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Card: Mfg PMI 56.0 vs 55.5 est, UMich 48.0 vs 46.3.

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Mfg PMI 56.0 vs 55.5 est, UMich 48.0 vs 46.3.

Oct 23, 2026 · 10:19 AM ET

Card, Oct 23: spot bitcoin ETFs -$635.6M Thursday, biggest outflow since June 25, after +$524.8M Wednesday. NQ futures +80 pts overnight. WDC -6.5% after hours. SK Hynix +4.4%. Bitcoin $81.8K.

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Overnight Oct 23, 2026: spot bitcoin ETFs see -$635.6M outflow, biggest since June 25; NQ futures +80 pts overnight

Oct 23, 2026 · 2:37 AM ET

Card, US close Oct 22, 2026: NQ futures +332 pts Wednesday, -865 pts Thursday (-2.9%), -$1,730 per MNQ. ES futures -1.2%, QQQ -2.9% at $704.47, Bitcoin ~-4% in 24h at ~$81.3K. Chip index -6.7%, Lam Research -11.8%, Meta -7.0%.

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US close Oct 22, 2026: NQ futures settle -865 pts (-2.9%) as chips slide on Lam Research and Meta falls 7%

Oct 22, 2026 · 4:31 PM ET

Card: "-$1,000 ends your day. -$2,000 ends your account." 50K daily loss limit $1,000: account survives. Max loss limit $2,000: account fails. Two such days in a row use all $2,000.

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Daily loss limit vs max loss limit: one ends your day, the other ends your account

Oct 22, 2026 · 2:26 PM ET

Rule change card: Topstep Live accounts under $3,000 balance, tighter. Now 1 contract on Tier 1 news (CPI, FOMC, NFP, PPI). Next: FOMC, Oct 28, 2:00 PM ET.

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Topstep Live accounts under $3,000 capped at 1 contract during Tier 1 news: CPI, FOMC, NFP, PPI

Oct 22, 2026 · 12:45 PM ET

Card, beat estimates, sold anyway. At 9:54 ET: Meta -6.5% after Q3 sales of $64.60B vs $63.37B est; Tesla -0.6%, IBM -2.2% after EPS beats; Lam -8.5%, guide missed high hopes; NQ futures -492 pts.

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Meta, Tesla, IBM beat estimates but trade lower at the US open; Lam guide misses high hopes

Oct 22, 2026 · 9:58 AM ET

Card: My watch thinks I'm sprinting.

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My watch thinks I'm sprinting.

Oct 22, 2026 · 9:26 AM ET

Card: Jobless claims 194K vs 200K est.

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Jobless claims 194K vs 200K est.

Oct 22, 2026 · 8:40 AM ET

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US calendar card, 22 Oct 2026: jobless claims 8:30 ET, 200K est (prior 199K); leading index 10:00 ET, -0.1% est (prior -0.1%); EIA natural gas 10:30 ET, 80B est (prior 67B); $215B 4- and 8-week bill auctions 11:30 ET; $26B 5-year TIPS auction 1:00 PM ET. Claims at 198K-199K for 5 weeks; Fed blackout through Oct 29; decision Oct 28.

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US economic calendar Thu Oct 22: jobless claims, leading index, EIA natural gas and 5-year TIPS auction

Oct 22, 2026 · 6:27 AM ET

Card: NQ futures: -489 pts (-1.6%) overnight, ~$978 per MNQ.

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NQ futures: -489 pts (-1.6%) overnight, ~$978 per MNQ.

Oct 22, 2026 · 3:11 AM ET

Card, US close Oct 21, 2026: NQ futures settled +332 pts (+1.1%), ~$664 per MNQ. ES futures +0.6%, QQQ +1.1% at $725.20, Bitcoin ~+2% in 24h at ~$84.5K. SpaceX +7.8%, Super Micro +9.5%, Netflix -5.3%.

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US close Oct 21, 2026: NQ futures settle +332 pts (+1.1%) as SpaceX and Super Micro results lift AI stocks

Oct 21, 2026 · 4:41 PM ET

Card: same trade on a 50K account with a $2,000 trailing drawdown, run to +$1,000 then closed flat. End-of-day floor stays $48,000 ($2,000 room); intraday floor $49,000 ($1,000 room).

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Trailing drawdown: intraday vs end-of-day, how a breakeven trade can cost half your room

Oct 21, 2026 · 2:21 PM ET

Bar card, CME Group Q3 2026 vs Q3 2025: equity index 7.71M contracts/day vs 6.28M, +23% (Q2 8.63M); all products 29.4M vs 25.3M, +16%, Q3 record; revenue $1.74B vs $1.54B, +13%, Q3 record.

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CME Group Q3 2026: equity index futures volume up 23%, record Q3 revenue

Oct 21, 2026 · 9:47 AM ET

Card: Legends Trading Apprentice activation fees back to full price after a 45% discount ended. 50K was $54, now $99; 100K was $70, now $129; 150K was $81, now $149.

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Legends Trading ends 45% off Apprentice activation fees

Oct 21, 2026 · 8:56 AM ET

US calendar card, 21 Oct 2026: Q3 median weekly pay 10:00 ET (Q2 $1,251); EIA crude 10:30 ET, -0.1M est (prior -8.6M); $13B 20-year bond auction 1:00 PM ET. No 8:30 ET data.

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US economic calendar Wed Oct 21: median weekly earnings, EIA crude stocks and 20-year bond auction

Oct 21, 2026 · 6:18 AM ET

Rule-change card, Day Traders, Oct 20, 2026: evaluation accounts you can hold at once was up to 15, now unlimited. Funded cap unchanged at 15 total, max 5 S2F; EOD evaluations still max 5.

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Day Traders drops its cap on evaluation accounts

Oct 20, 2026 · 9:46 AM ET

Bar chart, US Sept 2026 housing starts & permits: Building permits 1,400K, stronger than the 1,390K est (prior 1,403K); Housing starts 1,221K, weaker than the 1,300K est (prior 1,288K).

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US housing starts fell to 1,221K in September 2026 while building permits came in at 1,400K

Oct 20, 2026 · 8:39 AM ET

Calendar card for US macro, 20 Oct 2026: ADP weekly 8:15 ET (prior 24.8K); Sept housing starts 8:30 ET, 1.30M est (prior 1.28M); building permits 8:30 ET, 1.39M est (prior 1.40M); pending home sales 10:00 ET, -0.6% est (prior +0.3%); state jobs data 10:00 ET.

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US economic calendar Tue Oct 20: housing starts, building permits and pending home sales

Oct 20, 2026 · 6:18 AM ET

Rule-change card, Take Profit Trader, Oct 19, 2026: on select earnings days PRO+ live trading closes 4:01 PM ET and reopens 6:00 PM ET (was no early close). PRO and Test still trade until 4:55 PM ET. First date Oct 20 (SpaceX), last Nov 17 (Nvidia).

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Take Profit Trader PRO+ to close early on Magnificent 7 and SpaceX earnings days

Oct 19, 2026 · 4:25 PM ET

Card: Topstep 50K Combine consistency rule. 55% limit on a $3,000 target caps your best day at $1,650. A $1,800 best day raises the target to $3,273. XFA payouts: largest day ≤ 40% of total net profit.

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Topstep 50K Combine: going over the 55% consistency limit raises your target, not a fail

Oct 19, 2026 · 2:18 PM ET

Card on chip stocks, Oct 19, 2026: PHLX Semiconductor Index fell 15.7% over 8 sessions (~$2T lost, longest losing streak since Oct 2008), up 2.4% at 12:58 PM ET; NQ futures +403 pts, $806 per MNQ.

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Chip stocks bounce after 8-day, ~$2T losing streak; SOX +2.4%, NQ +403 pts

Oct 19, 2026 · 1:11 PM ET

Card: Tradeify 300K Select V2: $43.6 per $1,000 of max loss

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Tradeify 300K Select V2: $43.6 per $1,000 of max loss

Oct 19, 2026 · 10:16 AM ET

Card: Blue Guardian futures 50K Reserve evaluation price change, Oct 19, 2026. Default price was $112, now $125; with no DLL was $168, now $184; with 50% rule was $128, now $138.

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Blue Guardian raises futures 50K Reserve evaluation price to $125

Oct 19, 2026 · 9:44 AM ET

Same 50K eval at 12 of 14 firms: $3,000 profit target and $2,000 max loss on the 50K evaluation at Apex EOD, Topstep, LucidPro, TPT, Alpha, Top One, TradeDay, Day Traders, BluSky, FTMO, MFF, Blue Guardian. Different: FundedNext Flex $2,500 target, $1,500 max loss; Bulenox $3,000 target, $2,500 max loss. Where they really differ: price, daily loss limit, consistency, payout rules.

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Same 50K eval at 12 of 14 prop firms: $3,000 target, $2,000 max loss

Oct 19, 2026 · 8:41 AM ET

Card: China Sept retail +1.1% vs +0.5% est; Q3 GDP +4.5%; Bitcoin ~$82,719 after AI selloff

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China Sept retail +1.1% vs +0.5% est; Q3 GDP +4.5%; Bitcoin ~$82,719 after AI selloff

Oct 19, 2026 · 2:41 AM ET

Calendar card, US week ahead 19-23 Oct 2026: Mon-Wed no major releases; Thu 8:30 ET jobless claims 200K est (prior 199K); Fri 9:45 ET flash manufacturing PMI 55.5 est (prior 57.0), services PMI 58.0 (prior 58.7); 10:00 ET UMich sentiment final 46.3 (prior 46.3). Next FOMC 27-28 Oct.

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US week ahead, Oct 19-23: no high-impact data; jobless claims Thu, flash PMIs and UMich Fri; Fed Oct 27-28

Oct 18, 2026 · 1:29 PM ET

Chart: Bitcoin +0.4% from Friday's 4pm ET stock close to Sunday, in an $80.7K-$82.0K weekend range with one Saturday flash dip. Bars: 10% offered on Anthropic's AI chip debt vs ~7% for same-rated bonds.

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Bitcoin barely moved all weekend: +0.4% since Friday's stock close; Anthropic reportedly offered 10% on AI chip debt

Oct 18, 2026 · 5:25 AM ET

Bar chart of weekly changes: Bitcoin -1.4%, Ether -2.4%, Nasdaq 100 -5.5%, AI cloud firm CoreWeave -25%. Crypto fell less than tech this week.

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Crypto fell less than tech this week: Bitcoin -1.4%, Nasdaq 100 -5.5%, CoreWeave -25%

Oct 17, 2026 · 5:27 AM ET

Card: Indonesia's JCI fell 11.6% Friday to 5,185.11, its worst day since Jan 1998, after MSCI…

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Indonesia's JCI fell 11.6% Friday to 5,185.11, its worst day since Jan 1998, after MSCI…

Oct 17, 2026 · 2:23 AM ET

Before vs after card, Lucid payouts, goes live Sun Oct 18, 5 PM ET, DLL On only: payout requests go from any day once eligible to the moment all objectives show done, and LucidDaily from 1 request per day to multiple requests in one session. Source: Lucid Trading Discord announcement, Oct 16, 2026.

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Reported: Lucid adds on-demand payouts for DLL On accounts from Sun Oct 18, 5 PM ET

Oct 17, 2026 · 2:03 AM ET

Heatmap of the 40 largest Nasdaq-100 stocks on Fri 16 Oct 2026, sized by market cap: mostly red; NVDA -1.4%, GOOGL -2.5%, AVGO -4.5%, MU -5.6%, AMD -6.0%, AAPL +0.4%. Headline: -$921B in one day; NQ futures -752 points, about -$1,504 per MNQ. Chips & storage = 47% of the drop. Source: Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.

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Nasdaq-100 stocks lost ~$921B Friday Oct 16; SOX 8th straight down day; NQ -752 pts (~$1,504 per MNQ)

Oct 17, 2026 · 2:00 AM ET

Card, US close week ending Fri 16 Oct 2026: NQ futures -1,750 points (-5.6%) on the week, about $3,500 per MNQ contract at $2 per point, VIX near 20. Week: Nasdaq 100 -5.5%, Nasdaq -4.5%, Russell 2000 -3.0%, S&P 500 -1.9%, Dow +0.7%, VIX +34.7%, WTI oil (Nov) +10.4%, Brent +4.9%, gold -0.6%; 10Y yield 5.10%. Source: Yahoo Finance, CNBC.

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NQ futures fell ~1,750 points in the week to Oct 16, ~$3,500 per MNQ

Oct 16, 2026 · 4:59 PM ET

Card, US open Friday 16 Oct 2026 at about 09:50 ET: NQ futures -0.8% (-254 pts), ES futures flat, Dow futures +0.4%. Alcoa +6.9% after Q3 adjusted EPS $1.82; CoreWeave -7.3% on AI-debt concerns.

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US open: Dow green, NQ soft — Alcoa earnings, CoreWeave slips

Oct 16, 2026 · 9:52 AM ET

Card: 50K evals, per firm help pages. All five: $2,000 max loss.

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50K evals, per firm help pages. All five: $2,000 max loss.

Oct 16, 2026 · 9:05 AM ET

Card, crypto overnight 16 Oct 2026: Ether +3.5% in 24h at $2,440, Bitcoin +1.5% at $81,974. US spot ETF net flows 15 Oct: Bitcoin +$5M (IBIT +$17M), Ether -$60M.

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Ether +3.5%, Bitcoin +1.5%; US spot ETF flows 15 Oct

Oct 16, 2026 · 2:25 AM ET

Card: Topstep 50K Combine: how many NQ losers until the Max Loss Limit

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Topstep 50K Combine: how many NQ losers until the Max Loss Limit

Oct 15, 2026 · 4:27 PM ET

Card, US open 15 Oct 2026 at about 09:55 ET: NQ futures -1.2%, ES futures -0.4%, Dow futures +0.1%, 10-year Treasury yield 5.04%, down 15bp. CoreWeave -9.2%, Dell -10.5%, TSMC -5.1% despite record Q3 profit.

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US open: hot PPI but 10Y yield fell as AI stocks sold off

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:57 AM ET

Bar chart, Sept PPI, retail: PPI +1.3%, hotter than the +0.6% est (prior +0.5%); Core PPI +0.7%, hotter than the +0.3% est (prior +0.2%); Retail ex-auto +0.9%, faster than the +0.6% est (prior +1.4%).

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Sept PPI +1.3% vs 0.6% est, retail sales +0.8% vs 0.3%, 15 Oct

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:50 AM ET

Calendar card for US macro, 15 Oct 2026: Sept PPI 8:30 ET (Aug +0.4% m/m, +5.4% y/y, est +0.6%), Retail Sales (Aug +1.2%, est +0.3%, ex-auto +1.4%), Empire State / Philly Fed 8:30 ET, Fed Chair Warsh 11:30 PM ET. Next FOMC Oct 27-28.

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First PPI + Retail Sales check since hotter Sept CPI, 15 Oct

Oct 15, 2026 · 6:21 AM ET

Card, crypto overnight 15 Oct 2026: Ether -6.0% in 24h at $2,355, Bitcoin -3.3% at $80,735. US spot ETF net flows 14 Oct: Bitcoin -$261M, Ether -$130M. VanEck withdraws Lido staked-ETH ETF filing.

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Ether down 6.0% in 24h, Bitcoin 3.3%, US spot ETF outflows, 15 Oct

Oct 15, 2026 · 2:29 AM ET

Card, US close 14 Oct 2026: NQ futures -2.0%, ES futures -1.1%, QQQ -2.0% at $728.95, Bitcoin -1.6% in 24h at $81,802, Dow -0.1%. AI and chip stocks led; Dell -11%, SOXX -4.5%.

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AI and chip stocks led Wall St lower, 14 Oct close

Oct 14, 2026 · 4:33 PM ET

Card: Sept CPI 3.7% y/y vs 3.6% est, core 2.6% vs 2.5%.

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Sept CPI 3.7% y/y vs 3.6% est, core 2.6% vs 2.5%.

Oct 14, 2026 · 9:02 AM ET

Card, US macro calendar Wed 14 Oct 2026: 8:30am ET Sept CPI (Aug 3.4% y/y, core 2.4%); 1:15pm+ ET Fed's Barkin at ChamberRVA; 2:00pm ET Fed Beige Book. Cleveland Fed nowcast 3.6% y/y, core 2.4%. Fed funds target 3.75%-4% after the Sept hike; next FOMC Oct 27-28.

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First CPI since the Fed's Sept hike to 3.75%-4% drops at 8:30am ET.

Oct 14, 2026 · 6:18 AM ET

News card: ASML Q3 2026 sales €11.7B, gross margin 57.5%, 2026 sales guidance raised to €44–45B from €43–45B. Source: ASML.

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ASML raises 2026 outlook as AI chip demand surges

Oct 14, 2026 · 5:07 AM ET

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