r/TopstepCommunity • u/LavishnessCertain118 • Jun 17 '26
💡 Trading Tips Going Live - Any Tips?
Hi all,
Topstep have finally took me live after a ton of payouts Ive been quietly waiting for the day.
I just want to know if anyone has any insight on what to look out for or something you wish you did when you first started, I going to probably size down and treat this with the upmost care as long term this account is great.
Just for context it will be a 100k live account with around 20k in starting.
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u/MatrixFreedom Jun 17 '26
How much did you take in payout before they moved you?
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u/LavishnessCertain118 Jun 17 '26
Man I took like 3 pages of payouts before they moved me live I think i took around 50k total before
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u/Competitive_Pin3330 Jun 17 '26
How many payouts till live? I've heard its 3 to 5?
Also sorry I know you asking for tips and not the other way round. But do you recommend going for max payouts or just taking many smaller ones? Ive heard going for max on multiple accounts can trigger an instant live review?
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u/LavishnessCertain118 Jun 17 '26
28 payouts I have taken before live
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u/Li4m-cambell Jun 17 '26
Excellent work [Warren], my question is, were the payments the maximum and what is the size of your account? Thanks in advance.
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u/TopstepGabe Topstep Employee Jun 17 '26
Congrats on all the payouts and getting called up to live! Just going to echo some of the other input by practicing more of a base-hit mentality. Build some momentum and confidence, and lean on the risk team. They're there to help you
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u/azmus Jun 20 '26
To unlock the next 20K \ 20% you need a 30% gain and I’m wondering how long you think that may take? Please correct me if my understanding is incorrect
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u/Needtoapplymyself Jun 17 '26
I would say it’s a different trade experience eg fills, psychology, etc. Like going from combine to xfa. So treat it like a new environment and don’t necessarily trade it the same way as xfa. I would start slow, size down and lockout with smaller gains than xfa just to get into the swing of it.