Detailed information
Company information
| Headquarters | 10 Lower Thames Street, Billingsgate, London, England, EC3R 6AF |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Foundation | 2021 |
| CEO | Andrew Blaylock and George Kohler |
| Headquarters | 10 Lower Thames Street, Billingsgate, London, England, EC3R 6AF |
| Foundation | 2021 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| CEO | Andrew Blaylock and George Kohler |
Technical information
| Brokers | ACG Markets |
| Assets | Forex, Indices, Commodities |
| Platforms | Metatrader 5, cTrader, DXTrade |
| Payment methods | Card, Crypto, PayPal |
| Payout methods | Transfer, Wise, Rise |
| Minimum withdrawal | ● Bi-Weekly: Minimum withdrawal amount is $100 ● On Demand: 2% of gross profits on the account balance |
| Payout frequency | Two types of performance fee methods can be chosen: ● Bi-Weekly. A minimum of 5 trading days using the same trading strategy is required ● On Demand. 40% Best Day Rule: This rule states that no single trading day should contribute more than 40% of the total generated profits. |
| Refund | ✗ |
| Brokers | ACG Markets |
| Platforms | Metatrader 5, cTrader, DXTrade |
| Payout methods | Transfer, Wise, Rise |
| Payout frequency | Two types of performance fee methods can be chosen:
● Bi-Weekly. A minimum of 5 trading days using the same trading strategy is required
● On Demand. 40% Best Day Rule: This rule states that no single trading day should contribute more than 40% of the total generated profits. |
| Assets | Forex, Indices, Commodities |
| Payment methods | Card, Crypto, PayPal |
| Minimum withdrawal | ● Bi-Weekly: Minimum withdrawal amount is $100
● On Demand: 2% of gross profits on the account balance |
| Refund | ✗ |
Leverage
| Forex | ● Alpha Pro: 100:1 ● Alpha Swing, Alpha One: 30:1 ● Alpha Three: 50:1 |
| Metals | ● Alpha Pro: 30:1 ● Alpha Swing, Alpha One,Alpha Three: 9:1 |
| Energies | ● Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha One, Alpha Three: 10:1 |
| Indices | ● Alpha Pro: 320:1 ● Alpha Swing, Alpha One,Alpha Three: 10:1 |
| Forex | ● Alpha Pro: 100:1
● Alpha Swing, Alpha One: 30:1
● Alpha Three: 50:1 |
| Energies | ● Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha One, Alpha Three: 10:1 |
| Metals | ● Alpha Pro: 30:1
● Alpha Swing, Alpha One,Alpha Three: 9:1 |
| Indices | ● Alpha Pro: 320:1
● Alpha Swing, Alpha One,Alpha Three: 10:1 |
Commissions
| Forex | 5 / lot |
| Metals | 5% |
| Energies | 5 / lot |
| Indices | 0 |
| Commission Free Account | ✓ |
| Swap free | ✗ |
| Forex | 5 / lot |
| Energies | 5 / lot |
| Commission Free Account | ✓ |
| Metals | 5% |
| Indices | 0 |
| Swap free | ✗ |
Plans and conditions
| Maximum allocation | ● $400,000 is the MAXIMUM allocation for Qualified Analyst Accounts per Individual household (before capital growth) – traders within the same household must trade different assets ● $300,000 is the MAXIMUM allocation per trading strategy on a Qualified Analyst Account, this is Asset-based. ● Assessment & Verification accounts have no maximum allocation |
| Profit split | 80% |
| Maximum drawdown | ● Alpha Pro 10%/8%/6%, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three: Static ● Alpha One: Trailing (based on balance and capped at starting balance) |
| Daily drawdown | ● Alpha Pro 10%/8%, Alpha Swing: Based on balance ● Alpha Pro 6%, Alpha One, Alpha Three: Based on highest value between equity and balance |
| Minimum trading days | ● Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three: 3 days ● Alpha One: 1 day |
| Maximum trading days | No limit |
| One-step challenge | ✓ |
| Two-step challenge | ✓ |
| Three-step challenge | ✓ |
| Instant funding | ✗ |
| Account scaling | ✓ The maximum virtual capital growth is a cumulative total of $2 million across all scaled accounts. Traders who achieve a 10% virtual capital growth on their trading account can request scaling. The scaling amount will be 10% of the initial account balance, allowing the trader to request performance fees and scale simultaneously. The following plans are eligible for scaling: Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three |
| Monthly competitions | ✓ |
| Free trial | ✓ |
| Account reset | ✗ |
| Account merging | ✓ ● The merge allocation must not exceed $300k. ● The 2 accounts must be at the initial balance ● Only accounts of the same type and platform can be merged |
| Add-ons | ✗ |
| Performance Fee Bonus | On the fourth performance fee request, a discretionary bonus of 0.25% of the initial account size is applied. |
| Alpha Prime | Alpha Prime is a traditional proprietary trading company in London, designed for the most skilled and consistent traders. It bridges the gap between retail proprietary trading firms and traditional prop trading, offering retail traders from Alpha Capital Group & Alpha Futures the opportunity to trade live funds alongside seasoned professionals in London with over 30 years of experience. Traders qualify for review to Alpha Prime by either: ● Reaching a $40,000 profit on a single simulated payout. ● Achieving five payouts from a single Qualified Account. ● Reaching $100,000 life time payouts with Alpha Capital Group. Benefits of Trading Live with Alpha Prime ● Options for Monthly Salary for financial stability● Weekly Calls with Alpha Fund Managers for strategy, risk management, and market analysis● No Consistency Rule ● No News Trading Restrictions ● No Maximum Withdrawal Requests ● Static, Non-Trailing Drawdow ● Opportunities to Visit/Work from the Alpha Prime Trading Floor in London ● Scaling Potential |
| Maximum allocation | ● $400,000 is the MAXIMUM allocation for Qualified Analyst Accounts per Individual household (before capital growth) – traders within the same household must trade different assets
● $300,000 is the MAXIMUM allocation per trading strategy on a Qualified Analyst Account, this is Asset-based.
● Assessment & Verification accounts have no maximum allocation |
| Maximum drawdown | ● Alpha Pro 10%/8%/6%, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three: Static
● Alpha One: Trailing (based on balance and capped at starting balance) |
| Minimum trading days | ● Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three: 3 days
● Alpha One: 1 day |
| One-step challenge | ✓ |
| Three-step challenge | ✓ |
| Account scaling | ✓ The maximum virtual capital growth is a cumulative total of $2 million across all scaled accounts. Traders who achieve a 10% virtual capital growth on their trading account can request scaling. The scaling amount will be 10% of the initial account balance, allowing the trader to request performance fees and scale simultaneously.
The following plans are eligible for scaling: Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing, Alpha Three |
| Free trial | ✓ |
| Account merging | ✓ ● The merge allocation must not exceed $300k.
● The 2 accounts must be at the initial balance
● Only accounts of the same type and platform can be merged |
| Performance Fee Bonus | On the fourth performance fee request, a discretionary bonus of 0.25% of the initial account size is applied. |
| Profit split | 80% |
| Daily drawdown | ● Alpha Pro 10%/8%, Alpha Swing: Based on balance
● Alpha Pro 6%, Alpha One, Alpha Three: Based on highest value between equity and balance |
| Maximum trading days | No limit |
| Two-step challenge | ✓ |
| Instant funding | ✗ |
| Monthly competitions | ✓ |
| Account reset | ✗ |
| Add-ons | ✗ |
| Alpha Prime | Alpha Prime is a traditional proprietary trading company in London, designed for the most skilled and consistent traders. It bridges the gap between retail proprietary trading firms and traditional prop trading, offering retail traders from Alpha Capital Group & Alpha Futures the opportunity to trade live funds alongside seasoned professionals in London with over 30 years of experience.
Traders qualify for review to Alpha Prime by either:
● Reaching a $40,000 profit on a single simulated payout.
● Achieving five payouts from a single Qualified Account.
● Reaching $100,000 life time payouts with Alpha Capital Group.
Benefits of Trading Live with Alpha Prime
● Options for Monthly Salary for financial stability● Weekly Calls with Alpha Fund Managers for strategy, risk management, and market analysis● No Consistency Rule
● No News Trading Restrictions
● No Maximum Withdrawal Requests
● Static, Non-Trailing Drawdow
● Opportunities to Visit/Work from the Alpha Prime Trading Floor in London
● Scaling Potential |
Rules
| News trading | ✓ ● Alpha Pro 8%/10%: You are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted instrument in the window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after the release of the news announcements ● Alpha Pro 6%, Alpha One, Alpha Three: You are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted instrument in the window of 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after the release of the news announcements ● Alpha Swing: if a trade is initiated within 2 minutes before or up to 2 minutes after a news release (a 4-minute window), its duration must exceed 2 minutes for the trade to be valid |
| Expert advisors | ✓ ● Enable EA at Checkout: When purchasing an account, make sure to click on "Enable EA" during the checkout process. However, please note that you will still need to contact the support team to process the enabling of the EA. ● Pre-Approval: EAs must be pre-approved before use. To do this, please email support@alphacapitalgroup.uk with the EX5 (Set File) and the MQ5 (Source Code) |
| Mandatory stop loss | ✗ |
| Weekend positions | ✓ Not allowed in Funded Phase on Pro Plan |
| Copy trading | ✓ Traders can engage in copy trading using their external accounts as a Master. To authorise this activity, they must provide proof of ownership of the account from which they intend to copy. |
| Hedging | ✓ |
| Prohibited strategies | ● Taking advantage of unrealistic prices or unrealistic trade opportunities, such as arbitrage, latency, front-running price feeds, and exploiting mispricing. ● Latency trading ● Arbitrage trading ● High-frequency trading ● Reverse trading/group hedging ● Spamming Order Book ● Group trading/signal following Gambling: ● A change in lot size in comparison to the overall average on the account. ● Significant deviation from typical trade durations. ● Trades initiated just before and closed right after the restricted high-impact news trading window |
| Consistency rule | ✓ Consistency Score, only applicable On Demand payout option. This rule states that no single trading day should contribute more than 40% of the total generated profits. |
| Innactivity rule | 30 days |
| Scalping | ✓ It is required that at least 50% of your gross requested profits (for qualified accounts) or total targeted profits (for evaluations) come from trades that exceed 2 minutes. If the total profit from trades lasting less than 2 minutes exceeds 50% of the gross requested profits (for qualified accounts) or 50% of the total targeted profits (for evaluations), the rule will be breached. If you pass the assessment but breach this rule, you will be required to restart the evaluation from Phase 1. If this breach occurs during the qualified stage, all profits made will be removed, and the account will be reset to the initial balance. |
| Stacking | ✓ |
| Maximum risk limit | ✓ Alpha Pro, Alpha One, Alpha Three: ● $5k = Max 2.5 lots ● $10k = Max 5 lots ● $25k = Max 10 lots ● $50k = Max 20 lots ● $100k = Max 40 lots ● $200k = Max 80 lots ● $300k = Max 120 lots Alpha Swing: ● $5k = Max 1.25 lots ● $10k = Max 2.5 lots ● $25k = Max 5 lots ● $50k = Max 10 lots ● $100k = Max 20 lots ● $200k = Max 40 lots ● $300k = Max 60 lots |
| VPN allowed | ✓ |
| Risk Management Group | This is a temporary group in which funded accounts could be moved into depending on the trading style and approach to risk on the account, getting reduction on leverage and maximum lot exposure Qualifying Categories: ● Consistently losing or risking 2% or more in a single trade or sequence of trades closed around the same time ● Extreme scalping (a high frequency of short-duration trades relative to the entire trading history) ● All or nothing style approach ● Excessive max lot / max margin usage ● Using a swing trading account primarily for scalping or frequent intraday strategies, without any swing trading activity ● Gambling through high-impact news (both during assessment & soft breach on qualified accounts) ● Account rolling* (full risk on assessment or qualified accounts to either pass or fail &/or a large quantity of accounts passing & failing within a short timeframe. Previous failed accounts are taken into consideration) |
| News trading | ✓ ● Alpha Pro 8%/10%: You are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted instrument in the window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after the release of the news announcements
● Alpha Pro 6%, Alpha One, Alpha Three: You are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted instrument in the window of 5 minutes before until 5 minutes after the release of the news announcements
● Alpha Swing: if a trade is initiated within 2 minutes before or up to 2 minutes after a news release (a 4-minute window), its duration must exceed 2 minutes for the trade to be valid |
| Mandatory stop loss | ✗ |
| Copy trading | ✓ Traders can engage in copy trading using their external accounts as a Master. To authorise this activity, they must provide proof of ownership of the account from which they intend to copy. |
| Prohibited strategies | ● Taking advantage of unrealistic prices or unrealistic trade opportunities, such as arbitrage, latency, front-running price feeds, and exploiting mispricing.
● Latency trading
● Arbitrage trading
● High-frequency trading
● Reverse trading/group hedging
● Spamming Order Book
● Group trading/signal following
Gambling:
● A change in lot size in comparison to the overall average on the account.
● Significant deviation from typical trade durations.
● Trades initiated just before and closed right after the restricted high-impact news trading window |
| Innactivity rule | 30 days |
| Stacking | ✓ |
| VPN allowed | ✓ |
| Expert advisors | ✓ ● Enable EA at Checkout: When purchasing an account, make sure to click on "Enable EA" during the checkout process. However, please note that you will still need to contact the support team to process the enabling of the EA.
● Pre-Approval: EAs must be pre-approved before use. To do this, please email support@alphacapitalgroup.uk with the EX5 (Set File) and the MQ5 (Source Code) |
| Weekend positions | ✓ Not allowed in Funded Phase on Pro Plan |
| Hedging | ✓ |
| Consistency rule | ✓ Consistency Score, only applicable On Demand payout option.
This rule states that no single trading day should contribute more than 40% of the total generated profits. |
| Scalping | ✓ It is required that at least 50% of your gross requested profits (for qualified accounts) or total targeted profits (for evaluations) come from trades that exceed 2 minutes. If the total profit from trades lasting less than 2 minutes exceeds 50% of the gross requested profits (for qualified accounts) or 50% of the total targeted profits (for evaluations), the rule will be breached.
If you pass the assessment but breach this rule, you will be required to restart the evaluation from Phase 1. If this breach occurs during the qualified stage, all profits made will be removed, and the account will be reset to the initial balance. |
| Maximum risk limit | ✓ Alpha Pro, Alpha One, Alpha Three:
● $5k = Max 2.5 lots
● $10k = Max 5 lots
● $25k = Max 10 lots
● $50k = Max 20 lots
● $100k = Max 40 lots
● $200k = Max 80 lots
● $300k = Max 120 lots
Alpha Swing:
● $5k = Max 1.25 lots
● $10k = Max 2.5 lots
● $25k = Max 5 lots
● $50k = Max 10 lots
● $100k = Max 20 lots
● $200k = Max 40 lots
● $300k = Max 60 lots |
| Risk Management Group | This is a temporary group in which funded accounts could be moved into depending on the trading style and approach to risk on the account, getting reduction on leverage and maximum lot exposure
Qualifying Categories:
● Consistently losing or risking 2% or more in a single trade or sequence of trades closed around the same time
● Extreme scalping (a high frequency of short-duration trades relative to the entire trading history)
● All or nothing style approach
● Excessive max lot / max margin usage
● Using a swing trading account primarily for scalping or frequent intraday strategies, without any swing trading activity
● Gambling through high-impact news (both during assessment & soft breach on qualified accounts)
● Account rolling* (full risk on assessment or qualified accounts to either pass or fail &/or a large quantity of accounts passing & failing within a short timeframe. Previous failed accounts are taken into consideration) |
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