A $13,000 Day and a $9,000 Withdrawal: Sahil's Topstep Run
On June 2, the trader posting as @Sahiloooo7 shared a screenshot on X claiming a +$13,000 trading day at Topstep, while noting that a $9,000 withdrawal had already been processed and a further $5,000 was scheduled to unlock from reserves.
The post pairs a screenshot with three concrete figures: a single-session profit of $13,000, $18,000 stacked on what the trader calls the live account, and a $9,000 withdrawal the trader says has cleared. A further $5,000 is described as unlocking from reserves later that week. The image is attached to the post and addressed in part to Topstep co-founder Michael Patak, anchoring the claim to a public, named recipient.
Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012, routes its funded traders into CME Group futures and is among the longest-running firms in the category. The firm reports a 90 / 10 profit split, with accounts opened before January 2026 grandfathered into keeping 100% of the first $10,000 in profits. The firm also reports a standard per-request payout cap of $6,000, which is consistent with the trader describing the larger balance as released in tranches rather than as a single lump sum.
“+$13,000 day at @Topstep. $18K stacked on the live.”— @Sahiloooo7 on X, June 2
What the proof does not establish is equally worth naming. The post does not disclose the account size used, the instrument traded, the holding period, or the strategy behind the $13,000 session. There is no statement of how long the funded account has been active or how the $18,000 on the live account was accumulated. Readers should treat the screenshot as evidence of a specific day's result and a specific withdrawal, not of a repeatable system.
Taken on its own terms, the post documents two distinct things that matter in funded trading: a sizable single-day P&L on a live funded account, and money actually moving from the firm to the trader. The $9,000 figure described as already processed, paired with a queued $5,000 unlock, is the part of the claim that speaks directly to payout reliability rather than to screen-time bravado.