Topstep Trading Combine — trailing drawdown — 50k
Topstep Trading Combine's trailing drawdown limit is 4% of the account balance, and the floor never moves below the highest point reached. The rule above is fixed; what it means for your account is not — run your own win rate and average R against Topstep's full published rule set in the free calculator at run your own book against Topstep — free. Which clause binds first on your numbers is ranked by the first-party study which rule breaks first (target · consistency · daily · loss clocks; no firm ranked).
Topstep's Trading Combine models its maximum drawdown as a trailing floor at the 50k account size: the threshold tracks the highest end-of-day closed balance and never moves back down. The floor stops trailing once it locks; the corpus records a lock condition for this program.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Allowance | 4% ($2,000) |
| Basis | end-of-day balance |
| Includes unrealized P&L | Yes |
| Evaluated | end of day |
| Locks / freezes | Locks at the initial account balance |
Which clause ends a 50k Combine first?
This page's subject is one of two clauses that can actually end Topstep's Trading Combine at 50k: the $2,000 (4%) trailing end-of-day floor. The other is the $3,000 (6%) profit target. The optional $1,000 (2%) daily loss locks the session rather than failing the account, and the 50% consistency rule is evaluated at pass — it withholds a pass, it does not spend the trailing room.
A comparison table cannot rank those two ending clocks. The first-party study which rule breaks first treats each clause as a waiting time in trades, computed from a trader's win rate, average win, average loss, risk per trade and trades per day. On its free profile (44% / 2.2R / 0.5% / 6 trades a day) the profit-target clock reads 46.3 trades and the loss-allowance clock 836 — target first, loss last at 18.1×. Those numbers are the study's, not Topstep's pass odds; re-rank on your own inputs in the free calculator.
The mechanic, quantified: this page describes Topstep's trailing floor; it does not simulate the race. Ranking which clause arrives first on a synthetic profile — openly licensed, seeded, and firm-agnostic — is the subject of which rule breaks first. It names no firm and ranks none.
How large is Topstep Trading Combine's trailing drawdown?
Topstep Trading Combine allows a trailing drawdown of 4% of the account balance.
What does Topstep Trading Combine's trailing drawdown track?
It tracks the highest end-of-day closed balance, and the floor never moves back down.
Does Topstep Trading Combine's trailing drawdown stop trailing?
Yes — the corpus records a lock condition, so the floor stops trailing once it locks.
Which Topstep 50k clauses can end the Combine?
Two clauses can end it: the $2,000 trailing end-of-day floor and the $3,000 profit target. The optional daily loss locks the session; the consistency rule is evaluated at pass. Which of the two ending clocks arrives first is ranked by a trader's own numbers in the which-rule-breaks-first study — not by which limit looks smallest on a table.
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