@vwapx Reports Nearly $5,000 in Topstep Payouts in a Single Week
On Tuesday, February 24, the trader @vwapx posted on X that he expected close to $5,000 in combined Topstep payouts during the week, including a roughly $2,400 withdrawal pending that evening on what he called his "BIG account."
The update, published to @vwapx's X account, describes two funded Topstep accounts producing payouts in the same week. The trader said he needed $150 in additional profit on the larger account to unlock approximately $2,400, with a second payout of more than $2,000 expected from a separate account two trading days later. He also disclosed spending $109 on a reset, after which he recovered roughly half of the relevant profit target.
The post is framed as a journey update on a $50,000 Topstep account, the smallest size in the firm's current lineup of $50K, $100K and $150K Combines. The trader did not specify the instruments traded, the strategy used, or the time horizon over which the underlying profits accrued, and the post itself is the only artifact attached to this proof entry.
“Almost $5,000 in payouts this week inbound.”— @vwapx on X, February 24
Topstep, founded in Chicago in 2012, routes funded traders into CME Group futures and applies a 90/10 profit split, with the firm reporting that accounts opened before January 2026 retain 100% of their first $10,000 in profits. The firm also caps individual payout requests at $6,000, which is consistent with @vwapx's description of two separate withdrawals in the low-thousand-dollar range rather than a single lump sum.
What the post documents is the trader's own account of pending and forthcoming payouts, not a settled bank credit or a platform-issued receipt. No payout certificate, dashboard screenshot or transaction confirmation is included in the source post, so the $5,000 figure should be read as @vwapx's stated weekly total rather than independently verified proof of funds received.
Even with that caveat, the update is a useful data point on cadence. The trader signaled an intention to keep the accounts running for five or more payout cycles and to pursue a live funded seat, a path that aligns with Topstep's standing funnel from Combine to funded account. Readers evaluating the firm should weigh this against Topstep's intraday trailing drawdown and 50% consistency rule, both of which shape how quickly a balance like this can be built and withdrawn.