Blue Guardian Copy Trading Rules: Own Accounts Only
Blue Guardian allows copy trading only between accounts you own. See its hedging, shared-device and EA rules, every current account model and Copygram routes.
By Tom Lin, Head of IT Updated · 5 min read
Blue Guardian allows third-party trade copiers, but only between accounts you legally own: your own Blue Guardian accounts and your own external accounts. Copying someone else’s trades, or letting someone trade for you, is banned, and so is any copier or EA in the monthly competition. Two more rules matter for a copier: hedging between separate accounts is prohibited, and devices or VPS services linked to several traders’ accounts are checked at payout. Rules checked on October 26, 2026, against Blue Guardian’s help center. This page covers the forex and CFD accounts; Blue Guardian Futures has its own rules.
What Blue Guardian says about copy trading
Blue Guardian has no built-in copier, but its account rules allow third-party trade copier software that follows them. Every account model page carries the same section:
“All copied trades must only occur between accounts legally owned by the same account holder.”
Source: Instant Standard account rules, Blue Guardian Help Center
- Allowed: copying between your own Blue Guardian accounts, and between your Blue Guardian accounts and your own external accounts.
- Not allowed: copying another trader’s account, using a copier with accounts you don’t legally own, and letting a third party manage or place trades for you.
- Competition accounts: the monthly competition bans EAs and trade copiers outright, so never connect a competition account to a copier. Source: Blue Guardian competition rules
A signal service you subscribe to is someone else’s trading, even when every receiving account is yours. Ask Blue Guardian before copying one.
Shared devices, VPS and cloud copiers
Blue Guardian’s shared-device policy (it calls it CID Match) says traders must use their own devices, and prohibits shared devices, including VPS services linked to multiple traders’ accounts. It monitors devices, logins and account links, and flags shared devices for review at payout. The penalties range from a refused payout to closing the account. Source: Prohibited trading practices and account policies
A cloud copier such as Copygram connects to your accounts from its own servers, which also connect other traders’ accounts. Blue Guardian’s rules don’t mention cloud copiers, so they don’t say whether that counts as a shared device. Before you copy on a funded account, ask Blue Guardian support in writing and keep the answer. Two related rules:
- VPNs and VPS services are allowed, but not to get around the copy trading, group trading or signal trading rules.
- You must keep the platform password Blue Guardian gave you; changing it isn’t permitted.
Hedging, EAs and banned strategies
Hedging inside one account is allowed, but hedging between separate accounts is strictly prohibited. On a copier, that means never sending opposite trades to two Blue Guardian accounts, for example with a reversed receiver. See reverse copying for what that setting does.
EAs are allowed on every account model if you set them up for your own strategy. Blue Guardian bans:
- tick scalping, with a minimum holding time of 2 minutes;
- high-frequency trading and arbitrage bots, including reverse, latency and hedge arbitrage;
- trade emulators, trading on delayed feeds and strategies that exploit demo conditions;
- “gambling”, which it defines as using more than 80% of margin in running trades.
A copier copies the source’s holding time too. If the source closes trades within 2 minutes, every receiver breaks the tick scalping rule. You also need at least one trade every 30 days, counted from when the account is created. Source: General information rules
Which account model are you on?
Check the exact model name in your dashboard: two accounts both called “2 Step” can have different targets and loss limits. These are the models on sale on October 26, 2026:
| Model | Profit target | Daily loss | Max loss | Other limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Step Standard | 8%, then 4% | 4% | 8% static | 3 profitable days; Guardian Shield closes trades at 2% floating loss when funded |
| 2 Step Nano | 8%, then 5% | 3% | 10% static | No minimum days; 50% consistency when funded |
| 1 Step Standard | 9% | 4% | 6% trailing | 3 profitable days; Guardian Shield at 2% when funded |
| 1 Step Nano | 10% | 4% | 6% trailing | 50% consistency in the challenge and when funded; 5 profitable days when funded |
| Instant Standard | None | 3% | 6% trailing | 5 profitable days; 20% consistency; Guardian Shield at 1% |
| Instant Starter | None | 3% | 5% trailing | $5,000 only; profit capped at $250; one payout |
| Buy Now Pay Later | 4% | 4% | 8% trailing | 20% consistency and 5 days when funded |
Daily loss is measured on the initial balance. On funded accounts, trading is restricted for 5 minutes before and after high-impact news (Instant Starter allows news trading). 3 Step, 1 Step Pro and 2 Step Pro are legacy models; if you still hold one, read its own page.
Give each receiver its own sizing in Copygram rather than one setting for all models. A Nano account with a 3% daily limit needs smaller trades than a Standard account at 4%. Guardian Shield is Blue Guardian’s own safety net: Copygram’s settings don’t replace it and can’t guarantee you stay within any limit.
Platforms and Copygram routes
Blue Guardian offers MT5, Match Trader and TradeLocker. US clients get Match Trader and TradeLocker only. You can only switch platform before an account has placed a trade, and Blue Guardian has to approve it. Source: Platform rules
In Copygram:
- MT5 can send and receive trades.
- TradeLocker can send and receive trades.
- Match Trader can receive trades but can’t be a source.
So you can copy, for example, MT5 to Match Trader, MT5 to TradeLocker, TradeLocker to Match Trader or between TradeLocker accounts. Pick the platform before you buy, because you can’t change it after your first trade.
Allocation and payouts
There’s no limit on challenge accounts, but your active funded allocation, Instant accounts included, can’t go above $400,000. A funded account that would take you over stays inactive until you’re back under the limit. The scaling plan can take an allocation to $4,000,000. Sources: Maximum allocation, General information rules
Funded accounts can request a first payout once the minimum trading days are met and 14 calendar days have passed since the first trade, then every 14 days (7 with an add-on). Instant accounts are paid on demand. The profit split starts at 80% or 85% depending on the model, and add-ons raise it. Source: How payouts work
A setup check before you copy
- Make sure every account in the route is yours, in your legal name, and none is a competition account.
- Get Blue Guardian’s written answer on connecting through a cloud copier.
- Use a source that holds trades for at least 2 minutes, and don’t reverse any receiver.
- Set the size for each receiver against its own daily limit, and leave room for several trades open at once.
- Test an entry, a stop-loss change and a close on a demo or the smallest account, and compare the records.
Copygram copies orders; it can’t make a trading arrangement allowed if Blue Guardian’s rules forbid it. Copygram has no free trial, and first-time subscribers can ask for a refund within 7 days. Compare the plans when your setup is confirmed.
Sources
All checked on October 26, 2026:
- Instant Standard account rules (copy trading section, the same on every model page)
- Prohibited trading practices and account policies
- Account models
- Platform rules
- General information rules
- How payouts work
- Blue Guardian competition rules
