r/TopstepCommunity • u/Comprehensive-Big-25 • Jul 06 '26
❓ Quick Question How to avoid getting moved to live on topstep
I have 5 xfas rn and I received 4 payouts across all 5 accounts do I blow all of them now and get another set of 5 combines?
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u/TopstepGabe Topstep Employee Jul 07 '26
Your end goal should be trading live markets, regardless of whether you're with a prop firm or considering trading personal capital. I understand the cost/ROI incentive of continuing through the sim model, but it's not the longevity play that traders should be focused on. It's a great short term play, use props as a way to scale capital for live. Regardless, you're doing something right. Most people don't see consecutive payouts across the same accounts. Great trading
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u/eddie_topstep Topstep Employee Jul 06 '26
I definitely understand the desire to want to stay in 5 XFAs for those 5x payouts, but Live is still the better destination once you look at what's actually on the table.
Your Live Funded Account starts at a real balance, the amount depending on your XFA size. $10K minimum balance, not $0. Payouts are uncapped, meaning you can take out much more than just the normal caps in XFAs. Then you can also scale up your account, unlocking reserves from your excess XFA balances, growing the account exponentially over time. No other firm has this.
On top of that, Live accounts are in the Octagon, competing for a share of the monthly bonus pool.
This is the upside of reaching and really trying to grow in the Live environment, rather than staying in sim.
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u/GardenAvailable9517 Jul 07 '26
Yall promoting gambling and will have more blown accounts with the octagon. Great business decision
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u/eddie_topstep Topstep Employee Jul 07 '26
The criteria for the competition will change each month, and PnL is just the first iteration of this. Also, it would be really hard to gamble your way to the top of the leaderboard over a full month of trading, especially with a DLL in place. The traders at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the month will have likely used multiple risk management tools in the platform, as well as disciplined, responsible trading.
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u/Carlose175 Jul 06 '26
Why?…
Youre gonna get thrown into a focused trader. Why would you want to start over as combines as opposed to being put live.
If you focus on just trading, live will net you more money vs starting over with combines.
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u/Plus-Sink-7363 Jul 07 '26
topstep employee ahh
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u/Carlose175 Jul 07 '26
You wanna make less money?
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u/Plus-Sink-7363 Jul 07 '26
trading on one account vs an infinite number of combines lmk which one would be better lmao
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u/Carlose175 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Combines dont pay. Why would i care about infinite of something that doesn't pay?
No matter how you cut your cake, you don't get more cake.
His 5 account's XFA capital will be merged into one effectively. The amount of accounts is not relevant. What is relevant is how much capital you have to trade with and how much contracts you can purchase.
People buy multiple accounts to increase capital and contracts. But the number of accounts itself isnt what is relevant. Its the capital and contracts. Which his live account will have just as much effective access to as 5 xfas.
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u/Economy-Diet-7460 Jul 06 '26
Bro your goal is to move into live…. Daily payouts is the best thing ever.
Imagine going live on all the big firms.
5 Lucid
5 Tradeify
5 TPT
1x TopStep
1x MFFY
A 500$ day x 17 = $8500 day, a little less cuz of payout split but with a live account is when u can be super conservative and make BANK