10 Days With TopStepTrader

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No, wrong again. When you read that part it was under a heading called "personalize" your combine. I agree this is bad advertising on TST's part but they ARE enforcing it. You HAVE to EXPLICITLY tell them before you make your first trade you want to be evaluated on the full allotted days. Once you do that, they will send you back an e-mail giving you modified rules that will CUT your ALLOWED DRAWDOWN in HALF. You don't have to accept it, you can tell them you want the standard combine which stops at 10 and 30 days respectively no matter what. The reason I'm pointing this out is because they will NOT let you trade those extra days WITHOUT changing your max drawdown limit. This is VERY IMPORTANT to understand. Yes, the website is somewhat ambiguous with this feature as they almost make it out to be standard. But trust me, if you do the extra days, your drawdown is getting cut. So you have to make a choice, trade more days with tighter risk limits or less days with the normal risk limits.
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Thanks for the additional notes!Why it isn`t on their site yet?????It`s a very crusial point.Without this notice,it feels like a scam to me.
 
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I really don't understand why anyone will trade on a fed day especially when he is working under very tight risk limits. Another journal comes to rest pretty quick!
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You are right about the risk part, but apart from that, the only time you probably don't want to trade is around 2 PM for about 20-30 minutes.

Otherwise, it's pretty much business as usual. I am not sure if Austin is not trying to prove something, and too hard too. Combine may simply not be right for him. I personally find certain things about Combine rather limiting. I would not give it a try because of that.

But that's just my take and he can do as he pleases, of course.
 
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Thanks for the additional notes!Why it isn`t on their site yet?????It`s a very crusial point.Without this notice,it feels like a scam to me.
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Well, the knock on them has always been that their site is constantly changing and the rules sometimes change before they get their site updated. I'll ask Michael to jump on this thread and clarify these points. The rule of thumb is always double check with them before you make your first trade to make sure you got the details down. I know several guys that just assumed that were getting a longer combine and therefore stopped trading early only to find out their combine ended after 10 days. Another guy told me that when he specifically asked for the longer combine the email he got back from them showed the new adjusted risk limits and they were cut in half.
 
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Well, the knock on them has always been that their site is constantly changing and the rules sometimes change before they get their site updated. I'll ask Michael to jump on this thread and clarify these points. The rule of thumb is always double check with them before you make your first trade to make sure you got the details down. I know several guys that just assumed that were getting a longer combine and therefore stopped trading early only to find out their combine ended after 10 days. Another guy told me that when he specifically asked for the longer combine the email he got back from them showed the new adjusted risk limits and they were cut in half.
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Too bad.I was gonna start the Combine on Tue,but now somewhat uncertain to do so.Seems too much untidiness on their part.Seems those who passed considered lucky.I wouldn`t play roulette,though.
 
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Too bad.I was gonna start the Combine on Tue,but now somewhat uncertain to do so.Seems too much untidiness on their part.Seems those who passed considered lucky.I wouldn`t play roulette,though.
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There is no uncertainty. They send you an e-mail with the EXACT requirements you have to meet before you go live. Just read through every detail of that e-mail.
 
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There is no uncertainty. They send you an e-mail with the EXACT requirements you have to meet before you go live. Just read through every detail of that e-mail.
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Why can`t i get those requirements before i sign in?I though it should go that way.Some time it was the standard.
 
Where are the successful traders and their numbers from this gig?
After 3 years of combines the only personal making six figures plus in this is the creator of the business. What does that say about your odds of passing the combine and making decent money as a trader ?
 
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You had to REQUEST that.
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No sir, you are wrong. Couple months ago they changed it to "10 days minimum". Trade mimum 10 days within the 30 days, if want to trade every day within the calendar month, no customized combine needed.

Now they changed it again. I guess too many qualified for refund.

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Thanks for the additional notes!Why it isn`t on their site yet?????It`s a very crusial point.Without this notice,it feels like a scam to me.
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of course , it is a SCAM , :D
 
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