Standard Path
$99/month, rebilled every 30 days; $149 one-time activation.
Balanced projection: $476.27.
Independent review using verified terms
Topstep Review: Real Cost, Rules & Payout Terms
This profile connects the advertised challenge price to drawdown, consistency, replacement-attempt, and payout-eligibility terms.
Modeled evaluation spend
$476.27
Last verified 23 Aug 2026
Balanced-profile FundedCost through funded status, including replacement attempts and applicable activation charges.
Lower-risk profile
$490.38
Balanced profile
$476.27
Higher-activity profile
$365.39
Sensitivity range: $365.39–$490.38
No-Activation Path
$149/month, rebilled every 30 days; no activation fee.
Balanced projection: $492.56.
Real cost
Trading Combine $100k Standard Path
The model includes failed-attempt economics and applicable activation charges.
Rules
Drawdown and consistency
The release-backed facts below preserve the recorded rule mechanics and unknown fields.
History
Dated material changes
- 2026-08-23 — Verified and updated core evaluation rules and pricing for Topstep.
- 2026-08-24 — Corrected Topstep to 30-day subscription billing, added Standard Path activation, No-Activation Path, and the $2,000 daily loss limit.
Account sizes
Topstep cost by account size
Release-backed facts
What this page is built from
- Topstep: Program recorded as Trading Combine $100k Standard Path.
- Topstep: Account size is $100,000.
- Topstep: Instrument class is exchange-traded futures.
- Topstep: The evaluation price is $99 per month. Last verified 24 Aug 2026.
- Topstep: The listed reset fee is $99.
- Topstep: The one-time activation fee is $149.
- Topstep: US access is recorded as available.
- Topstep: Stage one profit target is 6%.
- Topstep: Stage one maximum drawdown is 3% with trailing eod measurement.
- Topstep: Stage one daily loss limit is $2,000 (2%).
- Topstep: Stage one minimum activity is 2 trading days.
- Topstep: Stage one consistency threshold is 50%.
- Topstep: Stage one time limit is not specified.
- Topstep: The contractual payout split is 90%.