Topstep

Position sizing scales with account capitalization. A $50K account permits up to 5 mini contracts or 50 micro contracts, $100K allows 10 minis or 100 micros, and $150K supports 15 minis or 150 micros respectively.

During the evaluation phase, a single trading day's profit cannot exceed 50% of your total challenge profit target.

Once funded through the consistency path, your largest winning day is capped at 40% of total profit, enforcing disciplined, risk-managed trading behavior.

You must complete at least 2 trading days during your combine phase to satisfy the evaluation consistency scoring requirement.

Traders may freely trade around economic news releases without any restrictions during both evaluation and funded account stages.

Expert advisors and algorithmic strategies are permitted, provided they comply with all trading rules and contain no manipulative code. TopstepX enables automation exclusively through API connectivity.

Copy trading is allowed between accounts within the same environment—from combines to Express Funded accounts and vice versa—but live funded accounts cannot use the trade copier function.

After you withdraw profits from your Express Funded account, the remaining capital becomes your maximum allowable loss amount, and your loss limit resets to zero.

Express Funded accounts must record at least one trade every 30 calendar days, or the account risks closure.

Account stacking and identity masking tools such as VPNs, proxies, and TOR are strictly forbidden to ensure fair trading and compliance.