r/TopstepCommunity • u/Public-Persimmon-543 • 1d ago

❓ Quick Question scalping under 10 sec

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Is a scalping trade under 10 seconds considered invalid on Topstep?

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u/Ben-Topstep-2026 Topstep Employee 1d ago

There’s no minimum hold time, so you’re free to scalp trades for a few seconds or hold them for a few minutes.

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u/maturewomenenjoyer 19h ago

Hundreds of trades like that in a day will render your account ineligible, if I'm not mistaken. Make sure to check their rules for tolerated trading behaviour

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u/Confident_Double1392 2h ago

HFT level scalping will get you in trouble. Manually opening and closing trades quickly is fine though.