Topstep Responsible Trading Discount: $10 to $30 Off Each Month With a Daily Loss Limit

Topstep's Responsible Trading Discount is applied automatically at checkout when you add a Daily Loss Limit (DLL) to a No Activation Fee Trading Combine. It takes $10 off the 50K plan, $20 off the 100K plan and $30 off the 150K plan, every month it renews. That moves the monthly prices from $95, $149 and $229 to $85, $129 and $199, roughly 10% to 13% off. The same choice gives $50 off a Back2Funded reactivation. Topstep's current page also says a DLL added on a new Combine doubles Express Funded payout caps for a limited time, which is not a fee discount but is worth knowing.

The Combine is a simulated futures evaluation sold as a monthly subscription. The Standard Path costs $49 (50K), $99 (100K) or $199 (150K) a month and charges a one-time $149 activation fee for each Express Funded Account you earn. The No Activation Fee Path costs $95, $149 or $229 a month with no activation fee, and the path cannot be changed after purchase. To pass you reach the profit target ($3,000, $6,000 or $9,000) without letting the balance touch the trailing Maximum Loss Limit ($2,000, $3,000 or $4,500, counted in real time including open losses), and your best single day must stay within 55% of the profit target or the target rises. Passing earns an Express Funded Account with a profit split of up to 90%, subject to payout caps. A reset costs the same as one month of the Combine. Most traders do not pass. Topstep's own 2025 funnel figures, as cited by review sites, put the share of Combines that reached the funded stage at about 17%, and you keep paying the monthly fee while you try. Topstep is a funding program, not a regulated broker, so no financial regulator stands behind the evaluation.

The catch is that the discount is tied to a self-imposed risk limit that is fixed at purchase and carries into your funded account, so it restricts you on days you might otherwise recover losses. It does not apply to the cheaper Standard Path ($49, $99, $199), and the No Activation Fee Path stays more expensive than the Standard Path even after the discount, though it avoids the $149 activation fee. The path cannot be changed after purchase. Citizens or residents of 34 listed jurisdictions (including Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Kenya and Pakistan) cannot trade, earn funding or be paid, and traders in 25 more (including Germany, Hong Kong and Vietnam) can only reach Express Funded Accounts, not Live Funded.