Topstep No Longer Supports NinjaTrader or Tradovate
If you’re shopping for a Topstep Combine expecting to trade it on NinjaTrader, stop: Topstep’s own help center confirms the firm is TopstepX-only now — NinjaTrader and Tradovate are not supported.
That matters more than most rule changes we track, because platform is not a preference for a lot of futures traders — it’s their whole setup. Custom indicators, chart templates, years of muscle memory: none of it ports to a proprietary platform overnight.
What Topstep looks like today
- Trading Combine: 50K at $49/month, 100K at $99/month, 150K at $199/month (standard path, $149 activation; a no-activation path costs more per month)
- Consistency rule: 55% — and it extends your profit target while it’s unmet
- Drawdown: end-of-day trailing maximum loss limit, enforced intraday
- Funded (XFA): 90/10 split, $125 minimum payout, withdrawals capped at 50% of balance, with per-path payout caps of $2,000–$6,000 depending on size and path
- Live Funded Account: still a discretionary call-up, not an automatic graduation
Our take
Topstep is still one of the most established names in futures funding, and TopstepX itself keeps improving. But for traders whose edge lives in NinjaTrader — indicators, strategies, journaling workflows — this is now a platform decision first and a rules decision second. If NT8 is non-negotiable for you, the firms on our Prop Firms hub that still support it (Apex, My Funded Futures, FTMO Futures, and others) are where to start.
Every number above is broken down by account size on our Topstep rules page.
Rules verified October 20, 2026 from Topstep’s official pages and help center. We re-verify this section on the first of every month.
