Blue Guardian’s 1 Step Nano Challenge allows traders to qualify for funded trading by completing a phase evaluation process, reaching the required profit targets while complying with all trading rules and risk management requirements.

Below is a complete overview of the rules, trading conditions, and payout requirements for the 1 Step Nano model.

Traders must achieve a 10% profit target on phase 1 while respecting all trading rules and risk limits.
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Once the target is reached, the account will undergo a final review. After successful verification, the trader will move forward as a Guardian/Funded Trader.

The maximum daily loss is limited to 4% 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 4% 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 4% daily drawdown, the equity cannot drop below $98,000 ($102,000 - $4,000 = $98,000) 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 $4,000 will be calculated on a $100K balance. This means for the next trading day, the equity cannot drop below $96,000 ($100,000 - $4000 = $96,000).
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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.

1 Step Nano maximum drawdown will remain at 6% trailing of your Highest Watermark Closing Trade made. If your account reaches 6% of your Initial 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 4% and your Max Trailing is 6%. Your Daily drawdown level is $96,000 and your Max trailing is $94,000. If you make $8,000 profit, once your account has made over 6% of the Initial 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 4% and your Max Trailing is 6%. Your Daily drawdown level is $96,000 and your Max Trailing is $94,000. Lets say you make $5,000 profit. This puts your account at $105,000. The next day your Daily drawdown will be $105,000- $4000 = $101,000. Your Max trailing drawdown is $105,000-$6,000 = $99,000. Your new Max trailing drawdown is $99,000 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 6% from your Initial balance.

Minimum trading days only apply to funded accounts, where traders must complete 5 trading days. A trading day is counted when the trader achieves at least 0.5% profit for that day. The trading days do not need to be consecutive.
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There is no minimum trading day requirement to pass the evaluation.

We allow news trading on challenge.
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However, we do not allow news trading on funded accounts. For trades executed on your Funded Account, please refrain from Opening/Closing trades 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after red folder (high-impact) news events. Any profits earned during this time or significantly influenced by news events will be subject to removal, without any account violation this also extends to trades that are maliciously attempting to bypass rule.
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Additionally, please refrain from Opening/Closing trades 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after FOMC speeches, statements, and news events on Funded accounts. Any trades involving FOMC events will be subject to profit removal, as well.

Stop Loss is not mandatory, but traders are fully responsible for managing their risk and staying within the account rules at all times.

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.

A 50% consistency rule applies to both the Challenge and Funded Account.
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This means that your highest profit from a single trading day cannot be equal to or greater than 50% of your total profits. If your highest profit day reaches or exceeds 50% of your total profits, your account will not be breached or terminated. You will simply need to continue trading and generate additional profits until your highest profit day falls below 50% of your total profits.
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Example:
If you make $1,000 in one trading day, your total profits must exceed $2,000 for that $1,000 day to represent less than 50% of your total profits.
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For Funded Accounts, the Payout Request button will remain unavailable until the 50% consistency requirement is met.

1 Step Nano includes a 1% withdrawal buffer, which is activated once the account reaches 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at breakeven. Once the account reaches 6% profit, a 1% buffer of the initial balance must remain in the account when requesting a payout.

Key points:

🔹 Minimum withdrawal amount: $100
🔹 Traders are not required to reach 6% profit before requesting a payout. Payouts can be requested at any time, provided all withdrawal rules are met.

This buffer is in place to prevent traders from withdrawing the full available drawdown and unintentionally breaching their account.

Funded traders receive a 85% profit split.

Example:

If a trader earns $5,000 in profit, the payout would be:

Optional upgrade available at checkout:

100% Profit Split Add-On

To request a payout, traders must:

At Blue Guardian, payouts are processed within 24 business hours. If your payout exceeds this timeframe due to a delay on our end, you will receive an additional 10% profit share on that payout as part of our payout guarantee.

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