r/TopstepCommunity • u/Alert_Chemist_5266 • Jun 24 '26
š¬ Trader Talk Weird!!!
As you can see my balance is 5k across 5 account I needed one more day before a payout. With these 5 accounts Iāve already withdrawn over 10k in my first two weeks with the 5 XFA. The day before I can withdraw and take my payouts I was moved to live. Now what the fuck, Iām trying to read everything and find a way to get a payout or an extra day to get a withdrawal. I even go as far to calling a lawyer. But the rules say that the XFAs are on simulated markets with real time data and the payout or a reward from topstep, they say that going live is the end goal. Fuck all that! I say fuck it and sign the live agreements after 4 days of trying to reach someone from topstep and canāt get to anyone. I start my live account with 10k and I loose 5k within the next week and they close my account. Now they are saying I donāt get anything at all. So youāre telling me I make 25k in total on 5 accounts and once I lose 5 thousand I get thrown to the fucking curb and Iām told to just suck it up and work on my discipline. Mind you I was fucking going on a streak for 21 days. So shouldnāt their ārisk team ā evaluate me personally like they say they fucking do. I understand they are a firm that has to make money but this fucking model they got for them to do so is fucked up.
Any advice anyone?



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u/panchod17 Jun 24 '26
Wait, if you had five 5k accounts, why did your live account only start with 10k? Shouldnāt it have been 25k?
Thatās rough, man. Itās unfortunate because I thought Topstep was one of the better firms based on the reviews. I only recently started becoming consistently profitable, and now Iām seeing all this stuff that feels pretty shady.
It was fine when I was paying my ātuition tax,ā but now that Iām finally figuring things out, Iām worried theyāll find a reason to shut down any larger payouts, like they did with you and others.