Blue Guardian $10,000 Account Rules

Last verified: 2026-03-21 | Official rules page

Blue Guardian's $10,000 Phase 1 has a $400 daily loss limit (4%), $800 maximum drawdown (static (floor never moves)), and a $800 profit target. Minimum 3 trading days. Fee: $99.

Rules by Phase
phase 1phase 2funded
Daily Loss$400 (4%)$400 (4%)$400 (4%)
Max Drawdown$800$800$800
DD TypeStaticStaticStatic
Profit Target$800$400None
Min Days33None
News Tradingallowedallowedallowed
OvernightYesYesYes
What This Means In Practice

You can lose max $400 in a single day.

Your account can never drop below $9,200.

If you grow to $20,000, the floor stays at $9,200(static). Your profits don't shrink your safety net.

At 1% risk per trade ($100), you can take 4 losing trades before hitting the daily limit.

How Many Losing Trades Before You Blow

Understanding how many consecutive losers your account can survive is the difference between passing and failing. Here is the math for the Blue Guardian $10,000 account at different risk levels, based on the $800 max drawdown (static (floor never moves)).

Risk Per TradeDollar RiskLosers to Max DDLosers to Daily Limit
0.5%$50168
1%$10084
1.5%$15052
2%$20042
3%$30021

At the commonly recommended 1% risk per trade ($100), you can absorb 8 consecutive losing trades before breaching the $800 max drawdown. However, the $400 daily loss limit means you can only take 4 losers in a single day before getting locked out. This is the constraint that bites most traders first.

Because Blue Guardian uses static drawdown, profits you accumulate before a losing streak create additional buffer. If you are up $400 before a drawdown, you effectively have $1,200 of room at 1% risk, which translates to 12 losing trades.

Position Sizing Guide for $10,000

Proper position sizing on the Blue Guardian $10,000 account depends on your stop loss distance, the instrument you trade, and the rules you need to respect. Below are practical guidelines for this specific account.

Forex (standard lots):

At 1% risk ($100) with a 20-pip stop loss, you can trade approximately 0.50 standard lots (each pip = ~$10 on majors). With a 50-pip stop, that drops to 0.20 lots. If you plan to take multiple trades in a day, remember your combined risk cannot exceed the $400 daily limit.

Conservative vs. aggressive sizing:

Conservative (0.5% risk): Risk $50 per trade. You can survive 16 consecutive losers before max drawdown. At a 2:1 reward-to-risk ratio, you need 8 winning trades (with no losers) to hit the $800 profit target.

Standard (1% risk): Risk $100 per trade. You can survive 8 consecutive losers. At a 2:1 reward-to-risk ratio, you need 4 winning trades to hit the target.

Aggressive (2% risk): Risk $200 per trade. Only 4 losers before breach. Just 2 losers hit the daily limit. Not recommended unless you have a proven win rate above 60%.

The key takeaway: on a $10,000 account with $800 max drawdown, your static drawdown gives you room to recover from losing streaks as long as you size properly. Your profit target is $800 (8%), which means you need to earn 1.0x what you can afford to lose. Use the drawdown simulator to test different scenarios.

Pros
  • +Static drawdown — floor never moves
  • +News trading allowed in all phases
  • +Overnight and weekend holding allowed
  • +85% profit split from the start
  • +Wide range of account sizes ($10K-$200K)
Cons
  • -MT4/MT5 only — no cTrader
  • -Profit split capped at 85% (no scaling)
  • -Less well-known brand
  • -2-step evaluation required
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