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8 Min Video: About TopstepTrader

 

How I Came About Choosing to Trade for TopstepTrader

As most of you know I am currently a full time Head Chef at the time of this writing. I am extremely short on free time and desire to transition into a more lucrative career while I make ends meet with a highly demanding job.

The reason I started this website was to show you the journey I have been on and teach you what I have learned through my mistakes (so you don’t make them) and my successes.

And to show you that it IS POSSIBLE to become a successful trader while balancing a full time job and without risking your own hard earned money.

I first started off my search for financial freedom in Day Trading with penny stocks, working through the lessons I learned from Tim Sykes and others.

Read More: Tim Sykes Penny Stock Subscription Service Review

The demand of my time day to day to trade these highly volatile markets did not work with my current work/life balance.




None the less I still feature his services on my Resource page even though they are not Futures trading strategies but helped me learn along the way.

I was shortly after introduced to the Futures markets and the opportunity to trade for TopstepTrader.

 

Introduction To Trading Futures for TopstepTrader

A close friend introduced me to the concept of Futures trading.

A few things get my attention quickly about this product;

• Futures markets are typically only closed for about one hour every day: this attracted me because I am typically working from 9am ET to 10pm ET.
• Futures are highly leveraged: Unlike equities where if your one share raises by one cent, you make one sent if you sell. In futures, if your contract raises one cent (or tick) you make MUCH MORE. Like $31.25 per tick in the ZB market. Visit this link for a complete list of tick values and contract specifications.
• Technical Analysis is More Reliable: Penny stocks and volatile equities don’t follow the supports and resistance of more popular technical analysis techniques. Futures markets, not all, but for the most part can be read using these techniques.

• There is an opportunity to trade someone else’s capital without risking your own: Topstep Trader allows for anyone to test their skills and become a funded trader for their company.

What TopstepTrader Has To Offer

 

TopstepTrader funds traders who can successfully pass their unique evaluation, called the Trading Combine®. The Combine is a real-time, simulated account using any of 10+ preferred platforms. If you can follow the risk criteria and meet the profit target in the Combine, you are eligible to trade real capital in a funded account where you keep up to 100% of your profits.

To date, TopstepTrader has funded hundreds of traders, averaging about 1 new funded trader per day. In addition to funding these traders, TopstepTrader provides ongoing mentorship and development in the form of risk management and our daily Squawk Radio. Squawk Radio consists of live market commentary, trader interviews, guest educators, and peer to peer interaction.

 

If you become a funded trader for TopstepTrader these are the benefits you get to reap.

• You can trade from home or wherever you want.
• You get to keep 80% of the profit that you make. That is an INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE PROFIT SPLIT for any proprietary trading firm. Most would start you off at 65% or less. After income tax, that doesn’t amount to much. (UPDATE: Topstep Trader is now allowing their traders to keep 100% of their profits up to $5000!)
• You can trade whatever Market you want. As long as you pass your combine trading with your desired market. Adding more markets in the future to your trading is an option.

• Withdraw your profits every week.

• Squawk Radio: An award winning radio broadcast, with a smart, diverse chat room of professional traders for you to listen to and network with while you trade.

• No Capital Contribution! Upon successful completion of your Trading Combine you are refunded the Combine fee. Your account gets funded with none of your own capitol at risk.

• Potential for a new quality of life and a full time career Day Trading. This is the whole point right? This is the ultimate goal. To transition your career into Day Trading and live the quality of life that we all believe is reserved for the privileged elite.

Becoming a Funded Trader for TopstepTrader is Easy (in a way)

It is easy only for the reason that the criteria needed to be met to become a funded trader is written in plain text through the rules of the Trading Combine.

I can take the 10 Day Trading Combine, which is basically a simulated trading test at my convenience within a 30 day period. I don’t have to feel pressured to force trades or trade on the fly between service at my restaurant.

This is the hard part. The TopstepTrader Trading Combine is not easy. You have to bring your A game to the test in order to pass it. But when you do, you are on the road to becoming an independent, successful full time day trader.

The TopstepTrader Trading Combine

The idea that TopstepTrader is using to spearhead their way though the competition is their way of selecting the traders they fund.

To take the Trading Combine you do not need any license, degree or special training.

Through the Combine, anybody who believes they have the ability to be a profitable trader can be given the opportunity to prove themselves without banging on office doors up and down Wall Street prop houses begging for your foot in the door.

If you feel ready and would like to take the next step in your life. Apply to begin the TopstepTrader Trading Combine.

For the rest, please continue reading, trading and studying with me until you feel you are ready.