Frequently Asked Questions

Once you’ve locked in your account, you will keep this monthly price (see table below) until you are funded, or for the lifetime of your Trading Combine account.

You can lock in your Trading Combine membership for as low as $49, and stay at that price every month, until you earn funding or for the lifetime of that evaluation. Once you earn funding, you’ll pay a one-time $149 Activation Fee, and then no more fees, just earn payouts. The Activation Fee is the same price no matter which account size you trade in.

Level 1 data is included and Level 2 data can be purchased for $39 per month.

Resets don’t change your subscription rebill date or prevent the subscription rebill from occurring. The reset charge and the monthly Trading Combine subscription charge are unrelated and do not affect each other.

Topstep does not offer Forex trading, our program is for Futures trading only. However, we highly recommend Foreign Exchange Futures to anyone with a Forex trading background. Learn more about the advantages of trading Futures and FX Futures here!

Learn all about our objectives and the rule for the Trading Combine here.

The minimum time to complete the Trading Combine is 2 trading days, due to our Consistency Target objective. This means that you can pass in as little as two days, but there’s no rush, take as long as you need. Your monthly subscription will continue to rebill each month until you pass or cancel. You can learn more about the Consistency Target here and how the monthly subscription works here.

Commissions and fees vary depending on the data feed you’re using. Click here to see what they are for each data feed.

Check out our list of Supported Platforms to determine which are available to you with your current credentials.

If the platform you’re currently on has the same Data Feed as the one you want to switch to (Rithmic, Tradovate or CTS), you can trade interchangeably across them, without losing any historical trading activity.

Tradovate & TradingView users can trade interchangeably between these two platforms, but not on any of our other supported platforms. In this case, you’d need to start a new Trading Combine. Here is more information on if you can switch and how.

Your account will only Reset-at-Rebill if you’ve broken our 1 Rule, (hitting or exceeding your Maximum Loss Limit) BEFORE your Rebill date.

You can reset your account at any time during your subscription to change the status of your account from ineligible to eligible by purchasing a Reset through your Trader Dashboard.

You will also have the option to practice on the account and reset it at a later date. We allow traders to do this on an account that is not eligible for funding so that they can iron out their strategy before trying for funding again.

Although the reset never feels good, it emulates the feeling of losing real capital in the market at a fraction of the cost of real losses you might experience in a traditional brokerage account.

You can copy trades on TopstepX, Tradovate, Quantower, and R|Trader Pro. Learn more and get started here.

Check out our Recommended Learning page. There’s a resource there for everyone, no matter where you are in your trading journey!

You can view our full program parameters here. 

You’ll receive your certificate within 1-2 business days.

You’ll receive your Express Funded Account 1-2 business days after signing your contract and paying the Activation Fee.

TopstepX™ is a purpose-built platform built for traders, by traders. It is completely exclusive to Topstep!

Learn more about the platform here, take a tour, and make sure to check out this page for platform news and updates.

TopstepX offers commission-free trading. However, NFA + Clearing fees are deducted from each trade. This is indicated on the Trades tab within TopstepX.

Bots and algorithmic trading is not currently supported. We will be adding more features in the future, and your voice will help shape TopstepX, so please feel free to submit any feedback you have here: TopstepX Trader Feedback.

Yes, you can trade select Micros in TopstepX. Currently, Micro NASDAQ 100 (MNQ) and Micro S&P 500 (MES) are available to trade in TopstepX.

Just like all available platforms, Level 1 Data is free and included with TopstepX. You can add Level 2 Data for $39. You can learn more about the differences between Level 1 & Level 2 Data and step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade to Level 2 data in the Level 1 & Level 2 Market Data article.

TopstepX automatically provides the current front month of every Futures product allowed by Topstep, so you will not need to check that you’re using the correct front month when trading on the TopstepX platform. This means you do not need to keep track of contract months or volume when rollover occurs.

The current account creation time is around 5 minutes, depending on the queue.

You do not need to submit a ticket for this. Your credentials will be sent over once the data is available.

You can find the link to the R|Trader Pro setup here.

Please take your time! Most issues we see are when a step was missed or incorrect.

View this Help Center article on our in depth Quantower connection instructions.

This is common when the account setup has not been fully completed. You may be able to login to Quantower, but unable to trade. Simply be patient as your account works its way through the provisioning process.

This is common when the data setup has not been completed. Nothing can be done, so please be patient as you wait to be notified.

Please use this step-by-step guide to make sure you’re properly connected. We have very detailed instructions and a video with walkthroughs that solve 99% of all connection issues.

Plus, here is an article with common “how to” information, to help you get started.

View this Help Center article for our in depth Tradovate connection instructions.

View this Help Center article for our in depth TradingView connection instructions.

Topstep has the best payout policy in the industry that allows disciplined traders to take weekly payouts. The best part? You get access to 100% of your profits after accumulating 30 winning trading days.

Traders can request a payout of up to 50% of their account balance after accumulating five winning trading days per payout request. A winning trading day is counted when a day’s Net PNL is $200 or more.

Read more here.

Once the payout request is processed, the Maximum Loss Limit will automatically be set to $0 (the trader cannot allow the account balance to reach or go below $0 after a payout).