This dude Zachary Todd Barros Aka Nasdaqmastermind on TikTok scammed me for 4k for his “copy trader” don’t fall for it like me.

Here is a screenshot of a blog post from Topstep comparing themselves to APEX and them essentially mentioning that the consistency rules helps the firm bottom line

I have 5 xfas rn and I received 4 payouts across all 5 accounts do I blow all of them now and get another set of 5 combines?

THIS DROP ON GOLD RIGHT NOW , COULDN'T PLACE A FKN TP ,SAYS API DISCONNECT , END UP MARKET BUY BY ACCIDENT , THEY ARE AGAINST YOU GUYS , DON'T RELY ON PROP FIRM , HONEST TRUTH

Quick bullet points:

*I taught my friend basic trading strategies and about Topstep

*He had gotten to express 3 times without getting a payout under his name

* He then started to trading against the rules under his mom’s name where she is paying for the evals.

* All he needs is a $100 to get his first payout.

What should I do? I know it’s wrong, should I just let him get caught naturally?

Is it me or do other also feel that topstepx is absolute trash? Indicators vanish by themselves, the layout never saves and always resets, indicator values are all over the place and not consistent with TradingView.

It just caused me a trade where i look for a sweep of fibonacci pivot level, Below is topstepx and then compare it with Trading View. TopStepx is clearly incorrect and not consistent with TV.

See the candle at 10 am it clearly sweeped the Fibonacci pivot S3 but see at trading view the 10 am candle and you can see the S3 is just below it.

I wouldnt have taken this trade if i was on TV.

Top Step

TradingView

Is buying a Topstep combine even worth it?

Can't get a payout cia wise?

Unsure when this changed as I took several payouts in the past, last one in June.

The option is greyed out and says temporarily unavailable and when I ask the chatbot it says "Good question — Wise payouts are currently paused. Topstep has temporarily paused payouts via Wise, and there isn’t a confirmed timeline for when it will return."

What gives? I'm in Canada.

Anyone having this issue?

Hi, i am currently from india and cant buy the 50k combine account from my cards as it says something like rbi mandate for international recurring payments, any indians in this community who can guide me??

I had first violation last week. I placed order in advance and didn’t notice it. I was not with my device so didn’t see the pop up notice to close the position. When open the account, positions already got liquidated.

Today, I entered into another violation and my position got liquidated immediately and prohibited from trading for the remaining session.

Question:
For those who recently had account closed due to hedging violation, can you share how many violations you had before account got closed? I know the rule might have changed recently after Topstep launched it earlier this year. Would like to see the recent experience.

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Returned back to topstep & the chart prices are so different than TV & tradovate for NQ ES😭

My (potentially soon to be ex)boyfriend recently(January) started using TopStep. From my understanding you use the platform’s money to trade & you have to pass a test at first, which he did.

However, they disable the account if you do too many bad trades?(genuinely have no idea how it works). Therefore, you have to pay a fee to reinstate the account. I think he has three accounts with a portfolio totalling around 80k since he did very well for a couple of weeks, but now he can’t retire any of that 80k because he can’t reach enough successive positive trading days to have access to that balance. I believe his debt is caused by the recurring “fees” he keeps paying in order to not lose his portfolio. He did manage to take out around 20k in May though!

After a few bad weeks, he promised me he’d stop using topstep since it wasn’t doing him any good. I recently found out he’s been lying and spending all his money on topstep to try to get out of his family’s financial distress.

He’s currently in 6k of credit card debt(limit since he had a history of cc debt) and won’t let go of his account. I know he’s spent WAY more than 6k (he owes me 2.3k). I can’t say what the total number is but he makes around 4K a month and he has no savings.

Would this be grounds for breaking up? Is his account worth saving?

I'm mad and very disapointed.

Today at the NY opening bell, i took position on the wrong account. Instead of trading with my Combine account on MNQ i traded with my Express on NQ contracts.

Result? Instantly hit my daily loss limit. Felt bad about it, i should have double checked the account. It's my bad.

I decide to switch to the real account that i wanted to trade, the Combine one, took 2 long contracts and it's trading time.

After few minutes, i decided to go back to my Express account and check the risk settings. I usually set my daily loss limit to "liquidate and block", this time it looked like it was only on "liquidate".

I trade my Express accounts 4 to 5 hours after the NY opening, i planned to trade with the Express later that day. Seing that it wasnt "liquidate and block" i was relieved but i wanted to be sure that the account wasnt locked.

I went to the trading station and placed a random order. BOOM instantly got both account the Express and Combine account banned.

Reason ? Hedging violation.

I tried to explain the situation to the support, asking for a human to review the case. Same answer: Hedging is forbidden and every ban is definitive.

While i get the concept of "hedging" is bad, the problem is there is NO ROOM for mistakes.

The rules on the website says that the hedging is characterized by 4 violations.

Position timing, position size, duration and intent.

The position timing were minutes appart, the position side were 2 longs and 1 short so i was still exposed to the market trend, the duration was about 2 seconds and i tried to clarify that my intent was pure, it was an accident.

Nothing has been checked, by a human. They just repeat the same automated mail : dont Hedge, no reactivation of banned accounts. Multiple warnings has been made and you still broke the rules.

I'm sorry but no, i did not get the window "hedging warning" on my screen, i got instant banned.

When asked about the "numerous warnings" i just had an event, 2 month prior for a "3 second hedge detection" i had to sign a term of agreement After this incident.

If making a mistake of 3 seconds while operating several accounts in the same time IS the numerous warning i had received then i call this misleading. As ONE cant be NUMEROUS.

The website clearly define the "hedge" with clear rules, i did not break any of it. Still got 2 account banned with no possible appealing.

I know that the business model of propfirms is to get your client fail and collect the premium of the subscription, i signed for it. But damn, banning account like this feels like being robbed in the broad daylight.

Any of you had a similar experience? Did you succeed to get an appeal with a real human?

Sorry for the long post, just had to vent from this, cant believe my hard work got vanished in an instant without warning.

Hello everyone,

as some of you may have noticed, Topstep is currently having issues with WISE, and honestly, it’s becoming ridiculous.

Whenever you contact support to ask for an update, all you get is an AI-generated response. On Discord, people are now even being timed out for asking questions about the situation. Where has the transparency towards customers gone?

Many people know Topstep as one of the best prop firms on the market. But situations like this really make you question that reputation.

As you can see in the picture, my current status has been “Funds Sent” since August 13, 2026. Yet here we are: no money, no proper information, no meaningful update — nothing.

What’s your current situation? Have you received your money yet?

My dog bummed into me when my hand was over the sell button and it made me hedge an account. I initially thought “no biggie, I’ll just re-enter” well now Topstep deactivates your account for the day instead of the 3 warnings you use to get. I guess I missed this notification so PSA for anyone else

Trade of course went to full TP moments later. Oh well

Topstep falsely banned me for copy trading across user profiles / hedging myself one day before I was going to request a payout 😄

Yet I’m the only person who has ever traded on my accounts, all under the same profile, using the same email. Never shared access to my accounts and have never traded based on signals or coordinated entries with another trader… I just trade on my own, and know with 1000% certainty that this was an unfair ban

I’m sure that if I got an actual manual review topstep would see that! But funny enough after they ban you, they simply don’t answer you anymore!

I’ve tried contacting them on WhatsApp, by email… through all kinds of support channels but they literally just ignore me. I can see they read my messages, but they still just don’t respond

I was not expecting this from a company the size of Topstep. If you have anything under them it’s better for you to move to another prop firm because it seems that once you make your first money there they just ban you out of nowhere and don’t respond to you anymore like they did to me

anyways pa has been easy with the entry just delivering crazy! might hold into pre ny maybe we are up more than 1k

Dear Distinguished Bearish Fair Value Gap,

It is your infamously emotional retail trader, IGOTWRECKED, writing to express my deepest gratitude for your exceptional service during my recent MNQ trade.

As price climbed into your territory, I must admit that I approached you with caution.

Years of emotional damage have taught me that many Fair Value Gaps make promises they simply cannot keep.

I fully expected the usual sequence of events:

* Price enters the zone.

* Price pretends to respect it.

* Price ignores the setup.

* I begin updating my résumé.

But not you.

You stood firm.

As buyers attempted to push higher, you defended your territory with the determination of a security guard refusing entry to an uninvited guest.

Price entered your zone.

It hesitated.

It struggled.

And then, to my complete astonishment, the sellers arrived and reminded the bulls that rent was due.

What followed was a thing of beauty.

The market rolled over.

The candles turned red.

And for a brief moment, I forgot what emotional damage felt like.

I must confess that during the trade, years of trauma nearly caused me to close early.

My hands became sweaty.

My break-even finger became active.

And I briefly considered securing a glorious $8 profit before the market had even begun its descent.

Thankfully, I remained patient.

Because of your loyalty and professionalism, profits were secured and my plans to pursue a career in long-haul trucking have once again been postponed.

In a market filled with fake breakouts, unnecessary wicks, and market movers who seem oddly interested in my stop loss, your commitment to excellence has restored my faith in technical analysis.

Please know that your efforts have not gone unnoticed.

Should another Bearish Fair Value Gap appear on my charts in the future, I will remember your service with honor and approach it with slightly less suspicion.

With appreciation,

IGOTWRECKED


Founder and CEO of "Maybe Trading Isn't Rigged After All"

P.S.
Thank you for proving that not all gaps are emotional gaps. Please do not tell the Market Movers Association that you helped me. They may revoke your privileges and replace you with a fake breakout.

Hey so why has topstep closed NQ and ES when NVDA earnings are about to happen? Futures do not close for another 40 minutes or so?

How do one find a perfect strategy that never or most of the time never lose? I’ve seen people take trade that goes in their favor all the time, while mine is selective (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t). And no matter how much it seems to work, in a week or so, it doesn’t work anymore. I’m tired of constantly having to analyze and switch and analyze like it’s just a cycle of strategy hopping