Scouting Criteria

Recruits who enter the Custom Combine will be evaluated using the criteria below. The scout team's review is subjective, and you may be asked to repeat the evaluation period. Reasons for not selecting a recruit who completes the Combine with a net equity greater than four week Custom Combine objective could be, but is not limited to the following:
 

• The recruit traded more than amount of products he or she chose to trade throughout the course of the Combine
• The recruit traded a product other than those listed as a product permitted to trade
• The recruit held a position into the electronic close of his or her product (recruits may trade overnight but must be flat when their product's electronic market is closed)
• The recruit did not listen to advice given by the scouts or displays a poor attitude
• The recruit profited from a software glitch thus receiving erroneous fills on the simulator that in no way would occur in live trading
• The recruit did not use stops when he or she had an open position (auto OCO is recommended)
• The recruit traded less than 15 days of his or her Combine
• The recruit hit or exceeded the daily loss limit (NET P&L)

Each product traded during the Combine must meet at least TWO of the performance requirements:

• Overall Average Win greater than Overall Average Loss
• Overall Average Win Duration greater than Overall Average Loss Duration
  
• Largest Winning Day greater than Largest Losing Day
• Must have a Total Win % greater than 45%
  

Performance requirements can be tracked throughout the Combine via the daily trade report. An example of a trade report which has met all of the performance requirements can be found here.  

Additionally, the recruit must read and understand the Scout Team comments

If ANY of these occur during the four week Combine and your account balance is greater than Combine profit objective (after commissions and exchange fees are subtracted) you will not be selected as a live trader. **All of the above mentioned will be relayed to the recruit and announced via email (Combine reminder, etc.), chat room scouts (NEBRASKA, HOAG or JAYHAWK), chat room broadcaster (EDDIE), and alerts via the trading software. Software alerts are sent through the system to your trading screen during day and night trading.

Please note, it is recommended by the scout team that recruits do not hold a position into a major economic release (we suggest being flat on economic numbers releases indicated here by a yellow or red star).

As a global scouting agency seeking futures trading talent, we have an obligation to our equity partners to present to them with a recruit who we believe will be a person of good character and a positive reflection of our TopstepTrader Combine program.