
- Instant scaling: 80% (Level 3), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Balance-based
- 1-Step: $200,000
- 2-Step: $200,000
- Instant: $80,000
No limit
Unlimited
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- Instant, 2 Step Standard, Guardian X: 5 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 1 Step, 2 Step Classic, 3 Step, Crypto: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 2 Step Classic: 4 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
- Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.
You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)
- Instant, Guardian X, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Nano, 2 Step Pro, Crypto: Trailing
- 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Classic, 2 Step Nano, 3 Step: Static
- 2-Step, Instant: Static
- 1-Step: Trailing
- Existing 1, 2 and 3 Step programs: 85%
- 1 Step Nano and 2 Step Nano: up to 100%
- Instant: 80%
- Instant Starter: 90%
- With add-on: 90%
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 80% (base value), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
- Instant Funding: starts at 50% (Level 1)
- Instant Funding Pro: starts at 70% (Level 2)
- Instant scaling: 80% (Level 3), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Balance-based
- 1-Step: $200,000
- 2-Step: $200,000
- Instant: $80,000
No limit
Unlimited
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- Instant, 2 Step Standard, Guardian X: 5 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 1 Step, 2 Step Classic, 3 Step, Crypto: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 2 Step Classic: 4 days with 0.5% profit or more
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
- Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.
30 days
30 days
- Platform or data freezing exploits (using a Demo Server error).
- Use of delayed data feed or trading on delayed charts.
- Tick scalping (trades closed under 2 minutes), high-frequency trading, arbitrage bots.
- Reverse arbitrage, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage and any emulators.
- Hedging between accounts (within one account is fine).
- Password changes (the password sent by email is the only one accepted).
- Gambling: any trading where margin usage exceeds 80% on running trades.
- Shared devices, VPS or accounts: each trader must use only their personal device. Shared usage across accounts results in payout disqualification, suspension or termination.
- Bypassing copy-trading or signal-trading rules using VPN/VPS.
- Account inactivity: at least 1 trade every 30 days (otherwise breach).
- Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
- Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / Copy Trading
- Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
- One-Sided Bets
- Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging
- Using 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Bracketing Strategies
- Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Grid Trading
30 days
30 days
- Platform or data freezing exploits (using a Demo Server error).
- Use of delayed data feed or trading on delayed charts.
- Tick scalping (trades closed under 2 minutes), high-frequency trading, arbitrage bots.
- Reverse arbitrage, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage and any emulators.
- Hedging between accounts (within one account is fine).
- Password changes (the password sent by email is the only one accepted).
- Gambling: any trading where margin usage exceeds 80% on running trades.
- Shared devices, VPS or accounts: each trader must use only their personal device. Shared usage across accounts results in payout disqualification, suspension or termination.
- Bypassing copy-trading or signal-trading rules using VPN/VPS.
- Account inactivity: at least 1 trade every 30 days (otherwise breach).
- Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
- Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / Copy Trading
- Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
- One-Sided Bets
- Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging
- Using 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Bracketing Strategies
- Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Grid Trading
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