Phidias Propfirm vs BluSky Trading: prop firm rules compared

On Phidias Propfirm's Fundamental and Premium plans and BluSky Trading's Launch, Propel and Orbit plans the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Phidias Propfirm's Fundamental and Premium plans a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $47,500, $2,500 under the start; at BluSky Trading's Launch, Propel and Orbit plans a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

Phidias Propfirm's Express to Live plan and BluSky Trading's Launch 200K Static, Propel Static, Propel 300K Static and Orbit 200K Static plans use a static drawdown: the floor is set once, the drawdown below the starting balance, and does not move for the whole evaluation. For example, at Phidias Propfirm's Express to Live plan a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $49,350, $650 under the start; at BluSky Trading's Launch 200K Static, Propel Static, Propel 300K Static and Orbit 200K Static plans a $200,000 account starts with its floor at $198,000, $2,000 under the start.

On BluSky Trading's Orbit plan the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there. On Phidias Propfirm's Fundamental and Premium plans it keeps trailing for the whole evaluation.

Phidias Propfirm and BluSky Trading have no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

BluSky Trading starts the trading day at 6:00 PM ET (5:00 PM CT).

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. BluSky Trading's Launch and Launch 200K Static plans cap any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target and $3,000 of a $6,000 target. BluSky Trading's Propel and Propel Static plans cap any single day at 34% of total profit, so it takes at least 3 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,020 of a $3,000 target and $2,040 of a $6,000 target. BluSky Trading's Propel 300K Static plan caps any single day at 21% of total profit, so it takes at least 5 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $4,200 of a $20,000 target. Phidias Propfirm and BluSky Trading's Orbit and Orbit 200K Static plans apply no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one large day can count in full.

Phidias Propfirm requires at least 3 trading days on Fundamental and 1 on Premium before a pass; Phidias Propfirm's Express to Live plan and BluSky Trading set no minimum number of days.

Phidias Propfirm and BluSky Trading differ on 5 of the evaluation rules compared here: trailing floor, consistency rule, max drawdown at $50K, profit target at $50K and minimum trading days. If one or two large days make up most of your profit, the consistency rule sets how fast you can finish: Phidias Propfirm has no consistency rule; BluSky Trading caps one day at 21–50% of total profit on some plans and has no cap on others. In dollars at $50K, Phidias Propfirm asks for $4,000 of profit with $2,500 of drawdown room, BluSky Trading for $3,000 with $2,000. To finish in as few sessions as possible, compare the minimum days: Phidias Propfirm sets no minimum on some plans and up to 3 trading days on others, BluSky Trading sets no minimum.

Once funded, the profit split is 80/20 (Fundamental, Express) · 75→100% progressive (Premium) at Phidias Propfirm and 90/10 at BluSky Trading. Payout terms — Phidias Propfirm: Fundamental every 10+ days · Premium every 5 days; BluSky Trading: Daily Mon–Fri (Launch / Propel) · every 3 trading days (Orbit). Phidias Propfirm sells 3 plans: Fundamental, Premium and Express to Live; BluSky Trading sells 3 plans: Launch, Propel and Orbit. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Phidias Propfirm's site and BluSky Trading's site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.