Topstep rules: drawdown, daily loss and reset time

Topstep Trading Combine: a $3,000 to $9,000 profit target, no daily loss limit, and a $2,000 to $4,500 end-of-day trailing maximum loss that stops trailing once it reaches the starting balance. The dollar limits depend on the account size. Read from Topstep's own rules page and last verified on September 15, 2026.

Verified on against Topstep’s own rules: help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284204-what-is-the-maximum-loss-limit. Consistry re-reads every firm’s pages weekly.

Topstep rules by program

Topstep Trading Combine

Verified September 15, 2026 · source

Topstep Trading Combine: a $3,000 to $9,000 profit target, no daily loss limit, and a $2,000 to $4,500 end-of-day trailing maximum loss that stops trailing once it reaches the starting balance. The dollar limits depend on the account size.

Topstep Trading Combine limits
Account sizeProfit targetDaily loss limitMaximum loss
$50,000$3,000None$2,000
$100,000$6,000None$3,000
$150,000$9,000None$4,500
Daily reset
There is no daily loss limit, so there is no daily reset.
Daily loss calculation
There is no daily loss limit.
Maximum loss
The maximum loss is $2,000 to $4,500, trailing: it follows the peak and it is recalculated once at the end of the trading day. It sits a fixed distance behind the peak. It stops trailing once it reaches the starting balance.
Minimum trading days
Not recorded in the verified rules.
Consistency rule
Yes, a 55% best-day rule. Consistency target 55%: if your best day exceeds 55% of the profit target, the target rises (a losing day does not reset the best day), it does not fail you, and you can pass in as few as two days.
News trading
Allowed. No flattening required in SIM or Funded. Purposefully trading full Maximum Position Size directly into a scheduled major release is a prohibited strategy, and news-impacted trades get no slippage exceptions or reset credits. source

Program notes. Consistency target 55%: if your best day exceeds 55% of the profit target, the target rises (a losing day does not reset the best day), it does not fail you, and you can pass in as few as two days. The Daily Loss Limit is optional ($1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000, fixed if set at purchase) and flattens you for the session instead of failing the account. The trading day runs 5:00 PM, 3:10 PM CT. Monthly subscription; the No Activation Fee path costs $95 / $149 / $229 a month instead. The funded XFA starts at a $0 balance with the same MLL distance, locking at $0.

What Topstep says

These sentences are copied from Topstep’s own pages and stored next to the numbers above. Each links to the page it came from.

Maximum loss type · Topstep Trading Combine
“The MLL is a trailing limit. It rises as your end-of-day balance grows, but never moves down. Once it reaches your starting balance, it locks permanently.”

Source: help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284204-what-is-the-maximum-loss-limit

Maximum loss · Topstep Trading Combine
“Account Size / Maximum Loss Limit: $50K $2,000 · $100K $3,000 · $150K $4,500. The MLL cannot be adjusted or changed.”

Source: help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284204-what-is-the-maximum-loss-limit

Daily loss limit · Topstep Trading Combine
“The Daily Loss Limit (DLL) is optional in the Trading Combine and Express Funded Account (XFA). Triggering it is not a rule violation — it's a forced break for the rest of that session.”

Source: help.topstep.com/en/articles/10490293-daily-loss-limit-in-the-trading-combine-and-express-funded-account

Topstep rules, questions answered

Does Topstep have a trailing drawdown?

Topstep Trading Combine: Yes. The maximum loss trails the peak. It is recalculated once at the end of the trading day. It sits a fixed distance behind the peak. It stops trailing once it reaches the starting balance.

When does the daily loss limit reset at Topstep?

Topstep Trading Combine: There is no daily loss limit, so there is no daily reset.

How is the daily loss limit calculated at Topstep?

Topstep Trading Combine: There is no daily loss limit.

Does Topstep have a consistency rule?

Topstep Trading Combine: Yes, a 55% best-day rule. Consistency target 55%: if your best day exceeds 55% of the profit target, the target rises (a losing day does not reset the best day), it does not fail you, and you can pass in as few as two days.

What is the minimum number of trading days at Topstep?

Topstep Trading Combine: The verified rules do not record a minimum number of trading days.

Can I trade news at Topstep?

Topstep Trading Combine: Allowed. No flattening required in SIM or Funded. Purposefully trading full Maximum Position Size directly into a scheduled major release is a prohibited strategy, and news-impacted trades get no slippage exceptions or reset credits.

Tracking Topstep rules automatically

Consistry is a trading journal for prop firm traders. It applies these verified Topstep limits to your trades and shows the daily room left, the distance to the maximum loss and your progress through each phase, so you do not have to work them out by hand. Logging trades and accounts is free.

Rules change and firms run promotions. Everything on this page is re-checked weekly and dated, but the account you are trading is the final word: confirm the live numbers in your Topstep dashboard before you rely on them.