Blue Guardian
Everything below is read from Blue Guardian's own rules page and dated. What it costs and what it pays are on their site; what the rules mean at your risk per trade is not, and that is what this page adds.
The funded account is simulated
Blue Guardian's own materials describe the capital as simulated. You are paid a share of notional profit under a contract rather than trading a funded brokerage account. That is what the product is — worth knowing before you price the fee against it, not after.
Blue Guardian — terms and conditions — read 2026-08-18
Published rules
Buy Now Pay Later
difficulty ratio 0.50| Challenge profit target | 4% |
| Maximum daily loss | 4% — ends the attempt |
| Maximum overall loss | 8% (trailing close) |
| Minimum trading days | none published |
| Profit split | up to 90% |
| Fee refunded on passing | no |
| Time limit | none published |
| At 1% risk per trade, the attempt ends after | 4 consecutive losers |
What it costs
| Account | Fee | Profit to break even |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
| $10,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
| $25,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
| $50,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
| $100,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
| $200,000 | USD 10 | USD 11 |
One attempt. Multiply by the attempts you expect — the calculator does it .
- · The $10 is an activation fee, not the price: "Once the challenge has been successfully completed, traders simply pay the remaining balance to receive their funded account." The figure the firm shows struck through beside the $10 is that balance — $52 on the $5K account up to $1,033 on the $200K. Fail and you have spent $10.
- · What falls due on passing is worded two ways. The rules article says you "pay the remaining balance"; the plan page says "The full challenge fee (equivalent to what other firms charge upfront) is only charged once you successfully complete the challenge objectives." On the $100K account that is either $676 or $686, depending which sentence governs.
- · The 8% trail stops. "If your account reaches 8% of your Initial balance your trailing Drawdown will lock in at your starting balance", after which a fixed 1% buffer is added so that withdrawing every dollar of profit cannot breach the account. The same article then says the trail runs "unless you achieve 6% from your Initial balance" — the firm publishes both 8% and 6% as the threshold, twice against once.
- · The daily limit is not calculated from where the day opened. It resets at 5pm EST and is measured from the HIGHER of balance or equity at that moment, so an open floating profit at the reset raises the next day’s floor. The firm’s own worked example: $2,000 floating profit on a $100K account at 5pm sets the next day’s floor at $98,000 rather than $96,000. Its marketing page describes the same rule as "measured from the day’s starting balance".
- · The 4% daily loss limit and the 4% profit target are the same number. One bad day is the entire target.
- · No minimum trading days to pass: "There is no minimum trading day requirement to pass the evaluation." Five PROFITABLE days are required on the funded account before a payout, a day counting only where it makes at least 0.5% of the initial balance.
- · The profit split is 85% with a 90% add-on, priced at $1.50 beside the $10 at checkout. The same checkout also sells a "100% profit split" add-on, which the rules article does not mention.
- · Guardian Shield runs on the funded account and closes trades at a floating loss of 1% — half the 2% threshold on every other Blue Guardian plan.
- · Consistency on the funded account: no day above 20% of total profit.
- · Minimum holding time of 2 minutes; a trade closed sooner may be flagged as tick scalping. News trading is allowed during the challenge and not on the funded account. Overnight and weekend holding, expert advisors and trade copiers between your own accounts are all allowed.
- · Leverage is capped at 1:30, the lowest of any Blue Guardian plan.
- · The firm publishes two different entry prices on one page. The hero reads "Start your challenge for just $5 today" and its own button, three words later, reads "Start for $10"; the comparison table below says "$5 Setup fee only" while the how-it-works block says "Pay a $10 setup fee". Every row of its price table, and the checkout itself, says $10.
- · It also publishes two different size ranges. The FAQ says "Account sizes range from $10K all the way up to $400K" and the how-it-works block repeats it, while the plan’s own price table and its checkout offer $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K and $200K — no $150K and no $400K.
1 Step
difficulty ratio 1.67| Phase 1 profit target | 10% |
| Maximum daily loss | 4% — ends the attempt |
| Maximum overall loss | 6% (trailing close) |
| Minimum trading days | 3 |
| Profit split | up to 90% |
| Fee refunded on passing | no |
| Time limit | none published |
| At 1% risk per trade, the attempt ends after | 4 consecutive losers |
What it costs
| Account | Fee | Profit to break even |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | USD 30 40 | USD 33 |
| $10,000 | USD 49 66 | USD 54 |
| $25,000 | USD 100 134 | USD 111 |
| $50,000 | USD 150 200 | USD 167 |
| $100,000 | USD 298 398 | USD 331 |
| $200,000 | USD 552 736 | USD 613 |
One attempt. Multiply by the attempts you expect — the calculator does it . Struck-through figures are the higher price displayed beside a promotion on the date read.
- · News trading is allowed during the evaluation and NOT on the funded account. The firm publishes both in the same rules panel, one column apart.
- · Evaluation leverage is 1:100 and funded leverage 1:50 — the account you qualify on is not the account you trade.
2 Step Standard
difficulty ratio 1.50| Phase 1 profit target | 8% |
| Phase 2 profit target | 4% |
| Maximum daily loss | 4% — ends the attempt |
| Maximum overall loss | 8% (static) |
| Minimum trading days | 5 |
| Profit split | up to 90% |
| Fee refunded on passing | no |
| Time limit | none published |
| At 1% risk per trade, the attempt ends after | 4 consecutive losers |
What it costs
| Account | Fee | Profit to break even |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | USD 24 32 | USD 27 |
| $10,000 | USD 56 75 | USD 62 |
| $25,000 | USD 115 154 | USD 128 |
| $50,000 | USD 174 232 | USD 193 |
| $100,000 | USD 347 463 | USD 386 |
| $200,000 | USD 697 930 | USD 774 |
One attempt. Multiply by the attempts you expect — the calculator does it . Struck-through figures are the higher price displayed beside a promotion on the date read.
- · The only Blue Guardian programme with a static drawdown, and the firm says so in as many words: "Static Drawdown".
- · News trading is allowed during the evaluation and not on the funded account.
2 Step Pro
difficulty ratio 1.40| Phase 1 profit target | 10% |
| Phase 2 profit target | 4% |
| Maximum daily loss | 4% — ends the attempt |
| Maximum overall loss | 10% (trailing close) |
| Minimum trading days | 4 |
| Profit split | up to 90% |
| Fee refunded on passing | no |
| Time limit | none published |
| At 1% risk per trade, the attempt ends after | 4 consecutive losers |
What it costs
| Account | Fee | Profit to break even |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | USD 18 24 | USD 20 |
| $10,000 | USD 40 54 | USD 44 |
| $25,000 | USD 71 95 | USD 79 |
| $50,000 | USD 126 168 | USD 140 |
| $100,000 | USD 278 371 | USD 309 |
| $200,000 | USD 552 736 | USD 613 |
One attempt. Multiply by the attempts you expect — the calculator does it . Struck-through figures are the higher price displayed beside a promotion on the date read.
- · Sold as "the most affordable two-phase model". It is cheaper than 2 Step Standard on every account size, asks two percentage points more profit in phase one, and replaces the static drawdown with one that trails the highest balance.
Instant
no evaluation| Profit target | none — funded from day one |
| Maximum daily loss | 3% — ends the attempt |
| Maximum overall loss | 6% (trailing close) |
| Minimum trading days | none published |
| Profit split | up to 90% |
| Fee refunded on passing | no |
| Time limit | none published |
| At 1% risk per trade, the attempt ends after | 3 consecutive losers |
What it costs
| Account | Fee | Profit to break even |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | USD 54 72 | USD 60 |
| $10,000 | USD 75 100 | USD 83 |
| $25,000 | USD 156 208 | USD 173 |
| $50,000 | USD 243 324 | USD 270 |
| $100,000 | USD 467 623 | USD 519 |
| $200,000 | USD 716 954 | USD 796 |
| $300,000 | USD 1,284 1,712 | USD 1,427 |
| $400,000 | USD 1,650 2,200 | USD 1,833 |
One attempt. Multiply by the attempts you expect — the calculator does it . Struck-through figures are the higher price displayed beside a promotion on the date read.
- · No evaluation — the drawdown is the only constraint, and it starts at 3% daily, the tightest daily limit the firm sells.
- · The only Blue Guardian plan sold above $200K, reaching $400K.
Blue Guardian — account model rules — read 2026-08-18
Questions
- What are Blue Guardian's challenge rules?
- As published on the firm's own pages, read 2026-08-18: Buy Now Pay Later: 4% target, 4% daily limit, 8% overall (trailing close); 1 Step: 10% target, 4% daily limit, 6% overall (trailing close); 2 Step Standard: 8% + 4% target, 4% daily limit, 8% overall (static); 2 Step Pro: 10% + 4% target, 4% daily limit, 10% overall (trailing close); Instant: no profit target, 3% daily limit, 6% overall (trailing close). What these mean at your own risk per trade — how many consecutive losing trades each cap allows — is computed in the tables on this page.
- Does Blue Guardian refund the challenge fee?
- Buy Now Pay Later: no; 1 Step: no; 2 Step Standard: no; 2 Step Pro: no; Instant: no. Where a refund exists, when it actually arrives is recorded in the rules above — several firms pay it with a later reward rather than on passing.
- Is Blue Guardian's funded account real money?
- Blue Guardian's own materials describe the capital as simulated. You are paid a share of notional profit under a contract rather than trading a funded brokerage account — the source and the date we read it are cited on this page.
What is not on this page
A pass rate. Nobody publishes one, and the percentages in circulation come from firms selling challenges or affiliates earning on sign-ups. A number with that provenance would make this page look more authoritative and be worth less.
Fees are shown as displayed on the date read, and prop firms discount often — treat the figure as a snapshot and check the firm's own page before paying. What this page adds is the part that page does not tell you: what the rules mean at the risk you actually trade, and what the attempt costs once you stop assuming you pass first time. Run them against your own numbers.
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Before you buy an attempt
Work out how many consecutive losers the drawdown allows at your risk per trade, and multiply the fee by the number of attempts you honestly expect. Both take a minute and both change the decision.