Prop firms

Topstep

Topstep is the benchmark for funded futures accounts. Its Trading Combine pairs a trailing drawdown, which rises with your gains, and a consistency rule capping how much of your total your best day can represent.

MarketsFutures (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX)

The preset shipped in Altiora

These are the values of the preset shipped in Altiora, at the account size shown. They are a starting point and stay editable: firms change their rules, and only the firm’s own site is authoritative.

Topstep — Topstep Trading Combine 50k
Starting balance$50,000
Profit target6 %
Maximum daily loss2 %
Maximum overall loss4 %
Drawdown typeTrailing
Minimum trading days2
Maximum durationUnlimited
Consistency rule50 %

Topstep Trading Combine 50k

The rule that catches people out

A trailing drawdown moves with every new high: today’s loss limit is not yesterday’s. Tracked by hand, it is the rule that disqualifies the most traders without warning.

Other prop firms

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