Gambol
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Topstep is slowly realizing “we were first” doesn’t mean “we’re still best.”
- Competitors moved faster.
- Daily payouts in live accounts are now the standard.
- Traders noticed.
The OG status only carries you so far.
At some point, the offer has to compete too.
Michael Patak@MichaelPatak
What if we launched Daily Payouts with NO Cap in LIVE accounts within 30 days... How cool would that be ??? @Topstep whatcha think?
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Just when you thought @JohnLoc18 couldn’t get any worse 🤣 another post deleted because of his photoshop PnL
Peak FinX status. Dude sucks at trading and photoshopping. The downfall of JLOC 📉
KC Trades@KCTrades777
But…you did…and deleted the post 😂
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@GandalfTrader @YBuphet @aw_trades_ @BrettSimba Next grand cup I say we make it interesting and restrict all metals for the Grand Cup 3 and we see how good these traders really are
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i joined everyone else and fullported silver and made it to the top 1,000 lol
if $10.8k isn't enough to get me into round 2 then ill cry
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GIF
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@hello_doug yup someone told me yesterday in the discord everyone else was using silver and i was like ohhhhh that makes sense lol
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100% return on the futures account in 7 days - traded this account very aggressively.
Withdraw the $30,000 & make this a risk-free account or keep running it up?
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We continue to dip down the levels nicely in #ES_F after *finally* losing a support shelf at 7402. We got our final trap long at 830am, ripped to 7422 1st target, then down we went.
Sell targets were 7377, 7363, 7336 (watch traps). 77 reclaim to see a quick scalp to 90+
Adam Mancini@AdamMancini4
Theres 7377 support hit in #ES_F. 7402 was our main support and it paid over and over since ystd. Final payout was given at 8am where I posted watch for traps after CPI. We trapped 7402, ripped to 7422 1st target, sold. 7363, 7336 (watch traps) below 7377. 7402 must reclaim
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He's still so young, he shares his journey and struggles with trading.
This is real authentic content, not performative branded BS content that most people pump.
If you are leaving negative comments in his replies, go choke on a dick. He doesnt deserve it.
Diego@DiegoBTrades
Idek dude sorry
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@WhizzTrades This is such a lazy take. It doesn’t matter if everyone is taking 2k x 5 every week. The point is people had something to strive for, and TopStep just lowered the upside while charging more on the no-activation path. Traders are allowed to care when the goalposts move.
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Porsche has just unveiled the all-electric Cayenne Coupé.
• Starting price: $116,000. Top trim is $170,000.
• Range: ~355 miles
• 0-60mph: as low as 2.4s
• Up to 1,141 HP
• Peak charging speed: 400kW
• 113 kWh battery
• 10–80% charge in less than 16 mins
• Efficiency: ~2.8–3.1 mi/kWh
• NACS charging port
• 800-volt
• AC charging: 11 kW standard, optional 22 kW
• Rear-axle steering (up to ~5°)
• Coupé design inspired by the 911
• Adaptive rear spoiler integrated into body
• Improved drag coefficient of 0.23 (vs. 0.25 for SUV)
• Length: 196.3"
• Cargo capacity: 18.9–47.6 cu ft rear + 3.2 cu ft frunk
• Four- or five-seater layouts
• Towing capacity: up to ~7,716 lbs
• Curved central OLED display
• Optional passenger display
• Optional augmented reality head-up display
Deliveries begin in Summer 2026. I've added more photos in the thread below:
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@MAGNUS_FUTURES Lmao that’s what I said. Not that it affects me in any way anyways 😩☠️
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I'm not the one to blindly defend Topstep but hold on let me get this right.
Payout caps decreased to 2k on 50k accounts (meaning you need 4k for the max), but prices dropped by over 10%... and everyone is complaining?
Most traders won't even hit the max payout on the new lower cap. For them, this is a net positive lol.
Newsflash folks, the influencers tend to ignore positive changes and only highlight the negative when it comes to Topstep because it doesn’t pay them affiliate commissions. Stop and think for yourself, no need to blindly parrot what your influencer thinks.
Is Topstep less attractive than in previous years? Yes, no doubt about it. But I’m sorry to disappoint you, the current models are still very much mathematically unsustainable for them in the long-run.
The entire prop firm industry will continue to see price hikes and stricter rules until the arbitrage gets squeezed out. It's inevitable.
MAGNUS_FUTURES@MAGNUS_FUTURES
Seeing a lot of strange takes that Topstep has “liquidity issues” and that this is a major warning sign the prop industry is on the verge of collapse. You can say a lot about them, but unprofitability is not it. ❌ Only 16.8% of all combines pass. Of those, roughly a third ever receive a payout (absolutely terrible numbers by the way, half of that compared to if everyone were flipping coins for their trades). That means out of 100 combines purchased, around 5 get paid and 95 fail. These are odds very comparable to casinos in the long term... so cash flow is most likely not the issue. The price hikes aren’t happening because they’re losing money. They’re happening because they can. The margins weren’t high enough relative to demand, and management wants to optimize them... like any rational business would. One thing is clear, most people in the prop space don’t understand basic business. Price hikes don’t usually happen when a company is struggling. They happen when demand is strong. Look at newer firms like Lucid. Their current strategy is low prices / heavy discounts. Why? To acquire customers and gain market share. Those discounts won’t last. Once they’re established, they will reduce their current discounts offered and thus indirectly increasing price. Topstep is already established, they don’t need to compete on price anymore. The prop firm model is far more stable than people think.
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@DiegoBTrades Maybe but a bit of the risk on lol I don’t try to go too slow but maybe finish in 1 week 2 weeks max
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@Desi_Trade Man like you, I get fucked in chop. Luckily I didn’t trade today since I don’t feel like it else I’d be in the gulag too
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Took my shots, I was wrong!
Got stuck in the chop today. Better days ahead!
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@vedictrades True lots of cats holding those positions would cut way earlier
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Lanto hit a lot of nerves with the $2.2M in 5 days.
People are braindead af to think he just blindly full ported his accounts to pull that.
Even if he does $100k/m from affiliates and Discord — he STILL knows how to trade.
Do you realise the skill it takes to run an account to a million? And then do it again? Twice in 8 months.
That’s 2 years of his affiliate income (assuming he does a 100k). You think he wouldn’t have cut sooner if he didn’t believe in the trade or his skill?
People are bitter. They see a young guy do something they couldn’t.
And funnily enough every single influencer hating on him has an affiliate code or is selling something themselves.
They’re pissed they couldn’t make money from affiliates. Pissed their psychology isn’t strong enough to handle size even when they know how to trade.
A good affiliate month doesn’t magically fix your psychology. It helps. But not to the point where you pull $2M in 5 days.
He’s breaking mental barriers. Everything I thought wasn’t possible he does it.
Lanto made the TPT run for the million. I instantly thought — if he can do a million, I can atleast do $30-40k. 4 months later, I did.
He does $2M in 5 days. The ceiling shifts again. If he CAN do that, I CAN atleast do $100k/m
Mad respect to @lanto_trades
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