Bulenox vs Topstep
Computed verdict
Bulenox costs less per unit of risk: $7.6 vs $47.5 per $1,000 of drawdown. On the overall score, Bulenox comes out ahead (84 vs 71).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
Each size sells with two drawdown engines ($1,500–$5,500): Option 1 is a real-time intraday trail that counts floating P&L and documents no stop, while Option 2 is EOD with a daily limit that locks at initial balance + $100.
The Maximum Loss Limit trails end-of-day ($2,000–$4,500 by size), is monitored in real time including unrealized P&L, and locks once it reaches your starting balance; in the XFA every payout re-arms the floor at $0.
Only Option 2 (EOD) carries a daily limit, from $400 to $4,500 by size, and it is soft: it suspends the rest of the day without failing the account.
Soft daily limit of $1,000–$3,000 by size, optional in the Combine and XFA (automatic only in the Live account), which pauses the session without disqualifying the account.
The 40% rule applies only when requesting a Master Account payout: no single day may account for more than 40% of total profit, blocking the payout without breaching the account.
In the Combine your best day can't exceed 50% of the profit target (exceeding it raises the target); on the XFA Consistency path no day may exceed 40% of total profit to be payout-eligible.
50K: $3,000 profit target, no minimum days (can pass in 2), with a consistency rule (best day < 50% of target). Single phase.
Weekly Wednesday payouts ($1,000 minimum, after 10 traded days) at 100% of the first $10,000 then 90/10 — but declining the mandatory move to a live account after 3 payouts closes the Master with no payout.
Payouts from $125 after 5 winning days of $150+ Net P&L (or 3 days on the 40% Consistency path). The split is a dated cutoff, not a conflict: accounts opened before Jan 12, 2026 keep 100% of the first $10,000 in lifetime profits then 90/10; accounts opened on or after that date are a flat 90/10.
50K: monthly subscription ~$175/month (often $125 with a coupon), no activation and no separate reset.
50K Combine: $49/month (Standard, plus a one-time $149 activation when funded) or $95/month (No Activation). Reset costs the same as the monthly sub. Frequent first-month promos.