BluSky Trading Company is a Florida-based futures prop firm with four ways in — Launch, Propel, Orbit and Instant Funding — a 90% profit split on every funded account, daily payouts Monday to Friday, and the one thing almost nobody else in this space has: a documented path from a simulated account to a real brokerage account at Tradovate or Sweet Futures. $15M+ paid out, Trustpilot 4.7 from 900 reviews (checked Sep 25, 2026), and a rule set that was rebuilt in August 2026. This review is written against BluSky’s own plans page and help center, not against what the firm looked like a year ago.
TL;DR — Should You Trade With BluSky Trading Company?
Yes, if you want a firm that pays daily, keeps its consistency rule mathematically fair (biggest day divided by the sum of your profitable days — losing days are ignored), charges no daily loss limit on any evaluation, and actually moves you to live capital once you have proven yourself. Orbit is the pick if you want the fastest route: one-time price, no evaluation consistency rule, pass in a day, funded account opens at the full size. Propel is the pick if you want the classic three-phase path with the largest sizes (up to $$300K) and no launch fee. Launch is the cheapest entry ticket in the industry at $59 per 30 days for a 50K, with the launch fee only due once you pass.
Skip BluSky if you need to hold overnight or through the weekend (flat by close, every day), you live in one of BluSky’s 91 restricted countries (the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa are all on it — check yours), or you want a funded account with zero consistency rule at all — every BluSky funded account carries a best-day rule (34% Launch/Propel, 40% Orbit, 21% Instant). For that, Tradeify and Take Profit Trader drop the rule in funded.
The five things that matter most
- Live Brokerage is real. Live Brokerage at Tradovate or Sweet Futures after $10,000 total profit on a Sim Funded account (up to $10K per account transfers, max $30K per trader) — daily payouts, no payout caps, EOD trailing drawdown that locks at breakeven once earned back. Orbit accounts go live at $0 with the buffer duplicated plus a $10K–$15K Profit Vault paid $1,000 per $10,000 withdrawn.
- Daily payouts, same-day before 11 AM ET, from $$250, no minimum trading days, capped only by a rolling 7-day window per account size.
- No daily loss limit on Launch, Propel or Orbit — not in the evaluation, not in the Buffer Zone, not in Sim Funded. The only DLLs BluSky runs are on Direct to Funded ($2,000) and Instant Sim Funded ($1,000).
- The consistency rule never fails you. Being over the percentage simply means you keep trading until the next profitable day brings the ratio down. It is checked at payout and at each phase pass, not enforced as a breach.
- Orbit has no evaluation consistency rule at all, so a single good day can pass a $3,000 target on the 50K.
BluSky Prop Firm Plans Explained: Launch vs Propel vs Orbit vs Instant
BluSky retired the old “Premium” and “Static Growth” names in 2026. Here is the current lineup, straight from the plans page.
1. BluSky Launch — the cheapest entry, pay the launch fee only when you pass
Best for: traders who want to test BluSky for the price of a lunch. Three sizes: 50K ($59 per 30 days + $99 launch fee at pass), 100K ($69 + $149) and 200K Static ($79 + $179). The evaluation consistency rule is a loose 50% (so a 2-day pass is possible), the Buffer Zone tightens to 34%, and there is no daily loss limit anywhere. The launch fee is charged when you pass, not when you buy, and you have 14 days to pay it — miss that window and the passed evaluation is gone.
Billed every 30 days at the price you paid (a discount code stays on the renewal) until you pass; billing stops the day you pass. Launch fee $99 is due within 14 days of passing or the passed evaluation is lost. Buffer Zone target $3,000 at 34% consistency, no daily loss limit. Evaluation reset $49 (free with a renewal on an already-failed account); Buffer Zone reset $250 (+$50 every third reset).
2. BluSky Propel — the flagship three-phase path, no launch fee, up to 300K
Best for: traders who want size and a fixed 34% consistency rule with no surprise fee at the end. Six sizes: 25K, 50K, 100K with end-of-day trailing drawdown, and 150K, 200K and 300K with a static drawdown that never moves. List prices run from $150 (25K) to $320 (300K) per 30 days; the 300K uses a tighter 21% rule against a $20,000 target. Propel bills every 30 days at the price you paid — a discount code stays on the renewal — and billing stops the day you pass.
Billed every 30 days at the price you paid (a discount code stays on the renewal) until you pass; billing stops the day you pass. No launch fee. Buffer Zone target $3,000 at 34% consistency, no daily loss limit. Evaluation reset $79 (free with a renewal on an already-failed account); Buffer Zone reset $250 (+$50 every third reset; $500 once already Sim Funded).
3. BluSky Orbit — one-time price, two phases, no evaluation consistency rule
Best for: traders who hate subscriptions and hate consistency rules in evaluations. Orbit is a one-time purchase ($199 for 50K, $299 for 100K, $419 for 150K, $419 for 200K Static), valid for 30 days, with no Buffer Zone: pass the evaluation and your Sim Funded account opens at the full account size. Payouts run every 3 trading days from $500 with a 40% best-day rule that resets after every approved payout. The funded drawdown trails your closed daily profit and locks at the starting balance once you have earned it back — from that point the account cannot fail below breakeven.
Payouts every 3 trading days from $500 once the account is above $52,000, capped at $2,000 in any rolling 7-day window. 40% best-day rule on the funded account, reset after every approved payout. No evaluation consistency rule. Live Brokerage review at $60,000 ($10,000 Profit Vault).
4. BluSky Instant Funding — Direct to Funded and Instant Sim Funded
Best for: traders who want to skip the evaluation entirely. Two products, both one-time, neither resettable. Instant Sim Funded $50K ($599): $2,000 (Intraday, locks at $51K) drawdown, $1,000 daily loss limit, 21% consistency, 80% split, payouts above $53,000. Direct to Funded $3.5K ($749): $2,500 (Static) drawdown, $2,000 daily loss limit, 21% consistency, 50% split for the first 30 trading days then 80%, and the only negative-day rule at BluSky (3 losing days per rolling 10 traded days). If you are shopping the category, see the best instant funding prop firms.
BluSky plan comparison at $50K
| $50K plan | Price | Billing | Profit target | Drawdown | Eval consistency | Funded consistency | 7-day payout cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | $59 + $99 at pass | Every 30 days | $3,000 | $2,000 (End of Day) | 50% | 34% | $2.5K |
| Propel | $160 | Every 30 days | $3,000 | $2,000 (End of Day) | 34% | 34% | $2.5K |
| Orbit | $199 | One-time (30-day window) | $3,000 | $2,000 (End of Day) | None | 40% | $2K |
| Instant Sim Funded | $599 | One-time | None — funded from day one | $2,000 (Intraday, locks at $51K) | — | 21% | $2.5K |
No daily loss limit on Launch, Propel or Orbit at any stage. Instant Sim Funded carries a $1,000 daily loss limit.
How the BluSky Funding Path Works
Launch and Propel run three simulated phases before live capital; Orbit runs two. Everything before Live Brokerage is simulated, but the payouts from Sim Funded onward are real money.
Phase 1 — Evaluation
Hit the profit target without touching your drawdown and stay inside the consistency rule (Launch 50%, Propel 34%, Orbit none). The subscription runs during this phase only. Because Launch needs your best day under 50% of your profitable-day total, the fastest pass is 2 profitable days; Propel at 34% needs 3; Orbit can be passed in 1.
Phase 2 — Buffer Zone (Launch and Propel only)
This is the stage most firms fold into “funded”. BluSky splits it out: a smaller target, no daily loss limit, 34% consistency, and the balance you build here becomes your Sim Funded starting balance — $3,000 on the Propel 50K, for example. Fail the Buffer Zone and you reset the Buffer Zone alone ($250, rising $50 every third reset); the evaluation you already passed stands.
Phase 3 — Sim Funded
Still simulated, but withdrawable. No profit target. Payouts daily Monday to Friday from $$250 on any balance above your start, inside the rolling 7-day cap for your size. Stop for the day at +$5,000 and for the week at +$10,000. Crossing $10,000 total profit (balance plus every payout you have taken) is the trigger for the Live Brokerage review — stop trading and open a ticket, because trading during a review forfeits the account. On Orbit the review fires automatically at the account’s profit ceiling.
Phase 4 — Live Brokerage
The stage that separates BluSky from most of the industry. See the dedicated section below.
BluSky Pricing With Code DGT
Use code DGT at checkout for 50% off (last tested Oct 2, 2026). Launch and Propel bill every 30 days while you are in the evaluation, at exactly the price you paid — so the discount stays on every renewal. Orbit and Instant are one-time. Launch fees are not discounted and are only due when you pass.
| Plan | List price | With code DGT | Billing | Launch fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch 50K | $59 | $30 | Every 30 days until pass | $99 at pass |
| Launch 100K | $69 | $35 | Every 30 days until pass | $149 at pass |
| Launch 200K Static | $79 | $40 | Every 30 days until pass | $179 at pass |
| Propel 25K | $150 | $75 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Propel 50K | $160 | $80 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Propel 100K | $220 | $110 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Propel 150K Static | $170 | $85 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Propel 200K Static | $270 | $135 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Propel 300K Static | $320 | $160 | Every 30 days until pass | None |
| Orbit 50K | $199 | $100 | One-time, 30-day window | None |
| Orbit 100K | $299 | $150 | One-time, 30-day window | None |
| Orbit 150K | $419 | $210 | One-time, 30-day window | None |
| Orbit 200K Static | $419 | $210 | One-time, 30-day window | None |
| Instant Sim Funded $50K | $599 | $300 | One-time | None |
| Direct to Funded $3.5K | $749 | $375 | One-time | None |
Resets: Launch evaluation $49 / $59 / $69 · Propel evaluation $79 · Orbit evaluation $99 / $109 / $279 / $279 · Buffer Zone $250 (+$50 every third reset; $500 once Sim Funded) · Instant / Direct: no reset (new purchase). A renewal on an already-failed Launch or Propel account includes a free reset, and a reset never moves your renewal date — so if renewal is a few days out, wait for the free one. See every current deal on the live discount codes page.
| Account | Max withdrawal per request | |
|---|---|---|
| Direct $4K | $3,000 per week | Instant funding |
| Instant $50K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Instant funding |
| Launch $50K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Launch $100K | $3,000 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Launch $200K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Orbit $50K | $2,000 per rolling 7 days | Every 3 trading days |
| Orbit $100K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Every 3 trading days |
| Orbit $150K | $3,000 per rolling 7 days | Every 3 trading days |
| Orbit $200K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Every 3 trading days |
| Propel $25K | $1,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Propel $50K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Propel $100K | $3,000 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Propel $150K | $1,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Propel $200K | $2,500 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
| Propel $300K | $3,000 per rolling 7 days | Daily payouts |
BluSky Payout Rules: Daily, Same-Day Before 11 AM ET, Rolling 7-Day Caps
BluSky’s payout system is one of the cleanest in futures prop trading, and it is where the 900 Trustpilot reviews concentrate their praise.
- Split: 90% to you on Launch, Propel and Orbit funded accounts and in Live Brokerage; 80% on Instant Sim Funded; 50% for the first 30 trading days then 80% on Direct to Funded.
- Frequency: daily, Monday to Friday, on Launch, Propel and Instant funded accounts; every 3 trading days on Orbit.
- Speed: Same day — requests after 11 AM ET go out the next business day. Transfers land in 1–3 business days via Gusto or Rise Pay.
- Minimum: $$250 per request ($500 on Orbit). No minimum trading days. One meaningful profitable day between requests — flipping contracts to manufacture a qualifying trade does not count.
- Caps: rolling 7-day windows by account size (the table above). The cap is not a calendar week: each approved payout frees its own slot exactly 7 days later. A $700 payout on Tuesday reopens $700 of cap the following Tuesday.
- Multiple accounts: up to 3 funded accounts per trader in total (Sim Funded, Instant Sim Funded and Direct combined), $9,000 a week across three Sim Funded accounts.
- Claim window: a submitted payout must be claimed within 30 days or it is voided — finish your Gusto or Rise onboarding early.
- Tax: 1099-NEC for US traders (choose Gusto if you need an LLC 1099 — Rise will not issue one); W-8BEN for everyone else.
BluSky Consistency Rule Explained (34%, 50%, 40% and 21%)
BluSky measures consistency as your largest single profitable day divided by the sum of all your profitable days. Losing days are left out of the denominator entirely. Most firms divide by net profit, which shrinks the number you are measured against and makes the same week harder to pass.
Worked example from BluSky’s own help center: +$1,000 Monday, +$900 Tuesday, −$600 Wednesday, +$900 Thursday, +$600 Friday. BluSky adds the profitable days ($3,400) and your biggest day is 29.4% — inside the 34% Propel rule. A net-profit firm would subtract Wednesday ($2,800) and call the same day 35.7%, a fail.
| Plan | Evaluation | Buffer Zone | Funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (all sizes) | 50% | 34% | 34% |
| Propel 25K–200K | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Propel 300K Static | 21% | 21% | 21% |
| Orbit (all sizes) | None | — (no Buffer Zone) | 40% (resets after every approved payout) |
| Instant Sim Funded / Direct to Funded | — | — | 21% |
Being out of consistency does not fail your account. It is checked when you request a payout or try to pass a phase; you fix it by trading on, because every additional profitable day grows the total you are measured against. Once you reach Live Brokerage, no consistency rule applies.
BluSky Drawdown Rules: EOD Trailing, Static, and the Orbit Lock
There is exactly one way to fail a BluSky evaluation: fall below your minimum balance. Three drawdown models are in play.
End-of-day trailing (Launch 50K/100K, Propel 25K–100K, Orbit 50K–150K)
Your minimum balance trails your highest closing balance and updates once a day at 6 PM ET. It moves up with profit, never down with losses. BluSky’s example: a 50K starts with a $48,000 floor; close at $50,750 and the floor becomes $48,750; dip to $50,300 the next day and the floor stays at $48,750. Intraday swings are irrelevant — a $1,500 dip that recovers by the close costs you nothing.
Static (Launch 200K, Propel 150K/200K/300K, Orbit 200K)
A fixed dollar floor that never moves in either direction. The Propel 200K Static gives you $2,000 (Static) against a $6,000 target; the 300K Static gives you $5,000 (Static) against $20,000. Simple, predictable, and the reason the static sizes are popular with traders who size up on conviction.
The Orbit funded lock
Once you are funded on Orbit, the drawdown trails your closed daily profit dollar for dollar and then locks permanently at your starting balance the moment your lifetime net profit equals the drawdown. Earn $2,000 on the 50K and the floor freezes at $50,000 — the account can no longer fail below breakeven. Instant Sim Funded uses the same idea with an intraday trail that locks at $51,000 once the balance passes $53,000.
Daily loss limits
None on Launch, Propel or Orbit in any phase. $1,000 on Instant Sim Funded, $2,000 on Direct to Funded. In Live Brokerage there is no enforced DLL outside a Ramp-Up period, though BluSky recommends setting one with your broker.
What does not fail your account
- News trading — allowed at your own risk, no event blackouts.
- Too many contracts — the system caps your size or rejects the order; it does not fail you (exploiting a gap to get around limits does).
- Trading the wrong hours — BluSky auto-flattens around 4:45 PM ET, but it is not guaranteed, and positions open after 5 PM ET are your problem — no adjustments.
BluSky Live Brokerage: Real Capital After $10,000 Profit
This is the structural difference. Most “funded” accounts stay simulated forever. At BluSky, once a Sim Funded account crosses $10,000 total profit — profit still in the account plus every payout already taken — you stop trading, open a ticket, and the Risk Team reviews the account (up to five trading days). Three outcomes: approved to Live Brokerage at Tradovate or Sweet Futures (Rithmic / Volumetrica); deferred to build a longer track record; or the Trader Development Program for traders with prior failed accounts.
- What transfers: up to $10,000 per account minus payouts already taken (BluSky’s example: $10,500 profit with $6,000 withdrawn → a $4,000 live starting balance), max $30,000 across three accounts.
- Orbit is different: every Orbit trader sits in one centralised brokerage account, so your live account starts at $0 with your risk buffer duplicated, and the simulated profit above the buffer goes into a Profit Vault (capped at $2K–$15,000 by size). For every $10,000 you earn and withdraw live, BluSky releases a $1,000 bonus from the Vault. Blow the live account or close it before claiming and the Vault is forfeited.
- Five-day window: a brokerage invitation expires 5 calendar days after it is issued. Miss it and the source Sim Funded account is closed and the earmarked profit forfeited — tell support if you are travelling.
- Ramp-Up: new live accounts may start with reduced contracts, a mandatory daily loss limit of up to 50% of the starting balance, and a requirement of 10 profitable days before you request a Performance Review to lift the limits.
- Live rules: no payout caps, no consistency rule, EOD trailing drawdown that locks at breakeven, daily payouts from $$250 (Orbit from a $100 profit threshold), at least one trade every 30 days, and a mandatory 30-day cooldown if you breach the drawdown. Market data becomes your cost at this stage ($156 per exchange per month on Tradovate and Volumetrica).
- KYC: Veriff plus the broker’s own KYC/AML with a government ID and proof of address. If the broker declines you, the account closes and simulated profits are forfeited with no refund — check the restricted list before you start, not at $9,900.
BluSky Platforms, Commissions and EUREX
Supported: Bookmap, NinjaTrader, Quantower, Rithmic, Sierra Chart, Tradesea, TradingView, and Tradovate — plus Quantower, ATAS, Jigsaw, Bookmap, Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, R|Trader Pro and ONYX through Rithmic. BluSky’s preferred charting is TrendSpider; TradingView works through Tradovate. NinjaTrader on Rithmic is limited to the evaluation, Buffer Zone and Sim Funded stages.
| Platform | Evaluation commissions | Funded | EUREX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rithmic / Volumetrica | $2.00 per side mini · $0.50 per side micro | Set by brokerage | Unavailable |
| Tradesea | $2.00 per side mini · $0.50 per side micro | Set by brokerage | Unavailable |
| Tradovate / NinjaTrader | Per product, all-in (NQ/ES from $2.17 per side, MNQ/MES from $0.64) | Same schedule | Available with Level 2 data |
EUREX traders: DAX and the other Eurex products are available on BluSky through Tradovate or NinjaTrader once you add Level 2 data. Level 1 data is free at every simulated stage on every plan; Level 2 is a paid add-on bought from BluSky pre-live and from your broker once you are live.
BluSky Trading Rules: What’s Allowed
| Strategy / tool | Allowed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Scalping | Yes | Consistency rule still applies in the evaluation and funded stages. |
| News trading | Yes | At your own risk. No event blackouts. |
| Copy trading across your own BluSky accounts | Yes | Unlimited evaluations, 3 funded. TradeSyncer mirrors trades across BluSky accounts. |
| Hedging the same product | No | Opposite positions on one product at the same time break CME Rule 534 — the broker closes the account permanently. |
| Overnight holds | No | Auto-flat around 4:45 PM ET; flat by 5 PM ET is your responsibility. |
| Weekend holds | No | Flat by Friday close. |
| Trading during a Risk or Brokerage review | No | Forfeits the account. The most common way traders lose an account they had already earned. |
| Sim Funded + Live Brokerage at the same time | No | Once live, you cannot trade Sim Funded accounts. |
BluSky Restricted Countries
BluSky’s US clearing firm and brokers set the list, and there are no exceptions: 91 countries as of the July 2026 update. The ones that catch traders out are the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Malta, Iceland, Jamaica, Panama, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka and Nepal — alongside the usual sanctioned jurisdictions. The US, UK, Canada, Australia, most of Western Europe, India, Brazil and Mexico are fine. Because the check is enforced at the brokerage stage, a trader from a restricted country can buy and pass an evaluation and still lose everything at the Live Brokerage KYC — verify on the prop firms by country pages first.
BluSky Pros and Cons
Pros
- A real Live Brokerage stage at Tradovate or Sweet Futures — real CME execution, no payout caps, no consistency rule.
- Daily payouts, same-day before 11 AM ET, from $$250, no minimum days.
- No daily loss limit on Launch, Propel or Orbit at any stage.
- The fairest consistency math in the industry (profitable-day sum, not net profit), and it never fails you.
- Orbit: one-time price, no evaluation consistency rule, funded account at full size, drawdown that locks at breakeven.
- Launch from $59 per 30 days with the launch fee deferred to the pass.
- Discounts stay on every renewal; a renewal on a failed account includes a free reset.
- EUREX available through Tradovate / NinjaTrader; free Level 1 data at every sim stage.
- Transparent US entity in St. Petersburg, United States; $15M+ paid; Trustpilot 4.7 across 900 reviews with named support staff.
Cons
- Every funded account carries a best-day rule (34% / 40% / 21%) — no zero-consistency funded option.
- Only 3 funded accounts per trader, and only 2 live.
- Launch’s fee is due within 14 days of passing or the pass is lost — easy to miss if you are not watching the Billing tab.
- Orbit expires 30 days after purchase and a reset does not extend it.
- Rolling 7-day payout caps ($1,500–$3,000) until you reach Live Brokerage.
- 91 restricted countries, including several large Asian and African markets.
- Sim Funded starting balances on Launch and Propel are small ($1,500–$3,500), so early drawdown room is tight.
- Buffer Zone resets are $250+, and the Live Brokerage transition has hard deadlines (5-day invitation, 30-day payout claim).
Who BluSky Is Best For
Pick BluSky if you trade futures intraday, you want daily payouts and a real path to brokerage capital, you are comfortable with a consistency rule that is checked at payout rather than enforced as a breach, and you live outside the restricted list. Orbit for speed, Propel for size, Launch for price.
Look elsewhere if you swing trade (swing-friendly firms), you need a funded account with no consistency rule (no-consistency firms), or you want to stack a large number of funded accounts — Apex allows far more than three. Stack the options on the prop firm comparison page.
Kyle’s Verdict on BluSky Trading
I have recommended prop firms since 2022 and the thing I care most about is what a firm does after you have proven you can trade. BluSky’s answer is a real brokerage account, a documented review process, a Ramp-Up period designed to stop a day-one blow-up, and a rule set that was tightened in the right places in 2026 — fairer consistency math, no daily loss limits on evaluations, a one-time Orbit product that removes the evaluation consistency rule entirely.
The friction is real too. Three funded accounts is a hard ceiling, the rolling 7-day caps are modest until you go live, and the Launch fee window and Orbit expiry punish inattention. If you want a firm that lets you farm sim payouts across twenty accounts, this is not it. If you want to build a trading career on capital that is eventually real, it is one of the two or three strongest structures in the futures prop space.
My recommendation: Orbit 50K if you have an edge and want to be funded this week; Propel 100K if you want size and a three-phase runway. Use code DGT — it gives you 50% off and, on Launch and Propel, the discount stays on every renewal.
How to Get Started With BluSky
- Open the BluSky plans page and pick Launch, Propel, Orbit or Instant Funding.
- Apply code DGT at checkout.
- Choose your platform — Tradovate/NinjaTrader if you want EUREX or per-product commissions, Rithmic/Volumetrica for flat $2 / $0.50 per side.
- Trade the evaluation: respect the drawdown, keep your best day inside the rule (Orbit has none), and remember the 4:45 PM ET auto-flat.
- Launch: pay the launch fee within 14 days of passing. Launch and Propel: build the Buffer Zone target, then start withdrawing in Sim Funded.
- Cross $10,000 total profit, stop trading, open a Brokerage Review ticket — and accept the live invitation within 5 days.
