The Instant Starter is a one-time account designed for traders who want to experience how instant funding works. It can only be purchased once per trader and allows for one payout only before the account is closed.

Below is a complete overview of the rules, trading conditions, and payout requirements for the Instant Starter model.

With the Instant Starter, there is no profit target or evaluation phase. Traders receive immediate access to a funded account and can begin trading right away.

To begin trading, traders are only required to sign their Trader Agreement/Contract once the account is issued.

The maximum daily loss is limited to 3% of the initial account balance.

This value resets daily at 5pm EST and is calculated using the higher value between the account balance or equity at the time of the reset.

We calculate daily drawdown as follows: Upon the 5pm Est day change, we will take the higher figure of either the account balance or account equity and subtract a fixed 3% of the initial balance from the higher value as the daily loss limit for the new day. It is the maximum amount of loss allowed within a single trading day, which the account will be breached when daily loss exceeds this level.
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​Example 1:
On a 100K account, if at 5pm EST you have an open trade with a floating profit of $2,000, your account equity will be 102K. With a 3% daily drawdown, the equity cannot drop below $97,000 ($102,000 - $3,000 = $99,000) on the next trading day.
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​Example 2:
If on a 100K account at 5pm EST you have an open trade with a floating loss of -$2,000, your account equity will be $98,000. Because your $100K balance is higher than your $98,000 equity, your daily drawdown limit of $3,000 will be calculated on a $100K balance. This means for the next trading day, the equity cannot drop below $97,000 ($100,000 - $3000 = $97,000).
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​Example 3:
If there are no open trades at 5pm EST, the daily drawdown will be 3% of whatever the closed balance is.

Instant Starter Max drawdown will remain at 5% trailing of your Highest Watermark Closing Trade made. If your account reaches 5% of your starting balance your trailing Drawdown will lock in at your starting balance.
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Once your Drawdown is locked in at your starting balance we add a fixed 1% buffer on the account. This way you cannot withdraw all the profit and breach your account.
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Example 1: You have a 100k account. Your Daily drawdown is a fixed 3% and your Max Trailing is 5%. Your Daily drawdown level is $97,000 and your Max trailing is $95,000. Once your account has made over 5% of the starting balance your Trailing now locks in at $100,000. It no longer trails. Drawdown includes profits and losses from closed positions, swap fees and commissions
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Example 2: You start out with a 100k account. Your Daily drawdown is 3% and your Max Trailing is 5%. Your Daily drawdown level is $97,000 and your Max Trailing is $95,000. Lets say you make $5,000 profit. This puts your account at $105,000. The next day your Daily drawdown will be $105,000- $3000 = $102,000. Your Max trailing drawdown is $105,000-$5,000 = $100,000. Your new Max trailing drawdown is $100,000 because it trails from your highest recorded balance which was $105,000.
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Daily drawdown will reset each Day at 5PM EST. Max Trailing will always be from Highest recorded balance unless you achieve 5% from your starting balance.

To pass the evaluation, traders must complete at least 5 trading days.

A trading day is counted on any day where at least 0.5% profit is achieved. The trading days do not need to be consecutive.

News trading is allowed on Instant starter
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Blue Guardian does not provide a built-in copy trading system, but traders may use third-party trade copier software as long as it complies with our rules.

Allowed:

Not Allowed:

All copied trades must only occur between accounts legally owned by the same account holder.

EAs are allowed. You may use EAs (Expert Advisors) that you setup to suit your own strategy or trading style.
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While VPNs and VPS are allowed, using either service to bypass rules related to copy trading, group trading, or signal trading is strictly prohibited. If you are found misusing these services in violation of your contract or our Terms of Use, your account will be failed and terminated.

The minimum holding time is 2 minutes. If a trade is closed in under 2 minutes, it may be flagged for tick scalping, which is against our trading rules.

We have no restrictions on holding trades over night or the weekend on all account types.

On Instant Starter account a consistency rule of 15% applies. This stipulates, one trading day can not be greater than or equal to 15% of the total profits made. When the profits of one trading day equals or is greater than 15% of total profits made that payout period, the PAYOUT REQUEST button will be unavailable until the highest profit trading day falls below 15% of total profits made on that account within that particular period.
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​What if I make more than 15% of my total PnL in one day? Will that breach my account?
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Your account will not be breached/terminated if you violate the 15% rule. However, you are required to continue trading and make more profits until the highest profit trading day falls below 15% of total profits. For example, if you make $1,000 in one trading day, you will at least need to reach $6,666 in total profits within that period in order to request a payout.

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Our analysis shows that exceeding the Maximum Daily Drawdown is the main cause of account breaches, accounting for over 73% of all breaches. Our most profitable traders are those who cut losses quickly and let winning trades run. The Guardian Shield encourages proper risk management for consistent profitability.
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​Instant Accounts:
​If your PnL on open trades reaches a 1% loss, Guardian Shield will, in most cases, automatically close all open trades for all symbols. This is a soft breach, and you may immediately begin trading afterward.
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‍Example:
‍You have a balance of $5,000 funded account and 3 open trades. Your open PnL reaches a total loss of $50 (1%). The Guardian Shield will automatically close all trades. You can continue trading as you like afterwards.
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Guardian Shield is an important risk management tool that helps prevent traders from blowing their funded accounts, and ultimately helps create more consistent profits with increased risk management.
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​Guardian Shield Breach Consequences:
• 1st Breach: Profit split reduced to 50%.
• 2nd Breach: The account is permanently breached.
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​Important Notice: The Guardian Shield does not reset once triggered and the profit split cannot be reinstated. These changes are permanent and cannot be reversed.

The maximum profit allowed on the Instant Starter account is $250.
Once a payout is processed, the account will be permanently closed.

Funded traders receive a 90% profit split.

Example:

If a trader earns $250 in profit, the payout would be:

To request a payout, traders must:

At Blue Guardian, payouts are processed within 24 business hours.

If your payout exceeds this timeframe, you will receive 100% profit share on that payout as part of our payout guarantee.

Exceptions:
The payout guarantee does not apply in cases involving:

If multiple Instant Starter accounts are purchased under the same trader, any additional accounts will not be eligible for a refund and will be automatically breached in accordance with our policy.