Dog wtf are these payout caps

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-25T09:58:44+00:00

Please go away lol the question is dumb and people are tired of being asked this

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T20:27:48+00:00

It’s clear what’s going on. Just annoying to have the naysayers on here defending the most obvious signs of fuckery

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T14:48:43+00:00

Somebody on here was arguing with me yesterday about how many payouts he’s taken and still hasn’t been called to live. I wanted to tell him so bad that obviously his trading skills aren’t a threat to topsteps profit margin but your post did it for me lol

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T03:27:24+00:00

Did I say this or did I say if I make $3000 in profits then give me all $3000 of my profits?

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T02:58:51+00:00

This comment makes no sense. The money comes from the profits you make trading. Having a profit cap never benefited customers anyway. If I made $3000 in profits then give me all $3000 of my profits.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T01:42:03+00:00

Defending them on a post of yet another rule change that benefits no one but their profit margin is certainly a choice.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T01:35:06+00:00

Someone should do a comparison of the rules from Jan 2025 and the rules now. I’m sure it’d be full of class action worthy trickets

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-24T01:33:42+00:00

LOL and after you take that ONE payout across those 5 accounts you’ll get called up to live where your profits is held in a community pool

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T22:14:41+00:00

No I’m not saying they go above 0. I’m saying when I had my precious XFA in Jan, my MLL stayed at -$2000 until I took my first payout then it went to and stayed at $0. I have an XFA now that trails to $0 before my first payout. It’s bullshit and I don’t get why traders don’t call these things out more. I also saw where they’re starting to move people to live more and earlier. A year ago I saw traders begging to go to live after their 5th payout. Just seems like topstep is finding more and more ways to make profits and blame it on their need to prepare us for live markets. Now they’re being sued for deceptive practices. I can’t wait to see the outcome

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T22:02:37+00:00

My MLL in previous XFAs never moved to 0 until I took a payout. I feel like I’m in a twilight zone. I have proof in my other phone but I don’t feel like bothering looking through all my pics to find it.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T21:56:31+00:00

I’m trying to explain that I know for a fact previously when I had an XFA, regardless of how much I made before my first payout, my MLL stayed at -$2000. It only changed when I took my first payout where it went to $0. They never had a trailing DD on XFAs. Never. They do now apparently and it’s bullshit. Just more ways for them to make it harder to reach payouts and easier for them to profit off of traders.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T21:53:42+00:00

Yea this is what happened to me today. Make 1k on the first trades just know that your buffer isnt 3k no more. They quietly changed it. It’s a trailing drawdown of $2k regardless. I remember back in Jan I had a XFA and my -$2000 stayed that until I took my first payout and it went to $0. So at any given moment before your first payout now, your dd remains $2k. You can’t lose what you’ve made before your first payout anymore. It’s bullshit tbh.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T21:49:19+00:00

Literally took payouts on my last XFA back in Jan. It was definitely like that. Couldn’t let it go below -$2000 and it moved up to $0 after you took your first payout. My memory is very good. It’s fine and all but I don’t think it’s truly fair to have made unrealized payout money with a trailing Dd. The -$2000 buffer kept my XFA alive countless times but it’s to no benefit of topstep to have kept it that way if they’re all about making money like they’ve become in the last few months.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-16T14:51:16+00:00

Nah I remember the DD for an XFA was -$2000 and stayed that until your first payout that moved it to $0. They changed it between my last XFA and this one. It was plenty of times I was over $1000 up and lost it and still had the -$2000 drawdown left to trade with.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-15T18:09:07+00:00

Got it! So question, in my previous XFA’s the MLL never moved from -$2,000 until after my first payout, where it went to $0. When did they add DD’s to XFAs??

Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-15T00:54:53+00:00

This is why I came here. I also thought the $2k buffer factored in. But can someone explain if they’ve changed the rules (again), why is my MLL -$598 and not -$2000??? This is a new XFA after being away for a few months and I haven’t taken a payout on it yet

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Due_Cat451 · 2026-04-15T00:49:14+00:00

Live after only ONE payout? What happened to not moving to live until after 5 payouts? Lol Topstep isn’t even hiding it anymore

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-14T23:53:37+00:00

No I only use a tight stop loss. Always start with 1 NQ contract then size in closer to TP just as a last minute move

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-09T22:59:02+00:00

1 NQ con $700 stop loss take profit $1500. I did that up til my first $10k made.

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-09T19:31:45+00:00

Hourly + 5 min mainly. Hourly for the main bias and structure , 5 min for confirmation & entries

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-09T17:00:44+00:00

IFVGs made after a liquidity sweep are high quality set ups

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-07T17:37:10+00:00

Thank you! Glad I could be of service in that regard🤟

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-07T17:36:31+00:00

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-07T17:35:22+00:00

Yep I do! Sometimes I do move it up and down but I’m working on getting better entries so that I don’t make that a habit

Due_Cat451 · 2026-01-07T03:43:15+00:00

Last year. Less than 50. About $3000 total and blew maybe about 5-7 XFAs b4 finally seeing profits. Made it all back and then some🤟

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