99% payout approval —
of the 3% who ever reach a payout.
Topstep's CME legitimacy is real, and so is the funnel math: PropScorer's 2026 analysis estimates ~2.8% of entrants ever reach a payout, with the advertised approval rate measured only after the eliminations. Trading your own EventTrader balance removes the funnel entirely.
Your money, your account
No evaluation fee, no challenge rules, no payout committee. You trade your own balance and withdraw it whenever you want.
Payouts you can prove
Every withdrawal settles on-chain with a transaction hash — a public record, not a screenshot or a pending queue.
Risk capped by design
Directional prediction markets where the most you can lose is the position you put on. No margin calls, no liquidation engine.
Why people look beyond Topstep
- The advertised ~99% payout-approval figure excludes the ~97% eliminated before payout stage (PropScorer, 2026)
- Reddit r/TopStepX documents post-request denial emails citing hedging/coordination without shared evidence
- Late-2025 reports describe bans landing after traders built large profit buffers
- Challenge resets on rule breaks keep the fee meter running
What you'd actually be trading here
EventTrader is a prediction exchange: perpetual prediction markets on crypto, stocks and macro moves with no expiry, live central-limit order books, event markets on real-world outcomes, and a marketplace of trading bots you can clone instead of coding. Position risk is capped at what you put in — no liquidation engine, no margin calls. Server-side alerts and free webhook auto-execution come with every account.
- Free means free. No card required. Nothing auto-converts into a paid plan.
- We are not a stock or futures broker. No equities routing, no options chains, no futures — directional prediction markets with risk capped at your position.
- No predictions sold. Markets are markets; we make no performance claims.
- Leave in one click. Withdraw on-chain any time, with a tx hash you can verify.
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