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@TopstepGal Posts $11,878 First Payout Request From Topstep Live Account

Trader @TopstepGal announced on X on September 9 that she submitted her first live payout request on her Topstep funded account for $11,878, leaving a $15,000 balance to continue trading.

Verified Sep 10·by Jean Babwel

September 9, 2026Source · X @TopstepGalReading time · 2 min

On X, the trader @TopstepGal wrote that she submitted her first live payout request from her Topstep funded account for $11,878 after her live reserve balance was released that morning. The post is dated Wednesday, September 9, and includes a note that the request leaves her with a $15,000 balance to continue trading. The proof is a first-person account paired with a screenshot hosted on Twitter's media servers.

The figure is notable in the context of Topstep's payout structure. The firm reports a standard per-payout cap of $6,000 per request on legacy accounts, with lower $2,000 to $3,000 caps on newer no-activation-fee combines introduced in April 2026. An $11,878 request therefore likely reflects a request tied to the reserve release process the trader references, rather than a single ordinary withdrawal against the standard cap. The firm reports a 90/10 profit split, with accounts opened before January 2026 keeping 100% of the first $10,000 in profits.

Screenshot of @TopstepGal's X post announcing an $11,878 payout request from her Topstep live funded account. — Source · X @TopstepGal · September 9, 2026View original →

“I was able to submit my first payout request on my live account for $11,878. This leaves me with a $15,000 balance to trade with.”— @TopstepGal on X

The post does not establish the account size she was trading, the instruments used, or the strategy behind the balance. She names no product from the $50,000, $100,000, or $150,000 tiers Topstep offers, and no CME Group contract is identified. What the evidence does show is a specific dollar figure, a specific date, a named funded account, and a public thank you to Topstep co-founder Michael Patak, which is consistent with a genuine payout event rather than a projection.

For readers evaluating Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012, the takeaway is narrow but concrete. A named trader publicly documented a mid four-figure payout request from a live funded account and stated her intent to continue trading a $15,000 remaining balance with a focus on discipline and capital preservation. The post is a data point, not a performance guarantee, and it should be weighed alongside the firm's published rules on drawdown, consistency, and per-request caps.