Topstep accounts trade on TopstepX, which cannot connect to TradingView. If you want TradingView charting and copying across firms, trade your Tradovate and Rithmic accounts on Signal Trade App.
Topstep is a futures prop firm, and TopstepX is the platform its accounts trade on. Independent reviews report that new Trading Combines have been TopstepX-only since July 2026. Topstep’s own help center says TopstepX cannot connect to external platforms such as TradingView and does not support custom indicators. If those limits matter to you, the alternative is not a different Topstep platform — it is trading funded accounts at firms that let you choose your platform.
Signal Trade App is that platform for Tradovate and Rithmic accounts. It does not connect to Topstep or TopstepX accounts: Topstep’s terms require trading to originate from your personal device and prohibit VPS and remote servers, and a cloud platform places orders from its servers. Many other firms issue Tradovate or Rithmic logins — Lucid Trading and Take Profit Trader, for example, both list CQG/Tradovate and Rithmic platforms — and those accounts connect to Signal Trade App directly.
Once connected, accounts can be traded on /chart, built on the real TradingView charting library. Entry, take-profit and stop-loss are draggable lines; each drag reprices the order at the broker, and take-profit and stop-loss are enforced as OCO server-side. Chart trading needs one connected Rithmic account, which runs the chart and its live data. See chart trading and bracket & OCO orders explained for the mechanics.
Accounts at different firms can sit in one copy group: trade a leader and every follower mirrors it with its own size ratio and lockout schedule. The Cockpit shows every connected account on one screen.
Signal Trade App is not a prop firm and does not sell evaluations or pay out. If you are choosing where to get funded, compare Topstep vs Lucid Trading and Topstep vs Take Profit Trader. If you stay with Topstep, TopstepX is the platform Topstep supports for those accounts.
To TopstepX, Topstep’s trading platform — not to Topstep’s evaluations or funding. Signal Trade App is a trading, charting and copy platform for Tradovate and Rithmic accounts.
No. Signal Trade App does not connect to Topstep or TopstepX accounts. Topstep’s terms prohibit trading from VPS or remote servers, which is how a cloud platform places orders.
According to Topstep’s help center, TopstepX cannot connect to external platforms such as TradingView, and custom indicators are not available.
Firms and brokers that issue Tradovate or Rithmic logins. Lucid Trading and Take Profit Trader, for example, both list CQG/Tradovate and Rithmic platforms.
Yes, for Tradovate and Rithmic accounts. A leader at one firm can copy to followers at another, each with its own size ratio and lockout schedule. Check each firm’s current rules on copied trading first.
Yes. Chart trading needs one connected Rithmic account, which runs the chart and its live data. Any prop firm account on Rithmic works, as does a free Rithmic demo; once one is connected you can trade from the chart on any of your accounts, Tradovate included.