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Blue Guardian
Think CapitalHeadquarters
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB
CEO
Sean Bainton
Faizan Anees
Country
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Foundation
2021
2024
Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Cuba, Mongolia, Senegal, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Montenegro, South Africa, Algeria, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Angola, Ethiopia, Namibia, Haiti, Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Barbados, Iceland, North Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Belarus, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iran, Philippines, Turkey, Botswana, Iraq, Panama, Uganda, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine, Burma (Myanmar), Kosovo, Qatar, Vietnam, Burundi, Kenya, Russia, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Laos, Romania, Yemen, Cambodia, Lebanon, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Liberia, Slovenia, Cameroon, Libya, Somalia, China, Macedonia, South Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Sudan, Crimea, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Croatia, Mauritius, Syria
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, British Columbia, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Cyprus, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Samoa, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Vatican City State, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam, Venezuela
Headquarters
Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE
85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB
CEO
Sean Bainton
Faizan Anees
Country
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Foundation
2021
2024
Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Cuba, Mongolia, Senegal, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Montenegro, South Africa, Algeria, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Angola, Ethiopia, Namibia, Haiti, Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Barbados, Iceland, North Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Belarus, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iran, Philippines, Turkey, Botswana, Iraq, Panama, Uganda, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine, Burma (Myanmar), Kosovo, Qatar, Vietnam, Burundi, Kenya, Russia, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Laos, Romania, Yemen, Cambodia, Lebanon, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Liberia, Slovenia, Cameroon, Libya, Somalia, China, Macedonia, South Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Sudan, Crimea, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Croatia, Mauritius, Syria
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, British Columbia, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Cyprus, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Samoa, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Vatican City State, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam, Venezuela
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
Liquidity Provider
ThinkMarkets
Refund
✗
✓
Platforms
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker, MatchTrader
Metatrader 5, ThinkTrader, Tradingview
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID:-
Password:WuG"FFzv4+2z
TradeLocker
ID:-
Password:j%Purqe58eDz
Server:BLUEG
Metatrader 5
ID:14300283
Password:N!SbG1Ko
Server:ThinkMarkets-Demo
ThinkTrader
ID:Spreadtest@test.com
Password:4+5O)z#.)14E
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Rise, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
- By default: Biweekly
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly
Payout Guarantee
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.
Maximum Withdrawal
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).
Minimum Withdrawal
$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.
$100
Payout Fee
Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested
Margin Call Level
100%
Crypto Weekend Trading
✓
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
Liquidity Provider
ThinkMarkets
Refund
✗
✓
Platforms
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker, MatchTrader
Metatrader 5, ThinkTrader, Tradingview
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID:-
Password:WuG"FFzv4+2z
TradeLocker
ID:-
Password:j%Purqe58eDz
Server:BLUEG
Metatrader 5
ID:14300283
Password:N!SbG1Ko
Server:ThinkMarkets-Demo
ThinkTrader
ID:Spreadtest@test.com
Password:4+5O)z#.)14E
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Rise, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
- 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
- 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
- Other products: 14 days
- By default: Biweekly
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly
Payout Guarantee
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.
Maximum Withdrawal
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).
Minimum Withdrawal
$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.
$100
Payout Fee
Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested
Margin Call Level
100%
Crypto Weekend Trading
✓
Forex
50:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Metals
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Energies
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Indices
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Crypto
4:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Forex
50:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Metals
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Energies
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Indices
- Evaluation: 20:1
- Funded: 10:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Crypto
4:1
- Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
- All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Forex
5 / lot
0
Metals
5 / lot
0
Energies
5 / lot
0
Indices
0
0
Crypto
0
0
Forex
5 / lot
0
Metals
5 / lot
0
Energies
5 / lot
0
Indices
0
0
Crypto
0
0
Account Reset
✗
Add-ons
✓
✓
Instant
✓
✓
One Step
✓
✓
Account scaling
✓
✓
Two Steps
✓
✓
Max Drawdown
- 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
- Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
- Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance after the first payout
- Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
- Dual Step Swing: 7% static
- Nexus: 8% static
Profit Split
- 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: 80%
- With add-on (+25%): 90%
- Bolt: 90% with scaling
Free Trial
✗
✓
dailyDrawdown
Based on highest value between balance and equity
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt: 3% Balance-based (Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing) / 3% Equity-based (Bolt, Dual Step Intraday)
- All accounts: Soft breach, account disabled for the day, resumes next day at 00:00 MT5 Server Time
Three Steps
✓
✓
Max Allocation
400,000
- MetaTrader 5: $300,000
- ThinkTrader: $600,000
- Bolt with scaling: $500,000
Merge Accounts
✓
✗
Maximum Trading Days
No limit
Unlimited
Minimum Trading Days
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
Monthly Competition
✓
✗
Minimum Profitable Days
- 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
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
- Bolt: 5 profitable trading days before first payout
techInfo
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allowsWeekend
~
Payout Frequency
- Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
- Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days), no add-on
Consistency Rule
~
Account Reset
✗
Add-ons
✓
✓
Instant
✓
✓
One Step
✓
✓
Account scaling
✓
✓
Two Steps
✓
✓
Max Drawdown
- 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
- Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
- Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance after the first payout
- Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
- Dual Step Swing: 7% static
- Nexus: 8% static
Profit Split
- 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: 80%
- With add-on (+25%): 90%
- Bolt: 90% with scaling
Free Trial
✗
✓
dailyDrawdown
Based on highest value between balance and equity
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt: 3% Balance-based (Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing) / 3% Equity-based (Bolt, Dual Step Intraday)
- All accounts: Soft breach, account disabled for the day, resumes next day at 00:00 MT5 Server Time
Three Steps
✓
✓
Max Allocation
400,000
- MetaTrader 5: $300,000
- ThinkTrader: $600,000
- Bolt with scaling: $500,000
Merge Accounts
✓
✗
Maximum Trading Days
No limit
Unlimited
Minimum Trading Days
1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.
Monthly Competition
✓
✗
Minimum Profitable Days
- 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
- Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
- Bolt: 5 profitable trading days before first payout
techInfo
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allowsWeekend
~
Payout Frequency
- Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
- With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
- Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days), no add-on
Consistency Rule
~
Expert Advisor (EA)
✓
✓
VPN
✓
✗
Hedging
~
✓
Requires Stop Loss
✗
✗
Scalping
~
✓
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
✓
✗
allowsMartingale
✓
Maximum Risk Limit
✗
✗
Copy Trading
~
~
News Trading
~
✓
hasInactivityRule
30 days
30 days
Consistency Rule
✓
✗
Hold Weekend
✓
✓
Prohibited Strategies
- 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).
- Copy Trading
- Grid (Reverse) Trading
- Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
- Collusion Between Users
- Account Sharing, Account Management, or Account Sale
- Latency Arbitrage
- High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
- Abuse of a Delayed Data Feed
- Abuse of the Simulated Environment
- Trading on Delayed Charts
- Utilization of Expert Advisors
- Challenge Passing Services
- Martingale Trading
- Use of Guarantee of Compliance with Limit Orders
- Trading in Sanctioned Countries
- Trading Activity: Soft Breaches/Warnings
- Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Technical Errors
- News Trading
- Order Layering
- Gambling/Punting
Expert Advisor (EA)
✓
✓
VPN
✓
✗
Hedging
~
✓
Requires Stop Loss
✗
✗
Scalping
~
✓
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
✓
✗
allowsMartingale
✓
Maximum Risk Limit
✗
✗
Copy Trading
~
~
News Trading
~
✓
hasInactivityRule
30 days
30 days
Consistency Rule
✓
✗
Hold Weekend
✓
✓
Prohibited Strategies
- 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).
- Copy Trading
- Grid (Reverse) Trading
- Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
- Collusion Between Users
- Account Sharing, Account Management, or Account Sale
- Latency Arbitrage
- High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
- Abuse of a Delayed Data Feed
- Abuse of the Simulated Environment
- Trading on Delayed Charts
- Utilization of Expert Advisors
- Challenge Passing Services
- Martingale Trading
- Use of Guarantee of Compliance with Limit Orders
- Trading in Sanctioned Countries
- Trading Activity: Soft Breaches/Warnings
- Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Technical Errors
- News Trading
- Order Layering
- Gambling/Punting
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