Topstep Rules
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Country
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Date Created
January 2012
Years in Operation
14
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Topstep trading rules
7Understand Topstep trading rules before starting an evaluation or funded account. Prop Firm Pal breaks down Topstep drawdown limits, profit targets, restricted strategies, news trading policies, and consistency requirements so you can trade within Topstep guidelines and protect your account in 2026.
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Maximum Loss Limit
- The MLL is the lowest balance the account may reach; touching it at any point in the day, including on unrealised P&L, liquidates the account immediately. It is $2,000 on a 50K, $3,000 on a 100K and $4,500 on a 150K. It trails up with end-of-day balance, never down, and locks once it reaches the starting balance. It cannot be adjusted, and Topstep makes no exceptions.
Consistency target
- In the Trading Combine, the best single day should stay below 55% of the profit target; a bigger day raises the consistency target rather than failing the account. A Combine cannot be passed in one day - two is the minimum. The Express Funded Account Consistency path applies a 40% consistency target instead.
Daily Loss Limit
- A DLL is optional. Adding one at Trading Combine checkout discounts the monthly fee ($10/$20/$30 by size) and doubles the per-request payout cap once funded. Default DLL amounts are $1,000 on 50K, $2,000 on 100K and $3,000 on 150K. Adding it later, at activation, does not unlock the higher cap.
Payout caps
- A payout request is capped at 50% of the account balance, up to $2,000 (50K), $3,000 (100K) or $5,000 (150K) on the Standard path, and $3,000/$4,000/$6,000 on the Consistency path. Those caps double where a Daily Loss Limit was added at Combine purchase. Live Funded Account payouts are not capped.
Position limits
- Maximum position size is 5 mini / 50 micro on a 50K, 10 mini / 100 micro on a 100K and 15 mini / 150 micro on a 150K, counted per account at any one moment. The micro-to-mini ratio applies in the Trading Combine and Express Funded Account but not in the Live Funded Account. Micro Silver, Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether are scaled differently.
Single profile policy
- Every Trading Combine, Express Funded Account and Live Funded Account must sit under one Topstep profile. Multiple profiles breach the Terms of Use and can lead to closure or suspension. Payment cards must be in the trader's own name; prepaid and gift cards may be declined.
News and prohibited conduct
- Topstep publishes separate prohibited-conduct and prohibited-trading-strategies policies covering practices such as account rolling and coordinated group trading, and an economic-releases policy for high-impact data. Automated strategies and trade copiers are permitted, but Topstep gives no support and makes no exceptions for malfunctions or errant fills.
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