Alpha Futures
FuturesOverview
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Firm Name
Alpha Futures
- Established
July 2024
- Location
United Kingdom
- CEO
Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler
- Trustpilot Rating
4.8
- Instrument Types
Futures
- Programs
1-Step (Zero, Advanced, Premium [Standard & No Activation Fee]). Part of Alpha Capital Group.
PLATFORM & DATA
- Broker
Tradovate
- Platforms
Alpha Trader, TradingView, Quantower, Tradovate, WealthCharts, NinjaTrader, Deepcharts
PAYMENT & PAYOUT METHODS
- Payment Methods
Card (Checkout), Crypto (CoinPayments), Nuvei
- Payout Methods
ACH, Bank Wire Transfer, Riseworks, Swift, Wise
- Payout Processor
Riseworks
INSTRUMENTS & ASSETS
- Assets
Futures
Challenges & pricing
| Account | Price | Target | Max loss | Drawdown | Min days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25K | $79/mo | $1,500 | $1,000 | Trailing (MLL) | 5 |
| 50K | $119/mo | $3,000 | $2,000 | Trailing (MLL) | 5 |
| 100K | $239/mo | $6,000 | $3,000 | Trailing (MLL) | 5 |
Rules & conditions
DRAWDOWN & RULES
- Drawdown Type
Trailing (Minimum Leverage Level / MLL)
- Consistency Rule
Zero: 40% (qualified/funded; none on challenge). Advanced: 50% on challenge, none on qualified/funded. Premium (Standard & No Activation Fee): 50% on challenge, none on qualified/funded.
- Contract / Scaling Limits
Premium: 50K up to 4 (40 micros), 100K up to 8 (80 micros), 150K up to 12 (120 micros). Advanced: 50K up to 5 (50 micros), 100K up to 10 (100 micros), 150K up to 15 (150 micros). Zero: 25K up to 1 (10 micros), 50K up to 3 (30 micros), 100K up to 6 (60 micros).
- News Trading
Evaluation: allowed, no restrictions. Sim Funded: Advanced & Premium Qualified allowed; Zero Qualified: may hold through news but no trades within 2 min before/after high-impact (red-folder) events (4-min window from speech start). 1st violation = warning + trade profit voided/payout denied until next eligible date; subsequent = account breach.
- Other Key Rules
Min trading days — Zero: eval 1 day; Advanced & Premium: eval 2 days; all programs sim-funded: 5 winning days of $200+. AI/bots/EAs prohibited (all account types); semi-auto signal indicators allowed if trader manually places/manages trades. Copy trading allowed across own accounts (use smallest as Master). Prohibited: All-or-Nothing, Order Book Spamming, Tick/Micro Scalping (<10 ticks & <2 min), Exploiting Absence of Slippage, Simultaneous Multiple Limit Orders at Same Price, Gambling/Account Rolling/Stacking, Reverse Trading/Hedging, trading in Gapped/Illiquid Markets, Group Trading, VPN to hide/change IP. Price Limit: no trading within 2% of a CME price limit. Drawdown Adjustment: withdrawing all profits after trailing balance is adjusted to account balance leads to closure. Inactivity: trade at least once every 10 trading days (data archived after 10 inactive days).
Payouts
PAYOUT POLICY
- Profit Split
90% at all times (not tiered) — all programs
- Minimum Payout
- Premium: $500; Zero: $200; Advanced: $1,000 (max $15,000/request)
- Payout Frequency
Eligible after 5 winning days of $200+ each; may request up to 50% of profit per payout
- Safety Net / Threshold
MLL (Minimum Leverage Level) trailing — no 'MLL slides to $0 at first withdrawal' rule. Net Profit Rule: account must hold positive net profit (>=$1) above amount previously requested.
- Activation Fee
Premium offered in Standard and No-Activation-Fee variants ($ amount not stated)
- Processing Time
48 business hours or less
Restricted countries
RESTRICTED COUNTRIES
- Restricted Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cuba, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe