@1Harmandeep Reports $35,000 in January Payout Requests at Topstep
On January 29, X user @1Harmandeep posted that a fresh $10,000 payout request had pushed his January withdrawal requests at Topstep to $35,000, attaching a screenshot of the request and tagging the firm and its co-founder Michael Patak.
The post itself is narrow and specific. It records a single new payout request of $10,000 and a running January total of $35,000 in withdrawal requests, accompanied by a screenshot. It does not show a bank credit or a clearing confirmation, so what is documented is the request stage of the payout process at Topstep rather than a settled deposit on the trader's end.
@1Harmandeep frames the result around process rather than performance, writing that he uses Topstep's Lockout feature every day and arguing for firms whose risk controls are, in his words, unchangeable once set. The post offers no account size, no instrument, and no strategy detail, so the proof speaks to cash flow and platform discipline rather than to how the underlying trading was structured.
“Discipline > dopamine.”— @1Harmandeep on X
Context from the firm's published terms helps size the figure. Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012 and focused on CME Group futures, currently advertises a 90/10 profit split with the first $10,000 grandfathered at 100% for accounts opened before January 2026, according to the firm. A $35,000 monthly request tally is consistent with multiple withdrawals stacked across the month rather than a single lump sum.
What the screenshot does not establish is equally worth naming. There is no visible account balance, no trade log, and no confirmation that every requested dollar has been received. Readers evaluating Topstep on the strength of this post should treat it as evidence of an active funded trader moving money through the firm's payout queue in January, not as a verified statement of net take-home for the month.
Taken on its own terms, the proof is a modest but concrete data point. One trader, one platform, one month, and a public number that the firm and its co-founder were tagged to see. That is the kind of disclosure the funded trading space tends to lack, and it is what makes the post useful even with the gaps in account detail.