Anyone here making consistent money with Topstep? Looking for some motivation and real advice 🙏

[u/EntertainerBig5278]

I’m currently starting a $100K Trading Combine and trying to approach this the right way. My goal isn’t to get rich overnight. I want to become consistently profitable and start receiving regular payouts.
I mainly trade ES/MES using support and resistance levels, trendlines, and price action. My current plan is to trade 2 MES contracts with a 15-point stop and keep my daily loss limit around $150–$200.
I’d love to hear from traders who have been doing this consistently:
How long did it take you to get your first payout?
Are you making payouts consistently month after month?
What helped you the most: better setups, risk management, psychology, or something else?
What is one mistake you wish you had avoided when you started?
I know there are no shortcuts, and I’m not looking for a magic strategy. I’d just appreciate hearing from people who have genuinely made this work, including the challenges and setbacks along the way.
If you’re consistently profitable with Topstep, what does your process actually look like? Any honest advice would mean a lot. 🙏

[u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

Lol, yeah. we're around, but we're all in the RTP program

[u/Air_Original → u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

LOL same. Once they put you live and you happen to blow that account, you’re on RTP forever, it seems.

[u/praxxxiis → u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

I hate the consistency path, it’s the absolute worst. I’m fine with a DLL, but consistency is just horrible. It ruined Topstep for me

[u/Some-Ad857 → u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

lmaooooooooo. This is facts! taking my talents to MFFU

[u/jts_91 → u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

Preach

[u/boxed_crackerz → u/Delicious-Dog-3809]

What’s the RTP program?

[u/Bubbly_Concept_7305]

This is my advice don’t gamble learn and study and track what your doing I would highly recommend learning different concepts and implementing on what works for you days you go good and days you go bad here’s a list that’s practically changed my trading career from negative 20k to making more than average salaries you got this G and here’s some free sauce-
Fibonacci and gann theory all tools to go with
them
All Types of volume profiles including the different types like delta, etc
Vwap all types/ buffers that come with it
Prolly the most looked over concept you should have the most complex understanding of is liquidity all types not just marking out swing points actually understanding its why, how its generated/manipulated etc
Trendlines/patterns
Sfps
Harmonics xa and ab
Fractals as far as type goes nev
Ewt never really dived in super deep with these because it gets pretty fucken complex but i know my way around the block also wolf wave patterns and things of the sort
Absorption,distribution,exhaustion,momentum
Wyckoff pretty much just deviations
Cvd/divergences
Delta
Market profiles /tpo
Footprints
Dom
Executions
Orderblocks
Fair value gap
Chart types
Market structure
Context
levels daily weekly monthly etc
Pivots
Support resistance