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$150K

$150K

90%

6% in one step; no time limit

50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000

5% end-of-day trailing

50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500 — EOD trailing

3% of the starting balance, hard breach

Optional fixed-session DLL: 50K $1,000; 100K $2,000; 150K $3,000

None to pass; 5 profitable days of 0.5%+ per payout

Same 3% daily and 5% EOD trailing; balance must stay 3% above start after each payout

Same EOD trailing distances; locks at $0

Best day 50% or less of total profit to pass

50%

None

Standard: none; Consistency path: 40%

Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded

Allowed in SIM or Funded Accounts · Topstep doesn't require you to flatten positions during economic releasesfirm-level

Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded

Allowed in SIM or Funded Accounts · Topstep doesn't require you to flatten positions during economic releasesfirm-level

Up to $4,000,000 across all Alpha Funded accounts

Up to 5 active Express Funded Accounts (XFAs) at a time (1 for Shoulder Tap holders; Focused Trader Plan excepted)

Every 5 profitable days

Standard after each 5-winning-day cycle; Consistency after each 3-day cycle; Live daily after 30 winning days

After 5 profitable days of 0.5%+

Standard: 5 days of $150+; Consistency: 3 traded days plus 40% rule

5 profitable days of 0.5%+

5 Standard / 3 Consistency

24 business hours after approval

Internal approval 1–3 business days; transfer time depends on method

No refund program on futures accounts is published

Untraded purchases within 28 days may be reviewed for refund

Allowed

Allowed

Prohibited, within one account and across accounts

Prohibited across accounts

Allowed only between accounts you own; no signal services or copying anyone else

Allowed across XFAs, up to $750,000 buying power

HFT and software built for an unfair speed advantage are prohibited

Allowed with conditions; trader bears malfunction risk

Prohibited: account stacking or draining, grid, martingale, tick scalping (trades of ~30 seconds or less), latency or reverse arbitrage, hedging within or across accounts, max size into news or macro reports for unrealistic fills, trading outside the best bid/offer, HFT or speed software, signal copying and account management. Not available in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, India, China or Myanmar, or to sanctioned persons.

Prohibited · unfair technology, scalping algorithms, rapid SIM trades, tight brackets or auto-breakeven, and full size into major news eventsfirm-level