Blueberry Funded — Funded Stage Rules & AI Trust Score

Hidden Rules & Critical Conditions

• Qualifying Trading Day Requires 0.5% Minimum Profit [Critical]: A trading day does not automatically count toward minimum active days. Each qualifying day requires at least 0.5% in realized (closed) profit on that day, calculated from the initial account balance. This applies across all plans — 1-Step, 2-Step, Prime, Instant Lite, Instant Elite — in both evaluation and funded stages. Floating/open unrealized P&L never counts toward this requirement, even if equity is highly positive.
• 5-Minute Minimum Position Hold Time in Funded Stage [Critical]: The official PDF (BBF-Trading-Evaluation-Outline-and-Fees, March 2026, page 22) states: 'During the funded stage, it is necessary for clients to maintain open positions for a minimum duration of 5 minutes in order for the positions to be considered valid.' This rule is not highlighted in the main plan guides or help center articles — it only appears in the formal legal PDF document. Positions closed before 5 minutes are treated as invalid.
• Discretionary Risk Limit Reduction to 1% Without Notice [Warning]: The official PDF states: 'We reserve the right to impose a maximum position risk limit of up to 1% of the account equity on any funded trader if, in our sole discretion, the trader's strategy or trading activity does not align with the firm's risk strategy and profiling.' The only procedural protection is 'advance notice via email from our Risk or Support team' — no time frame, no appeal process, no minimum standard is defined.
• News Violation Leads to Escalating Payout Consequences [Warning]: News trading violations on funded accounts follow a 3-strike system: (1) Profits on news-window trades are removed; (2) If 3 or more trades in a single payout request are flagged, the ENTIRE payout is voided and the earnings account is reset to starting balance; (3) Repeated news violations across multiple payout periods can result in account breach. Standard plans apply this to both opening AND closing trades in the restricted window.
• Instrument Cluster Rule Tightens Effective 1.5% Risk Cap [Warning]: The 1.5% max risk per trade idea applies to pre-defined instrument clusters, not just individual pairs. Clusters: FX Majors (all count as one cluster), XAU/XAG (together as one cluster), US Indices US30/SP500/NAS100 (as one cluster), BTC/ETH (as one cluster). Combined unrealized losses across all instruments in the same cluster count toward one single 1.5% limit. A position opened in the same direction within 10 minutes of closing a losing trade = same trade idea.
• Hedging Policy Documentation Conflict (PDF vs Help Center) [Warning]: The official Trading Evaluation Outline PDF (March 2026) marks Hedging as 'No' for all plans in all stages. However, the help center articles and trading rules pages state 'Hedging: Same Trading Account Only' and even provide examples of allowed intra-account hedging. The PDF defines prohibited hedging specifically as 'using 2 different trading accounts' — suggesting the conflict stems from PDF's blanket 'No' vs. help center's nuanced 'same account allowed' wording.
• Scaling Requires 4 Payouts Per 3-Month Cycle: To qualify for the 25% balance scale-up, a trader must both (1) achieve 10% net profit over 3 consecutive months AND (2) process at least 4 payouts within that 3-month period. The 4-payout requirement effectively means a trader must actively withdraw every ~3 weeks — they cannot simply hold profits in the account while waiting for the scale-up.
• Crypto Payout Cap at $2,000 Per Transaction: Crypto payouts (USDC and USDT-TRC-20) are capped at $2,000 per withdrawal. Any amounts above $2,000 must be processed through the RiseWorks platform. Specific fee structures for RiseWorks payouts are not publicly disclosed on the website.