Alpha Capital rules, explained

The rules that can fail a Alpha Capital account or cost you a payout, for each of its 7 programmes: daily loss, maximum loss, news, weekends and payouts. Checked against Alpha Capital’s own pages on 26 October 2026.

Programmes on sale

Alpha One

4% daily · 6% trailing max loss · 10% target

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Evaluation 10%
Minimum trading days: Evaluation 1 day
Daily loss limit: 4% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 6%, trailing the highest balance reached. It stops rising once it reaches the starting balance.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Allowed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request.
Also note: The trailing max loss stops rising once it reaches the starting balance.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Direct

3% daily · 5% trailing max loss · 1% max risk per asset · no evaluation

Account sizes: $2,500, $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: None. The account is funded from the start.
Daily loss limit: 3% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 5%, trailing the highest balance reached. It stops rising once it reaches the starting balance.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Not allowed. Holding over the weekend can fail the account.
Payouts: On demand 90%, best day under 15% of total profit, at least 1% profit to request.
Also note: The first 3% of profit is a buffer that stays in the account. Lot exposure is capped by size: 0.5 lots per $1,000 at $2.5K–$10K, 0.4 lots per $1,000 from $25K. Weekend holds are not allowed; the page doesn’t say what happens if you do, so PAYOUT treats it as a breach.

Source: help.alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Pro 6%

3% daily · 6% static max loss · 6% then 6% target

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Phase 1 6% · Phase 2 6%
Minimum trading days: Phase 1 3 days · Phase 2 3 days
Daily loss limit: 3% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 6% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Evaluation: Allowed. Qualified Account: Profit from trades held over the weekend is removed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request. Bi-weekly.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Pro 8%

4% daily · 8% static max loss · 8% then 5% target

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Phase 1 8% · Phase 2 5%
Minimum trading days: Phase 1 3 days · Phase 2 3 days
Daily loss limit: 4% of the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 8% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Evaluation: Allowed. Qualified Account: Profit from trades held over the weekend is removed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request. Bi-weekly.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Pro 10%

5% daily · 10% static max loss · 10% then 5% target

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Phase 1 10% · Phase 2 5%
Minimum trading days: Phase 1 3 days · Phase 2 3 days
Daily loss limit: 5% of the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 10% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Evaluation: Allowed. Qualified Account: Profit from trades held over the weekend is removed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request. Bi-weekly.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Swing

5% daily · 10% static max loss · 10% then 5% target

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Phase 1 10% · Phase 2 5%
Minimum trading days: Phase 1 3 days · Phase 2 3 days
Daily loss limit: 5% of the day’s opening balance. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 10% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Allowed.
Weekend holding: Allowed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request.
Also note: News is allowed on Alpha Swing, but a trade opened within 2 minutes either side of a release must stay open over 2 minutes.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Alpha Three (existing accounts)

4% daily · 6% static max loss · 8%, 4%, 4% targets

Account sizes: $5K, $10K, $25K, $50K, $100K, $200K
Profit target: Phase 1 8% · Phase 2 4% · Phase 3 4%
Minimum trading days: Phase 1 3 days · Phase 2 3 days · Phase 3 3 days
Daily loss limit: 4% of the higher of the day’s opening balance or equity. Hitting it fails the account. The day resets at GMT+3.
Maximum loss: 6% of the starting balance. The floor never moves.
News, evaluation: Allowed.
News, Qualified Account: Profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news is removed. The account isn’t failed.
Weekend holding: Allowed.
Payouts: On demand, best day under 40% of total profit, at least 2% profit to request. Bi-weekly.
Also note: No longer sold; for accounts bought earlier.

Source: alphacapitalgroup.uk, checked 26 October 2026.

Trading Alpha Capital with PAYOUT

PAYOUT holds these rules for every Alpha Capital programme above and checks each trade against them before it goes in. Alpha Capital’s web terminal opens inside PAYOUT.

Daily loss limit: 3–5% a day
Max loss: 5–10% · static or trailing
Risk per trade idea: Capped on funded accounts
Consistency: Best day under 15–40% of profit
Weekend holding: Warns on Friday · blocks new trades 2 hours before the close
Your daily stop: Your own limit, tighter than the firm’s
No hedging: No buy and sell open on the same pair
No one-sided bets: Under 2% of the account on one direction, across correlated pairs
Cooling off: 2 min after any exit · 30 min before the same side again

Not checked by PAYOUT: news windows. Keep an eye on these yourself.

Alpha Capital doesn’t publish index contract sizes.

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