Blue Guardian vs For Traders
Blue Guardian and For Traders are not the same product at different prices. Below is every term each firm publishes, side by side, and the differences that decide which one suits a given trader.
The difference in two lines: Blue Guardian is $22 cheaper at the entry tier ($19 with code NOV30 against $41). Blue Guardian publishes the wider maximum drawdown at $25k (10% on 2 Step Nano against 6% on Fast Crypto). Open Blue Guardian
| Term | Blue Guardian | For Traders |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest evaluation | $19 code NOV30 | $41 |
| Size at that price | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| 25k fee | $94 code NOV30 | $116 code TRADE15 |
| Profit split | 85% default, 90% with paid add-on | 90% on Fast PRO |
| Drawdown (25k) | 6% trailing, 4% daily (1 Step Standard) | 4% end-of-day trailing drawdown, no daily limit (Fast PRO Crypto) |
| Profit target (25k) | 9% (1 Step Standard) | 6% (Fast PRO Crypto) |
| KYC | Before payout | Before activation |
| Payout rail | Crypto (BTC/ETH/USDT, $100 min, under $5,000) / Rise Works (bank, $500 min) | Bank transfer / Crypto |
| Payout speed | Instant accounts on-demand; challenge accounts every 14 days, 7-day add-on; processing within 24 business hours | Within 48 hours, guaranteed |
| Leverage | Forex 1:50 (1:100 on 1 Step Standard challenge), indices/metals 1:10-1:20, crypto 1:2 | Crypto up to 1:20 on Fast PRO, 1:5 BTC elsewhere |
| Allocation ceiling | $400,000 active funded allocation; scaling plan to $4,000,000 | $300,000 total, $200,000 per account |
| Instruments | Forex, indices, gold and commodities, cryptocurrencies; crypto commission $0 | 70+ crypto pairs, 24/7 including weekends, plus FX, metals, indices and futures |
Each drawdown above is the rule of the plan its own $25k fee buys. The rest of the ladder at that size: Blue Guardian: 2 Step Nano at $47 (10% of room), 1 Step Nano at $55 (6% of room), 2 Step Standard at $108 (8% of room) and Instant at $146 (6% of room); For Traders: Fast Crypto at $228 (6% of room).
Which is cheaper, size by size
Blue Guardian is cheaper at 2 of the 3 sizes where both publish a price. Comparing the entry tier alone hides that: fee ladders do not scale at the same rate, so the cheaper start can become the dearer account.
| Account size | Blue Guardian | For Traders | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25k | $94 code NOV30 | $116 code TRADE15 | Blue Guardian |
| $50k | $140 code NOV30 | $169 code TRADE15 | Blue Guardian |
| $100k | $279 code NOV30 | $245 code TRADE15 | For Traders |
What the fee buys, and what it takes back
The $22 gap is 0.2 cheap attempts at the For Traders fee. The fee is also only the entry cost: at the headline split, Blue Guardian has to make $104 of profit before the attempt has paid for itself, and $129 at For Traders.
| Measure | Blue Guardian | For Traders |
|---|---|---|
| Fee for a $25k attempt | $94 code NOV30 | $116 code TRADE15 |
| Fee per $1,000 of account | $3.76 | $4.64 |
| Profit needed to win the fee back at the headline split | $104 | $129 |
| Account destroyed on a bad day (drawdown in dollars) | $1,500 (6%) | $1,000 (4%) |
| Drawdown type | Trailing | Trailing |
Cost per $1,000, the break-even profit and the cost of 1% of drawdown are our arithmetic from each firm's published fee, split and limit; each drawdown figure is the firm's own percentage for the plan that fee buys, applied to a $25,000 balance.
The rule that ends most attempts
At $25k there is $500 more room at Blue Guardian ($1,500 against $1,000), which is 2.0 percentage points of the account.
Getting the money out
Blue Guardian pays Crypto (BTC/ETH/USDT, $100 min, under $5,000) / Rise Works (bank, $500 min), For Traders pays Bank transfer / Crypto. Timing is not the same either: Instant accounts on-demand; challenge accounts every 14 days, 7-day add-on; processing within 24 business hours against Within 48 hours, guaranteed.
Worth checking against your own cash-flow: a fast rail that pays into an account you then have to move is not the same as one that lands where you spend it.
Where they actually differ
- Verification differs: Blue Guardian verifies identity before the first payout, For Traders verifies identity before the account activates.
- Payout rails are not the same: Blue Guardian pays Crypto (BTC/ETH/USDT, $100 min, under $5,000) / Rise Works (bank, $500 min), For Traders pays Bank transfer / Crypto.
- at $25k the target is 9% (1 Step Standard) for Blue Guardian, 6% (Fast PRO Crypto) for For Traders.
- allocation ceiling, Blue Guardian: $400,000 active funded allocation; scaling plan to $4,000,000; For Traders: $300,000 total, $200,000 per account.
The decision rule
At $25k, if you routinely risk more than 6% of the account in a session, For Traders is the one that ends the attempt, not Blue Guardian. If the first attempt is a test rather than a plan, Blue Guardian at $19 with code NOV30 costs less to be wrong about. If identity documents are the sticking point, note that Blue Guardian verifies identity before the first payout and For Traders verifies identity before the account activates.
Which one, and for whom
Choose Blue Guardian if Traders who want a cheap, well-documented challenge and will pay crypto or Rise for payouts, and who treat crypto as one market among several.
Choose For Traders if Crypto traders who need weekend access and leverage above 1:5.
Both reviews carry the specific terms and the source pages: Blue Guardian review and For Traders review. If a figure here has changed since it was read, email research@cryptopropfirms.com and it will be re-checked against the firm's own page.