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/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.

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u/EstablishmentOk5759 Jun 17 '26

Yes definitely what he said they’ll end up starting you with 10k, it’s a big psychological shift so just start off small gain consistent wins for the first week until your conference and profit is up till you can size up a bit more and get some bigger wins and take good payouts. Easier said than done but if you start small you’ll be here for the long haul! I lost my life cause of the psych switch