Dan Cooke Documents Top One Futures Payout, Targets $20K February

On February 24, 2026, the trader @dancooketrades posted on X that a Top One Futures payout requested the previous Friday had cleared into his bank account, with four additional payout requests submitted the same day.

The post, published from the handle @dancooketrades, is part of a public running log the trader has labeled Day 36 of a stated goal to clear $50,000 in prop payouts during 2026. He reports $12,867 in cumulative payouts so far this year and writes that the four fresh requests submitted on February 24, if approved, would carry his February total above $20,000. The proof attached to the post is a screenshot of the most recent Top One Futures withdrawal, which the trader says landed in his bank on the day of posting.

The receipt itself is narrow in what it confirms. It establishes that a withdrawal from Top One Futures was credited to the trader, and that further requests are pending review. The post does not disclose the account plan, the contract size, the instruments traded, or the strategy used to generate the balance. The trader also notes that he placed no trades on the day of the post because of internet issues, which means the proof speaks only to the payout pipeline, not to that session's performance.

“Requested 4 more payouts today too, which if approved, will then take us over $20,000 for February.”— @dancooketrades on X

Top One Futures, founded in April 2025 and operating across Tradovate and NinjaTrader, advertises a 90/10 profit split on its sim-funded accounts and reports having paid out more than $19 million across 122 countries, figures the firm states rather than ones independently audited. A withdrawal cycle measured in days rather than weeks is consistent with how the firm and its users typically describe the payout process, though individual approval timing remains plan-dependent.

For readers weighing the evidence, the useful signal here is cadence rather than size. A trader is publicly stacking sequential payouts from the same firm, naming dates, and tying each to a prior request. That kind of running ledger is harder to fabricate than a single screenshot, even if it cannot, on its own, certify the underlying account terms. The four pending requests, if and when they post, will be the next data point worth checking.