BluSky Review 2026

BluSky is a futures prop firm. Its Terms name the operator as BluSky Trading Company LLC, and its site footer gives an address in St. Petersburg, Florida. It sells evaluations in three main families — Launch, Propel and Orbit — plus Stocks plans and Instant Funding options. Launch and Propel pass through an Evaluation, a Buffer Zone and a Sim Funded account; Orbit has only an Evaluation and a Sim Funded account. Sim Funded accounts are simulated, and traders who reach $10,000 in total profit on a standard account are reviewed for Live Brokerage.

The profit split is 90% to the trader. The firm says payouts can be requested daily, Monday to Friday, on Launch and Propel Sim Funded accounts; Orbit Sim Funded accounts pay every three trading days. The cheapest futures price we saw was $59 per 30 days for the 50K Launch evaluation, plus a $99 Launch fee once you pass. BluSky says it has paid out more than $15 million to traders.

This review uses only BluSky’s own website, help centre and terms. We could not open the help-centre pages for Instant Funded and Direct 2 Funded accounts, the restricted-country list or the stock-plan article, so we do not describe those rules. Several help-centre articles disagree with each other; we note where, and use the most recently updated page.

Everything in this review comes from BluSky's own web pages, saved on 7–9 October 2026. Rules and prices change, so check the firm's site before you buy.

Launch and Propel evaluations are subscriptions billed every 30 days while you are in the evaluation. Billing stops when you pass, and nothing is charged during the Buffer Zone or Sim Funded stages. Whatever price you paid at purchase, including any discount code, is what renews. Orbit plans are a one-time purchase, valid for 30 days from purchase.

The home-page plan selector showed $59 per 30 days for the 50K Launch evaluation, with a $99 Launch fee due on passing. The firm’s plan-finder page calls 50K Launch “the cheapest way in” and says its prices are list prices as of 5 October 2026. The selector did not show prices for the other sizes, for Propel or for Orbit in our saved copy, so we do not list them.

Launch

Launch has three sizes. The Launch fee is charged when you pass the evaluation, not when you buy, and must be paid within 14 days from the Billing section of the members area. If it is not paid in time, the account expires and the passed evaluation cannot be reinstated.

Propel

Propel uses the same three phases with no Launch fee; the help centre says the subscription is higher instead. Six sizes are listed.

Orbit

Orbit has two phases and no Launch fee. If you have not passed within 30 days the account expires, and a reset does not extend that window.

Stocks and Instant Funding

The home-page selector also lists Stocks plans in 2K, 4K and 7K sizes. With the 4K selected it showed $399 per 30 days, a $400 profit target, a $400 end-of-day drawdown, a $250 daily loss limit, a 30% consistency rule and a 60-day maximum trading period. The Billing article gives Stocks activation fees of $99 on the 2K and $149 on the 4K and 7K, while the selector showed a $99 Launch fee next to the 4K. The Subscription Terms list only Launch and Propel evaluations as recurring. We could not open the stock-plan article, so check the terms at checkout.

The checkout page also lists Direct 2 Funded and Instant Funded options. The Billing article says they have no Launch fee. We could not open their help-centre rules.

To pass, you reach the profit target without breaching the drawdown and stay inside the consistency rule. The plan articles list no daily loss limit in the Launch, Propel or Orbit evaluations.

The plan articles measure consistency as your largest profitable day against the sum of your profitable days, leaving losing days out. Being out of consistency does not fail the account; it is checked when you request a payout or try to pass a phase. An older help article (April 2026) describes the calculation as highest day divided by total profit instead.

The end-of-day trailing drawdown rises with your highest end-of-day balance and does not fall with losses. In the firm’s 50K example the minimum balance starts at $48,000 and moves to $48,750 after an end-of-day balance of $50,750. On static plans the floor is fixed from the starting balance.

Resets

A reset creates a fresh evaluation account. If a Launch or Propel evaluation has already failed when the subscription renews, the renewal includes a free reset. Resets do not move the renewal date, and Orbit resets do not extend the 30-day expiry.

A failed Buffer Zone account is reset separately: $250 each for the first three resets, then $50 more for every further three. If the Buffer Zone had already passed into Sim Funded, the reset fee is $500.

On Launch and Propel, passing the evaluation moves you to the Buffer Zone, where you build the balance that carries into Sim Funded. It has a target that is the same as or lower than the evaluation target (lower on the 100K and larger sizes), the same drawdown type and no daily loss limit, with a 34% consistency rule (21% on the 300K).

The Sim Funded figures above are from the Propel article; the Launch article gives the same figures for its three sizes. Both list a $100 minimum balance in Sim Funded.

Orbit skips the Buffer Zone. Its plan article (dated 12 August 2026) says the Sim Funded account opens at the full account size with a drawdown that locks at the starting balance once lifetime net profit equals the starting drawdown, and applies a 40% consistency rule.

Sim Funded accounts are simulated; the firm says the profits are real and withdrawable. While Sim Funded you must stop trading for the day after $5,000 profit and for the week after $10,000. You can hold up to three Sim Funded accounts. The Risk Team may add contract limits, daily loss limits or trading restrictions, and may restrict a trader who breaches the drawdown on three or more accounts to a single account.

The split is 90% to the trader and 10% to BluSky “at all times unless changed by a Risk Team Review”. The Sim Funded Accounts Rules (effective 1 October 2026) set a $500 minimum payout request, in whole dollars, and require at least $500 of new profit from normal trading between requests. The Sim Funded Payouts article says there are no minimum trading days for a first payout.

The firm says requests made before 11am ET on a trading day are processed the same day and later ones the next business day, though its newer rules page says “may be processed” and it warns payouts can be delayed. The firm says transfers can take 1–3 business days. Sim Funded payout caps run on a rolling 7-day window (see the table above). On Orbit, payouts open every three trading days once the balance is above the threshold, with a 7-day cap of $2,000–$3,000 depending on size, and the consistency requirement resets after each processed payout.

Payouts are made through Gusto or Rise. Traders are paid as independent contractors on a 1099, and non-US citizens must submit a W-8BEN with their first payout. Submitted payouts must be claimed within 30 days or they are forfeited.

Live Brokerage is the only stage where orders reach the real market. On Launch, Propel, Instant and Stocks accounts, reaching $10,000 in total profit (including payouts already taken) means you must stop trading and open a ticket for a Brokerage Review. Orbit accounts are reviewed at a profit ceiling of $10,000 (50K), $12,500 (100K and 200K) or $15,000 (150K). The firm says most reviews take about five trading days.

From 1 October 2026, an approved trader chooses between two options. Going live opens a Live Brokerage account at a $0 balance with a drawdown based on the qualifying account (for example $2,000 on a 50K); eligible Sim Funded profits go into a Bonus Vault. The alternative is a one-time cash buyout of 50% of the drawdown, followed by a cooldown before returning to evaluations. Accounts opened before 1 October keep their original structure.

The Bonus Vault pays $1,000 for every $10,000 of payouts withdrawn from Live Brokerage, until the vault is empty. It is not trading capital, and any remaining vault balance is forfeited if the live account is breached or closed.

In Live Brokerage the split remains 90/10 unless the account terms say otherwise, and the minimum payout request is $500. Live traders pay market data fees as professional subscribers: $156 per exchange per calendar month on Tradovate and Volumetrica, and a clearing-house rate on Rithmic. A new live account may start with a ramp-up period with reduced contracts and a daily loss limit. A failed live account carries a 30-day cooldown unless the Risk Team approves otherwise.

• Contract limits: using more contracts than your terms allow can lead to liquidation, a restarted account or denial of brokerage entry.
• Trading hours: the firm recommends closing all trades before 4:45pm EST; its system tries to auto-liquidate about 15 minutes before the market closes, but you remain responsible for closing trades.
• News: the Evaluation Rules list trading news events “at your own risk” among things that do not fail an account. In Live Brokerage, news trading is permitted unless your account has a specific restriction.
• One user: the Terms allow a single user under a single email address and prohibit using multiple emails to bypass account limits.
• Reviews: trading an account while it is under review may result in forfeiture.
• Live activity: Live Brokerage accounts must place at least one trade every 30 days.

We could not open the firm’s copy-trading article, so we do not state its copy-trading rules.

BluSky offers futures evaluations, and its checkout lists six platforms: Volumetrica, Tradovate, Rithmic, Tradesea, Tickblaze and BlackArrow. The help centre has guides for connecting NinjaTrader through Rithmic and Tradovate. For live accounts, the firm says it connects traders through Tradovate Brokerage and Sweet Futures.

The Terms of Service name BluSky Trading Company LLC, at 7901 4th St N Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, and are governed by Florida law. Traders must be over 18. Some payments may be settled by Odeonpay ALE S.R.L (“Paysagi”) as merchant of record. The Terms say BluSky makes no claim that the website is appropriate outside the United States, and the Live Brokerage article says some countries cannot be supported because of brokerage or clearing restrictions. Live Brokerage also requires KYC and brokerage onboarding. An older help article (Sim Funded Accounts Processing, July 2026) says that if a broker denies your Brokerage application, the account is closed and all simulated profits are forfeited.

On refunds, the Subscription Terms say subscription payments are non-refundable once processed, except where required by law. The Terms and Conditions say there are no refunds once you have paid and that all sales are final, but also that in certain circumstances a refund request with a detailed reason may be accepted within 48 hours of purchase, with 15% deducted. You must cancel a subscription in the members area before it renews; it renews even if the account has hit its maximum drawdown.

• Orbit funded account: the Orbit plan article (12 August 2026) says the Sim Funded account opens at the full account size. An older Sim Funded Accounts Processing article (28 July 2026) says Orbit accounts start at $0 with a $2,500 buffer on the 100K, against the $3,000 drawdown in the Orbit article. The Evaluation Overview also lists a Buffer phase for Orbit. We used the Orbit article.
• Sim Funded starting balances: the Processing article lists $1,500 for the 150K and $3,000 for the 300K; the Propel article lists $2,000 and $3,500. We used the Propel article.
• Payout minimum: the Propel article lists a $250 Sim Funded payout minimum; the Sim Funded Accounts Rules set $500 from 1 October 2026. We used $500.
• Static plans: a February 2026 Static Growth Plan article lists a $2,500 daily loss limit on the 300K and a 30% consistency rule on the 150K and 200K. The Propel article lists no daily loss limit and 34% consistency for those sizes. We used the Propel article.
• Launch consistency: the checkout showed 55% for the Launch evaluation; the Launch article and the home-page selector say 50%. We used the Launch article.

BluSky may suit futures traders who want a low entry price and are comfortable with a subscription and a Launch fee on passing (Launch), or who prefer a one-time fee and no evaluation consistency rule (Orbit). The multi-stage path — Buffer Zone, Sim Funded with rolling payout caps, then a review at $10,000 profit — suits traders prepared to follow detailed rules. Under the new Live Brokerage structure, live accounts start at $0 and eligible simulated profits not already withdrawn are paid out through the Bonus Vault ($1,000 per $10,000 of live payouts), which matters if your goal is a live account.

MyPropGenius Rating: 2.4/5 — its Transparency Index score of 48/100 ÷ 20, rounded down

The rating measures how openly BluSky discloses its rules, pricing, payouts and ownership (our Transparency Index methodology). It does not measure how likely you are to pass or be paid.