They're all listed in detail, on TST's site.
The two key differences between the two are what you pay for
data, and what you pay in
commissions.
Data: exchange rules predicate that if you're trading other people's money (which you are, obviously, if you trade a TST account), that classifies you as "professional" and you therefore have to pay the CME $85 per month data-fee. And if you trade futures listed on different exchanges, it's even more than that. (That money goes to the exchange - don't listen to Pekelo's "suggestion" above that it goes to TST: that's just part of his campaign of prejudiced misinformation.)
Commissions: as against the above, you
can more than compensate for it by trading a TST funded account entirely commission-free, if you use their "TSTrader" platform (which is a white-label version of Tradovate's:
https://help.topsteptrader.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010515748-Platform-Comparison- ). Even if you trade only once a day, that way, you'll effectively cover the exchange's data-fee, anyway, with what you save in commissions. But of course the TSTrader platform has to suit you, to choose that option.
But if you can trade profitably, and have enough funds to trade your own account, there's not much sense in using a TST-funded account and giving up 20% of your profits to TST? Under those circumstances, you're not really in TST's target demographic??
TST is good for beginning to leverage potential loss. But there is trailing max drawdown. For 150k account it is 4500, so after making 4500 you are risking your money, not their. Then only reason to stay is to make additional money for margins. When you do that (you can cover margins and have some space for drawdown) it is better to go for your own (you don't need to pay split and you can reduce data cost paying for it as non-pro). Simple as that
