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Blue Guardian
FintokeiAlgaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Masarykova 409/26, Brno, Czech Republic
Sean Bainton
David Varga
United Arab Emirates
Czech Republic
2021
2023
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Masarykova 409/26, Brno, Czech Republic
Sean Bainton
David Varga
United Arab Emirates
Czech Republic
2021
2023
Liquidity Provider
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
14 days
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.
- All accounts: 100 EUR, 100 USD, 2,000 CZK, 20,000 JPY
- ProTrader $400,000: 120 EUR/USD
- SwiftTrader: 3% of the account balance
- ETH: 2.5% + 10 EUR
- BTC: 2.5% + 20 EUR
- Other crypto: 2.5%
Liquidity Provider
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
14 days
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.
- All accounts: 100 EUR, 100 USD, 2,000 CZK, 20,000 JPY
- ProTrader $400,000: 120 EUR/USD
- SwiftTrader: 3% of the account balance
- ETH: 2.5% + 10 EUR
- BTC: 2.5% + 20 EUR
- Other crypto: 2.5%
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 25:1
- ProTrader Swing: 25:1
- ProTrader: 100:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:25
- ProTrader Swing: 1:25
- ProTrader: 1:100
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:10
- ProTrader: 1:20
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:20
- ProTrader: 1:50
- BTC: 2:1
- Other Crypto: 1:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 25:1
- ProTrader Swing: 25:1
- ProTrader: 100:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:25
- ProTrader Swing: 1:25
- ProTrader: 1:100
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:10
- ProTrader: 1:20
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- StartTrader, SwiftTrader: 1:20
- ProTrader: 1:50
- BTC: 2:1
- Other Crypto: 1:1
- 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%
StartTrader (Dynamic Performance reward)
Your performance reward can vary from 50% to 100%, depending on your trading behavior. The system automatically assesses the way you trade, taking into account several aspects of your trading history, such as:
- The number of active trading days
- How you handle your account's leverage
- Your trading background, reflected in the number of payouts
- The consistency of your results, evaluated through your daily gains and losses
ProTrader: 80%
SwiftTrader: 90%
Based on highest value between balance and equity
- StartTrader, ProTrader, Swift: Equity based
- ProTrader Swing: Balance based
- ProTrader and ProTrader Swing (combined): 400,000 EUR/USD
- StartTrader: 100,000 EUR/USD
- SwiftTrader: 200,000 EUR/USD
No limit
- StartTrader: 180 days on phases 1 and 2
- SwiftTrader: 60 days
- ProTrader, ProTrader Swing: No limit
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- StartTrader, ProTrader, ProTrader Swing, SwiftTrader: 3 days on evaluation phase
- 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
Loyalty Program based on Experience Points (XP) with 6 tiers. XP never expires.
How to earn XP
- Challenge purchases: 10-400 XP per purchase
- Milestones: 50-300 XP for passing phases, breaches, or approved payouts
- One-time bonuses: 200 XP each for registration, KYC completion, and first trial
- Daily activities: 10 XP for login or active trading days
- XP is earned even when failing challenges
Tier Benefits
- Tier 1 (0-1,999 XP): No benefits
- Tier 2 (2,000-4,999 XP): Free $5K StartTrader challenge, 5% performance boost, 5% capital boost
- Tier 3 (5,000-9,999 XP): Free $10K ProTrader challenge, 10% performance boost, +0.5% daily loss limit, 10% capital boost
- Tier 4 (10,000-19,999 XP): Free $20K ProTrader challenge, +1% daily loss limit, +1% max loss limit, 15% capital boost
- Tier 5 (20,000-29,999 XP): Free $50K ProTrader challenge, 15% performance boost, +1.5% daily/max loss limits, 20% capital boost
- Tier 6 (30,000+ XP): Free $100K ProTrader challenge, 20% performance boost, +2% daily/max loss limits, 25% capital boost
- 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%
StartTrader (Dynamic Performance reward)
Your performance reward can vary from 50% to 100%, depending on your trading behavior. The system automatically assesses the way you trade, taking into account several aspects of your trading history, such as:
- The number of active trading days
- How you handle your account's leverage
- Your trading background, reflected in the number of payouts
- The consistency of your results, evaluated through your daily gains and losses
ProTrader: 80%
SwiftTrader: 90%
Based on highest value between balance and equity
- StartTrader, ProTrader, Swift: Equity based
- ProTrader Swing: Balance based
- ProTrader and ProTrader Swing (combined): 400,000 EUR/USD
- StartTrader: 100,000 EUR/USD
- SwiftTrader: 200,000 EUR/USD
No limit
- StartTrader: 180 days on phases 1 and 2
- SwiftTrader: 60 days
- ProTrader, ProTrader Swing: No limit
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- StartTrader, ProTrader, ProTrader Swing, SwiftTrader: 3 days on evaluation phase
- 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
Loyalty Program based on Experience Points (XP) with 6 tiers. XP never expires.
How to earn XP
- Challenge purchases: 10-400 XP per purchase
- Milestones: 50-300 XP for passing phases, breaches, or approved payouts
- One-time bonuses: 200 XP each for registration, KYC completion, and first trial
- Daily activities: 10 XP for login or active trading days
- XP is earned even when failing challenges
Tier Benefits
- Tier 1 (0-1,999 XP): No benefits
- Tier 2 (2,000-4,999 XP): Free $5K StartTrader challenge, 5% performance boost, 5% capital boost
- Tier 3 (5,000-9,999 XP): Free $10K ProTrader challenge, 10% performance boost, +0.5% daily loss limit, 10% capital boost
- Tier 4 (10,000-19,999 XP): Free $20K ProTrader challenge, +1% daily loss limit, +1% max loss limit, 15% capital boost
- Tier 5 (20,000-29,999 XP): Free $50K ProTrader challenge, 15% performance boost, +1.5% daily/max loss limits, 20% capital boost
- Tier 6 (30,000+ XP): Free $100K ProTrader challenge, 20% performance boost, +2% daily/max loss limits, 25% capital boost
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).
- Copying trades from other persons' signals
- Using services to pass prop trading evaluations
- Tick scalping
- HFT
- Latency arbitrage trading
- Opposite trading / hedging across multiple accounts or traders
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).
- Copying trades from other persons' signals
- Using services to pass prop trading evaluations
- Tick scalping
- HFT
- Latency arbitrage trading
- Opposite trading / hedging across multiple accounts or traders
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