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Blue Guardian
FinotiveAlgaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Innovation One Building, Level 2, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sean Bainton
Oliver Newland
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2021
2021
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Innovation One Building, Level 2, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sean Bainton
Oliver Newland
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2021
2021
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
First payout on demand
- Standard Challenge, Pro Challenge and Instant Standard: 7 days
- Instant Lite: 14 days
- Solo FX: weekly payouts; first request after 14 calendar days in Simulated Funded Status
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.
$4
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
First payout on demand
- Standard Challenge, Pro Challenge and Instant Standard: 7 days
- Instant Lite: 14 days
- Solo FX: weekly payouts; first request after 14 calendar days in Simulated Funded Status
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.
$4
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 100:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 50:1
- Instant Standard: 33:1
- Instant Lite: 25:1
- Solo FX: 33:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 20:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 10:1
- Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 10:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 2:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 1:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 5:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 4:1
- Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 2:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 100:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 50:1
- Instant Standard: 33:1
- Instant Lite: 25:1
- Solo FX: 33:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 20:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 10:1
- Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 10:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 5:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 2:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro, Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 1:1
- 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro: 5:1
- 1-Step Standard, 1-Step Pro: 4:1
- Instant Standard, Instant Lite: 2:1
Funded Stage Refresh
- A refresh can only be requested when your account balance is within 10% of the Maximum Drawdown limit
- Resets your account balance back to the original starting equity
- Preserves your profit split rate and any progress made in the Scaling Plan
- There is a maximum of 3 refreshes per funded account
- The price depends on the size of the account
- 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
Static
- 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%
- Standard Challenge: 80% (up to 95% scaling)
- Pro Challenge: 100%
- Instant Standard: 75% (up to 90%)
- Instant Lite: 70% (up to 85%)
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Balance-based
- Challenge Accounts (Standard): Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
- Pro Challenge Accounts: Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
- Instant Funding (Standard): Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000
- Instant Funding Lite: Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000
No limit
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
Minimum profitable days number must be met every time a trader wants to pass an evaluation phase, scale a funded account or request a payout. A day is considered profitable when it reaches at least 0.5% profit
- Challenge 1 Step: 3 days
- Challenge 2 Step: 2 days
- Instant Standard: 0 days
- Instant Lite: 5 days
- Finotive Pro 1 Step: 3 days
- Finotive Pro 2 Step: 2 days
- Solo FX: 4 days with at least 0.5% each
Funded Stage Refresh
- A refresh can only be requested when your account balance is within 10% of the Maximum Drawdown limit
- Resets your account balance back to the original starting equity
- Preserves your profit split rate and any progress made in the Scaling Plan
- There is a maximum of 3 refreshes per funded account
- The price depends on the size of the account
- 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
Static
- 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%
- Standard Challenge: 80% (up to 95% scaling)
- Pro Challenge: 100%
- Instant Standard: 75% (up to 90%)
- Instant Lite: 70% (up to 85%)
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Balance-based
- Challenge Accounts (Standard): Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
- Pro Challenge Accounts: Up to $600,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $2,040,000
- Instant Funding (Standard): Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000
- Instant Funding Lite: Up to $200,000 in purchased capital, scalable to $680,000
No limit
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
Minimum profitable days number must be met every time a trader wants to pass an evaluation phase, scale a funded account or request a payout. A day is considered profitable when it reaches at least 0.5% profit
- Challenge 1 Step: 3 days
- Challenge 2 Step: 2 days
- Instant Standard: 0 days
- Instant Lite: 5 days
- Finotive Pro 1 Step: 3 days
- Finotive Pro 2 Step: 2 days
- Solo FX: 4 days with at least 0.5% each
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).
- Excessive notional volume (not applicable to Solo FX; its exposure is governed by 1:33 margin)
- High-frequency stacking, including correlated instruments (not a Solo FX-specific restriction; latency arbitrage and execution abuse remain prohibited)
- Martingale or grid strategies
- News straddling (the Solo FX dashboard and announcement prohibit it, but Schedule 10A-1 disapplies section 7.9; confirm with support)
- Using ultra-tight stops just to mask oversized lots
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).
- Excessive notional volume (not applicable to Solo FX; its exposure is governed by 1:33 margin)
- High-frequency stacking, including correlated instruments (not a Solo FX-specific restriction; latency arbitrage and execution abuse remain prohibited)
- Martingale or grid strategies
- News straddling (the Solo FX dashboard and announcement prohibit it, but Schedule 10A-1 disapplies section 7.9; confirm with support)
- Using ultra-tight stops just to mask oversized lots
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