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Banned from Topstep Violation Section 3
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Banned from Topstep Violation Section 3

I'm freaking out. I'm coming up on my 1 year trading journey and just when I thought I gained traction such as building my 1 express account to 10k in 1 month with (mulitple payouts) I opened 4 more combines on July 21'st w/ DLL so I can achieve 6k payout for each account. I passed them all in 3 days and just when I thought I was on top of the world I went to the store and came back tried logging in and noticed my account was BANNED! I have never recieved any warnings.

I called support they stated i was in violation of section 3 because of charge backs? Not paying? I was so confused and may have thought it was because my old card on file but all transaction has gone through and paid and I gave them my new card info. They escalated the ticket to the "trust team". Got a reply this morning July 24 " I've reviewed your account and can confirm it was closed due to a violation of Section 3 of our Terms of Use, including not paying, or causing Topstep not to be paid, any fee that is due. This decision is final."

I called Chase making sure all transaction has gone through and completed downloading bank statements with completed transactions. Chase is also sending me a letter to support my claim. So I called support again and the gentleman heard my pain and saw I already been speaking to the "trust team" . He created another ticket and Im adding supporting documents to support my claim. Like do they want me to issue a charge back with Topstep? I will go after every transcation completed.

I will keep you guys updated on the situation I just want my accounts back.

u/makasteven1993 — 12 hours ago

I need a response.

I haven't gotten a payout with Topstep since September 2023 for $2,524.

I have bought and blown a max of two combines every month since and my total expenses is somewhere around $6-7k.

Fast forward, I put in real work into getting myself together. Got an FXReplay sub, collected 1,000 samples of my criteria and verified my edge, and read a bunch of books on poker variance.

Paper traded since the beginning of the year, and I am no longer affected by the nature of this career (losing streaks are normal and I understand that past a phrase). Bought a pair of 100k DLL combines and passed them recently.

I am terrified of getting moved live before I take my max payout on both of them ($12k). Just want this one max, then i can comfortably move live. Just wondering if I should be worried. For personal reasons, it would be life changing to an immense degree to get that money at this point in time.

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u/NionGG — 5 hours ago

Bounce back

Working on taking less trades, almost %50 less this week. Add the 1k stop loss bc if not I would have crashed out haha. I’m almost at 3k for the first time ever!

u/ShipMateNeech — 6 hours ago

Finally consistent

After a 3 year journey and only one previous payout, I am finally feeling calm with my trading. The plan is to take a payout sometime next week to fund 4 new combines.

u/TahoeTrader13 — 9 hours ago

Wtf is going on topstep?

I thought you guys said 5min for a payout with aero. I had all my risk approved and then the checks went away. This is ridiculous and I can’t get anyone to help me with this either. Anyone else see this before. Everything was checked and now it’s not anymore

u/Sensitive_Duck_227 — 12 hours ago

Payout Question

My funding and risk was approved on the 21st but when I check they aren’t anymore. Is this normal?

u/Nstef10 — 12 hours ago

Slump

Been in a slump this month and I’m so close to blowing my account. Can someone give me some advice or some rules to get me back in the groove thanks!

u/db228794 — 15 hours ago

Is it me or market has been real choppy since last 2 weeks?

I trade mnq and i always stop at a loss of 200. Today I tilted and lost 500 on a new 25k xfa. I am left with another 500 which i am scared to trade with.

I have another xfa that i don’t copytrade which I strictly lock at -200 . The win rate for that account dropped from 65% to 50% last week.
Is it me or the market been real choppy?

Also I trade on 15mins, 5 mins timeframe. 30 mins to see the trend.

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u/Erenyeagahh7 — 12 hours ago

Rare max loss day (still up 1k for the week)

Welp, surprisingly not tilted due to following my strategy to a T and still up 1k for the week. Just unfortunate. Both trades got within 1.5 points to first profit target, and immediately got rejected. First rejection was only a small loss of $250. The 2nd loss volatility increased so fast it smashed through my stop loss which was set at $7450 and order filled at $7444. Disappointed, but still a green week and very rare for the big loss due to order not being filled.

u/Majestic-Example-305 — 15 hours ago

Mnq update - still strong since switching 💪🏾

Posted yesterday about switching from nq to mnq after my two losing days - today was another win of 432. Man I cant stress enough how better things have been for me since switching!! If you havent and u R struggling with sizing please try micros!!!

u/One_Willingness9925 — 1 day ago

If you're struggling, don't quit. One year of discipline and persistence led me to my 3rd & 4th payouts. Your time will come. #lockin

u/Powerful_Bath7802 — 1 day ago

Hey Eddie with Topstep… can yall look into why VWAP changes when I refresh.

It’s constantly does this and was hoping if yall could look into it. After the refresh the VWAP will match TradingView but then revert back to a random price after a few mins.

u/Ok_Assignment5457 — 1 day ago

The market is very uneasy this week, don't blame yourself too much

It's ok to step back in these kind of markets, when it's too choppy, just wait a few days for things to settles a bit. We have big earnings days coming in and Iran's war that won't end.

Stay strong!

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u/chondroitine2000 — 1 day ago

We ran the numbers on traders using our Daily Loss Limit and the results speak for themselves.

Trading Combines with DLL lasted 67.6% longer on average.

That means:
✅Smaller losses
✅Bigger wins
✅More time in the game

And it gets even better.

On Express Funded Accounts, traders using DLL had:

-55% larger winning days
- 13.8% smaller losing days

The takeaway? Traders who consistently use risk management tools don't just protect their downside, they put themselves in a better position to succeed.

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u/eddie_topstep — 1 day ago