is the premiere funding opportunity for traders looking to make the most of market opportunities without risking their own capital. When traders pass the completely-objective Trading Combine\u00ae, Topstep funds them with proprietary money. Guaranteed. Beyond funding, we seek to instill better habits in our traders (hence the Limit Up! Podcast and other educational resources). Topstep has been based in Chicago since 2012.<\/span><\/p>\nJack Pelzer is a co-host of Limit Up! He traded as part of a U.S. Treasury group for 7 years at Chopper Trading and DRW. After leaving the industry, he became a Writing Fellow and Senior Contributing Writer for The Onion. He is now the Head of Content at Topstep.<\/span><\/p>\nDan Hodgman is a co-host of Limit Up! Before coming to Topstep, Dan traded 30 Yr Treasury Options and Yield Spreads. Before that, he served in the United States Marine Corps, where he simultaneously managed his own Futures Account, applying the skills he grew up learning from clerking on the trading floor. Now Dan works with the Traders here at Topstep as a Performance Coach and is a regular on the Daily Market Recap.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The true cost of trading futures is more than just your P&L. Learn more about what trading costs determine your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[274,267,270,271],"tags":[265,295,263,352,849,773,282,349,833],"class_list":["post-16008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","category-trading-education","category-trading-psychology","category-trading-strategies","tag-day-trading","tag-futures-trading","tag-limit-up-podcast","tag-money-management","tag-prop-firm","tag-prop-shop","tag-risk-management","tag-trade-management","tag-trading-costs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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