Agree with you LF but why people are discussing is because blind followers are still promoting it as best thing since sliced bread... and any questions asked about the business model are dismissed as sour grapes! etc
They clearly said the trailing draw down goes away at a certain point and they do not take any additional risk ...
It is as simple as this - unlike other competing funding companies such as FTMO - Topstep, **to the best of my knowledge**, does not offer a fixed permanent drawdown below the zero line. Once you have reached a certain level of profits Topstep removes the drawdown and the only cushion you have at that point is how much of your profits you leave in your account Versus FTMO (as an competing example) where your drawdown below the zero line stays intact even if you withdraw all profits--regardless of how much profit you withdraw and how often you withdraw.
Not sure if the question on data feeds was asked - still going through the thread. Is this the agreement for non-professional use of CME/CBOT data or like? Or is this something that is contracted through TST? Suppose I already signed and pay this while trading with another competitor using the same lousy NinjaTrader platform - just another login detail. Do I have to pay for the feed again
The non-pro data is free of charge with a Trading Combine. L2 data is $45/mo for all products. Once you are funded there is a Pro Data fee of approx $120/mo All that can be found here: https://help.futures.topstep.com/hc...494-What-are-the-costs-in-the-Funded-Account- Data between different companies is not transferrable.