The Topstep Trading Combine comes in $50K, $100K and $150K sizes with profit targets of $3,000, $6,000 and $9,000 and a trailing Maximum Loss Limit of $2,000, $3,000 and $4,500. Your best single day has to stay at or below 55% of your profit when you pass. If it doesn't, the profit you need goes up. There is no minimum number of trading days, so two is enough. Position limits are 5, 10 and 15 minis, with micros counted 10 to 1.
Checked against Topstep's help center on October 14, 2026. Topstep's articles carry relative dates (for example 'updated over 3 weeks ago') rather than calendar dates.
Daniel Proestos walks through Topstep's rules in about eight minutes. It's an independent video, so where it differs from the numbers below, go with Topstep's help center.
Topstep's Combine is the evaluation stage. You trade a simulated account, hit the profit target without touching the Maximum Loss Limit (MLL), and keep your best day in proportion. Passing closes the Combine and opens the path to an Express Funded Account.
| Size | Profit target | Maximum Loss Limit | Max position | Best day under (55% of target) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50K | $3,000 | $2,000 | 5 minis / 50 micros | $1,650 |
| $100K | $6,000 | $3,000 | 10 minis / 100 micros | $3,300 |
| $150K | $9,000 | $4,500 | 15 minis / 150 micros | $4,950 |
Topstep's Maximum Loss Limit article only walks through the $50K case. The $3,000 and $4,500 figures for the larger sizes match what Topstep lists for Express Funded Accounts and what other published guides report, but we couldn't read them as a Combine table on Topstep's site.
The MLL is the one hard rule. If your balance reaches or falls below it, the Combine ends. On a $50K Combine it starts $2,000 under your balance, at $48,000.
It trails your end-of-day balance upward and never moves down. So if you close a day at $51,000, the MLL is now $49,000, and it stays there even if you lose money the next day. Once it reaches your starting balance, which is $50,000 on a $50K Combine, it locks there permanently. With a $2,000 trail that happens when you close a day at $52,000. These dollar figures are our arithmetic from Topstep's rule; Topstep's article describes the trail and the lock but gives only the starting level as a number.
Your single best day has to be no more than 55% of your total profit. Topstep calculates it as best day divided by total profit, with no rounding and no buffer. Losses don't reset your best day, and the best day locks at 3:10 PM CT on the day it happens.
If your best day is too large, the target moves. The profit you need becomes your best day divided by 0.55. Topstep's examples on a $50K account:
That last case is how people end up chasing the target. A big green day feels like progress, and under this rule it moves the goal. The same-session detail matters too: extra profit made later on the day that set your best day raises that day. The fix has to come on a different trading day.
Applies the 55% rule as Topstep describes it in its help center. Topstep's dashboard is the final word.
Maximum position size is 5 minis on $50K, 10 on $100K and 15 on $150K. Micros count 10 to 1, so $50K can hold up to 50 micros, or any mix that adds up to the same exposure. Account size is fixed at purchase. You can't change it later, and Topstep will refund a purchase only within 28 days and only if you haven't traded.
Topstep treats the Daily Loss Limit (DLL) as an optional extra you pick at checkout. It matters beyond the Combine: Topstep's payout policy currently doubles Express Funded payout caps for traders who add a DLL, a promotion that started June 2, 2026 with no end date set. Topstep says it can change or end the offer at any time. We cover the caps on our payout page.
We couldn't confirm the DLL dollar amounts for the Combine from Topstep's help center, so we don't print any. Check the checkout screen for the size you're buying.
Topstep sets no minimum number of trading days. The 55% rule does the work instead: on a single day your best day would be 100% of your profit, so one session can't get you through. Two is the practical minimum, and Topstep's page says the same.
The Combine rebills every 30 days from your original sign-up date, and a Reset Credit is banked with each rebill. Topstep suggests doing a reset the day before your billing date. You need to have passed before the rebill date. If it falls on the 5th, you have to pass before trading ends on the 4th. Subscriptions can't be paused, and cancelling is permanent: you can't resubscribe to that one. Cards need to be in your own name. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover work, and prepaid cards, gift cards and apps like Cash App or Venmo may not.
We couldn't load Topstep's pricing page while writing this, so we don't quote monthly prices or the activation fee. Topstep runs more than one pricing path, so look at the current page before you buy.
Corrections on October 14, 2026. Earlier versions of this page described the Combine consistency target as 50% of the profit target. Topstep's help center now states a hard 55% limit with no buffer, and says the older version was 50% with a buffer; it doesn't date the change. The page's search description also said the 50K MLL was $2,500, which was wrong (the page body and Topstep both say $2,000). We removed the standard Daily Loss Limit figures of $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000, because Topstep presents the DLL as optional and we couldn't confirm Combine amounts.