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Headquarters

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

1201 N Orange St, Suite 7149 Wilmington, DE 19801, United States

CEO

Sean Bainton

Country

United Arab Emirates

United States

Foundation

2021

2022

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Refund
Payout Fee

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

Platforms
Tradovate, ProjectX, Volsys, DeepCharts
RTrader, NinjaTrader, Project X, ATAS, Quantower, Bookmap, Sierra Chart
Demo Account
Unknown
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, PayPal, Wise
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
  • Express: daily payouts
  • Direct: instant payout from day one
  • Legacy Master: requests can be submitted at any time and are processed weekly on Wednesday.
  • Momentum Master and Fast Track: eligible requests submitted before 12:01 PM CT, Monday–Friday, are processed the same day.
Payout Guarantee

Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.

Minimum Withdrawal

$500 across all account types.

  • Legacy Master: $1,000.
  • Momentum Master: $500 on 25K; $1,000 on 50K, 100K and 150K.
  • Fast Track: $1,000.
Brokers
Rithmic, Project X
Maximum Withdrawal

Legacy Master — first three payouts:

Account Maximum
25K $1,000
50K $1,500
100K $1,750
150K $2,000
250K grandfathered accounts $2,500

Momentum Master:

Account 1st 2nd 3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
50K $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000
100K $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $4,000
150K $2,500 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000

Fast Track:

Account 1st–3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,250
50K $2,000 $2,500
100K $2,500 $3,000
150K $3,000 $3,500
Other Payout Requirements
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per cycle. Minimum profit per qualifying day: $100 on 25K, $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K and $250 on 150K. Minimum balances: $26,500, $53,000, $104,500 and $156,500 respectively.
  • Fast Track: later payout goals after the first payout are $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K and $4,500 on 150K.
Account Reset
  • Legacy Qualification: resets cost $78. Active recurring Legacy subscriptions keep the free reset available on their renewal date.
  • Momentum Qualification: reset available; price not announced. A reset does not extend the 30-calendar-day validity.
  • Fast Track: no reset option.
Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Two Steps
Max Drawdown

Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:

  • Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
  • Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
  • Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500

Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.

On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.

  • Legacy No Scaling Account: real-time Trailing Drawdown.
  • Legacy EOD Account: End-of-Day Drawdown.
  • In Legacy Master accounts, both thresholds stop moving when they reach the initial balance +$100.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 1: Trailing Drawdown.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 2: EOD Drawdown.
  • The amount for each account appears in the challenge table.
Profit Split

90% on all funded accounts and plans.

A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.

  • First $10,000 in eligible cumulative profits per trader profile: 100% to the trader.
  • Thereafter: 90% to the trader and 10% to Bulenox.
  • The first-$10,000 threshold is shared across accounts and products.
dailyDrawdown

Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.

  • Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
  • Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
  • Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000

Legacy:

Only EOD accounts have a Daily Loss Limit. If it is reached, trading is paused for the rest of the day without being treated as a rule breach. It stops applying when the maximum drawdown reaches the initial balance.

Account Size Daily Loss Limit
$10K $400
$25K $500
$50K $1,100
$100K $2,200
$150K $3,300
$250K grandfathered accounts $4,500

Momentum and Fast Track:

Option 1 has no Daily Loss Limit. Option 2 has a Daily Loss Limit where specified in the challenge table.

Three Steps
Max Allocation
150,000
  • Unlimited Qualification accounts.
  • Shared limit of 5 Master-level accounts across the Bulenox products.
mandatoryBuffer
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Minimum Trading Days
  • No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
  • Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
  • Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active
  • Legacy Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Legacy Master: 10 trading days before payout.
  • Momentum Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum trading days before payout.
  • Funded Account: 5 trading days per payout.
Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation

  • Legacy Master: one-time activation fee; amounts applicable from August 17 must be confirmed at checkout.
  • Momentum Master: no activation fee.
  • Fast Track Master: activation is included in the one-time Fast Track fee.
Minimum Profitable Days
  • Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
  • Express: no minimum
  • Direct: no minimum
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum profitable-day requirement.
Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee

  • Legacy Qualification and Momentum Qualification: one-time purchase with no recurring subscription; valid for 30 calendar days.
  • Active Legacy subscriptions opened before August 17, 2026 remain under their existing subscription terms.
  • Fast Track has no Qualification stage.
Free Trial
Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days
  • Legacy and Momentum Qualification: 30 calendar days from activation.
  • Fast Track: not applicable because there is no Qualification.
Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
Hedging
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
News Trading
hasInactivityRule

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

Consistency Rule
Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
  • AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
  • Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
  • Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
  • Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
  • Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
  • Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
  • Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
  • Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
  • Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
  • Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.
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