Everything you need to know about the Blue Guardian Instant $25K challenge — fees, rules, drawdown limits, and the true cost to get funded.
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$100
90%
$10K
Drag to model your worst-case scenario
$200
2 attempts × $100 fee
$200
No fee refund on this plan
2.22%
Profit needed on $10K after 90% split
Fees shown in USD. Break-even is the minimum profit % you need on your funded account to cover all challenge costs.
Rules change without notice and vary by account type. Confirm with the firm before you trade.
Expert Advisors & Bots
Own-strategy EAs allowed. Banned: tick scalping, HFT, arbitrage bots, hedge arbitrage, trade emulators.
Weekend Holding
Overnight and weekend holding allowed.
Hedging
Within one account only.
Copy Trading
Only between accounts you own.
News Trading
Challenge: allowed · Funded and Instant: no trades 5 min before or after high-impact news.
Scalping
Minimum holding time 2 minutes per trade.
Arbitrage
Latency, reverse and hedge arbitrage, and arbitrage bots.
Gambling
Using over 80% of margin in running trades counts as gambling.
Exploits & Trade Emulators
Trade emulators, delayed data feeds, exploiting demo-server errors.
From our firm record — not independently re-verified
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