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Topstep

Futures prop firm with subscription evaluations and simulated funded accounts

topstep.com ↗Chicago, Illinois, United StatesClaim this profile

TOP SCORE™

58/100

#2 of 7 Prop Trading Firms

High confidence

Score breakdown

What makes up this score

External Reputation72
  • 1 independent review sources
  • 14,693 third-party reviews counted
AI Authority64
  • 2 answer engines measured
  • cross-model consistency 0.94
Web Authority35
  • 23 web authority signals
  • average citing-domain authority 24.9
Expert Assessment49
  • 100% of the category rubric covered
TOP10 User Score—
  • No approved user reviews yet

Explanation

Why Topstep ranks #2

Topstep ranks #2 of 7 prop trading firms with a TOP SCORE of 58.

The category leader scores 71, a gap of 13 points.

That is 3 points above the category average of 55.

Its strongest component is External Reputation at 72; its weakest is Web Authority at 35.

No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.

Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.

Score history

How the score has moved

50 → 58 ↑8.2

05010030 Aug1 Sept

External reputation

What third-party sources publish

SourcePublishedNormalisedReviewsLast checkedMethod
Trustpilot ↗3.6/57214.7k30 Aug 2026permitted crawl

AI visibility

How answer engines treat this platform

EngineMentionRecommendationCitationAvg positionQueriesMeasured
claude grounded65%60%25%2.02031 Aug 2026
claude parametric85%55%0%4.02031 Aug 2026
claude grounded70%55%35%2.62030 Aug 2026
claude parametric90%75%0%4.62030 Aug 2026

Web authority

Citations and independent coverage

TOP10 users

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Company information

The facts on file

Description
Topstep is a Chicago-based futures-only proprietary trading firm where traders pay a monthly subscription to attempt the Trading Combine evaluation and, on passing, receive an Express Funded Account traded in a simulated environment with real market data, with payouts derived from that simulated performance. It suits self-directed US index futures day traders who want leveraged buying power without posting their own capital and can work within hard daily/maximum loss limits and consistency rules. Only Live Funded Accounts are described as trading real capital.
Category
Prop Trading Firms
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Products
Trading Combine evaluation ($50K/$100K/$150K buying power), Express Funded Account, Live Funded Account, TopstepX proprietary trading platform, Topstep Brokerage (separate retail entity)
Markets
Retail traders, Self-directed futures day traders
Countries
United States, International (limited payout options)
Integrations
TopstepX platform, Aeropay (US payouts), ACH (payout fallback), Discord community, Public status page
Pricing
USD $49/month ($50K Buying Power, Standard path) · free tier: None pricing page ↗
Regulatory
Topstep LLC is not presented as a regulated broker for its prop programme; Trading Combine and Express Funded accounts are explicitly simulated with real market data, making the relationship contractual rather than brokerage, and only Live Funded Accounts are described as trading real capital. No licence, registration number or enforcement action was verified. Trustpilot applies a 'may be associated with high-risk investments' label to the listing. The related Topstep Brokerage entity's registrations were not verified.
Official website
https://www.topstep.com ↗
Last verified
30 Aug 2026

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  • Category leader71
  • Category average55
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