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We lined BluSky up against 9 of the biggest futures prop firms and answered the 4 questions every new trader asks: what it costs, how the plans differ, what your first payout takes, and what every payout after that takes.
What a new trader pays to reach a funded 50K account: the evaluation plus any activation or post-pass fee. Other firms at list price. BluSky with Welcome26 for new traders and 30OFF on Propel, which is always on.
Every BluSky plan fits a stage of a trader's growth. Same 90/10 split on all 3.
Learn without a big bill. Fail cheap, try again.
No rush, more structure. The plan that tends to do best in Sim Funded.
Pass in 1 day. First payout in about 4.
At most firms, every payout sits behind a gate: new winning days, new profit, or both. At BluSky you clear the Buffer stage once, and from then on you can request a payout any trading day.
First 5 payouts at a 50K account, per each firm's published rules.
The most payout requests each firm's schedule allows in 20 trading days, once you're past your first payout.
Firms shown have a set number of days between payouts. ⚫, 💵 and 🎯 pay on profit or balance thresholds instead. BluSky Launch and Propel shown; Orbit pays every 3 trading days.
BluSky Sim Funded payouts. Only a rolling 7-day cap applies ($2,500 on a 50K Launch).
🐂 payouts, then the funded account closes.
⏭️ payouts per account.
🐺 payouts at most per month.
Made it past the evaluation and failed in the Buffer stage? Reset to the Buffer stage. Failed in Sim Funded before your first payout? Reset to Sim Funded. No trip back to the start line.
Launch 50K. Propel evals reset for $79.
Keep your passed eval. Reset straight back into the Buffer stage.
Fail before your first payout? Pick up in Sim Funded again, up to 2 times. Half your Sim Funded starting balance: $1,500 on 50K, $1,750 on 100K.
At most firms, losing a funded account means buying a new evaluation and starting over from day 1.
| Firm | Cost to funded | First payout needs | Before each later payout | Payout limit | Split |
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Start a live brokerage account at $0, with a drawdown matching your account size. Your Bonus Vault pays $1,000 for every $10,000 in live payouts.
Take half your drawdown as a buyout ($1,000 on a 50K), then head back to evals.
Competitor rules and list prices as published on each firm's own website, checked 10/5/2026. Competitors are shown as symbols. Promotions change often and are not included. BluSky prices are list prices; Welcome26 takes 50% off a new customer's first Launch account.