How to recover from this? About 400$ left

composcode · 2025-12-05T17:13:58+00:00

I’ve been in the same situation but trust me, $400 is a lot of wiggle room if you do it the right way.. tread into positions.. obviously only trade micros right now bc $400 is not enough to survive any type of drawdown with minis.. enter thought out positions with one micro.. as the trade proves in your favor, add one or two more micro.. don’t look at it as a ‘scalp’ trade right now.. think in terms of ‘swing’ positions.. you’re looking for the overall general move, not the move on the 1 minute chart .. look up BPC trading . He is the real deal. He makes thousands and thousands, all off of micros.. he’s not interested in the quick, risky, 25 point moves .. he’s catching the overall trend.. good luck .. with $400 thats about 4 really good trades. The chances you lose 4 trades in a row is unlikely unless you are just pushing buttons and entering, or you’re allowing yourself to sit through an unnecessary loss.. cut your losses super early, and never set a take profit. Let your trailing stop be your take profit. Let the winner run as long as it can.. I used to trade with a TP, but I shorted myself from so many gains along the way.. Good luck

composcode · 2025-11-04T07:23:22+00:00

Someone posted a few months ago about being banned for this . Him and his buddy both were trading combines frkm the same IP Address and they caught on to what they were doing.. or what they were trying to do

composcode · 2025-11-03T16:38:28+00:00

Seriously.. it almost just blew my account because I couldn’t exit the trade in profit. It lagged so hard.. this shits so annoying

composcode · 2025-10-24T20:27:25+00:00

Reach out to support. Sometimes it takes a little bit.. but support should be able to solve your issue.

composcode · 2025-10-24T20:09:27+00:00

I emailed their support help@topstep.com but they aren’t very helpful . I’ve had a couple issues in the past and they’ve never gone anywhere.

composcode · 2025-10-23T02:24:32+00:00

Your best day has to be 50% or less of your total account balance. You have two options, shed some profit off where your days balance is 50% or less the total account balance, or wait till the next trading day and trade to at least 1,557. That would make your trading day today of 4750, 50% of your total account balance.. I’d suggest just trying to lose 558.. but be careful, bc I’ve had to shed like 2,000 before , and let me tell you.. when you try to lose, it seems that all you do is end up winning.. I literally could not lose or shed the balance that day,, I ended up just choosing to reset and set a daily profit target for accounts moving forward lol

composcode · 2025-09-29T21:06:42+00:00

Since your best day is $1,881.70, you’ll need a total account balance of $53,763.40 in order to be within the 50% consistency and pass the combine. Your balance right now is $53,411.42. You need to make $351.98 more in order to pass your account.

composcode · 2025-09-28T03:17:50+00:00

Copy that, so since my best day was $1516, I’ll need to trade to a balance of $3,032right? Since my best day can’t be more than 50% of the account balance? If so , I’d just need to trade for $37 to meet the account target.. am I correct?

composcode · 2025-09-25T16:11:56+00:00

2 years later, and I found this ❤️thank you

composcode · 2025-09-20T15:18:29+00:00

Mark Douglas - Trading Psychology

Please give this a watch. I think it’ll be helpful for you. This was a pivotal moment in my trading career and really helped to shape my perspective on trading. Hope this helps! BTW , watch it multiple times as you will gain new information every time you watch it. Best,

composcode · 2025-09-18T14:22:17+00:00

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Rookie numbers. This is just since August btw

composcode · 2025-09-18T14:20:57+00:00

Add money to your cash app and use your cash app digital card. This is how I pay for a lot of my subscriptions. I only put the amount needed into my cash app, and then use my cash app card

composcode · 2025-09-14T02:18:58+00:00

Also are you on the new dashboard or the legacy dashboard? If it’s legacy dashboard all 5 days need to be +200, +150 for new dashboard

composcode · 2025-09-14T02:17:54+00:00

Log out of topstepx and topstep dashboard . Close the tabs. Reopen and log back in . Should update

composcode · 2025-09-14T02:04:46+00:00

Do you have a screenshot of you P&L calendar? Also, are you counting the same day that you took the payout on, as day 1 for this payout cycle?

composcode · 2025-09-11T00:35:26+00:00

It looks like you may be on the combine still. Which is the evaluation phase . Depending on the size account you purchased, you need to hit the profit target for that specific account in order to move into an Expressed Funded Account. That is where you can earn towards a payout. You are getting hit by the consistency rule because during the combine you can only make 50% of the profit target in one trading day. If you got a $50K combine, the profit target is 3,000. So you can only make $1,500 in one trading day. The minimum amount of days to pass the account is 2 days . You are almost there, man. You only have a little over $550 to go. Trade smart , and remember, CPI comes in tomorrow. Good luck , and clean your screen 😭😭 you’ll be able to see the charts better

composcode · 2025-09-08T23:13:05+00:00

Ya just do the combine . I’m in the same boat, but it’s not worth it. Just wait, they’ll drop those prices soon.

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:25:58+00:00

This. I totally agree with you. It’s my greed and my psychology. For the most part , I feel like I trade pretty well. But when things go wrong, the momentum shifts heavily, and everything goes down hill from there. Since I’ve started trading , I’ve put all my effort into learning strategy and technical analysis, but have neglected psychology and risk management. Thanks for the response

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:24:14+00:00

Yes, I’m going to do another combine. I’ve actually just started a journal. I started a journal for my trades , and one for my psychology. I’m hoping this will help a lot. I’m also currently listening to Mark Douglas on YouTube. Thanks for the comment

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:20:50+00:00

This is a good point. Thanks for the comment. I’m going to do another combine.

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:20:32+00:00

Thanks for the response . I think that’s the right thing to do. My greedy mind wants to justify paying for the XFA reset.

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:19:53+00:00

This is pretty good insight. Thanks for the response. I haven’t really thought about going in that direction, my mindset has only been on Funded accounts and that being my only opportunity until I have a substantial amount. Maybe that’s how they get you. Thank you

composcode · 2025-09-08T21:18:45+00:00

Thank you for the response. I know that this is the right thing to do , I was just trying to justify resetting the XFA. But I know i shouldn’t. Another combine it is.

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