@TradePsychopath Documents $7,600 Topstep Payout on X

Trader @TradePsychopath posted on X on Thursday, February 26, that Topstep had processed a $7,600 payout, part of a reported $21,000 paid to the account within a single week. The post tagged Topstep and co-founder Michael Patak.

The proof centers on a short message published from the handle @TradePsychopath on X, stating, in the trader's words, a $7.6k payout from Topstep and gratitude for $21k received within a week. A linked image accompanied the post, and the cumulative weekly figure was attributed directly to Topstep in the same message.

Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012, routes its funded accounts to CME Group futures markets and reports a 90/10 profit split in the trader's favor, with the firm noting that accounts opened before January 2026 retain 100% of the first $10,000 in profits. The firm also states a per-request payout cap of $6,000 on standard structures, which means the $21,000 weekly total described by the trader would have been delivered across multiple separate requests rather than a single transfer.

“Grateful for $21k paid out to me in just a week.”— @TradePsychopath on X

The post does not specify which account size the trader is funded on, which futures instruments produced the profits, or the strategy used to generate them. It also does not include broker statements or a Topstep payout dashboard view within the message text itself, so the evidence on record is the trader's public claim, the tagged firm, and the attached image referenced in the X post.

What the proof does establish is a dated, public, on-platform attribution: a specific dollar figure, a named firm, and a timestamp that can be revisited at the original URL. For readers evaluating Topstep against other futures evaluators, the relevant context is that the Combine carries no time limit but operates on a recurring monthly subscription and an intraday-trailing drawdown, mechanics that shape how quickly a funded trader can reach the payout stage documented here.