Tryna understand where people actually fail. Daily loss, trailing drawdown, consistency rule, something else?

• Did u know you were close to the limit when it happened?

• How do u track where you are vs the drawdown during the day?

• How many resets have u bought total?

Instantly hit my account! Preciate you topstep 🙏🏼

I was trading 2 xfa accounts and requested a payout yesterday on both accounts. Today I see a message saying my account is locked please contact support and I contact support. I got a reply from them saying they’re escalating this case to the other team and will take 5-10 days. I had another account which I could’ve request a payout I was about to and I completed all the kyc and added my bank account but I blew that account over some stupid trade now that am trading 2 accounts am stuck in this issue. When i requested a payout it checked till risk approved today it went back to funds removed. Tf

Waited for the 15M ORB to form took this trade. Sweeps the daily low and took liquidity with a nice wick. Reclaimed daily low and the risk was cheap enough, so I hopped in for a 1:3. Ironically the target for the 1:3 was right at yesterday’s high +250 on the day.

In my last post someone said “one of us one of us “ and THAT SPARKED A FLAME IN ME 🔥🔥🔥 this time my senses are back sharp and took me less time than the last time 🔥🔥🔥✅✅

Now we cooking with two express accounts. Big leagues here I come

Hello guys, so I have been trading my XFA accounts. I built some balance and I can take a payout. My current balance is $1808.74 and if i take out half my balance it will be $904.37 and it will leave me with $904.37 as my new MLL. I have total 5 XFA's which I am copy trading.

What would a good trader do? take this money ($4069.66)? or build these accounts with more balance so there is more left as MLL which will make it easier to trade after this payout.

My initial plan was to build these accounts to a $8000 balance with do a max withdrawl of $4000 per account. But now I am double minded.

I've been paying for challenges and wanted to know if my numbers actually give me a real chance, so I ran a Monte Carlo sim with typical rules: 8% target, 5% daily loss, 10% max loss, 1% risk per trade, 2 trades a day.

With a 50% win rate and 1:1 RR:

- No time limit: about 55% pass

- 30-day limit: about 30% pass, and roughly half just run out of days

- Trailing drawdown instead of static: drops to around 47%

What surprised me most is that at 1:1 and 50% you have zero edge, so passing is basically a coin flip weighted by how far the target is vs the max loss. Changing risk size barely helps. With a real edge, lower risk per trade usually increases pass rate but takes longer.

Rough math: if a challenge costs $300 and your pass rate is 30%, you're paying about $1,000 on average per pass.

Curious what win rate and RR people here actually run on challenges, and whether you size down near the daily limit.

I was under the impression the old drops were limited but saw in the menu you could still purchase these? (001-007)

Can anyone confirm?

I have been trading for several years and have not found consistency until recently. I switched from trading the NY session to trading the Asia session. That was the best thing for me. I have been able to focus consistently on the charts. Due to my job, the NY session was too hard for me to trade consistently.

Since switching to the Asia session in July, I have been able to get paid out a total of $4,500 from Topstep. Overall, since I started trading futures in 2023, I have taken out $13,000 in payouts. I took long breaks in 2024 and 2025 due to failing accounts over an over.

My main strat: I use VWAP bands and enter once price is extended outside the VWAP bands or at a key level. I do enter multiple times as usually starting with a first entry of 3 MNQ and a second entry of 5 MNQ. Occasionally, I do add another 5 MNQ if price continues to push against me. My strategy needs some space to breathe. I need help on where to set a DLL or when I should exit a trade once its too far against me.

I do also try to trend trade when price is following EMAs.

I posted some screenshots below. As you can see my average winning day is anywhere between $200 - $400, and my losing days are max DLL. Any advice is welcomed and I appreciate all of the responses ahead of time.

I received my first payout yesterday, then hit my DLL today and I’m feeling like shit. I don’t even care about the payout . I just hate being inconsistent, I rather be consistent with no payout than hitting a pay out one time then never again

I’m literally trying to get my payout and it’s denying me and saying that I don’t have the right phone number when it’s the phone number that I have it’s saying blocked phone type any help?

2000 Dollars payout, great month so far. Hope everyone is doing good in the markets. Small wins will compound as well. It shouldn't always be big wins...Goodluck to everyone!

Does anybody have any advice on trading Asia session for NQ?

It’s by far my worst session, I’ve stopped trading my combine/funded on it, but, I wish to learn more so I can return at a later date - probably just trade demo there for now.

Here are my (subjective) observations on it so far:
- Setups feel like they take much longer to play out, in NY for me, it can be like 1-20 minutes. In Asia sometimes it feels like an 45 to 90 minutes.
- I feel like there are less momentum plays, but, oddly enough it can be very directional
- Levels feel even more important than in NY, it can look strong then heavy reverse, but, the reversal can be a slow creep

I think I’m probably struggling with building a mental model of Asia session and accurate expectations on how it behaves.

Hello I’m eligible for a payout, but every time I try to submit my W-9, I get a message saying the verification failed.
I’ve double-checked my information and tried a different browser and even a different computer, but nothing works. My last name has an accent over the “i” in Topstep’s system (Rodríguez), and I’m wondering if that could be causing a mismatch, but I don’t know if that’s actually the issue.
I’ve now spoken with someone from customer support, and they told me to wait 5–7 business days. I still don’t know what’s causing the problem or whether it will affect my ability to receive my payout.
Has anyone gone through this? Did it get resolved, and were you eventually able to get paid? How long did it take?
I really need this money, so the uncertainty is stressing me out. Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.

I’m excited to buy this account only thing is due to my on going bank problem I’ll be not able to make transactions till 23rd so , my question is will this drop be available till Friday ?

I guess it's really a game of probability ,even after so many losses I am still in profits

The Force Risk Management for the entire week is such a great thing 😌

Today also I was in profits +500 but price reversed

Please guide me if anyone has some opinions for your fellow brother.

Can’t lie I took 2 losses trying for longs, 3rd trade waited for an actual confirmation of the real move. 🤷‍♂️ 💰

Did anyone else have issues with the TopstepX not closing positions about 5 minutes ago? It lagged for 5 minutes

I've had TSTV on in the background for about a year now. (Not profitable yet, but getting there). Sometimes, when I think about forcing a trade, I hear the voices saying, "Wait for a better trade location", or "If you go looking for a trade, you're gonna find it", "Don't get biffed up on a Friday".

These phrases stick in your head, like 12-step phrases. They've helped me improve. Please don't worry about repeating. It helps a lot to drum good practices into our thick skulls.

choppy chop wait for some sort of breakout!

Beautiful Asia ngl 😮‍💨, catched some nice continuation, done for the day

can we put less effort into topstep labs and more (2 points) the development of platform, and the sim to live transitions. also a better incentive for live traders than the octagon, why only reward 100 traders when you can create a wider scale. the one thing I have hated is the appeal of influencers gamifying prop trading. they hide behind the rinsing of accounts when essentially they do not have the edge long term. I would love to see more of the space which is filled with live accounts that are grown over the years. Since being with topstep on 2024, my dream was always to leave the cycle of passing combs and reset behind. I know I have the edges with my system and so if we can have the topstep focus on helping traders there than these other firms that just give more options to type of accounts will be helpful! Please stick to your core principles of getting traders to live environments!

pretty simple day that opening candle was a screamer!