@black_capitol Posts $1,600 Topstep Payout Request on X

Trader @black_capitol posted on X that a $1,600 withdrawal was requested from a Topstep funded account on January 20, with the payout recorded as approved in February 2026. The post is dated February 3.

On X, trader @black_capitol posted a public note tagging Topstep, stating a $1,600 withdrawal had been requested on January 20 and that more than $1,500 in additional profit had accumulated over roughly the following two weeks. The post itemized the recent run as five green days at about $150 each, totaling $750, plus a single trade producing $1,000 at what the trader described as a 1:5 risk-to-reward ratio. The post is dated Tuesday, February 3, with the payout itself recorded as approved in February 2026.

The proof here is narrow and worth stating precisely. It documents a withdrawal request and a self-reported profit tally on a Topstep funded account, screenshotted and shared publicly. It does not establish the account size, the instruments traded, the entry and exit prices, or the strategy used; none of those details appear in the post. Readers evaluating the result should treat the $1,600 figure as the verifiable element and the surrounding performance commentary as the trader's own account.

“Requested $1,600 withdrawal Jan 20, already stacked +$1,500+ real profits in just ~2 weeks.”— @black_capitol on X

Context from the firm sharpens what this number means. Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012 and routing order flow into CME Group futures, currently advertises a 90/10 profit split, with accounts opened before January 2026 grandfathered to keep 100% of their first $10,000 in profits. A $1,600 request sits comfortably inside the firm's stated $6,000 per-request payout cap, and on a grandfathered account the trader would retain the full amount rather than splitting it.

The trader also signaled an intention to request a follow-up payout of $1,000 rather than the full available balance, a choice consistent with traders who pace withdrawals to keep working capital on the account. Whether that second request was approved is outside what this proof shows. What the post does demonstrate is a documented, dated cash event tied to a named funded program, which is the standard this column treats as evidence.