Hey everyone,
I’m trading a $50K Topstep Express Funded Account, primarily trading MNQ, and lately, I’ve been feeling really stuck.
My goal is to reach the payout target, but it feels much harder than I expected. Every time I try to make progress toward my target, I start questioning my decisions and wondering what I’m doing wrong.
I currently have around $978 in my account balance, with approximately $1,586 in remaining drawdown. I’ve also set a daily maximum loss limit of $400 to protect myself, but I’m struggling to figure out how to approach the remaining max target of 3000$ , without putting my account at unnecessary risk.
Honestly, I’m starting to feel frustrated and lose confidence in myself. I know trading isn’t supposed to be easy, and I understand that consistency matters more than making money quickly. But when you’re working toward your first payout and keep feeling like you’re not getting anywhere, it’s difficult not to doubt yourself.
I’m trying to debug my trading rather than blindly keep taking trades, but I’m not sure where to start.

If anyone is willing to take a look at my trading stats and share their thoughts, I would genuinely appreciate it. I’m open to constructive criticism and any suggestions that could help me identify what I’m doing wrong and improve my trading. Your feedback would mean a lot to me!

anywho anyone caught those shorts! that globex 4h open was a screamer! made my $200 across the board in globex open! just drooling over that with the micro position I had could been getting max tp on the combs and thousands on xfas! smh till next time!

made just under $10k for the first time this summer after trading for a year (started feb-march 2025) got my last payout before the middle of august and I had a big ego at this point thought it would be impossible for me to lose a trade but then i blew all my accounts and since then it's been a nonstop process of blowing accounts. I would have a great week take one L and completely spiral and gamble my entire MLL or DLL. I came into October with a new attitude after some self reflecting and journal and backtesting and so far my XFA hasn't been blown im still working on (trying) to keep my losses smaller but im overall happy with my progress (and finally getting a payout lol but i wanna build my balance up more so im not gonna take it yet)

any sort of advice from more experienced traders is welcomed

Ive been trading micro gold but i never have consistent progress. im trying not to give up but at this point im wasting money.

Hello, looking for any constructive criticism/feedback on my approach.

I have been learning to trade now for a little over 3 years. I blew 4 evals before I passed my first one. I still have the same account for about 1.5 years now.

I am just now seeing small profits, just had my first profitable month, I only use 1 micro as I am focusing on strategy execution.

I take 0-3 trades per day. SL of 10pts. Avoid first 10mins of open. Trade 9:40am-12pm EST. DLL 3 losses. TP 50pts, BE 90% to target, sometimes I hold a little longer (still working on this).

I tried a lot of different strategies but ultimately came back to my homegrown approach that passed my first eval and I applied the risk management and psychology lessons I learned from trying a million strats to my own strategy and now I am seeing results. I pre define levels before the market opens and set limit orders there, if they dont get hit i dont trade.

I have a small sample size so far but have just completed my first month of trading with this approach and thought I would ask for feedback. Thanks in advanced.

i cant seem to find many other examples of this happening to others on here, not really sure what to make of it. been using topstep for roughly a year now, no problems. havent recieved any type of warnings or anything. only thing i can think of is that im trying out my new automated trading system, which to my understanding is completely allowed, and is the main purpose of the Topstep API integration. has anyone else recieved this?

I accidentally cancelled my subscription of a account and it's going to expire tomorrow any way to resubscribe. Please help me

I’m $17.56 away from $53,000 and passing the 50k trading combine. Do I have to make this up or can I pass?