Michael Patak
@MichaelPatak
Futures Trader, Founder & CEO of @Topstep. The creator & pioneer of the prop funding industry. Trader since 1997. CBOT trading floor pit member.
Take it from the ones who get called up to the big leagues trading prop firm live capital. The Lockout features help build your skillz and your account balance better than anything
I became a Live Funded Trader with the lockout feature. It helps build consistency. Do it once, then again, and it becomes a habit—helping manage your mental energy and prevent revenge trading and overtrading. You realize it's okay to take breaks It's easier to avoid mental traps
Keeping it simple!!! And on the go if needs be. Love it.
I trade off my MacBook most days. completely ditched the desk setup around 2 years ago. don’t really feel like I need to have a super fancy trading station at the moment. it’s been nice to have just one screen to stay focused.
Pro ball!! Big league trading. Keep jabbing at Topstep. Love big payouts from our Live Traders.
Amazing seeing the LIVE traders @Topstep crushing it daily! Keeping 90%, bounses, and scaling it up!! 💪 Heck, Topstep even covers their data fees. 👀 I need to keep grinding to get back up there.
When I say “keep jabbing” this is what I mean!! Sim farming ripping through accounts, going for that big win, which probably will be a denied payout, isn’t worth it. It instills bad habits. Its making your career of consistent profitable trader unattainable. Slow and steady!
🚨 5th Prop Firm Payout Secured 🚨 💰 $8,429 Requested 🏦 $16,679 Total Withdrawn in 2025 This run has been all discipline. Waited for A+ setups, traded my plan, locked in profits, and protected the cushion. The money is real, but the mindset is everything. @Topstep
T minus 30 ish days or so… Back2Funded w/ the simplest payout policy (which gets even better/easier next week)
Topstep needs to do S2F but not have the ridiculously low payout amounts like tradeify
So even though we have available the TopstepX platform/ technically you will be able to get an account with @Topstep and trade w/ any of these other platforms. @projectxtrading keep jabbing!
Soon you'll be able to trade with Bookmap, ATAS, Jigsaw, and Deltatrader on any ProjectX accounts. And you can already trade Quantower!
Nice!! Ya we have silver for XFA Funded Traders who take total of $5k. We have the GOLD seal hats for live funded traders … Payout club announcement is coming. T minus a couple weeks.
Thanks @Topstep
Wouldn’t that be nice for an Ozempic type shot to get yourself trading healthy and performing consistently at a high level… Oh ya TopstepX with its Risk Management Assistance features might just be that Ozempic !!! Give it a shot.
ON CONSISTIENCY the biggest thing that plagues prop traders is consistency. and for good reason. it’s by design. it’s hard to be consistent. i have this theory that everyone knows what the right move for them is. everyone knows what to do. but people do not want to do it.…
If you have not changed firms and switched platforms by now you’re missing out on a cool hat, a simple payout policy oh and the best trading community out there hands down.
Hit $5K towards beginning of year. April, May and June was a struggle. Last 2 weeks have taken $7.3K in payouts and if feels really good and so much credit goes to TopStepX platform. Happy surprise to get this in the mail today. Thanks @Topstep
Yep. And that 200 may just be a little lower … tune into @TopstepTV this Tuesday shit is going down … pun intended.
The $200 winning days is much better than any consistency rule.
80/20 firms will get ya doing this
Prop traders, after seeing the profit split when taking a payout. 😂
Totally understand. We will make sure to have you video record your trading and write us a short novel explaining your strategy next time… or check that maybe not and we just send you what we owe ya with an objective and simple payout policy. God forbid.
THIS WAS SO WEIRD @Topstep you better explain yourselves I'm pissed When I went to withdraw this money Wise never asked me what my RR was, how big my SL was, or was micros or minis used when making this money?! I'm utterly flabergasted
Lockout feature!!!... TopstepX powered by @projectxtrading is the only platform that has it. This feature is huge. Very huge. You need to try it out if you’re not using it you’re wasting your time and your money on an old archaic trading platform - Built for prop traders!
Thanks for the highlight, and additionally, thank you for thinking about the traders with your risk settings in TopstepX. The lockout feature saved me more times than I can count.
Oh boy!!! Soooo many memes from the trump powell interview yesterday. Show us your best ones!!!
Secure those gains, step away from the screens, and do your victory dance. You’ve earned it! #Topstep #LockItUp
I can put my support behind this list of firms.
Been getting a lot of DMs about what prop firm I use and what’s the best so here’s a list 1. @Topstep There is your list that’s all you need. Have I scaled to other firms so I can have more accounts absolutely but if you are getting into trading and not even profitable yet top…
Yep. There is one area we are super super slow in and it ends up being a total surprise.. the payout club!! But that will all change soon. Fast and cool stuff at every payout tier that’s another part of our weekly drumbeat. Glad you got yours though!! I wear the same.
Holy fuck... a snail 🐌 showed up at my house and I was like wtf you doing here bro then he just gave me this 👇 @Topstep This has to be the most highly anticipated hat of my life. It also comes with a lesson of patience. Submit a form and 2 years later a hat will show up. ✅
What if your trading platform could auto liquidate your profitable trade right at your “consistency target” meeting your objective and instantly unlocking a Funded Account. TopstepX will be the ONLY platform built to do this. Make the switch guys.
I went over the 50% without realizing it n made 1700 instead within Asian n New York 🤦🏾♂️ I got to 3k then needed a threshold of $400 then I blew it🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😭 I’m mad as hell went on tilt
correct-a-mundo
With the new dashboard if you get 50% on day 1, then day 2 as soon as you get the other 50% you pass and can activate it that day without waiting for processing. ^^
Pass in 1 day? Yes you can exactly do this. It’s all about the new dashboard we have launching for everyone within a couple weeks. When you meet the profit objective of the Trading Combine, you can instantly get into a XFA funded account. Our tech is now the best!!
How’d you pass in under 24hr with the consistency rule?🤦🏾♂️
Failure rates are the same whether the trader is trading at a prop or a brokerage ALWAYS better to start at a great prop that sets you up to trade live so you become a better trader on your live personal brokerage. That’s the path you want to have. Only at @Topstep will that…
I said what I said... "Firm needs to make money too" is BS excuse!! Failure rates are the same whether trading through a prop firm or a personal brokerage account. Trading is hard enough. Why penalize traders who put in the hard work, dedication, and discipline to achieve…