I posted several years ago they were bad actors not acting in good faith . I stated when they come across a trader that can trade their not going to give him any prop account . he can get that most any where . The trader will be introduced to the educational side of the business . Selling trading education and trader stuff was there business model not any prop trading . I was bombed instantly by top step shields and other members drinking the top step cool-aid . Anyone sell trading education should be considered a deep hole in the ground with a liar at the bottom of it . that will save a lot of money and pain .

I don't know what you problem is with them, but TopStep never sold trading courses.

This old thread was about a specific incident involving Topstep and one of their users, who has since decided to move on.

If you have an opinion about Topstep, or if you want to share an experience with them, it would be better to use the Topstep vendor review thread.

Anybody heard of topsteptrader (review) recently I got their email, they have combine program for 4 weeks($120), if you pass that, you will profit split with them, they don't require capital deposit, but I doubt if it is a scam!!! I appreciate if anybody here have experiences with them. …

If you want to comment generally on prop firms, or about some other topic involving Topstep, there are many threads to choose from, or start your own. The Search function will provide suggestions. Discussions not related to the original topic should not really go here.

Bob.

I don't know what you problem is with them, but TopStep never sold trading courses.

Hi @Topstep,

This would be very, very, very good.

I have held my peace about this incident when it came up again, because it was old, as you had said, and it was before your time here, and the trader in question had decided to drop it and had moved on.

But, during the several weeks before that happened, the thread was often one of the most-read of the day. The situation that the user laid out was deeply troubling to many who read about it, and @Topstep kept absolutely silent about it, even though many members, myself included, invited them to address the situation and tagged the Topstep username with the "@" symbol, which sends an email to the account with a notification that Topstep had been mentioned, with a copy of the post. People were essentially pounding on the @Topstep door asking the company to come in and give their side of it... and there was nothing. The absence of a response was troubling.

I went back and counted three posts I made tagging Topstep about it, and many others did the same. Either no one was monitoring the company account at that time, or no one at the company cared enough about this issue to simply respond and give their side of it.

For example, here is a post I made early on responding to another member, whose post I am first quoting. There was no response to either post, nor to any other post in that thread:





This is still a big deal, because the incident still gets mentioned from time to time, and there's still nothing from the company explaining their side of it.

I hope that when you come back with whatever others at the company have told you about the situation, it's not just with some corporate fog, but with something of substance. I am sure that people on this forum are -- or should be -- perfectly willing to make allowances for the fact that people, and companies, make mistakes. It is also possible that there was no mistake, and that the company was correct. If the company feels they were justified, it would be only right to at least explain why. Or perhaps the only mistake was that they didn't tell their side of it. Or perhaps they felt they had to respect "individual privacy," as you mentioned.

But there needs to be an explanation of some sort. Ignoring it has not helped the company at all.

My view is that @Topstep has contributed positively in giving traders who are interested an avenue to learning their craft, and I have said so many times. I feel the company has simply made a mistake in letting this situation be ignored, and I do not think it should be taken out of proportion.

But this is a reputational issue, and someone at the company has screwed up in letting it grow unanswered. I hope you will provide enough information to permit readers to understand what happened and, most importantly, to understand what they may face if they decide to use Topstep in the future. Any doubts peoples may have need to be settled, going forward.

Bob.