Topstep replaces its performance bonus with a monthly leaderboard

Topstep retired the Live Performance Bonus for Live Funded traders in June 2026 and replaced it with the Topstep Octagon monthly leaderboard.

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By PYE Markets • Published 2026-10-20 • 1 min read

Key points

The firm’s page does not give a date for the change. We confirmed it on the firm’s own page on October 20, 2026; a change we confirm can have taken effect earlier.

What changed

Before and after, as we recorded them from the firm’s pages.

  • Before: Live Performance Bonus: one tiered bonus per month at set profit levels ($1,000 at $15,000 up to $100,000 at $1,000,000)
  • After: Topstep Octagon: monthly leaderboard with a fixed $250,000 pool ($200,000 for the top 100 by net P&L, $50,000 for the top 5 winning streaks)
  • Applies to: Live Funded Account bonuses

How we checked

A person at PYE Markets read the firm’s own page before this change went into our rule change log, and this article is built from that log entry. The firm’s page is the authority: if it now says something different, the firm’s page wins. The firm’s other rules are at /firms/topstep, and every logged change is at /prop-firms/rule-changes.

Sources

  1. The firm’s own page (accessed 2026-10-20)
  2. PYE Markets rule change log (accessed 2026-10-20)

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