Topstep

Topstep is a group of trading businesses spanning proprietary trading, retail brokerage, a futures trading platform and financial media. Its technical work sits at the intersection of futures trading platform development, simulated trading evaluation, financial markets and risk management, and the production of real-time market content. The firm is active in more than 170 countries.

Its core offering is a proprietary trading programme built around the Trading Combine, in which individuals prove their strategies under simulated market conditions before earning the opportunity to trade live markets with firm capital. Funded traders keep up to 90% of profits. Alongside this sits Topstep Brokerage, a retail-focused introducing broker; TopstepX, a professional-grade futures trading platform; and TopstepTV, a digital media network delivering real-time market insights.

The company's stated premise is that long-term trading success derives from discipline, consistency and sound risk management rather than shortcuts, and its programmes are designed to help traders build healthier habits at every stage of development. The name references the "top step" of the Chicago trading pits, historically reserved for the largest and best traders, and is intended as a marker for those working their way up.