Interview 1: @BaintzCEO - CEO of @BlueGuardiancom Hi Sean, the entire prop trading industry knows you as the guy who started BlueGuardian right after turning 18 and you've been running it ever since. But tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do in your free time when you're not working? Where are you from, and what inspired you to start a prop firm? Hi, I’m from Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England, although I moved to Dubai with the company late last year. Currently, I’m working about 8-10 hours every day, but when I get time off, I love to travel. As a child, my family could not afford to travel, so now I try my best to experience different cultures and countries. I started BlueGuardian in 2021 because there were only a handful of affordable and trader-friendly options in the market. It’s a pleasure being one of the longest-lasting firms in the industry. How did you get into trading, and when did you realize it was something you wanted to pursue seriously? I originally got into trading when I was 15 years old after coming across a fake guru online selling signals. After failing with his product, I became determined to find a way to become a profitable trader on my own. I then began following NoNonsenseForex on YouTube, which offered a free course. From there, I moved into quantitative analysis and purchased my first algo-generating software, StrategyQuant. I later managed to pass an FTMO challenge with my algos and went on to sell them commercially. With the money generated and a passion for the prop industry, I launched BlueGuardian. You've been the CEO of BlueGuardian for three years now. Since then, many prop firms have been founded and many have also gone under. How would you evaluate the past three years? Has BlueGuardian ever faced a situation where things looked grim, and you thought you might have to shut it down? Over the past three years, we have faced probably every single issue a prop firm could encounter and managed to overcome them. It shows that we are not just lucky; we have been tried and tested and have come through stronger than ever. There was a time towards the end of 2022 when not many people were interested in purchasing BlueGuardian challenges, and the community was dying out. We had to work on a new rebrand to revamp our image and take a larger market share. Since then, we have continued to grow strong and overcome many issues. What's your role at BlueGuardian? Are you involved in the daily operations, or do you mostly oversee the important stuff and leave the day-to-day tasks to your team? Recently, my role has focused more on the sustainability of the firm and company structure, while @EricGairns is in charge of day-to-day operations. I spend a lot of my time ensuring we have a profitable business and coming up with future business ideas. Do you plan to stay in the CEO role, or are you thinking about stepping back a bit and focusing more on the overall direction of the company? At the moment, the company needs me to run it, and I do enjoy it. Perhaps in the future, I might step back and relax, giving control to someone else, but not any time soon. Recently, BlueGuardian has been criticized for banning people for gambling. Could you give us your take on this and specify what you personally consider gambling? Is your new BlueGuardian shield tool something that you hope will work against this? We have banned a handful of gamblers recently, but we noticed no one likes a rule that is not properly defined and stated. Therefore, we introduced two new rules recently that are easy to follow and make the chances of gambling at BlueGuardian slim to none. This includes a minimum profitable days requirement on challenge phases (similar to 5%ers) and a 2% max risk rule on funded accounts. These simple rules ensure the company stays healthy with risk management and provides traders with clear and straightforward guidelines. The prop trading industry changes every year. What trends do you think will shape the future of the industry? Will new firms keep popping up, or will we see a consolidation where big players take over? The industry has completely changed. We saw a trend where influencers were starting prop firms with no experience, offering cheap challenges and easy rules. I believe the industry is much harder to enter now and even harder to become a top firm. I think the top 15-20 firms will continue to grow, and the rest will likely shut down. Is there a prop firm you admire and would like to emulate? Obviously, FTMO is very well respected by me. What they have achieved is amazing, even outside of the trading industry. They have moved into real estate in Prague, which is incredible. Besides FTMO, I admire the more professional firms such as ACG and FXIFY. Tell us why you think traders should choose BlueGuardian and how you are better than the competition. Blue Guardian has been around for 3 years now so has faced every single issue imaginable. We have proven our robustness when others haven't even been living for a quarter of our time. We are a safe reliable option with a rules that are still competitive to the market with great pricing. Where do you see BlueGuardian in three years? What are you currently working on, and what are your plans for the coming months? I have two big projects I am launching before the end of the year as part of the Guardian brand. We believe these will be innovative for the industry, although we have seen one other firm working on a similar project. Hopefully, we can get it launched first. In three years, I hope we will be 10x larger and offer multiple solutions for traders beyond just Forex funding. Is there anything that irritates you about the propfirm industry that you would like to see changed? At the moment theres a negative sentiment around prop firms meaning anything slightly negative said about a prop is instantly believed and jumped upon. It seems theres a lot of people on twitter especially who spreads a lot of nonsense without knowing the full stories or having the right knowledge. Due to this miss-infomation it further tarnishes the prop industry. What advice would you give to aspiring traders looking to break into prop trading? Take it slow. As a CEO, I see many traders taking challenges prematurely and failing. There’s no rush to get funded. First, prove you are profitable with backtesting and forward testing on a demo account or trial account before purchasing a challenge. Thank you, Sean, for the interview. It means a lot to me that you were my first guest. If you have any questions for Sean, please do so in the comments, I'm sure he'll try to give you answers.

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😂😂😂😂 the only propfirm that takes 90% profit split themselves lmao finotive a big old scam

I admire the work that @PropFirmMatch has done for the community, but unfortunately it appears that it is still more of a company that is more interested in affiliate program money than traders. Or how are we to understand that they are still promoting @FinotiveFunding on their site even though they have such a rich history of payout denials, bans and payout reductions behind them? In the last week alone, dozens of traders have admitted that they too have had bad experiences with @FinotiveFunding , and that their payouts have been denied and accounts closed due to Finotive's shady practices. It's no coincidence that Finotive Funding has the worst rating out of all 35 firms listed on PropFirmMatch. @PropFirmMatch , please show your traders that you are genuinely concerned about their welfare and not just your profits. People are counting on you and you are quietly promoting liars, thieves, fraudsters for a few dirty dollars. Set an example and show that you are not just another paid affiliate site created for the success of a companies. And in the comments, take a look at traders' experience with them 🤡

Here, I am sharing my experience with @FinotiveFunding. And believe me, after reading this you will hold your head and think to what extent a firm that looks so professional can go to not give payout 🧵

There are only two certainties in the propfirm world - 👑@FTMO_com 👑 and the fact that 🤡@FinotiveFunding 🤡 will scam you sooner or later And I'm not exaggerating. It's no coincidence that they're one of the lowest-rated propfirms on TrustPilot and the absolute lowest-rated firm on @PropFirmMatch That can't be a coincidence. A lot of you have reached out to me saying that @FinotiveFunding denied you a funded account, that they reduced your payout to 10%, or that they banned you. I'm already full of evidence and frustrated traders who have experienced this unfair treatment by Finotive. I will post everything in the coming days, but let's show them some 🔴"love"🔴 from the community and let's show them that all actions have consequences. If you have direct experience with a funded account denial, ban, payout denial or payout reduction, leave a review about it on TrustPilot and on PropFirmMatch. There is no way they are scamming so many traders and getting away with it for so long! We need to bring them to justice. Trading is hard enough, let's not make it even harder for anyone because of scam companies like Finotive. Let's warn all new traders to stay away from them! @finotivecoo @finotiveceo @finotivecto @FinotivePay @FinotiveMarket @TheEuroTrader1 @StopLossMaster @lightofkingdoms @PropFirmWatch @drakvaar @AlmostTrader @eric_tan82 @stealthnfx @kskhirjan @franta_fx @PlatosTrades @ImTraderFX @TraderWixard @TraderBach @propfirmbrigade @propfundsquad @retailAle

With @FinotiveFunding 's scam history, it's hilarious that @PropFirmMatch warrants and associates their name with them. At least it shows that @PropFirmMatch is more concerned about the affiliate money than the traders, which it will happily leave at the mercy of these predators and liars.

Fun fact: While everyone is bitching about @fundingpips and @Khldfx , FundingPips is paying out amounts of money every day that most propfirms can't even dream of.👀👀👀 And you don't hear anywhere about any payout denials, payout slowdowns, etc. I wish all propfirms were as "terrible" as FundingPips.🤣🤣🤣 That would be a wonderful life. 🌅🌅🌅 PS: I got my payout yesterday, smooth as always 😎😎😎

The goal of any proptrader should not be to maximize payouts, but to become a trader that the prop firm can A-book. If you can do this, it means you will never be dependent on whether or not the prop firm pays you out, because you will be able to move on to trading with your own capital without any problems. 💸💸💸💸💸

I understand that especially swing traders may be upset with @MyFundedFX and the best day rule (the profit from any day cannot be more than 50% of the total payout), but I personally welcome this change. It's obviously not enjoyable, but it's a big step forward against gamblers and towards making MFFX a sustainable and stable company. Now you can be mad and think what you want about MFFX, but if this helps against payout denials, it's a change for the better. I'd rather have strict but clearly defined rules than companies going bust like @trueforexfunds or @fundedengineer I certainly wouldn't be mad at @MattLeech for this. I think in time everyone will get the point and all firms will add similar rules.

If you could only trade with one prop firm for the rest of the year, which would you choose?

Interview 1: @BaintzCEO - CEO of @BlueGuardiancom Hi Sean, the entire prop trading industry knows you as the guy who started BlueGuardian right after turning 18 and you've been running it ever since. But tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do in your free time when you're not working? Where are you from, and what inspired you to start a prop firm? Hi, I’m from Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England, although I moved to Dubai with the company late last year. Currently, I’m working about 8-10 hours every day, but when I get time off, I love to travel. As a child, my family could not afford to travel, so now I try my best to experience different cultures and countries. I started BlueGuardian in 2021 because there were only a handful of affordable and trader-friendly options in the market. It’s a pleasure being one of the longest-lasting firms in the industry. How did you get into trading, and when did you realize it was something you wanted to pursue seriously? I originally got into trading when I was 15 years old after coming across a fake guru online selling signals. After failing with his product, I became determined to find a way to become a profitable trader on my own. I then began following NoNonsenseForex on YouTube, which offered a free course. From there, I moved into quantitative analysis and purchased my first algo-generating software, StrategyQuant. I later managed to pass an FTMO challenge with my algos and went on to sell them commercially. With the money generated and a passion for the prop industry, I launched BlueGuardian. You've been the CEO of BlueGuardian for three years now. Since then, many prop firms have been founded and many have also gone under. How would you evaluate the past three years? Has BlueGuardian ever faced a situation where things looked grim, and you thought you might have to shut it down? Over the past three years, we have faced probably every single issue a prop firm could encounter and managed to overcome them. It shows that we are not just lucky; we have been tried and tested and have come through stronger than ever. There was a time towards the end of 2022 when not many people were interested in purchasing BlueGuardian challenges, and the community was dying out. We had to work on a new rebrand to revamp our image and take a larger market share. Since then, we have continued to grow strong and overcome many issues. What's your role at BlueGuardian? Are you involved in the daily operations, or do you mostly oversee the important stuff and leave the day-to-day tasks to your team? Recently, my role has focused more on the sustainability of the firm and company structure, while @EricGairns is in charge of day-to-day operations. I spend a lot of my time ensuring we have a profitable business and coming up with future business ideas. Do you plan to stay in the CEO role, or are you thinking about stepping back a bit and focusing more on the overall direction of the company? At the moment, the company needs me to run it, and I do enjoy it. Perhaps in the future, I might step back and relax, giving control to someone else, but not any time soon. Recently, BlueGuardian has been criticized for banning people for gambling. Could you give us your take on this and specify what you personally consider gambling? Is your new BlueGuardian shield tool something that you hope will work against this? We have banned a handful of gamblers recently, but we noticed no one likes a rule that is not properly defined and stated. Therefore, we introduced two new rules recently that are easy to follow and make the chances of gambling at BlueGuardian slim to none. This includes a minimum profitable days requirement on challenge phases (similar to 5%ers) and a 2% max risk rule on funded accounts. These simple rules ensure the company stays healthy with risk management and provides traders with clear and straightforward guidelines. The prop trading industry changes every year. What trends do you think will shape the future of the industry? Will new firms keep popping up, or will we see a consolidation where big players take over? The industry has completely changed. We saw a trend where influencers were starting prop firms with no experience, offering cheap challenges and easy rules. I believe the industry is much harder to enter now and even harder to become a top firm. I think the top 15-20 firms will continue to grow, and the rest will likely shut down. Is there a prop firm you admire and would like to emulate? Obviously, FTMO is very well respected by me. What they have achieved is amazing, even outside of the trading industry. They have moved into real estate in Prague, which is incredible. Besides FTMO, I admire the more professional firms such as ACG and FXIFY. Tell us why you think traders should choose BlueGuardian and how you are better than the competition. Blue Guardian has been around for 3 years now so has faced every single issue imaginable. We have proven our robustness when others haven't even been living for a quarter of our time. We are a safe reliable option with a rules that are still competitive to the market with great pricing. Where do you see BlueGuardian in three years? What are you currently working on, and what are your plans for the coming months? I have two big projects I am launching before the end of the year as part of the Guardian brand. We believe these will be innovative for the industry, although we have seen one other firm working on a similar project. Hopefully, we can get it launched first. In three years, I hope we will be 10x larger and offer multiple solutions for traders beyond just Forex funding. Is there anything that irritates you about the propfirm industry that you would like to see changed? At the moment theres a negative sentiment around prop firms meaning anything slightly negative said about a prop is instantly believed and jumped upon. It seems theres a lot of people on twitter especially who spreads a lot of nonsense without knowing the full stories or having the right knowledge. Due to this miss-infomation it further tarnishes the prop industry. What advice would you give to aspiring traders looking to break into prop trading? Take it slow. As a CEO, I see many traders taking challenges prematurely and failing. There’s no rush to get funded. First, prove you are profitable with backtesting and forward testing on a demo account or trial account before purchasing a challenge. Thank you, Sean, for the interview. It means a lot to me that you were my first guest. If you have any questions for Sean, please do so in the comments, I'm sure he'll try to give you answers.

If @MyForexFunds came back now, would you buy an account with them?

I've seen Tweets many times saying that there won't be as many new prop firms because account prices have been pushed so low that it's not worth it for new companies to enter the market. But I don't agree with that. This industry doesn't need more low-cost firms; it needs reliability, credibility, stability, accountability, ethics, and capable leadership. And I'll gladly pay extra for such a firm, and I think most traders feel the same way.

Is there really a course out there that can make you a better trader, or is it all just selling fairy tales and dreams?

@FundedPeaks is a propfirm that never ceases to amaze me. In what world can a firm afford to share such sensitive information about its clients like IP address etc. on Twitter? Sorry, but there is no excuse for this. Would it be such a problem to hide the IP address, @umziefx ? Since FundedPeaks is based in Germany, the client @Bhaskar86588334 can take legal action as this is forbidden and strictly monitored in the European Union. Another day, another mistake, another scandal. Well played, FundedPeaks!