Topstep — Verification Record

This is the complete, dated record of every independent verification pass this corpus has run against Topstep's own published rules, beyond the initial read: what was checked, what the check found, what changed, and what was preserved for the record even where two readings disagreed. See how a number gets checked twice for the method behind every entry below.

• 2026-07-31 Correction applied

  Modeled from prior run 2 finding

  Field-by-field: 1 corrected (1 field touched this pass).

  Converted a run-2 (2026-07-22) finding that sat unmodeled for 9 days into a proper ambiguities[] entry. Live value UNCHANGED (see basis) to avoid breaking build-firm-presets.js consistencyPct() exact-match wiring.

  Sources consulted: https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284208-consistency-at-topstep — checked 2026-07-31
• 2026-07-22 Confirmed, one discrepancy flagged

  Two independent readers, each working blind to the other’s output and to the stored value

  Field-by-field: 11 confirmed · 2 preserved for the record (13 fields touched this pass).

  Confirmed by both blind passes: targets $3k/$6k/$9k (=6%), MLL $2k/$3k/$4.5k, EOD-balance trail locking at starting balance, DLL optional and size-fixed, 5PM CT reset, min 2 days, no time limit. Discrepancy noted, not entered: consistency.effect - both passes read "If it exceeds that, your Profit Target increases ... not a rule break"; corpus stores effect:"block". Entering "raise_target" would silently DELETE the constraint, because tools/build-firm-presets.js maps only effect==="block" to a live consistencyPct. Our "block" is a CONSERVATIVE approximation (overstates difficulty, never understates) and is retained deliberately pending an engine that can express a rising target. Also flagged: both passes independently found Topstep stating two different values across its own pages on the denominator - prose "50% of your Profit Target" vs its own formula "Best Day Profit / Total Profit". Topstep publishes NO percentages; our pct values are exact arithmetic on published dollars.

  Sources consulted: https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284197-trading-combine-parameters, https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284204-what-is-the-maximum-loss-limit, https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/8284208-consistency-at-topstep, https://help.topstep.com/en/articles/10490293-daily-loss-limit-in-the-trading-combine-and-express-funded-account — checked 2026-07-22

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