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Ok I didn't know that. All accounts should start from zero, I think they need to take onboard this feedback. Its in everyones interest to be as transparent as possible.

Yes lol mondays are rarely trend days but price was being marked up with urgency. 1 trade off my phone this morning and $9k target is done. Profit $9225. I am just going to bat out the remaining 8 days on a 1 lot. I will do a 1 lot of 6Eeuro, 6Bpound, ESminiS&P just so I have these limits for...

What do you mean pay twice the fees? I have paid one combine fee and will allow myself 2 resets max - doesnt look like I will need a reset given day 1 performance. I am purely doing this show its possible to take a decent cheque at Topstep and to dispel some of the negativity. GL

Day 1. $7690 of the $9000 target done. edit - screenshot from my phone. I have Topstep software and ninja running on my home desktop. I just trade from my phone using teamviewer.

I can see why people have an issue with labelling of combines '$150k account' as they are not really getting a $150k account. Personally I don't have an issue with this as I know that in prop firms where you are not liable for any first loss there is no way a firm is going to fully back you...

nothing in my contract says I can't so I guess they are fine with it.

locked and loaded ready to go. lets roll.

You raise a very good point. 5 lots is aggressive for the combine but that is what I am going to go with. If I blow up then I will allow myself 2 resets. Perhaps if I blow up the first time I will then go with the 3 lots, let's see. Also with my 30 tick stops, that is the stop at the outset of...

i am going to sign up tonight and hopefully get it on for tomorrow. I will likely take one small trade tomorrow as Monday is not optimal for taking big winners. Here is how I am going to play the position sizing. Combine $150k combine 5 lots CL 30 ticks stop = $1500 risk per trade $9000...

Agree xela. During the combine and ftp I will likely trade every day just because I want a result after 10 calendar working days. In the live account I will be more selective as the 10 days are more critical. So I will probably avoid slow mondays and look to trade days where I think a trend day...

I agree that the only relevant rules are for funded or live account. I will absolutely not be changing my strategy in the live account. 3 lots 30 tick stop $900 risk per trade. If I lose 3 days in a row I will simply not trade until the following week. I will not be paying attention to any...

Yes as per my post I am talking about the funded trader (that you term live trading) difference between the $100k and $150k combines. The former has 3k draw max, the latter $4.5k. Thats the difference. TST could potentially lose $4.5k if you blow out on funded $150k combine compared to $3k loss...

ha I was just winding up Dest when I said that. My best week to date is $20k, best day is $6390, so I am by no means a big hitter but i can trade. I will do the topstep thing purely as a fun challenge plus it is a transparent way of showing if you can trade.

I must be missing something here with reference to you saying their is no difference between the 100k and 150 combines. perhaps I am. So the way i viewing the different combines at the funded trader stage is the following: 10k combine - max 1 lot start - 1k max drawdown 30k combine - max 2 lot...

You raise an important point. I do agree that labelling each combine with a monetary figure isn't a great idea. A funded trader day 1 has to follow the scale up plan so any monetary figure assigned to a combine level doesn't make a whole lot of sense. That said the scale up plan does make sense...

Yes london kid blew up in the FTP. There are no guarantees in this business but my recent form has been good.

I concur with your reasons especially #1. If I do it I will take the largest combine and allow myself 2 resets max although I doubt I will need them. The only other variable would be what do people consider a decent cheque. The last thing I want is for the trolls to say you only banked $10k...

Hey guys. There is a lot of negativity towards Topstep on this thread. What exactly is the core reason behind this negativity? I still think Topstep is a great learning tool to build and enforce discipline. They pay out 80% which is a great percentage for a no deposit proposition. The recent...

It completely depends on the strategies you want to run. A lot of traders use prop because it avails custom margining and low cost round trips thus making some strageies viable. Dont discount the potential for making new contacts at a prop. Yes you will find the same losers as retail but you...

looks like londonkid is going to nail his 1910 to 1955 call in S&P cash, the guy must be dialled in.