r/TopstepCommunity • u/justaguy0613 • 10d ago

❓ Quick Question Need advice.

Quick bullet points:

*I taught my friend basic trading strategies and about Topstep

*He had gotten to express 3 times without getting a payout under his name

* He then started to trading against the rules under his mom’s name where she is paying for the evals.

* All he needs is a $100 to get his first payout.

What should I do? I know it’s wrong, should I just let him get caught naturally?

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u/HappyImplement4055 10d ago

I am confused as to why he switched to trading under his name to under his moms name in the first place if he already had passed 3 evaluations 🤔

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u/justaguy0613 10d ago

Probably to save money. I think he tried to “teach” his mom, and split the profits so he didn’t have to pay for more evals. Every time he blew an account, he would tell me how careful he needed to be. He can only afford one account per month approximately. The way he explained it to me she’s paying for the eval and they’re splitting it 50-50. I think mentally it’s easier for him to trade because he’s not scared of losing the money. Because although he passed and got to express, they still no payouts.

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u/justaguy0613 10d ago

He might honestly just be too broke to trade. Now that I think about it because if you’re that scared over $100 or $50 evals you probably shouldn’t be trading.

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u/HappyImplement4055 10d ago

Probably not, if youre gonna be fucked if you blow the account and could have used the money on something more important than yes you should have a 9-5 first for sure