Firm file · 3 accounts · read Jul 30 2026
What closes your account at Topstep, in plain English.
Every rule below is read from their own pages and dated. Each number has a line beside it saying what it does to you.
Every number on this page is read from Topstep’s own published pages, with the date it was read beside it. Nothing here is our estimate of their rules.
01 — The rule set
$50K evaluation · rules v1.2.0 · read Jul 30 2026| The rule | What the firm publishes | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Profit Target (how much you have to make to pass the evaluation) | $3,000firm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | What you have to make, once, to clear this stage. |
| Maximum Loss Limit (MLL) (the lowest your account balance is allowed to reach - touch it at any moment during the day and the account is closed) | $2,000 below your best · rises once, at the closefirm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | The balance you cannot go below. It rises only at the close of a session, on money you have banked, and it never comes back down. It stops rising once it reaches the level below, and stays there. Reach it at any moment of the day — even for one tick, even with a position still open — and the account is closed. |
| Daily Loss Limit (DLL) (the most you can lose in a single day before trading is switched off until the next session opens) | $1,000firm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | The most you may lose in one trading day. Going past it stops your trading until the next session opens. It does not close the account. You choose at checkout whether to take this cap at all. |
| Consistency Target (a cap on how much of your total profit is allowed to come from your single best day) | at most 50% in one dayfirm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | No single day may hold more than this share of your total profit. Going over does not close the account — it raises the profit you need to pass. |
| Maximum Position Size (the most contracts you are allowed to hold at one time) | 5 minis · 50 microsfirm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | The most contracts you may hold at one time. This cap does not change as the account grows. A micro is one-tenth the size of a mini, so ten micros and one mini move your balance by the same amount per tick. |
| Activation Fee (the one-time fee that turns a passed evaluation into a funded account) | $149 oncefirm’s published page, read Jul 30 2026 | A one-time payment after you pass, before the funded account opens. It is on top of what the test itself cost. |
| Winning Days (the profitable days that have to add up before you are allowed to withdraw) | nothing may be taken out at this stage | Nothing can be taken out during the test. Withdrawal terms belong to the funded stage. |
The first column is the firm’s own word for the rule, with the plain meaning beside it. The third column is ours, not theirs.
02 — Every size
3 accounts · 1 rule sets| Account | Opens at | To clear it | Floor sits | Floor moves | One-day cap | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50K evaluation | $50,000 | $3,000 | $2,000 below your best | rises once, at the close | $1,000 | 5 minis |
| $100K evaluation | $100,000 | $6,000 | $3,000 below your best | rises once, at the close | $2,000 | 10 minis |
| $150K evaluation | $150,000 | $9,000 | $4,500 below your best | rises once, at the close | $3,000 | 15 minis |
A dash means the firm publishes no such figure for that account. It is a statement about what they publish, not a gap in what we read.
03 — The account’s life
- Evaluation
the paid test you have to pass
- Funded, on simulated money
the account you trade after you pass, still on simulated money
These are the stages, not the firm’s names for them. Their names are trademarks and are left where they belong — on their own pages.
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