Topstep Acquires The Futures Desk: Doubling Down on The Ultimate Trading Experience

• The Futures Desk Acquisition: Topstep has officially acquired The Futures Desk (TFD), bringing together two trader-obsessed teams to build the Ultimate Trading Experience.

• Tech Integration: We’re integrating TFD’s advanced tech directly into TopstepX, giving traders more developmental tools designed to help them learn and build better habits while they trade.

• Next Level Trading Expertise: TFD Co-founders Josh Schwartzberg and Brian Ford are joining Topstep, bringing their “hard hat” mentality and deep experience in moving traders from sim to live accounts.

• Accelerating the Mission: This move is about more than growth; it’s about providing the best support, tech, and coaching in the industry to help our community get funded and stay funded.

At Topstep, our mission is simple: to turn market access into a real opportunity for traders to learn, trade, and earn profits more safely, so they are better prepared to trade our money or their own. Today, we are taking a massive step forward in that mission. Topstep has officially acquired The Futures Desk (TFD).

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Built for the Community
We didn’t just acquire a prop firm; we brought on a team that shares in our mission. Michael Patak, our Founder and CEO, says it best: “When you look around the prop industry, you can’t help but notice what The Futures Desk created. A place focused on developing the trader by leveraging technology, cutting edge tools and hands-on coaching. The team at The Futures Desk doesn’t care about the flash; they care about the grind. This partnership is about raising the bar for the entire trading community. Whether you’re trading our money or your own, Topstep is here to make sure you’re developing into a consistent, profitable and disciplined trader every day that you trade. With this acquisition, we will be able to accelerate our roadmap creating The Ultimate Trading Experience for any aspiring trader, of any skill level, anywhere in the world.”

What This Means for the Topstep Community

• Industry Leading Tech: Topstep will be integrating TFD’s advanced technology into the Topstep ecosystem. This means more developmental tools that help traders learn, integrated into TopstepX, the fastest growing futures trading platform.
• Expertise in Your Corner: TFD co-founders Josh Schwartzberg and Brian Ford are joining the Topstep team. They understand the grit and grind it takes to move aspiring traders from a simulator to a Live account.
• Bring to Life The Ultimate Trading Experience: This move simply adds more fuel to our fire, helping our fast growing community of traders build better trading habits, get funded and stay funded with the best tech, support and trading experience from sim to live in the industry.

“We started The Futures Desk to help traders actually learn the craft, not just chase a quick payout,” said The Futures Desk co-founder Josh Schwartzberg. “Topstep is the only place that truly shares that obsession. Together, we’re going to give The Futures Desk community and the Topstep community the deep attention and growth tools they deserve.”