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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 26th, 2022, 04:22 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Thanks for yourcomment and I agree with your...

Thanks for yourcomment and I agree with your point above. Having a quick look at the E2T AMA thread they still reply there quite regularly.

I would of thought that as Topstep was the original...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 21st, 2022, 04:44 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I'm currently in a Pro account. Last week I...

I'm currently in a Pro account. Last week I received an email saying I had broken a rule exceeding the maximum number of contracts and the account had been closed. I knew I hadn't as I print a trade...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

November 9th, 2021, 12:59 PM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

They only just introduced the 40% metric at the...

They only just introduced the 40% metric at the same time as discarding the short lived 20 seconds rule.

I imagine it is to cut out the people who would post their results on the Topstep Facebook...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

September 18th, 2021, 05:14 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I remember an interview Michael Patak did a long...

I remember an interview Michael Patak did a long time ago where he said the names of the Combine levels were just based on the old adage that one should only trade one contract for each $10k of...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 10th, 2021, 04:13 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I'll have a go while you wait for Topstep: ...

I'll have a go while you wait for Topstep:

1. Tradovate don't list BTC as a tradable product. Ninjatrader do and they give the margin required per contract as $40,000, compare that to $500 for the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 8th, 2021, 10:47 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Check with Topstep then to be on the safe side. ...

Check with Topstep then to be on the safe side.
But you are using TSTrader so the scaling plan will be enforced automatically for Combine Step 2 and Pro accounts (and in Step 1 you could never...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 8th, 2021, 07:32 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

The risk management functions that the Tradovate...

The risk management functions that the Tradovate platform has (max DLL, WLL, number of contracts), aren't in the TSTrader platform. I don't know if that is because they could conflict with the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

February 11th, 2021, 04:20 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

1. See posts 1166, 1170, 1173 a couple of pages...

1. See posts 1166, 1170, 1173 a couple of pages back
2.The trailing drawdown does stop during the evaluation.
"Also, once the Trailing Maximum Drawdown reaches the initial starting balance of your...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

December 31st, 2020, 04:40 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Topstep have been going for over ten years, if...

Topstep have been going for over ten years, if they were in any way dodgy their competitors would have found it out long ago and got them shut down.
I like Topstep because at least you know the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

December 18th, 2020, 03:41 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

LOL. Why the hell would they allow you to lose...

LOL. Why the hell would they allow you to lose more than the maximum permitted loss when trading real money in a funded account by allowing you to trade to the end of the day if you exceed your WLL...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

November 26th, 2020, 04:21 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

They do have a Swing Trading Combine which allows...

They do have a Swing Trading Combine which allows 5 lots max for the four micro US equity index products, with a reduced $1000 profit target and the choice to hold trades overnight.

Micros were...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

March 7th, 2020, 04:59 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Interesting. I was funded by TST for a couple...

Interesting.
I was funded by TST for a couple of months (I messed up), and in the funded trader contract they were very keen that traders set their own personal loss limit which wouldn't lose the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 31st, 2020, 03:24 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

The people at Sierra Chart seem like real...

The people at Sierra Chart seem like real assholes.
How do they go from this, addchilds post #1090 (no reference link):
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=285680
To this, Popsicles...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 11th, 2017, 09:55 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Yes and thanks for posting it. I read the email...

Yes and thanks for posting it. I read the email this morning but somehow didn't register that last sentence (and they say attention spans are getting shorter).
I don't have a problem with the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 11th, 2017, 09:09 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I like the 10 day rule change but am not so keen...

I like the 10 day rule change but am not so keen on this one.

'Funded Trader Preparation will now have the same profit targets as the Trading Combine'

My understanding is that when trading the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

January 8th, 2017, 07:05 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Bear in mind the Combine commission of $3.68 per...

Bear in mind the Combine commission of $3.68 per R/T is the same for all products and hasn't increased with rises in live costs. Apart from the Treasuries, the other mini products except ES, and the...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

June 14th, 2016, 12:58 PM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I note that Topstep haven't posted on this thread...

I note that Topstep haven't posted on this thread for almost four months, since February 24th.
A new Trading Schools review of Topstep. Top Step Trader Survey Results Part A - Trading Schools.Org...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 3rd, 2016, 02:48 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Congatulations. Best wishes for the final. ...

Congatulations. Best wishes for the final.

CEO Michael Patak - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year� 2016 Finalist...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 1st, 2016, 12:45 PM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

I am starting to sound a little too much like a...

I am starting to sound a little too much like a TST cheerleader, but just on the above quote, I can't say I ever saw that as a problem myself. It seems to me that TST has chosen a sustainable...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

May 1st, 2016, 04:53 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

Views: 502,245

Posted By matthew28

If you pass the Combine you then need to repeat...

If you pass the Combine you then need to repeat the effort on the LiveTraderPrep. This doesn't have a Combine fee but just has a couple of extra rules, such as not holding a trade through any...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

April 30th, 2016, 09:49 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Forexoil "Still actively engaged in the...

Forexoil
"Still actively engaged in the markets, whether with us or their own accounts." So not necessarily still with them, to quote him exactly.
I read the TradingSchools reviews a while back and...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

April 30th, 2016, 07:39 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Thanks Conor for the recent webinar. it was nice...

Thanks Conor for the recent webinar. it was nice to hear so many questions answered clearly and succinctly.
That 97% stat for the survival rate of your funded traders (52:45 mins), to still be...

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

February 24th, 2016, 04:59 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Bobwest. Agree with TTurner86. You're certainly...

Bobwest. Agree with TTurner86. You're certainly filling in any gaps here. Good job.

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

December 18th, 2015, 04:47 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

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Posted By matthew28

Zcui - See the post above yours and then what the...

Zcui - See the post above yours and then what the new year brings.

Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors

November 11th, 2015, 05:29 AM

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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)

Views: 502,245

Posted By matthew28

lol That's a parody of some of the earlier...

lol
That's a parody of some of the earlier posts, right?
That bit about being expected to have a few trading rules, and to know what market you are trading and when it is actually open!!!...

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