Firm review · Futures
Alpha Futures review: Zero, Standard, Advanced and Direct
Four ways into an Alpha Futures account, in sizes from $25K to $150K. Direct, with no evaluation: $349–$859 once. Three monthly evaluations: Zero $89–$279, Standard $129–$349 and Advanced $209–$489 a month. Activation fee: $0 on every plan. The code PFK was checked at the Alpha Futures checkout on all four plans, on the first payment; renewals were not checked.
Rules checked on alpha-futures.comSep 27, 202641 official pages citedMethodology
Alpha Futures promo code
PFK was checked at the Alpha Futures checkout on Sep 28, 2026, 10% off on all four plans. It was not checked on monthly renewals, activation fees or resets.
- Max drawdown
- $2,000
- stops trailing at $50,000
- Cost per $1K
- $233.50
- #27 of 47 futures
- #7 of 12 at $50K
- Daily loss guard
- $1,000
- locks trading until the next day
- First payout at
- +$3,000
- under $600 (20% of the profit)
- Max position
- 4 minis
- 40 micros
- Profit split
- 90%
- from the first payout
Price with PFK
$467$519
$50K DirectDirect · one-time
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At a glance
Best for
- No evaluation: you trade a Qualified account from day one, for $349–$859 once ($25K to $150K).Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 90% profit split on every withdrawal, from the first one.Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No winning-day requirement: a payout needs the withdrawal target and the consistency rule only.Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Up to 4 payout requests a month.Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- The drawdown follows your end-of-day balance, never intraday, and stops trailing at the starting balance.Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- A strict 20% consistency rule: no single day may reach 20% of the profit since your last request.Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Each payout needs fresh profit: $1,500–$9,000 before the first by size, then $1,000–$6,000 before each next one; leftover profit does not carry over.Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payout caps of $1,000–$3,000 per request by size; one help article gives a lower figure for one size.Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No reset: a breach ends the account and a new one has to be bought.Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No overnight positions: every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET.Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- Pass in a single day: no consistency rule while you qualify, and a one-day minimum.Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- From $89–$279 a month ($25K to $100K), with $0 activation fee, permanently.Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 90% profit split from the first payout, with no tiers.Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A Qualified reset exists: $399–$799 by size, twice at most, before your first payout request.Help: Reset (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- A daily loss guard of $500–$2,000 by size, during the evaluation too: it flattens your positions and locks the account until the next trading day.Help: Daily Loss Guard (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payouts need 5 winning days of $200 or more between requests, and a best day under 40% of the profit since the last one.Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Small caps: $1,000–$2,500 per request by size, and a request may take at most 50% of the profit in the account.Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- On the Qualified account the position limit starts lower and grows with profit, except on the smallest size.Help: Scaling plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Billed every month until you pass or cancel; whether the fee continues once Qualified is disputed by Alpha Futures’s own pages.Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- Payout caps of $3,000–$5,000 per request by size, from a $500 minimum.Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No daily loss guard during the evaluation.Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A Qualified reset exists: $599–$999 by size, twice at most, before your first payout request.Help: Reset (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 90% profit split from the first payout, with no tiers.Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- A 50% consistency rule to pass: at $50K, your best day may be at most $1,500 of the $3,000 target.Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- At least 2 trading days to pass.Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Once Qualified: a $1,000–$3,000 daily loss guard by size, 5 winning days of $200 or more between payouts, and a best day under 40%.Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A request may take at most 50% of the profit in the account: the $3,000 cap at $50K needs $6,000 of profit.Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- A $15,000 payout cap per request, at every size.Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No consistency rule and no daily loss guard once Qualified.Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Full position size from the start: no scaling plan.Help: Scaling plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No news-trading restriction once Qualified.Help: News trading policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- $209–$489 a month by size, billed until you pass or cancel.Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 40% consistency rule to pass, and at least 3 trading days; the Terms give a different minimum.Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- The $15,000 cap needs $30,000 of profit in the account, as a request may take at most 50% of it.Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No Qualified reset: a breach ends the account.Help: Reset (official page, opens in a new tab)
- At most 3 Qualified accounts at once, and an active one limits all your Qualified accounts to 3; the plan page says 5.Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
Listed in: Futures instant funding accounts, TradingView-compatible accounts
Four ways in
Which way in costs least?
For the size you pick: each plan at the price you pay with PFK, its activation fee, and how many months of a monthly plan cost less than one Direct account. A month is one evaluation subscription; later months are counted at the same price with the code, which was checked on a first payment only. No pass rate is assumed.
At $50K: each way in at the price you pay, against one Direct account ($467).
| Way in | Price you pay | Activation fee | To the Qualified account, month 1 | Profit target | Max drawdown | Days to pass | Consistency, payout stage | Payout cap | Evaluation reset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directone-time, no evaluation | $467 | $0 | $467 | None | $2,000 | No evaluation | Under 20% | $2,000 | None |
| Zeromonthly evaluation | $125/month | $0 | $125 | +$3,000 | $2,000 | 1 day | Under 40% | $1,500 | $119 |
| Standardmonthly evaluation | $116/month | $0 | $116 | +$3,000 | $2,000 | 2 days | Under 40% | $3,000 | $109 |
| Advancedmonthly evaluation | $188/month | $0 | $188 | +$4,000 | $1,750 | 3 days | None | $15,000 | $189 |
- Zero: $125 a month, $125 to the Qualified account if you pass within the first month; 3 months ($375) cost less than one Direct ($467); a reset costs $119, less than a month.
- Standard: $116 a month, $116 to the Qualified account if you pass within the first month; 4 months ($464) cost less than one Direct ($467); a reset costs $109, less than a month.
- Advanced: $188 a month, $188 to the Qualified account if you pass within the first month; 2 months ($376) cost less than one Direct ($467); a reset costs $189, not less than a month.
- The first-month cost assumes the evaluation subscription ends when you pass, as the Monthly Subscription help article says; the plan pages show the same monthly price on the Qualified card (see the official pages that disagree).
- A failed evaluation restarts at the next monthly rebill; a reset bought before then does not change the rebill date.
- No pass rate is assumed: the months are how many you could pay before one Direct costs less, not how long passing takes.
Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Reset (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
Accounts
All 13 Alpha Futures accounts
Four plans in three or four sizes. Zero, Standard and Advanced are billed every month until you pass or cancel; Direct is paid once. The code column is the price with the code.
Showing 4 of 13: Direct. Prices with PFK; your selected account is highlighted.
| Billing | Consistency, payout stage | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | $25K | one-time | $349 | $314 | $0 | None | $1,000 | $500 | Under 20% | $1,000 |
| Direct | $50K | one-time | $519 | $467 | $0 | None | $2,000 | $1,000 | Under 20% | $2,000 |
| Direct | $100K | one-time | $689 | $620 | $0 | None | $3,000 | $2,000 | Under 20% | $2,500 |
| Direct | $150K | one-time | $859 | $773 | $0 | None | $4,500 | $3,000 | Under 20% | $3,000 |
Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payout rules
Alpha Futures payout rules: the path to your first payout
Worked on the account you pick, from the official help pages. The example assumes each target is reached exactly and the most allowed is requested each time.
Showing Direct $50K
Direct $50K: from purchase to the third payout
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Buy
$467
one-time payment
- Floor on day 1
- $48,000: $2,000 below the start, end-of-day trailing, until it stops at $50,000
- Daily loss guard
- $1,000: locks trading until the next day
- Reset
- None: a breach ends the account
Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Reset (official page, opens in a new tab)
- First payout target
+$3,000
balance $53,000
- Best day
- under $600 (20% of the profit)
- Profitable days
- at least 6 with the 20% rule
- Floor
- stops at $50,000 once the balance high reaches $52,000
- Winning days
- none: the target and the consistency rule only
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- First payout
$500–$2,000
per request; you keep 90%
- After the payout
- balance $51,000, $1,000 above the $50,000 floor
- Share of the profit
- Not published.
- How often
- up to 4 requests a month
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payouts 2 and 3
+$2,000
fresh profit each cycle; leftover profit does not carry over
- Best day
- under $400 (20% of the profit)
- Profitable days
- at least 6 with the 20% rule
- Each payout
- $500–$2,000
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- After that
Up to 4 a month
the same rules each cycle
- Live account
- A review may follow 5 performance fees on one account; all your Qualified accounts then close, and each one that paid out becomes a live account at an 80% split (or 60% with a salary).
- Processing
- Five business days or less once approved, per the Sep 17, 2026 update; the home page still says the same day.
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Path to live (official page, opens in a new tab)Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
Alpha Futures Direct $50K: $467 with PFK.
Get Alpha Futures Direct: copies PFK and opens alpha-futures.com in a new tabConsistency
Alpha Futures consistency rule, worked out
The rule changes by plan and by stage. Each row is worked at the size shown, from the published figures.
Largest profitable day ÷ net profit (since your last payout request, or during the evaluation), capped by each plan. “Under” means the day must stay below the cap; “at most” means it may equal it.
Check your own days in the consistency calculator · Plan your risk on this account in the risk planner
Worked example
- Zero $50K Qualified: a request may take up to 50% of the profit, so the $1,500 maximum needs $3,000 of profit since your last request.
- With the 40% rule, your largest day on that profit must stay under $1,200: with equal days, at least 3 profitable days, while the payout rule already asks for 5 winning days of $200 or more.
- If one day made $1,500 on its own, the request unlocks only once net profit since the last request is above $3,750.
- Direct $50K: the first request needs the $3,000 target with a best day under $600 (20%), so at least 6 profitable days.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
Rules
Alpha Futures rules, with their sources
Checked on alpha-futures.com and its help center on Sep 27, 2026. First the key rules of the four plans side by side at the size you picked, then every rule of the selected plan, each with its source.
Key rules of every plan at $50K, side by side; the column of your plan is highlighted.
Account 8
- Price
- Paid once: no evaluation, no monthly subscription.$25K$349$50K$519$100K$689$150K$859
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee
- None.
- Max drawdown
- Follows your end-of-day balance high, never intraday, and stops trailing at the starting balance. A breach on floating or closed balance ends the account.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- Flattens your positions, cancels your orders and locks the account until the next trading day; it is not a rule violation.$25K$500$50K$1,000$100K$2,000$150K$3,000
Help: Daily Loss Guard (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max position
- $25K2 minis · 20 micros$50K4 minis · 40 micros$100K8 minis · 80 micros$150K10 minis · 100 micros
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Scaling
- None: the size you bought is fixed.
- Reset
- None: a breach ends the account; a new one can be bought.
- Accounts at once
- 5 Direct accounts, per the Maximum Allocation article; the plan page says 5 per size.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct launch post (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payouts 10
- Profit split
- 90% on every withdrawal, from the first.
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Withdrawal targets
- Fresh profit before each request; leftover profit from the last cycle does not carry over.Before the first request$25K+$1,500$50K+$3,000$100K+$6,000$150K+$9,000Before each next request$25K+$1,000$50K+$2,000$100K+$4,000$150K+$6,000
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- Your largest day must stay under 20% of the net profit since your last request; the rule resets after each request. Missing it only holds the request.
- Winning days
- None required.
- Minimum payout
- $500 per request.
- Maximum payout
- Per request. One help article gives a lower figure for one size; see the official pages that disagree.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$2,500$150K$3,000
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Share of the profit
- Not published. The rule that a request may take up to half of the profit is stated for Zero, Standard and Advanced only.
- How often
- Up to 4 requests a month, whenever the target and the consistency rule are met.
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Processing
- Five business days or less once approved, per the Sep 17, 2026 update; the home page still says the same day. See the official pages that disagree.
Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Lifetime cap
- Not published. Only a cap per request is published.
Trading rules 8
- News
- No orders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news; holding through it is allowed. A first violation is a warning, then the account is breached.
Help: News trading policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
- Not allowed: every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, or it is closed for you. The trading day runs from 6 PM to 5 PM ET; markets are closed from Friday 5 PM to Sunday 6 PM ET.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instruments
- CME Group futures on CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full contracts.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Platforms
- AlphaTrader, TradingView (through Plus500), WealthCharts, Deepchart and Quantower. The platform you pick at purchase cannot be changed.
- Bots and copiers
- Full automation and AI bots are prohibited; signal indicators are allowed if you place and manage every trade. Copy trading only between your own accounts.
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Copy trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prohibited
- Tick scalping as a pattern (under 10 ticks and 2 minutes), using the daily loss guard as a stop, hedging across your own accounts, order-book spamming, group trading and VPNs (a VPS is allowed).
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Price limits
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit, on every account.
Help: Price limit trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- Place at least one trade every 10 trading days, or the platform archives the account.
Live account 2
- When
- A review may follow 5 performance fees on one Qualified account, a large total of fees or outstanding performance. All your Qualified accounts then close.
- Choices
- A live account per Qualified account that paid out: an 80% split, or 60% with a salary from half the closed accounts’ profit (up to $75,000). Refusing ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Accounts & fees 7
- Refunds
- All sales are final. The service agreement allows a refund within 14 days only if you have not placed a trade; failing KYC after passing refunds that evaluation.
Return policy (official page, opens in a new tab)General Service Agreement (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Completing KYC (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Paying
- Evaluations can be paid in crypto (ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL), without automatic rebilling; cards and accounts must be in your own name.
Help: Crypto payments (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Third-party payments (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Getting paid
- ACH to US bank accounts, wire transfer, SWIFT, Wise or Rise.
- Identity (KYC)
- ID and selfie before any Qualified account or payout, reviewed within 48 hours; no VPN or VPS during the check.
- Household
- One username per person and one person per household.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Market data
- Not published. No professional data fee is mentioned.
- Premium plan
- Discontinued in July 2026 and its active accounts refunded; not sold today.
Countries 2
- US residents
- Not published. The United States is not on the restricted list, and ACH to US bank accounts is a payout method.
- Restricted
61 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burma/Myanmar, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Darfur, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Countries with limitations (official page, opens in a new tab)
Evaluation 10
- Price
- Billed every month from the day you sign up until you pass or cancel. A failed evaluation restarts at the next rebill.$25K$89$50K$139$100K$279
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Profit target
- $25K+$1,500$50K+$3,000$100K+$6,000
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- Follows your end-of-day balance high and stops trailing at the starting balance.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$3,000
Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- During the evaluation too: at that loss your positions are flattened and the account is locked until the next trading day.$25K$500$50K$1,000$100K$2,000
- Max position
- $25K1 mini · 10 micros$50K3 minis · 30 micros$100K6 minis · 60 micros
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Trading days
- 1 minimum: you can pass in one day.
- Consistency
- None during the evaluation.
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee
- $0, permanently: the plan is named after it.
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Reset
- Buys a fresh evaluation; it does not change your rebill date.$25K$79$50K$119$100K$249
Qualified account 6
- After you pass
- The evaluation closes at the target. Complete KYC and sign the contract; the Qualified account of the same size follows within 24 hours.
Help: Activating your Qualified account (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Monthly fee
- Disputed: the help center says Qualified traders pay no monthly subscription, while the plan page shows the same monthly price on the Qualified card.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- $25K$500$50K$1,000$100K$2,000
Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Daily Loss Guard (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Scaling
- The smallest size is fixed at one mini; on the larger sizes the position limit grows with profit.
- Qualified reset
- At most twice on one account, within 7 days of a breach, and only if the account never reached a payout request.$25K$399$50K$499$100K$799
- Accounts at once
- 5 Zero Qualified accounts, per the Maximum Allocation article; the Terms count 5 per household in total.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payouts 9
- Profit split
- 90% from the first payout, with no tiers.
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Winning days
- 5 days of $200 or more between requests, not necessarily in a row.
- Consistency
- Your largest day must stay under 40% of the net profit since your last request; the rule resets after each request. Missing it only holds the request.
- Share of the profit
- A request may take up to 50% of the profit in the account; the rest stays for drawdown and later requests.
- Minimum payout
- $200 per request.
- Maximum payout
- Per request.$25K$1,000$50K$1,500$100K$2,500
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How often
- Up to 4 requests a month.
- Processing
- Five business days or less once approved, per the Sep 17, 2026 update; the home page still says the same day. See the official pages that disagree.
Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Lifetime cap
- Not published. Only a cap per request is published.
Trading rules 8
- News
- No orders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news; holding through it is allowed. A first violation is a warning, then the account is breached.
Help: News trading policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
- Not allowed: every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, or it is closed for you. The trading day runs from 6 PM to 5 PM ET; markets are closed from Friday 5 PM to Sunday 6 PM ET.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instruments
- CME Group futures on CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full contracts.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Platforms
- AlphaTrader, TradingView (through Plus500), WealthCharts, Deepchart and Quantower. The platform you pick at purchase cannot be changed.
- Bots and copiers
- Full automation and AI bots are prohibited; signal indicators are allowed if you place and manage every trade. Copy trading only between your own accounts.
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Copy trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prohibited
- Tick scalping as a pattern (under 10 ticks and 2 minutes), using the daily loss guard as a stop, hedging across your own accounts, order-book spamming, group trading and VPNs (a VPS is allowed).
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Price limits
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit, on every account.
Help: Price limit trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- Place at least one trade every 10 trading days, or the platform archives the account.
Live account 2
- When
- A review may follow 5 performance fees on one Qualified account, a large total of fees or outstanding performance. All your Qualified accounts then close.
- Choices
- A live account per Qualified account that paid out: an 80% split, or 60% with a salary from half the closed accounts’ profit (up to $75,000). Refusing ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Accounts & fees 7
- Refunds
- All sales are final. The service agreement allows a refund within 14 days only if you have not placed a trade; failing KYC after passing refunds that evaluation.
Return policy (official page, opens in a new tab)General Service Agreement (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Completing KYC (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Paying
- Evaluations can be paid in crypto (ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL), without automatic rebilling; cards and accounts must be in your own name.
Help: Crypto payments (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Third-party payments (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Getting paid
- ACH to US bank accounts, wire transfer, SWIFT, Wise or Rise.
- Identity (KYC)
- ID and selfie before any Qualified account or payout, reviewed within 48 hours; no VPN or VPS during the check.
- Household
- One username per person and one person per household.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Market data
- Not published. No professional data fee is mentioned.
- Premium plan
- Discontinued in July 2026 and its active accounts refunded; not sold today.
Countries 2
- US residents
- Not published. The United States is not on the restricted list, and ACH to US bank accounts is a payout method.
- Restricted
61 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burma/Myanmar, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Darfur, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Countries with limitations (official page, opens in a new tab)
Evaluation 9
- Price
- Billed every month until you pass or cancel.$50K$129$100K$239$150K$349
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Profit target
- $50K+$3,000$100K+$6,000$150K+$9,000
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- Follows your end-of-day balance high and stops trailing at the starting balance.$50K$2,000$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- None during the evaluation.
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max position
- $50K5 minis · 50 micros$100K10 minis · 100 micros$150K15 minis · 150 micros
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Trading days
- At least 2.
- Consistency
- Your best day may be at most 50% of the evaluation profit ($1,500 of the $3,000 target at $50K); you do not pass until it is met.
Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee
- None.
- Reset
- Buys a fresh evaluation; it does not change your rebill date.$50K$109$100K$199$150K$289
Qualified account 6
- After you pass
- Complete KYC and sign the contract; the Qualified account of the same size follows within 24 hours.
Help: Activating your Qualified account (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Monthly fee
- Disputed: the help center says Qualified traders pay no monthly subscription, while the plan page shows the same monthly price on the Qualified card.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- $50K$1,000$100K$2,000$150K$3,000
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Scaling
- The position limit starts lower and grows with profit, up to the evaluation’s limit.
- Qualified reset
- At most twice on one account, within 7 days of a breach, and only if the account never reached a payout request.$50K$599$100K$799$150K$999
- Accounts at once
- 5 Standard Qualified accounts (3 for accounts opened before the July 27, 2026 relaunch); the Terms say an active Standard account limits you to 3.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payouts 9
- Profit split
- 90% from the first payout.
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Winning days
- 5 days of $200 or more between requests, not necessarily in a row.
- Consistency
- Your largest day must stay under 40% of the net profit since your last request; the rule resets after each request. Missing it only holds the request.
- Share of the profit
- A request may take up to 50% of the profit in the account; the rest stays for drawdown and later requests.
- Minimum payout
- $500 per request.
- Maximum payout
- Per request.$50K$3,000$100K$4,000$150K$5,000
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How often
- Up to 4 requests a month.
- Processing
- Five business days or less once approved, per the Sep 17, 2026 update; the home page still says the same day. See the official pages that disagree.
Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Lifetime cap
- Not published. Only a cap per request is published.
Trading rules 8
- News
- No orders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news; holding through it is allowed. A first violation is a warning, then the account is breached.
Help: News trading policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
- Not allowed: every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, or it is closed for you. The trading day runs from 6 PM to 5 PM ET; markets are closed from Friday 5 PM to Sunday 6 PM ET.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instruments
- CME Group futures on CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full contracts.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Platforms
- AlphaTrader, TradingView (through Plus500), WealthCharts, Deepchart and Quantower. The platform you pick at purchase cannot be changed.
- Bots and copiers
- Full automation and AI bots are prohibited; signal indicators are allowed if you place and manage every trade. Copy trading only between your own accounts.
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Copy trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prohibited
- Tick scalping as a pattern (under 10 ticks and 2 minutes), using the daily loss guard as a stop, hedging across your own accounts, order-book spamming, group trading and VPNs (a VPS is allowed).
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Price limits
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit, on every account.
Help: Price limit trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- Place at least one trade every 10 trading days, or the platform archives the account.
Live account 2
- When
- A review may follow 5 performance fees on one Qualified account, a large total of fees or outstanding performance. All your Qualified accounts then close.
- Choices
- A live account per Qualified account that paid out: an 80% split, or 60% with a salary from half the closed accounts’ profit (up to $75,000). Refusing ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Accounts & fees 7
- Refunds
- All sales are final. The service agreement allows a refund within 14 days only if you have not placed a trade; failing KYC after passing refunds that evaluation.
Return policy (official page, opens in a new tab)General Service Agreement (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Completing KYC (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Paying
- Evaluations can be paid in crypto (ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL), without automatic rebilling; cards and accounts must be in your own name.
Help: Crypto payments (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Third-party payments (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Getting paid
- ACH to US bank accounts, wire transfer, SWIFT, Wise or Rise.
- Identity (KYC)
- ID and selfie before any Qualified account or payout, reviewed within 48 hours; no VPN or VPS during the check.
- Household
- One username per person and one person per household.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Market data
- Not published. No professional data fee is mentioned.
- Premium plan
- Discontinued in July 2026 and its active accounts refunded; not sold today.
Countries 2
- US residents
- Not published. The United States is not on the restricted list, and ACH to US bank accounts is a payout method.
- Restricted
61 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burma/Myanmar, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Darfur, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Countries with limitations (official page, opens in a new tab)
Evaluation 9
- Price
- Billed every month until you pass or cancel.$50K$209$100K$349$150K$489
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Profit target
- $50K+$4,000$100K+$8,000$150K+$12,000
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- Follows your end-of-day balance high and stops trailing at the starting balance.$50K$1,750$100K$3,500$150K$5,250
Help: Maximum Loss Limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- None, during the evaluation or after; you may set your own in the platform.
- Max position
- The full limit from the start, kept once Qualified.$50K5 minis · 50 micros$100K10 minis · 100 micros$150K15 minis · 150 micros
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Trading days
- At least 3 per the plan page; the Terms schedule says 2.
Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- Your best day may be at most 40% of the evaluation profit; you do not pass until it is met.
- Activation fee
- $0 for accounts bought after July 8, 2026; the Activation fee article still leads with the older $149.
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Activation fee (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Reset
- Buys a fresh evaluation; it does not change your rebill date.$50K$189$100K$319$150K$449
Qualified account 5
- After you pass
- Same size, no consistency rule, no daily loss guard and no scaling plan.
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Monthly fee
- Disputed: the help center says Qualified traders pay no monthly subscription, while the plan page shows the same monthly price on the Qualified card.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
- None.
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Qualified reset
- None: a breach ends the account.
- Accounts at once
- 3 Advanced Qualified accounts, and an active one limits all your Qualified accounts to 3; the plan page says 5.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payouts 9
- Profit split
- 90% from the first payout.
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Winning days
- 5 days of $200 or more between requests, not necessarily in a row.
- Consistency
- None once Qualified.
- Share of the profit
- A request may take up to 50% of the profit in the account: the $15,000 maximum needs $30,000 of profit.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum payout
- $1,000 per request.
- Maximum payout
- $15,000 per request at every size.
Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How often
- Up to 4 requests a month.
- Processing
- Five business days or less once approved, per the Sep 17, 2026 update; the home page still says the same day. See the official pages that disagree.
Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Lifetime cap
- Not published. Only a cap per request is published.
Trading rules 8
- News
- No restriction on the Qualified account; the prohibited practices still apply.
Help: News trading policy (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
- Not allowed: every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, or it is closed for you. The trading day runs from 6 PM to 5 PM ET; markets are closed from Friday 5 PM to Sunday 6 PM ET.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instruments
- CME Group futures on CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full contracts.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Platforms
- AlphaTrader, TradingView (through Plus500), WealthCharts, Deepchart and Quantower. The platform you pick at purchase cannot be changed.
- Bots and copiers
- Full automation and AI bots are prohibited; signal indicators are allowed if you place and manage every trade. Copy trading only between your own accounts.
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Copy trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prohibited
- Tick scalping as a pattern (under 10 ticks and 2 minutes), using the daily loss guard as a stop, hedging across your own accounts, order-book spamming, group trading and VPNs (a VPS is allowed).
Help: Prohibited trading practices (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Price limits
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit, on every account.
Help: Price limit trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- Place at least one trade every 10 trading days, or the platform archives the account.
Live account 2
- When
- A review may follow 5 performance fees on one Qualified account, a large total of fees or outstanding performance. All your Qualified accounts then close.
- Choices
- A live account per Qualified account that paid out: an 80% split, or 60% with a salary from half the closed accounts’ profit (up to $75,000). Refusing ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Accounts & fees 7
- Refunds
- All sales are final. The service agreement allows a refund within 14 days only if you have not placed a trade; failing KYC after passing refunds that evaluation.
Return policy (official page, opens in a new tab)General Service Agreement (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Completing KYC (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Paying
- Evaluations can be paid in crypto (ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL), without automatic rebilling; cards and accounts must be in your own name.
Help: Crypto payments (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Third-party payments (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Getting paid
- ACH to US bank accounts, wire transfer, SWIFT, Wise or Rise.
- Identity (KYC)
- ID and selfie before any Qualified account or payout, reviewed within 48 hours; no VPN or VPS during the check.
- Household
- One username per person and one person per household.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Market data
- Not published. No professional data fee is mentioned.
- Premium plan
- Discontinued in July 2026 and its active accounts refunded; not sold today.
Countries 2
- US residents
- Not published. The United States is not on the restricted list, and ACH to US bank accounts is a payout method.
- Restricted
61 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burma/Myanmar, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Darfur, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Countries with limitations (official page, opens in a new tab)
Read before you buy
Traps and contradictions
From Alpha Futures’s own pages. The watch-outs follow the plan you picked. Where two official pages say different things, both are shown: check with Alpha Futures before you buy.
Watch out: Direct 6
- Consistency
No single day may reach 20% of the profit since your last request: at $50K that is under $600 of the $3,000 first target, so at least 6 profitable days per payout.
Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No carry-over
After each withdrawal the target starts again from zero: profit left in the account does not count toward the next one.
Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No reset
A breach ends a Direct account for good; the only way back is to buy a new one.
- Overnight
Every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, every day.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Platform
The platform you pick at purchase cannot be changed afterwards.
- Live account
Once you are called to live, all your Qualified accounts close; refusing the live program ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Watch out: Zero 6
- Daily loss guard
It applies during the evaluation too: a $1,000 loss on a $50K account flattens everything until the next trading day.
- Monthly fee
Alpha Futures’s pages disagree on whether the monthly fee continues once you are Qualified.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Winning days
Each payout needs 5 winning days of $200 or more since the last request; smaller winning days do not count.
- Share of profit
A request may take at most 50% of the profit in the account, so the $1,500 cap at $50K needs $3,000 of profit.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
Every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, every day.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Live account
Once you are called to live, all your Qualified accounts close; refusing the live program ends every relation with the Alpha group.
Watch out: Standard 6
- Consistency to pass
You do not pass until your best day is at most 50% of the evaluation profit.
- Monthly fee
Alpha Futures’s pages disagree on whether the monthly fee continues once you are Qualified.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss guard
None during the evaluation, but $1,000–$3,000 by size once Qualified.
Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Share of profit
A request may take at most 50% of the profit in the account, so the $3,000 cap at $50K needs $6,000 of profit.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Older accounts
Standard accounts opened before the July 27, 2026 relaunch are limited to 3 Qualified accounts.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
Every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, every day.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out: Advanced 6
- Big cap, big profit
The $15,000 cap needs $30,000 of profit in the account, as a request may take at most 50% of it.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum days
The plan page says 3 trading days to pass; the Terms schedule says 2.
Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No reset
An Advanced Qualified account cannot be reset: a breach ends it.
- 3 accounts
Holding an active Advanced Qualified account limits all your Qualified accounts to 3.
Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Monthly fee
Alpha Futures’s pages disagree on whether the monthly fee continues once you are Qualified.
Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Overnight
Every trade must be closed before 4:20 PM ET, every day.
Help: What and when you can trade (official page, opens in a new tab)
Official pages disagree 8
- Direct 50K: maximum per requestADirect plan page, Direct account overview and Terms: $2,000.Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BMaximum Withdrawal Request article: $1,500.Help: Maximum withdrawal request (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Advanced evaluation: minimum trading daysAAdvanced plan page: 3 trading days.Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)BTerms and Conditions schedule: 2 trading days.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How many Qualified accounts at onceAMaximum Allocation article: 5 each on Zero, Standard and Direct, 3 on Advanced; an active Advanced account limits you to 3.Help: Maximum allocation (official page, opens in a new tab)BTerms: 5 per household in total, and 3 with an active Standard or Advanced account. Plan pages: up to 5 Advanced accounts, and 5 Direct accounts per size.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Monthly fee after you qualifyAZero, Standard and Advanced plan pages: the Qualified card shows the same monthly price, and “your monthly stays the same after you qualify”.Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)BMonthly Subscription help article and the Standard relaunch post: Qualified traders do not pay a monthly subscription.Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard relaunch post (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How fast payouts are paidAHome page: the same day, and within 48 business hours; Terms: within 3 business days, up to 14 with extra checks.Home page (official page, opens in a new tab)Home page (official page, opens in a new tab)Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BRoadmap update of Sep 17, 2026: five business days or less once approved; same-day payouts are a target.Roadmap update, Sep 17, 2026 (official page, opens in a new tab)
3 more, lower stakes
- When you are moved to a live accountAHome page FAQ: a review at +$40,000 of payable balance or after 5 payout cycles; the 80% option is called the Generic Live Program.Home page (official page, opens in a new tab)BPath to Live article: after 5 performance fees on one account, a large total of fees, or outstanding performance; the same option is the Alpha Futures Live Program.Help: Path to live (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Company numberATerms and Conditions: Alpha Futures Limited, company number 15655643, Harpenden.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BGeneral Service Agreement: company number 13719951, with a London registered office.General Service Agreement (official page, opens in a new tab)
- An outdated plans-compared postAPlans compared post, still listed in llms.txt: Premium described as a current plan and Standard as retired.Plans compared post (official page, opens in a new tab)llms.txt (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe same post’s own update note: the Premium plan was discontinued in July 2026 and its accounts refunded.Plans compared post (official page, opens in a new tab)
Compare
Direct against other firms’ instant accounts
Instant (no-evaluation) futures accounts only, so this compares Direct whatever program you picked above: the 5 accounts at $50K from other firms closest to it on cost per $1K of max drawdown, one per firm. Prices use our code where one exists.
Alpha Futures Direct $50K: $233.50 per $1K of max drawdown with PFK.
| Account | Price | Max drawdown | Cost per $1K | Drawdown | Daily loss limit | Split | First payout | Payouts | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue GuardianDirect · $50K | $371with PFK | $2,000 | $185.50−$48.00 vs Alpha Futures | End of day | $1,250 | 90% | $3,000 profit | On demand | Alpha Futures vs Blue Guardian |
 FuturesEliteInstant · $50K | $349list price | $1,800 | $193.89−$39.61 vs Alpha Futures | Trailing (EOD) | None | 80% | $3,500 profit | Daily | Alpha Futures vs FuturesElite |
 AquaFundedFutures Instant Funding Standard · $50K | $453list price | $2,000 | $226.67−$6.83 vs Alpha Futures | End of day | $1,250 | 90% | Payout target by size | On demand | Alpha Futures vs AquaFunded |
| Alpha FuturesDirect · $50K | $467with PFK | $2,000 | $233.50 | end-of-day trailing | $1,000 | 90% | $3,000 profit | Up to 4/month | This page |
 PropShopTraderDirect Futures · $50K | $515list price | $2,000 | $257.50+$24.00 vs Alpha Futures | Trailing (EOD) | $1,200 | 90% | 5 trading days | On demand | Alpha Futures vs PropShopTrader |
 BluSkyInstant Sim Funded · $50K | $599list price | $2,000 | $299.50+$66.00 vs Alpha Futures | $2,000 | $1,000 | 80% | Not published | daily | Alpha Futures vs BluSky |
Figures from each firm’s own pages, data Sep 26, 2026. Cost per $1K = price ÷ max drawdown × 1,000.
FAQ
Alpha Futures questions, answered from the data
How much does Alpha Futures cost?
Direct costs $349, $519, $689 or $859 once, for the $25K, $50K, $100K and $150K accounts. The evaluations are billed every month until you pass or cancel: Zero $89–$279 ($25K, $50K and $100K), Standard $129–$349 and Advanced $209–$489 ($50K, $100K and $150K). The activation fee is $0 on every plan.
Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Monthly subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
Is there an Alpha Futures discount code?
Yes: PFK was checked at the Alpha Futures checkout on Direct, Zero, Standard and Advanced, 10% off the first payment. It was not checked on monthly renewals, activation fees or resets.
See every Alpha Futures plan with this code
Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Zero plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Advanced plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)
What is the Alpha Futures activation fee?
$0 on every plan. Zero, Standard and Direct have none, and Advanced accounts bought after July 8, 2026 no longer pay the older $149 fee that the Activation fee help article still mentions.
Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Standard plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Direct plan page (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Activation fee (official page, opens in a new tab)
What are the Alpha Futures payout rules?
They depend on the plan. Zero and Standard: 5 winning days of $200 or more between requests, a best day under 40% of the profit since the last request, and requests of up to 50% of the profit in the account, capped at $1,000–$2,500 on Zero and $3,000–$5,000 on Standard by size. Advanced: the same winning days, no consistency rule and a $15,000 cap. Direct: no winning days, a first withdrawal target of $1,500–$9,000 by size, then $1,000–$6,000 of fresh profit each time, with a best day under 20%. Every plan pays 90%, up to 4 times a month.
Help: Payout policy (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Direct account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Zero account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Standard account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Advanced account overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
How does the Alpha Futures consistency rule work?
Your largest profitable day divided by your net profit must stay under the plan’s limit. On payouts, the profit counts since your last request: 40% on Zero and Standard Qualified accounts, 20% on Direct, none on Advanced Qualified accounts. To pass, Standard allows a best day of at most 50% of the evaluation profit and Advanced 40%; Zero has no rule. Missing it only holds the request or the pass; it is not a breach.
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Which way into Alpha Futures costs least?
At $50K: Zero costs $139, Standard $129 and Advanced $209 a month, against $519 once for Direct, with no activation fee on any. Passing within the first month costs one month. 3 months of Zero, 3 of Standard or 2 of Advanced cost less than one Direct. No pass rate is assumed.
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Can you trade the news on Alpha Futures?
On Zero, Standard and Direct accounts, no orders may be placed within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news; holding a position through it is allowed, and a first violation is only a warning. Advanced Qualified accounts have no news restriction.
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Does Alpha Futures accept US traders?
No page says so in words, but the United States is not on Alpha Futures’s list of restricted countries, and ACH to US bank accounts is one of its payout methods.
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Can you reset an Alpha Futures account?
An evaluation, yes: $119 for a Zero $50K, $109 for Standard and $189 for Advanced, without changing the rebill date. A Qualified account only on Zero ($399–$799 by size) and Standard ($599–$999), at most twice per account, within 7 days of a breach and only before a first payout request. Advanced Qualified and Direct accounts cannot be reset.
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What happened to the Alpha Futures Premium plan?
It was discontinued in July 2026 and its active accounts refunded. Alpha Futures sells four plans today: Zero, Standard, Advanced and Direct.