Hello caacapital,
I am also preparing for the TST combine, 30k account, with 500 daily loss limit. 500 is enough for me as well to withstand 2 losses in a roll.
My goal is to make it to funded stage and make $5k on paper, before signing up for the Combine again. So far in my paper trading i am in the funded stage with $2400 profit. $2600 more to go, and I start paying for monthly combine.
Things I need to work on are 1. Making better decisions when to take profits. 2. Pay attention and stop missing trades.
There's other more legitimate places that offer better deals, like SMB Futures for example:
https://smbcapital.lpages.co/smb-futures-proprietary-trading/
There's also:
Savius, LLC
earn2trade
OneUpTrader