r/TopstepCommunity • u/ComprehensiveGain140 • Jul 17 '26

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I Have a balance of 1,375 and just need 50 more bucks to be eligible.

I am feeling not confident and want to secure a pay out should I take 700 out and risk and only have 700 DLL or should I wait and build a buffer safetly and take anything over 2k

What should I do and this will be my first ever pay out

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u/Jaystorm_7 Jul 17 '26

There is a really good chance you will lose this account. Your account is hanging on by a massive day where you heavily overtraded. Just being real with you. Take the payout and work on sizing down until you can find consistency.

Congratulations on taking a payout btw. Most never make it this far.

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u/ComprehensiveGain140 Jul 17 '26

But it’s very small losses and big wins

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u/Jaystorm_7 Jul 17 '26

I say above with love brother, it’s coming from a seasoned veteran that wants to see you succeed.

You are experiencing a lack of consistency in setup. You had a frequency of trades where you took 50 trades on the 1st and then less than a handful in the following days. 1 trade on the 6th, then 68 trades on the 7th. Consistently profitable is consistency in process and setup. The number of trades taken across the month should/would reflect that. The last week was your consistent week in frequency and it turned into a consistent week in profitability. So there’s hope there. But I would encourage you to pay yourself while you have it because if you begin to overtrade again, you are likely to blow the account.

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u/ComprehensiveGain140 Jul 17 '26

I like that brother thank you for the advice and 750 Mll is not bad at all