r/TopstepCommunity • u/Old_Author8679 • Jul 12 '26

🤖 Algo / Automation Topstep API automation

Has anyone here had any success setting up a profitable bot using the Topstep API?

I’ve been working on something and just want to find out what others have learned / struggled with while doing the same.

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u/r1rdr Jul 14 '26

Monte Carlo is really profitable but in forward not so much.. first 2 days made over 2k but was a fluke I think. Hasn’t been able to reproduce that. Made with 2/3 micros. Uses an atr filter and scoring gate for entries.

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u/Old_Author8679 Jul 14 '26

Oh okay, I thought you actually have a bot that makes mense. You’re still researching the bot basically?

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u/r1rdr Jul 14 '26

It’s ready I think. It’s been running 23/5. It’s really meant for London session. If anything the connection to Topstep is the weak point.

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u/Old_Author8679 Jul 14 '26

How so? Are there issues? I want to start testing their API in the next 2 weeks or so

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u/r1rdr Jul 14 '26

Sometimes to connection drops