@MrTom9k Posts $500 Topstep Payout, Trading Micros on a $50K Account
On June 5, the trader @MrTom9k published a payout receipt on X showing a $500 distribution from Topstep, the Chicago futures prop firm. The post frames it as the opening entry in a documented journey built strictly around official payouts rather than daily commentary.
The proof itself is narrow and specific. @MrTom9k shared a screenshot accompanying a short note that he is documenting his futures journey through official payouts only, with no daily noise. The amount stated is $500, the firm tagged is Topstep, and the account referenced is a single $50,000 funded account. The instrument named is the Micro E-mini Nasdaq, MNQ, traded in size of one to three micros per position.
The trader also publishes his risk framework alongside the payout. He describes a maximum of one to three micros at a time and a per-day loss limit, which he labels PDLL, set at $500. That figure equals the size of this first payout, a symmetry that underlines how conservatively the account is being run. The post does not disclose how long the funded account has been live, how many trading days produced the balance, or the gross profit before the split.
“Documenting my futures journey through official payouts only. No daily noise.”— @MrTom9k on X
Topstep, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago near the CME, routes its traders into CME Group futures through its Combine evaluation. The firm reports a 90/10 profit split, with accounts opened before January 2026 grandfathered into keeping 100% of their first $10,000 in profits. A $500 first payout sits well inside the firm's stated $6,000 per-request cap and is consistent with a trader deliberately withdrawing small and early rather than compounding aggressively.
What the screenshot establishes is the receipt of funds and the firm of record. What it does not establish is the strategy behind the trades, the win rate, the holding times, or the gross profit and loss curve that produced the balance. @MrTom9k's stated approach, micros only with a hard daily loss limit, is a claim made in the same post and not independently verifiable from the payout image alone.
For readers evaluating Topstep, the value of this proof is its modesty. It is one funded account, one instrument, one small distribution, posted publicly with the trader's risk rules attached. That is a narrower and more credible data point than aggregated marketing totals, and it is the kind of entry that gains weight only if the trader continues to publish subsequent payouts in the same format.