Strategy styles · Mean reversion
Can a mean-reversion strategy pass BluSky Trading?
Sometimes. On BluSky Trading Launch 50K, our sample mean-reversion trader passed 32% of attempts and went on to a first payout in 28%. That ranks BluSky Trading 46th of 46 firms with a challenge for this style; the middle challenge across all firms is 61%. The sample has a real edge built in, so read this as how BluSky Trading's rules treat the style, not as your own odds.
BluSky Trading accounts with a mean-reversion strategy
| Account | Type | Pass chance | Pass and get paid | Best risk a trade | Days | Most common way it failed | Target | Daily loss | Max loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch 50K | 2-step | 32% | 28% | 0.3% | 208 | Hit the maximum loss | 6% / 6% | None | 4% trailing |
"Pass and get paid" is the share of attempts that passed every phase and then reached a first payout without breaking a rule. Days are trading days. Rules checked 8 Nov 2026; full rules on the BluSky Trading page.
BluSky Trading's rules are harder on this style than most. When the sample failed on BluSky Trading Launch 50K, it was most often because it hit the maximum loss.
The sample mean-reversion trader
Our sample wins 58.3% of its trades, each winner is 0.8 times the risk, each loser is the full risk, and it takes about two trades a day: an average of 0.05R profit per trade, where R is the amount risked. Many small wins and fewer, larger losses. The curve looks smooth until a losing day takes back a week. More on the sample and how it does across all firms.
BluSky Trading rules to watch with a mean-reversion strategy
We have not recorded BluSky Trading's rules on open losses yet, and they are not in the pass figures above. Check BluSky Trading's own rules before you buy.
- It is tested here with a fixed stop
- Every loss in our sample is the planned risk and no more. Mean reversion without a stop, or adding to a losing trade, is a different and far riskier thing: one trend day can end the account.
- Open-loss rules
- Trades that go against you before coming back are where open-loss limits bite. Some firms count the loss while the trade is still open.
- Daily loss limit
- Two or more trades a day means losses can stack up inside one day.
Other styles at BluSky Trading
| Style | Best account | Pass chance | Pass and get paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakout | Launch 50K | 28% | 24% |
| Trend following | Launch 50K | 40% | 33% |
| Mean reversion (this one) | Launch 50K | 32% | 28% |
| Scalping | Launch 50K | 13% | 9% |
| Swing trading | Launch 50K | 64% | 59% |
| Opening range breakout | Launch 50K | 46% | 41% |
| Day trading | Launch 50K | 12% | 6% |
| High win rate | Launch 50K | 56% | 52% |
| Low win rate | Launch 50K | 25% | 18% |
| Position trading | Launch 50K | 59% | 45% |
| Grid and martingale | Launch 50K | 9% | 7% |
Firms whose rules suit this style better
- FTUK Flex Challenge: 81% passed
- Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K: 74% passed Caution
- Instant Funding One-Phase Pro: 74% passed
Ranked on the rules alone. It says nothing about how reliably a firm pays: see payout reports and each firm's page.
How this was worked out
Each style is a made-up sample trader, not a real track record. We set the figures so that every sample makes the same average profit: 0.1 times its risk per trading day, about 2R a month. They differ only in shape: how often they win, how big the winners are and how many trades they take. That way a difference between two styles comes from how the rules treat the shape, not from one sample simply being better. The exception is the grid and martingale sample, which has no edge at all: adding to losing trades changes the shape of the results but cannot create an edge.
Each sample was run 1,000 times against each account's published rules, at nine trade sizes from 0.13% to 1% of the account, and we show the size that did best. It is the same engine as the test centre. How the simulation works.
What this leaves out. Every sample but that one has a real edge and never breaks its own rules, which is why these figures are far higher than the share of real traders who pass. There are no spreads, commissions, swaps or slippage. Every winner and loser is the same size. And it only tests the rules in the table: profit targets, loss limits, trading days, time limits, consistency and payout terms, not rules on news, weekends or hold times. A strategy with no edge fails everywhere, whatever its style.
Questions
Can a mean-reversion strategy pass BluSky Trading?
Sometimes. On BluSky Trading Launch 50K, our sample mean-reversion trader passed 32% of attempts and went on to a first payout in 28%. That ranks BluSky Trading 46th of 46 firms with a challenge for this style; the middle challenge across all firms is 61%. The sample has a real edge built in; a strategy without one fails at any firm.
Which BluSky Trading account is best for a mean-reversion strategy?
PropPassCheck tracks one BluSky Trading account, BluSky Trading Launch 50K.
How much should I risk per trade at BluSky Trading with a mean-reversion strategy?
For our sample the best size on BluSky Trading Launch 50K was 0.3% of the account per trade, and a typical pass took 208 trading days. Your own best size depends on your win rate and losing runs, so test your own trades.
Test your own trades
These are samples. Your strategy has its own win rate, its own losing runs and its own costs. Upload a backtest or trade history and PropPassCheck replays it 2,000 times against each BluSky Trading account and every other firm, and shows your own chance of passing and of a first payout. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.