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Blue Guardian
Funded EliteAlgaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Corso G. Matteotti 61, Latina, 04100, Italy
Sean Bainton
Christian Habibi
United Arab Emirates
Italy
2021
2023
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
Corso G. Matteotti 61, Latina, 04100, Italy
Sean Bainton
Christian Habibi
United Arab Emirates
Italy
2021
2023
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
Can be choose at checkout: 3, 7, 14, 21 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).
- Crypto: $500
- Giveaway and free accounts: 2% of the initial balance
$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.
- Crypto: $30
- Rise: $500
- Rise: $35
- ERC20 and BTC: Around $7
- TRC20: Around $3
Liquidity Provider
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
Can be choose at checkout: 3, 7, 14, 21 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).
- Crypto: $500
- Giveaway and free accounts: 2% of the initial balance
$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.
- Crypto: $30
- Rise: $500
- Rise: $35
- ERC20 and BTC: Around $7
- TRC20: Around $3
30:1 (50:1 and 100:1 available as an add-on at the checkout)
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
30:1 (50:1 and 100:1 available as an add-on at the checkout)
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
Traders can independently restart their live account directly from the dashboard.
- The initial reset carries a fee equal to 20% of the original challenge price (no discounts applied and including any selected add-ons), with a minimum charge of $10 USD.
- The fee for the second reset will be double the cost of the first reset.
- The third and final reset will cost twice the fee of the second reset.
- 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
- 1 Step, 2 Step: Static
- Instant: Trailing
- Activation: Static during challenge and trailing on funded account
- Catalyst: Trailing equity. 6% at $25K, 5% from $50K up
- 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: 60%, 70%, 80%, 95% (can be selected at the checkout)
- Instant: 70%, 95%
- Activation: 80%
- Catalyst: 80% at $25K, 85% at $50K, 90% at $100K, 95% from $200K and up
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark).
- Catalyst: 3% of the higher of yesterday's closing balance or equity
- Vietnam, Pakistan: 100,000
- Rest of the world: 300,000
No limit
Unlimited
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days on funded account
- 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 of at least 0.5% profit on challenge phase
- Instant: 3 days of at least 1% profit on funded phase
- Activation: 3 days of at least 0.5% profit on both challenge and funded phase
- Catalyst: 5 days with a minimum PnL per stage ($150 / $250 / $350 / $450 / $650 / $850 / $1,000 for $25K → $1M)
Traders can independently restart their live account directly from the dashboard.
- The initial reset carries a fee equal to 20% of the original challenge price (no discounts applied and including any selected add-ons), with a minimum charge of $10 USD.
- The fee for the second reset will be double the cost of the first reset.
- The third and final reset will cost twice the fee of the second reset.
- 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
- 1 Step, 2 Step: Static
- Instant: Trailing
- Activation: Static during challenge and trailing on funded account
- Catalyst: Trailing equity. 6% at $25K, 5% from $50K up
- 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: 60%, 70%, 80%, 95% (can be selected at the checkout)
- Instant: 70%, 95%
- Activation: 80%
- Catalyst: 80% at $25K, 85% at $50K, 90% at $100K, 95% from $200K and up
Based on highest value between balance and equity
Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark).
- Catalyst: 3% of the higher of yesterday's closing balance or equity
- Vietnam, Pakistan: 100,000
- Rest of the world: 300,000
No limit
Unlimited
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
- 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days on funded account
- 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 of at least 0.5% profit on challenge phase
- Instant: 3 days of at least 1% profit on funded phase
- Activation: 3 days of at least 0.5% profit on both challenge and funded phase
- Catalyst: 5 days with a minimum PnL per stage ($150 / $250 / $350 / $450 / $650 / $850 / $1,000 for $25K → $1M)
30 days
29 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).
- IP sharing
- HFT
- Hedging
- Account Rolling
- Account Sharing/any passing service
- Latency Arbitrage
- Server Spamming
30 days
29 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).
- IP sharing
- HFT
- Hedging
- Account Rolling
- Account Sharing/any passing service
- Latency Arbitrage
- Server Spamming
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