@JayTradezNQ Posts $4,500 Day One on New Topstep $150K Account
The trader @JayTradezNQ posted on X on June 5, 2026 that he opened a new Topstep $150,000 account with the firm's DLL path and booked $4,500 in profit on his first day of trading it.
On June 5, 2026, the trader @JayTradezNQ posted on X that he had opened a new $150,000 Topstep account configured with the Direct Live Launch path, and that he pulled $4,500 in profit on day one. The post includes an attached image, which the Payout Proof Center has archived alongside the original link.
The post itself is the entire evidentiary record here. It establishes a stated profit figure of $4,500 on a Topstep $150K account on the trader's first day with that account. It does not establish which instrument was traded, the number of contracts used, the holding time, or the strategy. Day-one profit is not the same as an approved and wired payout, and the trader did not publish a separate payout confirmation in this post.
“Grabbed $4,500 day one.”— @JayTradezNQ on X, June 5, 2026
For context, Topstep was founded in Chicago in 2012 and routes traders into CME Group futures, with $50K, $100K, and $150K account sizes in its evaluation funnel. The firm reports a 90/10 profit split, with accounts opened before January 2026 grandfathered to keep 100% of the first $10,000 in profits. Topstep also reports a per-request payout cap of $6,000, which is relevant here because a single $4,500 result on a $150K account sits inside that ceiling rather than against it.
The trader frames the $150K size and what he calls a favorable DLL setup as the reason for the upgrade. That is his opinion, not a verified claim about the program's mechanics, and readers evaluating Topstep's current rules, including the intraday-trailing drawdown and the 50% consistency rule the firm applies in the Combine, should consult Topstep directly. What the proof shows, narrowly and usefully, is one public, timestamped, screenshot-backed first-day result of $4,500 on a newly funded $150K Topstep account.