This article covers all the available products you can trade with Topstep in your Trading Combine or Funded Account along with our permitted trading hours.
What are the trading hours?
The trading hours are pretty simple. We require that our traders close their positions daily before 3:10:00 PM Central Time (CT) Monday through Friday. You can resume trading at 5:00 PM CT. After the weekend, trading resumes on Sunday at 5:00:00 PM CT.
The Trading Combine is for day traders, which means that positions cannot be held from one session to the next or into the weekend close.
All positions must be closed before 3:10:00 PM CT. Our Risk Managers will begin attempting to flatten trades starting at 3:08 PM CT. While this is done as a courtesy, it is still your responsibility to make sure you are flat by 3:10:00 PM CT.
If you're trading a futures contract that closes before 3:10:00 PM, you must exit that market before the daily close to ensure you're flat for the 3:10:00 PM CT hard cutoff.
Unless there is a CME holiday, you can resume trading on the weekends at 5:00 PM CT on Sunday and any trades placed after that point will be reflected on that Monday's Trade Report.
You can keep track of the current time in the Central Time Zone (CT) on your Resources Page.
Tip: Some futures markets close before 3:10 PM CT. If you are trading one of these products, you need to exit that market before the products' daily close.
*CBOT Commodity Products (Wheat, Corn, Soybean, Soybean Meal, and Soybean Oil) have the following trading hours: Sunday - Monday 7:00 PM - 7:45 AM CST and Monday - Friday 8:30 - 1:20 PM CST
*CME Agriculture Products (Live Cattle and Lean Hogs) have the following trading hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 1:05 PM CST |
What products am I able to trade with Topstep?
The CME Group products listed below are the products that traders can use to trade in the Topstep Trading Combine:
CME Equity Futures |
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E-mini S&P 500 (ES) | Micro E-mini S&P (MES)* |
E-mini NASDAQ 100 (NQ) | Micro E-mini NASDAQ 100 (MNQ)* |
E-mini Russell 2000 (RTY) | Micro E-mini Russell 2000 (M2K)* |
Nikkei NKD (NKD) | Micro Bitcoin (MBT)* |
Micro Ether (MET)* |
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CME Foreign Exchange Futures |
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Australian $ (6A) | British Pound (6B) |
Canadian $ (6C) | Euro FX (6E) |
Japanese Yen (6J) | Swiss Franc (6S) |
E-mini Euro FX (E7) | Micro Euro FX (M6E)* |
Micro AUD/USD (M6A)* | Mexican Peso (6M)* |
New Zealand $ (6N) | Micro GBP/USD (M6B) |
CME Agricultural Futures |
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Lean Hogs (HE) | Live Cattle (LE) |
CME NYMEX Futures |
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Crude Oil (CL) | E-mini Crude Oil (QM) |
Natural Gas (NG) | E-mini Natural Gas (QG) |
Micro Crude Oil (MCL)* | RBOB Gasoline (RB) |
Heating Oil (HO) | Platinum (PL) |
Micro Henry Hub Natural Gas (MNG) |
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CME CBOT Agricultural Futures |
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Corn (ZC) | Wheat (ZW) |
Soybeans (ZS) | Soybean Meal (ZM) |
Soybean Oil (ZL) |
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CME CBOT Equity Futures |
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Mini-DOW (YM) | Micro Mini-DOW (MYM)* |
CME CBOT Financial/Interest Rate Futures |
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2-Year Note (ZT) | 5-Year Note (ZF) |
10-Year Note (ZN) | 10-Year Ultra-Note (TN) |
30-Year Bond (ZB) | Ultra-Bond (UB) |
CME COMEX Futures |
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Gold (GC) | Silver (SI) |
Copper (HG) | Micro Gold (MGC)* |
Micro Silver (SIL)* | Micro Copper (MHG) |
*Please Note: T4 does not currently include Micro contracts.
Can I swing trade?
No, you cannot swing trade. Topstep does not permit holding positions over multiple days or weeks. The permitted trading hours in the Trading Combine, Express Funded Account, and Live Funded Accounts are listed at the top of this page.
Can I trade Forex?
No, you cannot trade Forex with Topstep. At Topstep, we focus solely on Futures trading to provide the best possible experience for our traders. If you're a Forex trader interested in Futures, check out the full details here: Can I trade Forex with you?
TopstepX™ Trading Hours Information
The information below pertains specifically to the TopstepX™ platform.
CBOT Commodity Market Pause
During the CBOT Commodity market pause that takes place Monday through Friday, between 7:45 AM CST and 8:30 AM CST, no orders will be accepted. If you have an open CBOT commodity position during that time, the manual lock-out feature will not be available on your TopstepX™ account.
Product Availability Color Coding
The TopstepX™ platform features color codes in the product drop-down menus, based on CME color codes, to help you quickly identify the market state of each product. Simply hover over a product in the drop-down to see a tooltip displaying its current market state, eliminating any guesswork and ensuring you always know if the product you're trading is available. Here are the color codes you will see to describe a product's current market state:
Light Blue: Pre-Open
Orange: Paused
Green: Open
Red: Closed
*Topstep Prohibited Conduct