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Topstep — daily loss limit

Rules read from Topstep's own documentation on 2026-07-31 · rules/topstep

Topstep sets a daily loss limit of 2% ($1,000) at every account size PropSurvival's corpus carries for this program (50k, 100k, 150k), measured from the initial account balance. Breaching it locks the account (trading stops for that account; it does not automatically end the evaluation).

Field	Value
Limit	2% ($1,000)
Measured from	the initial account balance
Includes unrealized P&L	Yes
On breach	lockout
Resets	23:00 UTC

"$50K:$1,000 / $100K:$2,000 / $150K:$3,000"Source: https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/10490293-daily-loss-limit-in-the-trading-combine-and-express-funded-account — retrieved 2026-07-16

Unresolved in Topstep's own documentation (read, not reconciled): the exact UTC time the daily loss limit resets across daylight-saving changes; whether this account carries a daily loss limit at all — it is optional at checkout.

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