Topstep trader @umarmq documents $1,050 second payout on X

Trader @umarmq posted on X that they requested a second payout of $1,050 from a Topstep funded account on 9 May 2025, then bought five new Topstep Combines the same day and lost all of them.

On 9 May 2025, according to the post, @umarmq requested a second payout of $1,050 from the same Topstep funded account. The trader shared the update on X, tagging Topstep and co-founder Michael Patak as part of a numbered thread documenting their funded trading journey, with an accompanying screenshot linked in the post.

The proof is narrow but specific. It establishes a second withdrawal request of $1,050 from an existing funded account and a same-day decision to purchase five new Topstep Trading Combines, all of which the trader states they blew that day. The post does not disclose the account size, the instrument traded, or the strategy behind the profits that funded the payout, so those details cannot be verified from the source alone.

“I blew every single one that same day.”— @umarmq on X

Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012, is among the longest-running futures prop firms and routes traders to CME Group futures markets. The firm reports a 90/10 profit split on funded accounts, with accounts opened before January 2026 grandfathered to keep 100% of their first $10,000 in profits. A $1,050 second payout sits well inside Topstep's per-request payout cap, which the firm lists at $6,000, with lower $2,000 to $3,000 caps on newer no-activation-fee combines.

The candor of the follow-up is what gives this proof its texture. A confirmed withdrawal is paired with an admission that the trader immediately redeployed confidence into five fresh evaluations and lost them the same day. It is a small, human data point about how funded traders actually behave after a win, and a reminder that a documented payout does not, on its own, establish a durable edge.