Hi @fourtiwinks,

Let me just clarify before I get in trouble. Firstly, from my understanding most things are negotiable with TsT. However, one resounding theme of those that go to ltp and live are that they have to cut their position size. This is not a bad thing. It's so you learn to build up the account slowly and dont blow out in a few days. Fair enough.

If you're trading a large combine, then you may be required to reduce your position size down to 2 or 3 contracts to start. Then you can add more as you grow the account. However when it comes to the 30k combine because you can only trade 3 contracts anyway, reducing your position size means going to a 1 lot. So far i've only heard of 1 person who was allowed to trade more than a 1 lot after passing the 30k.

So with that in mind, I personally find the 50k very appealing because you might only be required to reduce your position size down to a 2 lot, so you can continue scaling out. However the maths with the 50k in relation to the 30k are not as good in terms of risk:reward and profit objective in relation to position size.

Just thought id add that, in case you thought I was talking about all the combines. Im specifically talking about the 30k, and that the VAST majority (but not all) are made to trade a 1 lot after passing which completely screws with those who rely on scaling out. If they change the requirements of the 50k, Ill certainly be looking at it as an option.

I have heard that they tighten the rules in the LTP buy this I mean you have to go to BE after an x amount of ticks in profit etc and I think that this behavior can influence your trading negatively.
It is like topstep is after your initial deposit and not looking for trading talent.

Maybe topstep can post the trading rules in the LTP here and please do not come with the answer that the rules are different for traders with regards to the outcome of the combine!

I started a combine back in March to see what it would be like to trade with outside rules. I have bee trading for years, with an overall win rate of above 80%, trading at times when it seems fit to trade , depending on the context, as opposed to having specific trading times etc.

I went for a modest 50K combine. It was initially connected on the wrong platform, so I asked for it to be changed, which it was. I then realised after a few days that it had been set on the wrong number of days (10 instead of the requested 20). A new account/combine from scratch was created with the correct number of days, and I was told to forget about the 1st one, which I did. Several days after into trading, I noticed something strange and contacted support. It turns out they had kept the initial account after all, and had not connected the new one, altough I was told to trade on the new created one and forget about the initial one. So a 3rd combine was started (slightly annoying, but given I trade consistently no big deal). I kept a trade open outside of trading hours, and my new combine is therefore not going to be looked at.

Right. I understand then pint of having rules. My first point would be that if you expect rigour from Traders, you might want to be rigorous yourself, which,based on that experience, is not the case. I understand that one of the rules is "not to trade out of permitted hours". I sometimes keep open position overnight, IF there is a good reason for it. Unfortunately the market does not care too much about "trading hours". Anyway,this is the rules. If would be a good idea to display those hours very clearly in the same place where other main rules are displayed, because altough it can be found somewhere and it says "to trade p only during permitted hours", it would be great to display those hours clearly somewhere. It might be obvious to someone in the same time zone, I don't know, but it is not to everyone else, at least it was not to me.

The same applies to support. It is very friendly, but I had to wait 2 days in several occasions to get an answer, not to mention the various confusion and mistakes.

This is my review based on experience.

dom64- Thank you for that review. Feedback like this is very helpful.

I spoke with my team to get an update on why there was confusion or errors. First, I do want to apologize.

After speaking with them, they do remember your situation and stated that since there was two email addresses for one user that created a bit of confusion on a couple of occasions. I do know they quickly rectified any issues and hope you are satisfied with them providing a complimentary Trading Combine.

As for the your other points, we do try to provide all platform, rules, and relevant information on our website in an easy to find manner and we do understand there can be confusion as there is a lot of information. I will look into getting the information that you stated more prevalent as we want to ensure all traders in our program have a complete understanding with no uncertainty of what to expect at TopstepTrader. We all know there is enough uncertainty in the market.

Thanks again for the feedback and we hope to see you back with TST soon.

mp

Is there a discount for futures.io (formerly BMT) members, or/and Jigsaw users, and/or for someone who has doen a combine previously?

Thanks