Prop firms
I get asked which prop firm to trade with and where to run the terminal, so here is the honest answer: these are the ones I use or have an arrangement with, and nothing is on this page because somebody paid for the slot.
How this works
If you sign up through a link here or use the code, the firm pays me a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and with most of these it gets you a better price than going direct. What I earn goes into the same place subscriptions go — machines and data licences, one box at a time, which you can see laid out on the build. So it funds three things at once: the firm gets a trader, you get the discount, and the next ingest site gets closer.
The part worth saying plainly: a page like this is usually sold to the highest bidder. This one is not, and it never will be, for the same reason the levels keep their misses — a recommendation you can buy is worth nothing to the person reading it.
Which is also why the table further down quotes their rules rather than mine. Every figure in it was read off the firm’s own live pages and is sourced back to them. Where I have not read it, the cell says so instead of guessing.
Prop firm
Qualification accounts on a monthly subscription that convert to a Master Account on a one-time activation fee. Execution runs through Rithmic. The trader picks a trailing or an end-of-day drawdown at purchase, and the two behave differently enough that they get a column each below.
Terms read on Pricing, Qualification account, Master account, Funded account, Connection, 31 July 2026.
Open Bulenox
Prop firm
Two funded products on sale: Standard MAX on a monthly subscription, and STEADY as a one-time payment. Execution runs on Rithmic. The OG and Express families were retired on 1 July 2026 and cannot be bought.
Terms read on FFN help centre, Preferred platforms, Account pricing, 31 July 2026.
Open Funded Futures Network
Prop firm
Three families on sale: Express to Live on a static drawdown that converts to a live account on the first payout, plus Fundamental and Premium on end-of-day trailing. The data route is chosen at checkout and Phidias publishes that it cannot be changed afterwards, which makes it a decision you take before paying.
Terms read on Rules, Accounts, Supported platforms, 31 July 2026.
Open Phidias
Prop firm
Four plan families on the same configurator: Launch, Propel, Orbit, plus Instant Funding which starts at the funded stage. BluSky organises platform support by data route rather than by platform, so which route you buy decides which charts you can run.
Terms read on Plans, Evaluation rules, Supported platforms, Payouts, 31 July 2026.
Open BluSkyNot the account size. The drawdown type. It decides more about whether an account survives a normal week than the headline number does, and two firms quoting the same $2,000 are describing two different things if one recalculates at the close and the other follows your peak while a position is open.
These are different mechanics rather than better and worse ones. The same dollar figure behaves differently under each, which is why the table below states the type next to the amount instead of scoring anybody out of five. The thing worth checking on your own account is which one you bought — on some of these firms it is a choice you make at the checkout, and on one of them the choice is final.
Platform support
This is the part I can answer that a generic comparison cannot. I build the studies that draw the gamma levels inside four charting platforms, so I care about exactly one question a review site never asks: will the chart you already have set up show you a gamma wall on that firm’s account? A firm can have the friendliest drawdown on the list and still be the wrong choice if it does not run your platform.
Read the column labels carefully, because there are two different claims in this table and only one of them is a walkthrough. A firm putting a logo in a supported-platforms panel is not the same as a firm publishing how to connect it. Bulenox is the clearest case: all four platforms appear in their panel, and two of them have a setup guide.
The studies themselves, with install steps per platform, are on the gamma levels page. One API key covers all four.
| Firm | Sierra Chart | NinjaTrader 8 | Quantower | MotiveWave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulenox | Listed onlyIn the “Other Supported Platforms” panel on their connection page. That panel is 21 logo images with no text at all — no setup guide, and no statement of which account types it covers. I read the logo artwork off their own server to confirm which platforms it names. | Listed + setup publishedA full “NINJATRADER CONNECTION (Free License)” section with step-by-step setup, down to selecting the Rithmic brokerage and unchecking plug-in mode. Their FAQ: “While using the Master account, we provide a free license for the NinjaTrader 8 trading platform.” Published as Windows only, and their OCO warning is worth reading before you rely on a resting stop. | Listed onlyIn the same 21-logo panel, with no accompanying text. Their only two documented connection routes are Rithmic R|Trader and NinjaTrader 8. | Listed onlyIn the same 21-logo panel, with no accompanying text. Whether it reaches Rithmic in a way Bulenox treats as a third-party API is the open question below. |
| Funded Futures Network | Not on the listAbsent from FFN's preferred-platforms page and from every help-centre article — zero mentions across all 42 articles, their live site and their app bundle. FFN publishes no list of platforms it refuses, so this is silence rather than a refusal. | Listed onlyNamed on FFN's platform page, with a published disclaimer: “Funded Futures Network does not provide NinjaTrader licenses… These are setup instructions only, not an offer or endorsement of any software licensing.” No version number is published, so NinjaTrader 8 specifically is not stated. | Listed onlyNamed as “Quantower (FundX)” in FFN's own FAQ string — their branded build. Their account copy publishes “Includes a license for a preferred trading platform — Onyx or Quantower (FundX)”. | Partly listedOnly “MotiveWave Mobile: Trading” appears, as the phone companion tied to EdgeProX. Desktop MotiveWave is not named anywhere on FFN's site, and desktop is what the study runs in. |
| Phidias | Listed + setup publishedNamed in Phidias's supported-platforms article, and on the Rithmic route in their buy configurator: “COMPATIBLE PLATFORMS: Quantower · MotiveWave · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · Jigsaw”. They also publish a dedicated “SierraChart connexion” article with a starter PDF. | Listed onlyOn the Tradovate route rather than Rithmic: “COMPATIBLE PLATFORMS: Tradovate · TradingView · NinjaTrader”. Named in their English platforms article and absent from their French one. I found no dedicated NinjaTrader connection guide. Because the route is fixed at purchase, this is the one to pick at checkout if NinjaTrader is your chart. | Listed + setup publishedNamed as “Quantower (free version)” in both the English and French platforms articles, on the Rithmic route, with a dedicated “Quantower connexion” article and PDF. | Listed onlyNamed in both the English and French platforms articles and on the Rithmic route in the buy configurator. I found no dedicated MotiveWave connection guide, so it is named rather than walked through. |
| BluSky | Listed onlyListed under “Rithmic - Rithmic-Compatible Platforms” on BluSky's supported-platforms article, with no stage restriction published. | Listed onlyListed under Rithmic, carrying the only stage caveat on that page: “(Evaluation, BluLive and Sim Funded only)”. Listed separately under the Tradovate route as “NinjaTrader Prop”. No version number is published. | Listed onlyListed under Rithmic, with no stage restriction published. | Listed onlyListed under Rithmic, with no stage restriction published. |
What the four labels mean
All four firms reach the exchange through a data route rather than through the chart itself, which is why a platform can appear under one route and not another. Phidias publishes that the route is picked at checkout and cannot be changed afterwards, so on that firm the platform decision comes before the payment.
An open question for Bulenox
Bulenox publishes a charge I cannot map onto their platform list, and since it decides what my own study costs to run there, I would rather print the question than guess at the answer. Under the heading “Using Trade Copiers, Algorithms, Strategies, Bots” their qualification-account page says: “If a Trader choose to connect to Rithmic through a Third-Party API or Trader Composite Software, a $100 monthly fee applies.”
The term is never defined on their site, and no page maps the 21 logos in their supported-platforms panel to fee-bearing or fee-free. NinjaTrader 8 has its own documented route with a free licence and is not described that way. What is unpublished is whether Sierra Chart, Quantower or MotiveWave — the three that reach Rithmic without a documented Bulenox route — fall inside that clause. On a $145/month account, $100 is not a rounding error.
I do not know the answer, and nothing on their site settles it. If I get it from them in writing I will publish it here with the date. Until then, ask them yourself before you subscribe, and do not read this page as either answer — not as a warning that the fee applies, and not as reassurance that it does not.
Published terms
Their words, not mine. The columns are products rather than firms, because these four sell eleven different things between them and a merged column would state a figure that is true of none of them. Bulenox gets two columns for the drawdown option you pick at purchase, FFN two for the products on sale since July, Phidias three for its families, BluSky four for its plan lines.
It scrolls sideways. There is no version of this that fits on a phone without hiding something, and hiding something is the one thing a rules table cannot do.
| Term | BulenoxQualification · Option 1 (No Scaling) | BulenoxQualification · Option 2 (EOD) | Funded Futures NetworkStandard MAX | Funded Futures NetworkSTEADY | PhidiasExpress to Live | PhidiasFundamental | PhidiasPremium | BluSkyLaunch | BluSkyPropel | BluSkyOrbit | BluSkyInstant Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Account sizes | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150K · $250KMax position published per tier alongside the price under this option: 3 · 7 · 12 · 15 · 25 contracts. Standard and micro contracts can be traded at the same time, and Bulenox publishes that 1 standard equals 10 micros. The instrument list names ES, NQ, MES and MNQ. A $10,000 tier still appears in their help-centre text but its pricing card does not render on the live page — see the sourcing note below the table. | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150K · $250KUnder this option the contract cap scales with cash on hand rather than sitting flat. Their published $100K ladder: $0–$2,000 three contracts · $2,001–$3,000 five · $3,001–$5,000 eight · $5,001+ twelve. The instrument list names ES, NQ, MES and MNQ. A $10,000 tier still appears in their help-centre text but its pricing card does not render on the live page — see the sourcing note below the table. | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150K · $250KUp to 10 accounts per user, of which 5 can be funded at a time. (Articles 1.1, 4.3) | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150K · $250KSame lineup. STEADY replaced Express MAX on 1 July 2026. (Article 5.2) | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150KMax position 2 · 5 · 7 · 9 E-mini (20 · 50 · 70 · 90 micro). Up to 5 CASH or LIVE E2L accounts, and Phidias publishes that an E2L 150K counts as one slot rather than two. Evaluation accounts are published with no limit. (§3, §15, §20) | $50K · $100K · $150KMax position 10 · 14 · 17 E-mini (100 · 140 · 170 micro). Up to 5 CASH Fundamental accounts, and Phidias publishes that a 150K CASH account counts double toward that cap. (§16, §20) | $50K · $100K · $150KMax position 10 · 14 · 17 E-mini (100 · 140 · 170 micro). Up to 5 CASH Premium accounts, with a 150K CASH account counting double toward that cap. (§17, §20) | $50K · $100K · $200K StaticContract allocation published in the order summary: 5 Mini / 50 Micros · 10 Mini / 100 Micros · 2 Mini / 20 Micros. Published as a 2-day plan. | $25K · $50K · $100K · $150K Static · $200K Static · $300K StaticContract allocation published in the order summary: 4 Mini / 40 Micros · 5 Mini / 50 Micros · 10 Mini / 100 Micros · 1 Mini / 10 Micros · 2 Mini / 20 Micros · 5 Mini / 50 Micros. Worth reading the 150K Static row twice — a $150K balance is published with a 1 Mini allocation and a $1,000 static drawdown. Published as a 3-day plan. | $50K · $100K · $150K · $200K StaticContract allocation in the order summary: 5 Mini / 50 Micros · 10 Mini / 100 Micros · 15 Mini / 150 Micros · 3 Mini / 30 Micros. Orbit also publishes a separate funded-stage starting allocation that differs: 2 Mini / 20 Micros · 3 Mini / 30 Micros · 5 Mini / 50 Micros · 3 Mini / 30 Micros. Published as a 1-day plan. | $3.5K · $50KThis plan renders only a funded card in BluSky's configurator — no evaluation, buffer or brokerage card — so the evaluation-stage rows below are blank by their design rather than by my omission. |
| Profit target | $1,500 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $9,000 · $15,000By account size, smallest to largest — the same order runs down every numeric row in this column. Published per tier on the pricing table. | $1,500 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $9,000 · $15,000By account size, smallest to largest — the same order runs down every numeric row in this column. Published per tier on the pricing table. | $2,000 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $9,000 · $15,000By account size, smallest to largest — the same order runs down every numeric row below. (Article 2.3) | $2,000 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $9,000 · $15,000Published as 6% of account size. (Article 2.5) | $1,500 · $2,500 · $3,500 · $4,500Hit on the evaluation and again on the funded CASH account before the “Switch to Live” step. These targets run 3x to 4.5x the static drawdown on the same size, which is unusual enough to state plainly. (§15) | $4,000 · $6,000 · $9,000Evaluation profit target, published per size. (§16) | $4,000 · $6,000 · $9,000Same evaluation targets as Fundamental. (§17) | $3,000 · $6,000 · $6,000A second target follows the evaluation at the BluLive Buffer stage: $3,000 · $3,500 · $3,000. BluSky publishes “This is not an evaluation step; its the stage you build your funded buffer”, with “Stop trading when you reach this target” and “Do not continue to trade over the target balance below.” | $1,500 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $3,000 · $6,000 · $20,000Buffer-stage targets follow at $1,500 · $3,000 · $3,500 · $2,000 · $3,000 · $3,500. The $300K Static asks $20,000 against a $5,000 static drawdown, a wider ratio than anything else on this page — stated as a published term, not as a verdict. | $3,000 · $6,000 · $9,000 · $8,000Double-sourced: the same four figures appear in BluSky's configurator and in their Orbit help article. | Not confirmednot confirmedNo profit target is published to a customer on this plan. The configurator renders only a funded card, so there is no evaluation stage to carry one. Their underlying page data does carry a value, but it is never shown, so it is not a published term and I will not print it. |
| Minimum days to pass | Their own pages differBulenox publishes “There are no minimum trading days requirement to get Master account” and “The Trader can trade until the profit target is reached.” Their Master Account page publishes “Make sure that the profit target on your account has been reached and you have at least 1 trading day.” Ask them which governs. A trading day is counted only when a trade has been opened, and verification is published as taking up to 24 hours. | Their own pages differBulenox publishes “There are no minimum trading days requirement to get Master account” and “The Trader can trade until the profit target is reached.” Their Master Account page publishes “Make sure that the profit target on your account has been reached and you have at least 1 trading day.” Ask them which governs. A trading day is counted only when a trade has been opened, and verification is published as taking up to 24 hours. | 5 winning daysA winning day is net profit at the 4:50 PM ET session flat of at least $100 · $150 · $200 · $250 · $300 by size. FFN states that an intraday peak does not count. (Article 2.3) | 2 winning daysA day counts only above the minimum for the size: $100 · $150 · $200 · $250 · $350. Note the $250K floor is $350 here against $300 on Standard MAX — that difference is published, not a transcription slip. (Article 2.5) | Published three waysTheir rules page publishes “Min. Trading Days — None”, the E2L card on their accounts page shows “0 — DAYS TO PASS”, and the comparison table on that same accounts page shows “Min. Trading Days (Eval) 1”. Their own pages differ; ask them which binds. (§15, /accounts) | 3 in the evaluationPublished as “Min. Trading Days (Eval) 3”, with “Min. Trading Days (Funded) 10” on the funded account. Their rules page also carries a general tile reading “Min. Trading Days to Pass — 3 days” that conflicts with the other families' tables; the per-family figure is the one I publish. (§3, §16) | 1 in the evaluationPublished as “Min. Trading Days (Eval) 1”, with “Min. Days Between Payouts (Funded) 5”. (§17) | Not confirmednot confirmedI did not read a published minimum-trading-days requirement for the BluSky evaluation. What they do publish sits at the payout stage: “There are NO minimum days to trade to request payouts as long as you are above your initial starting balance.” | Not confirmednot confirmedI did not read a published minimum-trading-days requirement for the BluSky evaluation. What they do publish sits at the payout stage: “There are NO minimum days to trade to request payouts as long as you are above your initial starting balance.” | Not confirmednot confirmedI did not read a published minimum-trading-days requirement for the BluSky evaluation. What they do publish sits at the payout stage: “There are NO minimum days to trade to request payouts as long as you are above your initial starting balance.” | Not confirmednot confirmedI did not read a published minimum-trading-days requirement for the BluSky evaluation. What they do publish sits at the payout stage: “There are NO minimum days to trade to request payouts as long as you are above your initial starting balance.” |
| Drawdown type | Trailing, in real time, including open positionsPublished: “The trailing drawdown will always follow the current balance. Threshold is trailing for realized and non-realized gains, which is equal to your profit.” and “The drawdown is recorded in real-time during the trading day and includes a commission.” Their worked example: “the maximum you can lose is $3,000 from the maximum profit point at any given time, including open positions… The maximum drawdown will always move $3,000 from the highest account balance.” If your balance decreases the allowable drawdown is published as unchanged. | Trailing, end of dayPublished: “The EOD will only take into account when the profit is made at the end of the trading day. It is updated when your account balance reaches a new high at the end of the trading day.” and “The EOD drawdown will always follow the balance at end of the day, which is equal to your profit.” It stops moving once it reaches the initial balance plus $100. Neither Bulenox option is static. | End-of-day trailingUpdates once at the session close from the closing balance, not after each trade. FFN's general definition: the floor follows the balance upward as you profit but never moves down, and touching it fails the account. (Article 3.1) | End-of-day trailingFFN: it trails the end-of-day balance upward as profit grows, then locks at the starting balance plus $100 once reached and never moves down again — a funded 50K locks at $50,100. (Article 2.5) | Static — never trailsPublished: “Every E2L account uses a fixed static drawdown (never trails), has zero minimum trading days, no consistency rule, and allows news trading at every stage.” The formula is published as “Liquidation Threshold = Initial Capital − Static Drawdown”, and their end-of-day rules carry an explicit carve-out: “The EOD rules described above do not apply to E2L accounts.” (§4, §15) | End-of-day trailingPublished: “Your authorized drawdown is calculated at the end of each trading day, and this calculation does not change during the day… the drawdown is calculated taking into account only the profits realized at that time, excluding unrealized profits.” Intraday behaviour is published explicitly: “Your liquidation price remains fixed for the day.” Their example: a $50,000 account starting at a $47,500 floor still allows a $3,500 loss for the rest of the day after a $1,000 morning gain. The session ends at 10:00 PM UTC+2. (§4) | End-of-day trailingSame mechanism as Fundamental: calculated at the end of each trading day on realised profit only, fixed for the duration of the day, session ending 10:00 PM UTC+2. (§4) | Trailing (EOD) on $50K and $100K; Static on the $200K StaticBluSky's own configurator labels. Their evaluation drawdown is published as end-of-day trailing: “It increases with profits, but it does not decrease with losses, and is calculated from your starting balance at 6PM.” Their worked example: a 50K evaluation starts with a $48,000 minimum balance, a $50,750 end-of-day balance lifts it to $48,750, and a subsequent close back at $50,300 leaves it at $48,750. At the brokerage stage the minimum balance is published as static rather than trailing. | Trailing (EOD) on $25K, $50K and $100K; Static on the three Static balancesBluSky's own configurator labels. The end-of-day trailing mechanic is the one described in their evaluation-rules article: calculated from the starting balance at 6PM, rising with profits and never falling with losses. Their Static Growth Plan article publishes the static amounts as fixed for the evaluation phase. | Trailing (EOD) on $50K, $100K and $150K; the $200K Static is published two waysTheir own pages differ on the $200K Static: the configurator publishes “$-3,000 Static” at the evaluation stage and “$-3,000 Trailing (EOD)” at the funded stage — same amount, different mechanic, on a plan whose label says Static. Ask them which applies at which stage. Separately, BluSky's Orbit help article publishes the drawdown amounts but not the type, so the trailing-versus-static classification for this family rests on the configurator alone. | $3.5K — a static minimum balance. $50K — a trailing drawdown.Rendered exactly as “Minimum Balance (Static)” on the $3.5K with “Trailing Drawdown N/A”, and the reverse on the $50K: “Minimum Balance (Static) N/A” with a trailing drawdown figure. I confirmed the $50K row on screen with those labels. |
| Max drawdown | $1,500 · $2,500 · $3,000 · $4,500 · $5,500The same amount applies under either option — what changes is how it moves, not how big it is. Restated on the Master Account page as the “Trailing and EOD Drawdown Amount”. On the Master Account the drawdown stops moving once it reaches the starting balance plus $100. | $1,500 · $2,500 · $3,000 · $4,500 · $5,500The same amount applies under either option — what changes is how it moves, not how big it is. Restated on the Master Account page as the “Trailing and EOD Drawdown Amount”. On the Master Account the drawdown stops moving once it reaches the starting balance plus $100. | $1,500 · $2,000 · $3,600 · $5,000 · $6,000The same figure becomes the buffer on the funded account. FFN's worked example: a 50K MAX funded account opens at $50,000 with the floor at $48,000. (Articles 2.3, 4.2) | $1,200 · $2,000 · $3,200 · $4,700 · $5,500Applies to the evaluation and carries through to the funded account as the buffer. FFN's live-funded opening table corroborates it: a $100,000 STEADY opens live at $103,200 against $103,600 for Standard MAX. (Articles 2.5, 4.3) | $500 · $650 · $800 · $1,000With the liquidation level published alongside each: $24,500 · $49,350 · $99,200 · $149,000. All four reconcile against their own formula. (§15) | $2,500 · $3,000 · $4,500On funded accounts the trail stops at $50,100 for a 50K and $100,100 for a 100K. Phidias publishes no equivalent stop-trail figure for the 150K, so I am not carrying one across. On evaluation accounts “The EOD Drawdown always persists until the end of the evaluation.” (§4, §16) | $2,500 · $3,000 · $4,500Identical to Fundamental at every size. On funded accounts the trail stops at $50,100 for a 50K and $100,100 for a 100K; no 150K stop-trail figure is published. (§4, §17) | $2,000 · $2,500 · $2,000Rendered as “$-2,000 Trailing (EOD)” · “$-2,500 Trailing (EOD)” · “$-2,000 Static”. The brokerage-stage minimum balance on this family is published as $1,000. BluSky publishes that the trailing minimum can be watched live through the Auto Liquidate Threshold Value in R|Trader Pro or the Drawdown Auto Liq column in Tradovate. | $1,200 · $2,000 · $2,500 · $1,000 · $2,000 · $5,000Rendered as “$-1,200 Trailing (EOD)” · “$-2,000 Trailing (EOD)” · “$-2,500 Trailing (EOD)” · “$-1,000 Static” · “$-2,000 Static” · “$-5,000 Static”. Brokerage-stage minimum balance is published at $1,000 on the $50K, $100K, $200K and $300K, and $500 on the $25K and the $150K Static. | $2,000 · $3,000 · $4,500 · $3,000Double-sourced: the same amounts appear in the configurator and in the Orbit help article. At the brokerage stage Orbit publishes “Starting Balance $0 + Bonus Vault” rather than the minimum balance the other families carry. | $3.5K — $1,000 minimum balance. $50K — $2,000 trailing drawdown.Published in the funded card for each size, with the other field rendered as N/A rather than as zero. |
| Daily loss limit | Not published for this optionBulenox publishes daily loss limits under Option 2 only. An absence of a published limit is not the same as there being none — ask them before you assume either way. | $500 · $1,100 · $2,200 · $3,300 · $4,500Published: “Daily loss is based on your Profit and Loss, it includes commissions and real-time/unrealized trades, for each trading day from 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time.” Hitting it is published as a suspension rather than a failure — “the account will be suspended for the remainder of the trading day and will not count as a rule violation.” It is removed on the Master Account once the drawdown threshold reaches the starting balance. A $400 line for a 10K account is also published, though that tier no longer renders on the pricing table. | $1,000 · $1,250 · $2,500 · $3,750 · $4,500A soft breach. FFN: the account locks for the rest of the session and open positions are flattened automatically, and the account is not failed. Trading resumes at 6:00 PM ET. Hitting it does not count the session as a winning day unless net P&L at lockout already met the threshold. (Article 3.2) | NoneFFN publishes no daily loss limit on STEADY, in the evaluation or funded — their wording is that only the end-of-day trailing balance matters. (Articles 2.5, 5.2) | NonePublished as “Daily Loss Limit — None” in the E2L table, and again in §10: “E2L accounts have no profit consistency rule and no daily loss limit.” The binding daily constraint is the static liquidation threshold itself, which never moves. (§10, §15) | NonePublished as “Daily Loss Limit — None”. The inverse constraint is the one to know: on a funded account a day only counts toward payout eligibility if it shows positive P&L of at least $150 · $200 · $250 by size. (§12, §16) | NonePublished as “Daily Loss Limit — None”. On a funded account a day counts toward payout eligibility only with positive P&L of at least $150 · $200 · $250. (§12, §17) | Not published for this familyBluSky's evaluation-rules article lists one failure condition, the end-of-day trailing minimum, and publishes no daily loss limit for Launch. At the funded stage they publish that the daily loss limit “has been removed” from BluLive and funded accounts, with the option to set one yourself at the broker. An absence of a published limit is not the same as there being none. | $2,500 on the $300K Static. None on the $150K and $200K Static.Published in their Static Growth Plan article as “Daily Loss Limit: Capped at $2,500” for the 300K, with the 150K and 200K described as “No Daily Loss Limit”. Nothing is published for the $25K, $50K or $100K balances, whose evaluation-rules article lists one failure condition, the end-of-day trailing minimum. | Not published for this familyBluSky publishes daily loss limits on the Static Growth 300K and on Instant Funding only. Their evaluation-rules article lists one failure condition, the end-of-day trailing minimum. An absence of a published limit is not the same as there being none. | $2,000 on the $3.5K · $1,000 on the $50KThe $3.5K also publishes a “Negative Day Allowance 3 out of every 10”; the $50K renders that field as N/A. |
| Evaluation cost | $145 · $175 · $215 · $325 · $535 per monthList prices as printed on the pricing table. The $50K and $100K cards carry a lower price on the same card behind a coupon — $125 with coupon “$50OFF” and $155 with coupon “$60OFF”. The subscription renews every 30 days until cancelled; cancelling leaves the account live to its expiry date, terminating deletes it. Card, PayPal or crypto. Bulenox publishes “After registering and using our service, no refunds are allowed.” Commissions from their own rate card, per side: ES $2.09 · NQ $2.09 · MES $0.61 · MNQ $0.61. Non-professional traders pay nothing for exchange data; professionals pay a fee Bulenox publishes at two different amounts — see the note below the table. | $145 · $175 · $215 · $325 · $535 per monthList prices as printed on the pricing table. The $50K and $100K cards carry a lower price on the same card behind a coupon — $125 with coupon “$50OFF” and $155 with coupon “$60OFF”. The subscription renews every 30 days until cancelled; cancelling leaves the account live to its expiry date, terminating deletes it. Card, PayPal or crypto. Bulenox publishes “After registering and using our service, no refunds are allowed.” Commissions from their own rate card, per side: ES $2.09 · NQ $2.09 · MES $0.61 · MNQ $0.61. Non-professional traders pay nothing for exchange data; professionals pay a fee Bulenox publishes at two different amounts — see the note below the table. | $135 · $160 · $315 · $365 · $590 per monthA monthly subscription during the evaluation. What FFN does not publish anywhere is whether that subscription stops when the account is funded — the “$0/month” relief they publish is tied to the exhibition stage, and Standard MAX skips exhibition entirely. I am not filling that gap by inference. Commissions are charged against the sim balance during the evaluation: ES/NQ/YM/RTY $2.49, MES/MNQ/MYM/M2K $0.89 per side. (Articles 1.3, 2.3, 12.1) | $149 · $229 · $308 · $585 · $750, one timeA one-time payment rather than a subscription. FFN publishes a recurring half-price row at $74.50 · $114.50 · $154 · $292.50 · $375, with no stated eligibility or expiry, so the base prices are the dependable ones. (Article 2.5) | $88 · $278 · $318 · $398 per month, or $277 · $723 · $900 · $1,125 one timePublished list prices. A limited-time promotion was running when I read this — 80% off the one-time prices with a code shown in their header — so the figures at checkout were lower on the day. I publish the list price because a discount expires and a stale price is worse than a high one. The monthly subscription is published as recurring while the account is neither validated nor cancelled. Commissions per side on the Rithmic route: ES $2.20 · NQ $2.20 · MES $0.79 · MNQ $0.79. (§3, §8, /accounts) | $164 · $273 · $420 per month, or $580 · $723 · $863 one timePublished list prices; a limited-time promotion was running when I read this, so checkout was lower on the day. Their own comparison table corroborates the one-time path at a starting price of $116, which is the $580 figure after the promotion. (§3, /accounts) | $329 · $411 · $570 per month, or $723 · $900 · $1,123 one timePublished list prices; a limited-time promotion was running when I read this. Their comparison table gives a Premium starting price of $144.60, which is the $723 one-time figure after that promotion. (§3, /accounts) | $59 · $69 · $79 per 30 days, plus $99 · $149 · $179 due at LaunchRendered exactly as “$59 / 30 Days” with “+$99 at Launch”. BluSky publishes that the billing period auto-renews every 30 calendar days “even if your account has reached the maximum drawdown limit”, that cards are charged immediately, and that “Refunds will not be issued if your subscription is not cancelled before the next billing cycle.” | $150 · $160 · $220 · $170 · $270 · $320 per 30 daysPublished list prices. A promotion was live when I read this — a “USE CODE: 30OFF” badge showing $105 · $112 · $154 · $119 · $189 · $224 beside the struck-through list prices. I publish the list price, because a promotional figure becomes a wrong figure the day it expires. Billing auto-renews every 30 calendar days. | $199 · $299 · $419 · $419, one-timeRendered as “Expires 30 Days” with “1-time payment”, and independently confirmed on BluSky's Orbit help article, which publishes the same entry fees and states an account “expires exactly 30 calendar days from the date of purchase” with “NO recurring monthly subscription”. | $749 on the $3.5K · $599 on the $50K, one-timePublished as a 1-time payment. The plan starts at the funded stage, so this is an entry price rather than an evaluation subscription. |
| Activation / funded fee | $143 · $148 · $248 · $498 · $898, one time on conversionPublished as “no monthly cost, just a one-time activation fee that includes a data feed and maintenance fee” once the Qualification Account converts to a Master Account, at which point the subscription is cancelled by the administrator. Their own pages differ on scope: the Master Account page applies the fee to both options, while the Qualification page publishes the same list plus a $10,000 line and scopes it to Option 2 only. Ask them which applies. No separate fee is published for the later Funded Account stage. | $143 · $148 · $248 · $498 · $898, one time on conversionPublished as “no monthly cost, just a one-time activation fee that includes a data feed and maintenance fee” once the Qualification Account converts to a Master Account, at which point the subscription is cancelled by the administrator. Their own pages differ on scope: the Master Account page applies the fee to both options, while the Qualification page publishes the same list plus a $10,000 line and scopes it to Option 2 only. Ask them which applies. No separate fee is published for the later Funded Account stage. | $120 to activate a funded accountFFN publishes that it may be waived during promotions. Live funded accounts also carry a data fee of $126/month per exchange, calculated per exchange and deducted from the account balance rather than charged to a card. No payout fees. (Articles 1.1, 1.4) | None at any sizeSTEADY sim-funded is published with data fees free. What FFN does not publish anywhere is whether the $126/month live data fee applies once a STEADY account is promoted to live — their fee article scopes that fee by phase, not by product. I am not filling that gap by inference. (Article 2.5) | $83 · $149 · $149 · $169, lifetime per accountPublished as “Lifetime on each account (one-time payment per account until failure, no monthly fees)”, and waived entirely on the one-time payment path — “No activation fees for switching to CASH account.” On a LIVE account derived from E2L, Phidias publishes “Monthly Fees — $122/month (waived)”. (§13, §15) | $149 · $149 · $169, lifetime per accountWaived on the one-time payment path — their FAQ: “One-time payment means no monthly fees and $0 activation fee.” (§13, §16) | $149 · $149 · $169, lifetime per accountWaived on the one-time payment path. (§13, §17) | $99 · $149 · $179, due at LaunchThe one family where BluSky publishes a fee on passing. Their FAQ: “Most of our accounts have no fees after passing your evaluation. However you may choose to start with a lower upfront fee and pay the rest after passing with our Launch Plans. Brokerage data fees may apply in live capital accounts.” Live brokerage data fees are published separately: $156 per exchange per calendar month on the Tradovate and Volumetrica routes, billed on the 1st, with traders classified as Professional Subscribers of CME market data. On the Rithmic route BluSky publishes the billing mechanism — first month subtracted from the starting balance, later months deducted by the clearinghouse — but no dollar figure. No data fees are published for the Evaluation, BluLive Buffer or Sim Funded stages. | No post-pass fee published for this familyTheir FAQ: “Most of our accounts have no fees after passing your evaluation. However you may choose to start with a lower upfront fee and pay the rest after passing with our Launch Plans. Brokerage data fees may apply in live capital accounts.” Live brokerage data fees are published separately: $156 per exchange per calendar month on the Tradovate and Volumetrica routes, billed on the 1st, with traders classified as Professional Subscribers of CME market data. On the Rithmic route BluSky publishes the billing mechanism — first month subtracted from the starting balance, later months deducted by the clearinghouse — but no dollar figure. No data fees are published for the Evaluation, BluLive Buffer or Sim Funded stages. | No post-pass fee published for this familyTheir FAQ scopes the post-pass fee to the Launch plans only. Live brokerage data fees are published separately: $156 per exchange per calendar month on the Tradovate and Volumetrica routes, billed on the 1st, with traders classified as Professional Subscribers of CME market data. On the Rithmic route BluSky publishes the billing mechanism — first month subtracted from the starting balance, later months deducted by the clearinghouse — but no dollar figure. No data fees are published for the Evaluation, BluLive Buffer or Sim Funded stages. | Not confirmednot confirmedNothing about a post-pass fee is published for this plan, because the plan publishes no pass to reach. Live brokerage data fees are published separately: $156 per exchange per calendar month on the Tradovate and Volumetrica routes, billed on the 1st, with traders classified as Professional Subscribers of CME market data. On the Rithmic route BluSky publishes the billing mechanism — first month subtracted from the starting balance, later months deducted by the clearinghouse — but no dollar figure. No data fees are published for the Evaluation, BluLive Buffer or Sim Funded stages. |
| Reset cost | $78, or free on the billing datePublished: “If a rule in the Qualification Account is violated before the next billing date, the account will be reset for free on the specific billing date… If the trader wants to reset the account at any other time, it will cost $78.” A reset updates the starting balance; previous gains, losses and active trading days do not carry. No reset exists after conversion — “The trailing rules for the Master Account are the same as for the Qualification Account, except that there is no option to reset the account.” | $78, or free on the billing datePublished: “If a rule in the Qualification Account is violated before the next billing date, the account will be reset for free on the specific billing date… If the trader wants to reset the account at any other time, it will cost $78.” A reset updates the starting balance; previous gains, losses and active trading days do not carry. No reset exists after conversion — “The trailing rules for the Master Account are the same as for the Qualification Account, except that there is no option to reset the account.” | $100 evaluation resetA sim-funded MAX account can be reset once for $475 · $625 · $1,250 · $1,875 · $3,125 by size, and only while no payout has been taken on it. Live funded accounts cannot be reset. (Articles 6.1, 6.4) | $114 · $180 · $270 · $480 · $620Tiered by size, with a half-price row at $57 · $90 · $135 · $240 · $310. An older FFN article still lists a flat $100 evaluation reset with no STEADY carve-out; the STEADY page and the live checkout carry these figures. Their own pages differ; ask them which applies. (Articles 2.5, 6.1) | Not confirmednot confirmedPhidias's buy configurator carries a reset value of 0 for all four E2L sizes, which could mean not offered or free, and no Phidias page says which in prose. Confirmed reset prices exist only for Fundamental and Premium. Their rules page does publish, generally: “Failed Evaluation? — Purchase a reset or wait 30 days for automatic reset.” After a LIVE account derived from E2L fails, a new E2L challenge cannot be bought for one month. | $40 · $64 · $104 after a failed evaluationThese prices come from the Phidias buy configurator; no reset price is published in prose that I could find. Their rules page publishes the option generally: “Failed Evaluation? — Purchase a reset or wait 30 days for automatic reset.” An evaluation that is still running after 30 days is extended by paying again, and realised results are kept. No CASH account reset exists on this family. (§3, §16) | $40 · $64 · $104 evaluation resetPremium also carries a CASH account reset the other families do not: $399 · $499 · $599, once per account, available only within 24 hours of liquidation — “After that window closes, the account is removed from the trader's dashboard and the reset is no longer available.” Evaluation reset prices come from the buy configurator rather than prose. (§16, §17) | $49 · $59 · $69Free in one published case: “If your evaluation's subscription renews and your account is already failed, your account will be reset for free within an hour after the renewal payment completes.” A BluLive/Buffer account is published as resettable from $250, increasing by $50 every third reset; Sim Funded is published at $500. “Resets do not change or extend your subscription billing cycle.” | $79, flatPublished as a single figure for Propel with no per-size breakdown. A failed account is reset free within an hour after the subscription renewal payment completes. BluLive/Buffer resets start at $250 and increase by $50 every third reset; Sim Funded is published at $500. | $99 · $109 · $119 on the $50K, $100K and $200KBluSky publishes no reset price for the Orbit $150K, even though they sell one. Published caveat: “Orbit Plan Resets will not extend the 30 day account expiration.” | Not confirmednot confirmedBluSky's resets article publishes prices for Launch, Propel, Orbit, BluLive/Buffer and Sim Funded. It publishes none for Instant Funding. |
| Payouts | Requested any time, processed weekly on WednesdaysAt least ten individual trading days first, $1,000 minimum. The first three payouts are capped at $1,000 · $1,500 · $1,750 · $2,000 · $2,500 by size, after which no maximum is published. A safety threshold reserve must remain in the account to withdraw at all: $1,600 · $2,600 · $3,100 · $4,600 · $5,600. ACH or wire, PayPal, Wise. At the later Funded Account stage the gate is five trading days rather than ten, and balance caps apply: $2,500 · $5,000 · $10,000 · $15,000 · $25,000. | Requested any time, processed weekly on WednesdaysAt least ten individual trading days first, $1,000 minimum. The first three payouts are capped at $1,000 · $1,500 · $1,750 · $2,000 · $2,500 by size, after which no maximum is published. A safety threshold reserve must remain in the account to withdraw at all: $1,600 · $2,600 · $3,100 · $4,600 · $5,600. ACH or wire, PayPal, Wise. At the later Funded Account stage the gate is five trading days rather than ten, and balance caps apply: $2,500 · $5,000 · $10,000 · $15,000 · $25,000. | Same day you become eligible, on request$500 minimum. Per-account cap $1,000 · $1,500 · $2,000 · $2,500 · $3,000 for payouts 1–3, then $1,200 · $2,000 · $2,500 · $3,000 · $3,500. $10,000 maximum per user per payout across all accounts. The balance has to sit $500 above the buffer and consistency has to be at or under 40%. (Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) | Same day, after 5 winning days in the payout cycle$500 minimum, the same per-account caps as Standard MAX, and the same $10,000 per-user ceiling. The balance has to be above the level the previous payout left behind, so a loss followed by one minimum green day does not qualify. After 5 payouts the account goes to a live review. (Articles 2.5, 5.2) | A fixed bonus at “Switch to Live”, not the standard payout processPublished: “Express to Live (E2L) accounts use a separate automatic bonus system… the standard payout rules do not apply to E2L.” The bonuses are $1,000 + $500 LIVE credit · $2,000 + $1,000 · $3,000 + $1,500 · $4,500 + $2,000, credited automatically with no withdrawal request, no minimum trading days and no balance threshold. Once on the LIVE account: “LIVE Payout — Every day, no max limit ($500 min)”, paid through RISEWORKS.io. (§12, §15) | $500 minimum, 10 trading days between payoutsPaid through RISEWORKS.io. The account has to reach $52,600 · $103,700 · $154,500 to request, the balance floor after withdrawal is $50,100 · $100,100 · $150,100, and the per-period maximum is $2,000 · $2,500 · $2,750 — “If you have multiple accounts, you can withdraw up to the maximum amount from each account during each payment period.” A day counts only with positive P&L of at least $150 · $200 · $250. The move to a LIVE account is published as discretionary: eligibility for consideration at 5 successful payouts or $100,000 cumulative profit, with “the final decision rests with the Phidias risk management team”. (§12, §14, §19) | $500 minimum, 5 trading days between payoutsSame thresholds, floors and per-period caps as Fundamental: request at $52,600 · $103,700 · $154,500, floor at $50,100 · $100,100 · $150,100, maximum $2,000 · $2,500 · $2,750 per period. Paid through RISEWORKS.io. The LIVE transition is published as discretionary and initiated by Phidias, not requested by the trader. (§12, §17, §19) | Requested any day; before 11AM ET on a trading day is processed same dayPublished minimum withdrawal $250, and “All you need is one meaningful profitable day between payout requests” — though their Sim Funded payouts article phrases the same gate as one trade of $250 or more between payouts. Their own pages differ; ask them which applies. Sim Funded rolling 7-day caps are published at $1,500 (25K) · $2,500 (50K) · $3,000 (100K), with the Static balances in a $1,500–$3,000 band, and Sim Funded safety-buffer minimums at $26,500 · $53,000 · $103,500. Paid via Gusto.com and Rise Pay; a submitted payout must be claimed within 30 days or it is forfeited. At the brokerage stage BluSky publishes no profit or payout caps and payouts available daily Monday to Friday. | Requested any day; before 11AM ET on a trading day is processed same dayPublished minimum withdrawal $250, and “All you need is one meaningful profitable day between payout requests” — though their Sim Funded payouts article phrases the same gate as one trade of $250 or more between payouts. Their own pages differ; ask them which applies. Sim Funded rolling 7-day caps are published at $1,500 (25K) · $2,500 (50K) · $3,000 (100K), with the Static balances in a $1,500–$3,000 band, and Sim Funded safety-buffer minimums at $26,500 · $53,000 · $103,500. Paid via Gusto.com and Rise Pay; a submitted payout must be claimed within 30 days or it is forfeited. At the brokerage stage BluSky publishes no profit or payout caps and payouts available daily Monday to Friday. | Minimum $500, on a cadence of every 3 trading daysOrbit is published on its own payout terms: weekly caps of $2,000 · $2,500 · $3,000 · $2,500, and Orbit traders “eligible to request payouts on any profit amounts above a $100 profit threshold”. The 50K also shows “Payouts Unlocked $52,000”. The firm-wide cutoff still applies: requested before 11AM ET on a trading day is processed the same day. Paid via Gusto.com and Rise Pay, and a submitted payout must be claimed within 30 days or it is forfeited. | Requested any day; before 11AM ET on a trading day is processed same dayBluSky's payouts article states its terms firm-wide: $250 standard baseline minimum withdrawal, no minimum days to trade as long as the account is above its initial starting balance, paid via Gusto.com and Rise Pay, and a submitted payout claimed within 30 days or forfeited. What is not published is a per-size cap for this plan specifically. |
| Profit split | First $10,000 at 100%, then 90 / 10Published: “The first $10,000 earned is withdrawn to the Trader's bank account without any commission. After the withdrawal of the first $10,000, the company's commission is 10% of the profit, the remaining 90% is received by the Trader.” Each tier card restates it as “First $10,000 100%”. | First $10,000 at 100%, then 90 / 10Published: “The first $10,000 earned is withdrawn to the Trader's bank account without any commission. After the withdrawal of the first $10,000, the company's commission is 10% of the profit, the remaining 90% is received by the Trader.” Each tier card restates it as “First $10,000 100%”. | 80 / 20 while sim-funded90 / 10 once live-funded. (Articles 4.3, FAQ) | 90 / 10 while sim-funded90 / 10 once live-funded. Two older FFN pages describe an 80/20 sim split without naming STEADY — see the note under the table. (Articles 4.3, 2.5) | 80 / 20The bonus payout is published as subject to the 80/20 split, and the LIVE account derived from E2L carries “Profit Split — 80% Trader / 20% Phidias”. (§12, §15) | 80 / 20Published as fixed on this family, in both §12 and §16. | Progressive, 75% rising to 100%Published ladder: payout 1 at 75/25, payout 2 at 80/20, payout 3 at 85/15, payout 4 at 90/10, payout 5 onwards at 100/0. The qualifier travels with the number — Phidias publishes “The split applies to the payout cap for the account size”, so from the fifth payout the trader keeps the full per-period cap ($2,000 · $2,500 · $2,750), not unlimited profit. (§12, §17) | 90 / 10Published: “All payouts are now 90% Trader / 10% BluSky at all times unless changed by a Risk Team Review.” The configurator repeats “Profit Split — 90% to the trader” at the brokerage stage on this family. | 90 / 10Published: “All payouts are now 90% Trader / 10% BluSky at all times unless changed by a Risk Team Review.” The configurator repeats “Profit Split — 90% to the trader” at the brokerage stage on this family. | 90 / 10Published: “All payouts are now 90% Trader / 10% BluSky at all times unless changed by a Risk Team Review.” The configurator repeats “Profit Split — 90% to the trader” at the brokerage stage on this family. | $3.5K — 50% for 30 trading days, then 80%. $50K — 80%.Published differently from the rest of the BluSky lineup, which is 90 / 10. Both figures appear in the plan data and the $50K one is confirmed rendered. |
| Consistency rule | 40% at every payout, on the Master AccountPublished: “the balance in the Master Account must not consist of more than 40% of the total profit balance from a single trading day”, calculated as best day divided by total profit. Missing it blocks the payout rather than the account — “it will not violate the account. Instead, the trader can continue to trade to generate more profit.” The safety threshold counts toward the 40% on a first withdrawal. No consistency rule is published for the qualification stage. | 40% at every payout, on the Master AccountPublished: “the balance in the Master Account must not consist of more than 40% of the total profit balance from a single trading day”, calculated as best day divided by total profit. Missing it blocks the payout rather than the account — “it will not violate the account. Instead, the trader can continue to trade to generate more profit.” The safety threshold counts toward the 40% on a first withdrawal. No consistency rule is published for the qualification stage. | 40% in the evaluation and in the sim-funded accountFFN measures your best single session against the total profit target; go over and the target rises until the ratio is back inside. Their published worked example runs on an account with the same $3,000 target: 40% caps one session at $1,200, and a $1,500 day lifts the target to about $3,750. After a payout the tally resets but the best day on record carries forward. No consistency rule on a live-funded account. (Articles 3.6, 5.2) | 52% on the evaluation onlyFFN states there is no consistency rule on the funded phase. In its place each payout needs the balance above the post-payout level from the previous one. (Articles 2.5, 5.2) | NonePublished: “The 30% Consistency Rule does not apply to Express to Live accounts (25K, 50K, 100K, 150K). E2L accounts have no consistency rule.” Separately, §10 publishes qualitative requirements that do apply to every family — consistency in position size and risk management, a ban on fully automated trading, and a requirement to trade the most recent liquid contract. Spread trading between two maturities on the same product is published as forbidden. (§10, §11, §15) | 30% on funded CASH accounts, none in the evaluationPublished: “No single day can exceed 30% of total profit”, over a minimum calculation period of 4 trading days, and going over is published as fixable by growing total profit rather than as a failure — “if you make $330 on your best day, you just need to increase your total profit from $1,000 to $1,100.” (§11, §16) | 30% on funded CASH accounts, none in the evaluationSame rule and worked example as Fundamental: no single day above 30% of total profit, minimum calculation period 4 trading days. (§11, §17) | 50% in the evaluation; 34% at the Buffer stagePublished: “50% in Launch Plans Evaluations Account only (BluLive is still 30% to pass)”. Their own pages differ on the Buffer figure — two help articles say 30% while the plan configurator shows 34% for this family. Ask them which applies. Sim Funded separately carries profit-side stops rather than loss limits: stop for the day after $5,000 daily profit, stop for the week after $10,000 weekly profit, which triggers a review. | 34% in the evaluation and at the Buffer stage; 21% on the $300KPublished: “34% Consistency Rule in Propel Premium and Static Evaluations (Except for the 300K Plan 21%)”, and “30 % Consistency in BluLive Buffer / 21% for the 300K BluLive/Buffer”. Their own pages differ twice here: the Buffer figure is 30% in two help articles against 34% in the configurator, and their Static Growth Plan article assigns 30% to the 150K and 200K where the evaluation-rules article and the configurator both say 34%. The 21% on the 300K is consistent across all three. Ask them which applies. | None at the evaluation; 40% at the funded stagePublished: “Orbit Evaluations have no consistency.” The configurator renders the evaluation figure as “N/A%” and the funded stage as 40%. | 21%Published in the funded card for both Instant Funding sizes. |
| Platforms named | Two documented routes, twenty-one logosRithmic R|Trader and NinjaTrader 8 each have a published step-by-step connection guide, and the NinjaTrader 8 licence is published as free on the Master Account. Sierra Chart, Quantower and MotiveWave appear in an “Other Supported Platforms” panel that is 21 logo images with no text at all. See the platform matrix above for what that distinction means. | Two documented routes, twenty-one logosRithmic R|Trader and NinjaTrader 8 each have a published step-by-step connection guide, and the NinjaTrader 8 licence is published as free on the Master Account. Sierra Chart, Quantower and MotiveWave appear in an “Other Supported Platforms” panel that is 21 logo images with no text at all. See the platform matrix above for what that distinction means. | Onyx · Quantower (FundX) · EdgeProX · MotiveWave Mobile · NinjaTraderFFN's own published list, in their wording. Execution runs on Rithmic. Their account copy publishes “Includes a license for a preferred trading platform — Onyx or Quantower (FundX)”. See the platform matrix above. | Onyx · Quantower (FundX) · EdgeProX · MotiveWave Mobile · NinjaTraderFFN's own published list, in their wording. Execution runs on Rithmic. Their account copy publishes “Includes a license for a preferred trading platform — Onyx or Quantower (FundX)”. See the platform matrix above. | Route chosen at checkout, and finalPhidias publishes three routes with their compatible platforms: Rithmic — Quantower · MotiveWave · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · Jigsaw. Tradovate — Tradovate · TradingView · NinjaTrader. DeepCharts renders no compatible-platform strip. Published on changing route afterwards: “Non, il n'est pas possible de modifier votre souscription une fois celle-ci validée” — the choice is final for that account because the data-feed fees are committed to their partners on validation. Market data on evaluation and CASH accounts: top-of-book CME free, depth €11/month per exchange or €33/month for all four. | Route chosen at checkout, and finalPhidias publishes three routes with their compatible platforms: Rithmic — Quantower · MotiveWave · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · Jigsaw. Tradovate — Tradovate · TradingView · NinjaTrader. DeepCharts renders no compatible-platform strip. Published on changing route afterwards: “Non, il n'est pas possible de modifier votre souscription une fois celle-ci validée” — the choice is final for that account because the data-feed fees are committed to their partners on validation. Market data on evaluation and CASH accounts: top-of-book CME free, depth €11/month per exchange or €33/month for all four. | Route chosen at checkout, and finalPhidias publishes three routes with their compatible platforms: Rithmic — Quantower · MotiveWave · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · Jigsaw. Tradovate — Tradovate · TradingView · NinjaTrader. DeepCharts renders no compatible-platform strip. Published on changing route afterwards: “Non, il n'est pas possible de modifier votre souscription une fois celle-ci validée” — the choice is final for that account because the data-feed fees are committed to their partners on validation. Market data on evaluation and CASH accounts: top-of-book CME free, depth €11/month per exchange or €33/month for all four. | Organised by data route, not by platformRithmic-compatible platforms, in BluSky's own order: NinjaTrader (Evaluation, BluLive and Sim Funded only) · Tradesea · R|Trader Pro · MotiveWave · Quantower · Jigsaw · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · VolSys/DeepChart · VolBook/Deepdom · “Most other Rithmic Platforms”. The Volumetrica route carries VolSys/Deepchart and VolBook/Deepdom; the Tradovate route carries NinjaTrader Prop · Tradovate Prop · TradingView · Jigsaw · Bookmap. Commissions on Rithmic, Volumetrica and Tradesea evaluations are published at $2 per side on minis and $0.50 on micros, with Level 1 data included and EUREX currently unavailable. | Organised by data route, not by platformRithmic-compatible platforms, in BluSky's own order: NinjaTrader (Evaluation, BluLive and Sim Funded only) · Tradesea · R|Trader Pro · MotiveWave · Quantower · Jigsaw · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · VolSys/DeepChart · VolBook/Deepdom · “Most other Rithmic Platforms”. The Volumetrica route carries VolSys/Deepchart and VolBook/Deepdom; the Tradovate route carries NinjaTrader Prop · Tradovate Prop · TradingView · Jigsaw · Bookmap. Commissions on Rithmic, Volumetrica and Tradesea evaluations are published at $2 per side on minis and $0.50 on micros, with Level 1 data included and EUREX currently unavailable. | Organised by data route, not by platformRithmic-compatible platforms, in BluSky's own order: NinjaTrader (Evaluation, BluLive and Sim Funded only) · Tradesea · R|Trader Pro · MotiveWave · Quantower · Jigsaw · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · VolSys/DeepChart · VolBook/Deepdom · “Most other Rithmic Platforms”. The Volumetrica route carries VolSys/Deepchart and VolBook/Deepdom; the Tradovate route carries NinjaTrader Prop · Tradovate Prop · TradingView · Jigsaw · Bookmap. Commissions on Rithmic, Volumetrica and Tradesea evaluations are published at $2 per side on minis and $0.50 on micros, with Level 1 data included and EUREX currently unavailable. | Organised by data route, not by platformRithmic-compatible platforms, in BluSky's own order: NinjaTrader (Evaluation, BluLive and Sim Funded only) · Tradesea · R|Trader Pro · MotiveWave · Quantower · Jigsaw · ATAS · Sierra Chart · Bookmap · VolSys/DeepChart · VolBook/Deepdom · “Most other Rithmic Platforms”. The Volumetrica route carries VolSys/Deepchart and VolBook/Deepdom; the Tradovate route carries NinjaTrader Prop · Tradovate Prop · TradingView · Jigsaw · Bookmap. Commissions on Rithmic, Volumetrica and Tradesea evaluations are published at $2 per side on minis and $0.50 on micros, with Level 1 data included and EUREX currently unavailable. |
| Overnight positions | Flat before 15:59 CTPublished twice on the same page, and not identically: “All positions must be closed before 15:59 (CT).” and “All open positions must be closed by 15:59 CST.” Before versus by, and CT versus CST, are a minute apart at the boundary; their own pages differ, so ask them which governs. The trading day is published as running 5:00 pm to 4:00 pm CT, with holidays and weekends not counting. | Flat before 15:59 CTPublished twice on the same page, and not identically: “All positions must be closed before 15:59 (CT).” and “All open positions must be closed by 15:59 CST.” Before versus by, and CT versus CST, are a minute apart at the boundary; their own pages differ, so ask them which governs. The trading day is published as running 5:00 pm to 4:00 pm CT, with holidays and weekends not counting. | Not permitted. Day trade only.Flat by 4:50 PM ET, reopen 6:00 PM ET; flat from 4:50 PM Friday until 6:00 PM Sunday. FFN defines flat as no open position and no pending orders — a resting order alone breaks it. Their system closes trades at 4:50 PM ET if they are still open, and the same article warns against relying on that. (Article 3.4) | Not permitted. Day trade only.Flat by 4:50 PM ET, reopen 6:00 PM ET; flat from 4:50 PM Friday until 6:00 PM Sunday. FFN defines flat as no open position and no pending orders — a resting order alone breaks it. Their system closes trades at 4:50 PM ET if they are still open, and the same article warns against relying on that. (Article 3.4) | Not allowed, overnight or over-weekPublished: “Express to Live — Overnight & over-week positions NOT allowed”, with “Failure to close a position before market close will result in account disqualification.” On LIVE accounts converted from E2L: “Overnight / Over-Week — Not permitted (unless agreed)”. (§5, §15) | Not allowedPublished: “Fundamental — All positions must be CLOSED before end of day”, with disqualification on failure to close. A trading-hours rule applies to this family only: CME Globex Sunday to Friday 11:00 PM–9:59 PM UTC, close all positions by 9:59 PM UTC, with a 60-minute daily break. (§5, §6) | Allowed, overnight and over-weekPublished: “Positions on Premium accounts can remain open overnight and over-week, with a lot size corresponding to the size of your account.” The trading-hours window that binds Fundamental is published as excluding Premium. (§5, §6) | An auto-liquidation near the close rather than a stated overnight ruleBluSky recommends closing all trades before 4:45PM EST; the system attempts to limit when you can trade and will auto-liquidate around 15 minutes before markets close; this is published as not a guarantee, the trader stays responsible for closing trades, and accounts with open positions after 5PM EST will not be adjusted. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | An auto-liquidation near the close rather than a stated overnight ruleBluSky recommends closing all trades before 4:45PM EST; the system attempts to limit when you can trade and will auto-liquidate around 15 minutes before markets close; this is published as not a guarantee, the trader stays responsible for closing trades, and accounts with open positions after 5PM EST will not be adjusted. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | An auto-liquidation near the close rather than a stated overnight ruleBluSky recommends closing all trades before 4:45PM EST; the system attempts to limit when you can trade and will auto-liquidate around 15 minutes before markets close; this is published as not a guarantee, the trader stays responsible for closing trades, and accounts with open positions after 5PM EST will not be adjusted. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | An auto-liquidation near the close rather than a stated overnight ruleBluSky recommends closing all trades before 4:45PM EST; the system attempts to limit when you can trade and will auto-liquidate around 15 minutes before markets close; this is published as not a guarantee, the trader stays responsible for closing trades, and accounts with open positions after 5PM EST will not be adjusted. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. |
| News restrictions | No news rule is publishedA sweep of every Bulenox page I read, plus their Terms of Use and Risk Disclosure, returned no news-trading or economic-release restriction. That is an absence of a published rule, which is not the same as permission — the trader agreement sits behind signup and I could not read it. Ask them. | No news rule is publishedA sweep of every Bulenox page I read, plus their Terms of Use and Risk Disclosure, returned no news-trading or economic-release restriction. That is an absence of a published rule, which is not the same as permission — the trader agreement sits behind signup and I could not read it. Ask them. | Allowed in the evaluation. In a funded account, holding through a Tier-1 event is an immediate liquidation.The window runs from one minute before to one minute after the event, and FFN requires one named news calendar. Their two published Tier-1 lists are not identical and neither is marked exhaustive, so read theirs rather than any list of mine. (Article 3.3) | Allowed in the evaluation. In a funded account, holding through a Tier-1 event is an immediate liquidation.The window runs from one minute before to one minute after the event, and FFN requires one named news calendar. Their two published Tier-1 lists are not identical and neither is marked exhaustive, so read theirs rather than any list of mine. (Article 3.3) | Authorized on all accountsPublished under “Economic News Trading”, scoped to all accounts: “Yes, you are authorized to trade during news events on all accounts.” Each family's rules table repeats “News Trading — Authorized (Eval, CASH, LIVE)”. | Authorized on all accountsPublished under “Economic News Trading”, scoped to all accounts: “Yes, you are authorized to trade during news events on all accounts.” Each family's rules table repeats “News Trading — Authorized (Eval, CASH, LIVE)”. | Authorized on all accountsPublished under “Economic News Trading”, scoped to all accounts: “Yes, you are authorized to trade during news events on all accounts.” Each family's rules table repeats “News Trading — Authorized (Eval, CASH, LIVE)”. | Permitted, at your own riskBoth their evaluation-rules and brokerage-rules articles list trading news events at your own risk among the things that do not fail an account. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | Permitted, at your own riskBoth their evaluation-rules and brokerage-rules articles list trading news events at your own risk among the things that do not fail an account. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | Permitted, at your own riskBoth their evaluation-rules and brokerage-rules articles list trading news events at your own risk among the things that do not fail an account. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. | Permitted, at your own riskBoth their evaluation-rules and brokerage-rules articles list trading news events at your own risk among the things that do not fail an account. Summarised rather than quoted — see the sourcing note below the table. |
What a dash means
An em-dash marked “not confirmed” means I have not read that field on the firm’s own live pages, or the firm does not publish it at all. It never means zero, and it never means the firm has no such rule. Where I know why the cell is empty, the note under the dash says so. Where a firm publishes an explicit “None”, the cell says None — that is a published term, and it is a different thing from silence.
Where their own pages disagree
Every firm here contradicts itself somewhere, usually because an old page outlived a rule change. I show both figures and leave them both standing, because picking a winner would be me deciding which of their rules binds your account, and that is not a call I get to make. The ones worth knowing before you pay:
One more worth knowing before you buy: for accounts purchased after 1 July 2026, FFN publishes that sim-funded profits are forfeited on the move to a live account, which opens at the original size plus the original buffer.
How I read Bulenox’s pages, and what it left out
A sourcing note about my method rather than about them. Bulenox runs a site where retired sections are switched off by wrapping them in an HTML comment instead of deleting them, so the content is still in the page source while being invisible to a visitor. A scrape reads those as live copy. I read the rendered page instead, which means three things you may find quoted elsewhere are deliberately absent from the table above: a ProjectX connection panel, a “Holding Position” rule allowing a position to be carried to the next day on a $10,000 account, and the $10,000 account tier itself. None of the three renders on the live site, so none of them is published as a current term here.
The $10,000 tier is the one that leaves a trail: its pricing card does not render, while their help centre still publishes a $400 daily loss limit, a $98 activation fee and a scaling row for it. I treat it as not on sale and note the leftovers rather than reconciling them, which is theirs to do.
Two more things the table could not hold
A note on the BluSky wording
The BluSky overnight and news rows above are my summary of their published rules rather than a quotation. Every figure and rule in them is confirmed present on their own pages, but I could not reproduce those two sections sentence by sentence on re-reading, so I will not present them inside quotation marks. The one line I did confirm word for word is the 4:45PM EST recommendation and the 15-minute auto-liquidation. Read theirs before you hold anything into a close.
Other FFN rules that fail an account
Phidias publishes its own version of the automation line: “The use of robots, fully automated trading algorithms, or any other form of automated trading is not permitted. Only semi-automated software is permitted, provided the trader actively monitors and manually adjusts all trades.” If you run anything unattended, that sentence is worth reading on their page before you buy.
Terms checked 31 July 2026
Prop firms change rules and payout terms often, and a page like this goes stale quietly. FFN replaced its entire lineup on 1 July 2026; two of these four had a promotion running on the day I read them, and I published the list prices rather than the discounted ones for exactly that reason. Read the current terms on the firm’s own site before you pay for an evaluation — the pages I read are linked under each firm above. If you find a figure here that no longer matches theirs, tell me and I will correct it and re-date the page.
Which links are which: the source links under each firm point at that firm’s own pages and carry no affiliate tag, so clicking one pays me nothing. The single “Open” link at the bottom of each card is the sponsored one, marked as such in the markup. Read the terms through the first set; buy through the second if this page was useful to you.
Where I host
Not a prop firm, so it does not belong in the grid above, but I get asked as often: Sharpnel’s own production infrastructure runs on dedicated hardware at QuantVPS in Chicago, and the same arrangement applies — code SHARPNEL, they pay me, it costs you nothing. The specs worth picking for running the terminal all session are in the hosting guide.
