At a glance
The short version
Blue Guardian runs 4 evaluation programs for forex and CFD traders. The headline one, 1 Step Standard, asks for a 9% profit target with a 6% intraday trailing max loss and a 4% daily loss limit. This page puts every Blue Guardian rule set in one table, runs each through thousands of simulated challenges to show what the rules alone do to your odds, and opens a chart that enforces them candle by candle — so you can rehearse the Blue Guardian challenge on real historical data before you pay for one.
Blue Guardian challenge rules, program by program
Rules as published on blueguardian.com, checked 21 October 2026. Prop firms revise rules often — confirm on their site before you buy; the source for each program is in the fine print below. Account sizes offered: $5k, $10k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k.
What the Blue Guardian rules do to your odds
The same trader passes one firm's challenge far more often than another's, and the difference is the rules, not the trader. To isolate it, each program below was run through the CRTLAB challenge simulator for three traders: a break-even one (50% wins at 1:1 — zero edge, so any pass is the rules' slack plus luck), a small edge (45% at 1:1.5) and a solid edge (45% at 1:2).
Of Blue Guardian's 4 programs, 2 Step Nano leaves a break-even trader the most room (28.5% pass) and 1 Step Nano the least (21.2%).
| Program | Break-even trader | Small edge | Solid edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Step Standard | 24.7% | 47.6% | 70.1% |
| 1 Step Nano | 21.2% | 43.9% | 67.3% |
| 2 Step Standard | 28.3% | 65.6% | 88.9% |
| 2 Step Nano | 28.5% | 71% | 93.4% |
Simulated: $100k account, 1% risk per trade, 2 trades a day, 60 trading days or the program's own limit; multi-phase programs multiply each phase's pass rate. Min-day and consistency rules are not simulated. Run your own numbers in the prop firm challenge calculator.
The rule most likely to end a Blue Guardian attempt
On 1 Step Standard the target (9%) is 1.5× the room you have to lose (6%). That gap is the whole difficulty: a trader has to make 1.5 units for every unit they can afford to give back, so a cold streak early in the phase ends more attempts than a lack of edge does.
The max loss trails intraday, including open profit: a trade that runs 6% in your favour and comes back to break-even has used your entire allowance without closing a loss. This is the rule that catches traders who let winners breathe, and it is the first thing to rehearse.
There is a 4% daily loss limit, measured from the higher of the day's starting balance and equity. With only 6% in total, two bad days are the whole account.
You need at least 3 trading days before a phase can pass, so a single big day does not finish it.
In simulation, a trader with a small edge (45% wins at 1:1.5, 1% risk) fails 52.4% of phase-one attempts on the max loss; the ones who pass take a median of 12 trading days.
Rehearse the Blue Guardian challenge on a real chart
The button opens CRTLAB with prop firm mode running on Blue Guardian's 1 Step Standard rules. The chart's HUD carries your progress to target, the distance to the max loss and the daily floor, and it calls the verdict — passed, phase two, or breached — the moment a rule is hit, exactly as the firm's dashboard would. Every Blue Guardian program and account size is one click away in the rules panel, and so are the other 98 firms in the catalogue.
What makes it a rehearsal rather than a demo account: you replay real historical data, candle by candle, on any of 38 markets from 1-minute to weekly, and you can do in an evening what a live challenge takes a month to show you. Run the same week three times with three different risk sizes and watch which one the intraday trailing floor catches.
There is no account to fund and no time limit on practice — the replay waits for you. When your rehearsals pass consistently, you know the edge survives Blue Guardian's rules before the fee is spent.
Blue Guardian fine print worth knowing
1 Step Standard: Trails highest balance, stops once +6% reached. Min 3 profitable days (>=0.5% profit each). Accounts bought before 20 Aug 2026 use a 10% target. Blue Guardian's rules page.
1 Step Nano: Cheapest 1-Step; 5 profitable days only on funded. Daily resets 5pm EST. Blue Guardian's rules page.
2 Step Standard: Min 3 profitable days (>=0.5% profit each). Daily resets 5pm EST. Blue Guardian's rules page.
2 Step Nano: No minimum trading days. 50% consistency on funded. Blue Guardian's rules page.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the official Blue Guardian challenge?
No. CRTLAB is an independent backtesting platform and is not affiliated with Blue Guardian. It reproduces Blue Guardian's published rules (checked 21 October 2026) so you can practise against them on historical data; passing here does not fund an account.
What is the Blue Guardian max drawdown?
1 Step Standard: 6% intraday trail; 1 Step Nano: 6% intraday trail; 2 Step Standard: 8% static; 2 Step Nano: 10% static.
Does Blue Guardian have a daily loss limit?
1 Step Standard: 4%; 1 Step Nano: 4%; 2 Step Standard: 4%; 2 Step Nano: 3%.
What is the Blue Guardian profit target?
1 Step Standard: 9%; 1 Step Nano: 10%; 2 Step Standard: 8% then 4%; 2 Step Nano: 8% then 5%.
Is the Blue Guardian simulator free?
CRTLAB is free to try. You get prop firm mode with Blue Guardian's rules and every other firm's, with every tool the product has, for your first 10,000 candles of replay — roughly two hours of stepping through a chart, no card needed. After the sample, unlimited replay is $14.99 a month, cancel any time. Prop firm mode itself is never behind a paywall.