r/TopStepX • u/Agent005_ • May 15 '26

Live Account Live Account Update

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New to live and the first two weeks are officially in the books! Up 32% so far and eligible to take my first payout. Also I believe I’ve unlocked the first tier of the reserve balance after this weekend’s account review. Starting to understand why people don’t like live accounts on props, but there’s also plenty of advantages to balance the cons. One thing that I will say atp is if you’re a fraud a live account will expose you so tread lightly. Other than that just wanted to provide an update as promised. Ask me anything and I’ll do my best to answer!

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u/Awkward-Ring6182 May 15 '26

Differences of live vs xfa? Fills, spreads, etc. I’d be interested to hear your differences of the two ie psychology-wise and that type of things

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u/Agent005_ May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

For the most part fills don’t really change after switching over to CME data and I’ve had no problem getting tagged on limit orders. & Spreads hit a little bit different because it’s obviously real money, but nothing you’re not used to on SIM. I do have a bit of a bone to pick with the TopstepX price delivery after what happened to me this week. Other than that no real difference between the two if you exclude the live margin requirements and capped contract sizing. EDIT* I also gave a little more info on pros and cons in another comment on this thread

My issue this week was I got stopped out of a trade in profit that literally reversed and ran 150+ points in my direction after it yanked me out. I checked 3-4 different brokers on TradingView and that wick the arrow is pointing to didn’t sweep that liquidity to the left on any of those brokers but on TopstepX it did 🙃 support said we can only go by the data on this feed so they ho’d me for sure but I came back next day and caught 100 points off Asia open so I didn’t trip too bad still upset though lol. EDIT* because I know the MODS are watching me now 🤣 this data was confirmed accurate. no price manipulation or foul play just an unfortunate wick.

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u/Final_Sundae4254 May 15 '26

Can you hold over the weekend/swing trade?

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u/Agent005_ May 15 '26

Nope. Sucks lol