Blue Guardian’s 2 Step Nano Challenge allows traders to qualify for funded trading by completing a two-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 2 Step Nano model.

Traders must achieve a 8% profit target on phase 1 and 5% on phase 2 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 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 4% of the initial balance is.

The maximum total loss allowed in 2 Step Nano account is 10%.
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​Example using a $100,000 account:
Max total loss is 10% of your initial balance = $10,000. Your account equity including unrealized/floating positions must not hit/exceed below $90,000.

There is no minimum trading day requirement for either the Evaluation (Challenge) or Funded Account.

Traders can pass the evaluation or become eligible for a payout as soon as all other applicable requirements and trading rules are met.

A 50% consistency rule applies to Funded Accounts only.

This means that your highest profit from a single trading day cannot be equal to or greater than 50% of your total profits during that payout period.

If your highest profit day is equal to or greater than 50%, 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.

Example: If you make $1,000 in one trading day, your total profit must exceed $2,000 before you meet the 50% consistency requirement and become eligible to request a payout.

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.

Funded traders receive a 80% profit split.

Example:

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

A 2% payout cap applies to each profit cycle on 2 Step Nano Funded Accounts.

This means traders can request a maximum payout of 2% of their initial account balance per profit cycle.
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Any profits above the 2% payout cap will remain in the account and cannot be withdrawn as part of that payout cycle.

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: