Trading Combine $50K

Evaluation

Topstep No Activation FeeNoneStandard Payout

$95/mo

Standard

List price, before any code

Single evaluation product across 3 sizes. Three independent checkout/activation-time choices multiply into 24 real plans: Combine Path (Standard vs No-Activation-Fee), Daily Loss Limit add-on (None vs Fixed $), and a funded-stage-only Payout Path (Standard vs Consistency) chosen later at XFA activation.

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Pass-probability calculator

Enter your own trading stats and we'll simulate thousands of runs against this account's real rules — profit target, drawdown, daily loss limit, minimum trading days, time limit, and (where it applies) the consistency rule — to estimate your odds of reaching funded.

Win rate

Average reward : risk

e.g. 1.5 means your average win is 1.5× your average lossRisk per trade

% of account

≈ $500 per tradeTrades per day

Average, across a typical trading day

Trading rules

Evaluation

unverified

Profit target: $3,000
Drawdown type: EOD Trailing
Drawdown basis: Closed trades only
Max drawdown: $2,000
Drawdown locks at: Starting balance
Daily loss limit: None
Consistency rule: 50%
News trading: Restricted
Overnight holding: Not allowed
Weekend holding: Not allowed
Standard limit: 5

If a single day exceeds 50% of the profit target, the target itself increases to match (best day becomes exactly 50% of the new, higher target) rather than simply failing the evaluation.

Confirmed directly by Topstep (firm-wide trader email): no NEW positions may be opened within 2 minutes before or after major economic news releases. Existing open positions may be held through the news release itself -- the restriction is on opening new trades near news, not on holding through it.

No minimum number of trading days required -- some traders pass in as few as 2, but there is no hard floor. Trailing MLL locks exactly at the account's starting balance once reached (no extra buffer).

Funded

unverified

Drawdown type: EOD Trailing
Drawdown basis: Closed trades only
Max drawdown: $2,000
Drawdown locks at: Starting balance
Daily loss limit: None
Consistency rule: None
News trading: Restricted
Overnight holding: Not allowed
Weekend holding: Not allowed

Standard Payout path: no consistency percentage check -- qualification is instead 5 winning trading days of at least $150 profit each.

Trailing MLL locks at this account's own $0 reference point once accumulated profit reaches the MLL dollar amount for this size (same mechanic as the Combine, different reference point since the XFA notionally starts at $0). Max contracts scale with current balance (a scaling plan) rather than being flat -- exact tiers not confirmed beyond the Combine's own starting max (5 mini / 50 micro).

EOD Trailing

Trading Combine payout structure

How you actually get paid on this account — not just the split percentage, but when, how often, and what has to be true first. Why do these vary so much firm to firm?

You keep 90% of the profit you generate once funded. Resets after each payout. Qualify via 5 winning days of $150+ each. Max $5,000 per cycle, capped at 50% of balance.

90% to trader / 10% to Topstep on the Express Funded Account. Live Funded Account split not explicitly stated in sources reviewed.

Activation fee: None
Minimum payout: Not researched yet
Maximum payout: $5,000
Days before first payout: Not researched yet
Payout buffer: Not researched yet
Max accounts per trader: 5
Scaling plan: Not researched yet

Not sure what a payout buffer is, or why one account pays out weekly and another monthly? Read the payout buffer explainer or the full payout structures FAQ.

No dedicated prohibited-strategies list found in the sources reviewed this round.

This is the recurring MONTHLY Combine subscription price (not a one-time fee) -- account_price_usd intentionally NULL, monthly_fee_usd is the recurring charge. Reset price (if the Combine is failed and retried) matches this same monthly figure per Topstep's own pricing table; not adjusted for the DLL discount since that wasn't explicitly restated for resets.

Prohibited trading practices

Every prop firm restricts these in some form. We haven't confirmed this specific firm's exact wording on each one — read the linked explainer, then check the firm's own terms before trading around it.