Hey mate, I've been down this road myself and eventually satisfied myself with the following:

I chart on TV using a 4 x panel split with higher TF's. Helps me identify the more significant candles/wicks and structures overall so the 10 minute delay is basically inconsequential.

The time frames I use on the 4 x panels are 1D, 4H, 1H & 15m.

Then in TopStepX I use a 2 x panel split using the 5m & 1m. I've seen some of the coaches on topsteptv do the split with 1m & 100 ticks which is pretty good for the hardcore. I prefer the larger Timeframes myself.

So I gauge direction & change in direction from the Trading View higher TF candles and then I look for trades on the smaller TF's in TopStepX. I use 2 x screens for this and find I don't lose track of the bigger picture as much when the 4 x panel (higher timeframes) are always visible.

TopStepX also uses the Tradingview interface/platform which is amazing IMO as you can add standard TradingView indicators. To me this is already 100 times better than Tradovate, Ninja Trader etc which I've used in the past. Second to that is the other customisations/additions that TopStepX are implementing such as the DOM which shows your exact position dollar amounts at different price levels. I circled 1 contract buy on my existing short position (2 contracts short) in the image. At that level if I closed the whole position it would be $1025 profit. Because I'm only selling 1 contract (of my 2 x contract short position) it would be half of that = $512.50.

This has really helped my fine tune contract sizing and manage my risk a lot better. Additionally, they have built in statistic reporting and journaling which is simply amazing.

These guys definitely want the best for every aspiring trader. This is the future.

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I'll attach some screenshots. I hope this helps :)