Blue Guardian review

Challenge fees run $54 to $2,200, with the smaller accounts at the low end and the largest at the top. The median price across the brands on the site is €56.56, so a Blue Guardian challenge sits above the middle of the market rather than at the budget end.

The profit split is 80% to 90%, the share of your trading profit that reaches you after the firm takes its cut. For comparison, the median split across the brands on the site is 90%, and the top figure listed is 100%.

The evaluation is instant, so there are no staged rounds to clear before you start trading. Two-step challenges are the most common setup among the brands on the site, while only 13.6% run an instant route like this one.

The maximum drawdown is 6% and the daily loss limit is 3% to 4%, both set in the instant standard account rules. Those are careful figures: drawdown limits across the brands on the site run 6% to 12%, so Blue Guardian sits at the tight end.

Payouts can be instant on demand, and there is a standard payout cycle with an optional faster add-on when you want the money sooner. What you receive follows the profit split of 80% to 90%, so a bigger slice of your own profit makes frequent withdrawals more worthwhile.

Account sizes run 5K, 10K, 25K, 50K, 100K, 200K, 300K, 400K, so you can learn the rules on a small account and move up as your results hold. Entry cost climbs with size, and the upper end of challenge fees of $54 to $2,200 applies to the largest accounts, so starting smaller is the sensible test.

Support runs on email, chat and help centre, so you can use email, live chat, the help centre or the community. Only 24.1% of the prop firms on the site add a phone line, so expect most questions to be handled in writing.

Most retail accounts lose money: the median share across the brands on the site is 70.15%, and the range runs 40.3% to 88%. A 6% maximum drawdown caps the damage on the account, but it does not make the trading itself safer.