Alpha Futures Review 2026

Alpha Futures scores 72 out of 100 overall. Alpha Futures lets you request payouts on your own schedule and only moves the drawdown at the close, but Zero and Direct accounts cap each payout request, and its terms bar you from saying anything negative about it in public.

Trust 69: Mostly checks out. Top factor: clear terms.
Cost 83: Fair price to get funded. Top factor: low activation cost.
Payout 73: Decent payout terms. Top factor: high scaling ceiling.
Rules 62: Rules take some care. Top factor: generous or no time limit.

Alpha Futures LimitedEngland and Wales (UK)Founded 2024Futures prop firmTradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, AlphaTrader

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Firm Data Monitoring Status

Trustpilot RatingChecked weekly - last checked 2026-10-26
Sales and PromotionsFirm emails received since 2026-08-04
Rules, Pricing and PayoutsYearly deep dive plus firm emails - terms last verified 2026-07-03

At a Glance: The Four Scores

Four scores, one published method.

72/ 100

Still Funded Score

3.6

An equal blend of the four scores below. How the score is calculated.

Data Confidence: Medium

Trust Score

3.5

Is the firm legit: is it a real, accountable business, does it actually pay, and what does its track record show?

clear termsverifiable business details

Cost Score

4.2

What it costs to get funded and stay funded: the eval, resets, the activation fee and data fees. Measured at today's price after any dated sale, plus how deep the firm's sales usually run.

low activation costlow or included data fees

Payout Score

3.6

How easy it is to get paid: how much you can take out, how fast it lands, how often, and how many accounts you can stack.

high scaling ceilingon-demand withdrawals

Rules Score

3.1

How trader-friendly the rules are: the drawdown type, how big the drawdown is next to the profit target, daily loss limits and consistency rules.

generous or no time limitnews trading allowed

Still Funded has no affiliate relationship with Alpha Futures and earns nothing if you sign up. Alpha Futures is scored on the same published methodology as every other firm.

Scores update on their own whenever this firm's data changes.

Trustpilot: The Last Four Checks

The four newest Trustpilot checks that feed the Trust score. Trustpilot is one signal, not the whole picture.

4.46,069 reviews(+53)2026-10-05
Checked 2026-10-05: 4.4 across 6,069 reviews, profile active. Review count +53 since the check before.
4.46,138 reviews(+69)2026-10-12
Checked 2026-10-12: 4.4 across 6,138 reviews, profile active. Review count +69 since the check before.
4.46,196 reviews(+58)2026-10-20
Checked 2026-10-20: 4.4 across 6,196 reviews, profile active. Review count +58 since the check before.
4.46,182 reviews(-14)2026-10-26
Checked 2026-10-26: 4.4 across 6,182 reviews, profile active. Review count -14 since the check before.

Sales We Tracked: The Last 12 Months

The sales this firm has emailed us, one dot per month. Terms only, never codes.

Nov 2025Nothing tracked
Dec 2025Nothing tracked
Jan 2026Nothing tracked
Feb 2026Nothing tracked
Mar 2026Nothing tracked
Apr 2026Nothing tracked
May 2026Nothing tracked
Jun 2026Nothing tracked
Jul 2026Nothing tracked
Aug 2026Nothing tracked
Sep 20262 sales40% off evals50% off evals
Sep 2026: 2 sales
- 40% off evals
- 50% off evals
Oct 20261 saleSale*
Oct 2026: 1 sale
- Sale (terms as logged)
  - Type: Percent
  - Value: not stated
  - Covers: Multiple
  - Activation: not stated

Pricing and Account Tiers

Every active eval at full price, plus the best target-to-drawdown ratio in the lineup.

Eval	Price	Sale Price	Activation Fee	Max Drawdown	Drawdown Type	Profit Target	Time Limit
Zero 25K	$89/mo	-	Included	$1,000	End-of-Day Trailing	$1,500	None
Zero 50K	$139/mo	-	Included	$2,000	End-of-Day Trailing	$3,000	None
Zero 100K	$279/mo	-	Included	$3,000	End-of-Day Trailing	$6,000	None
Advanced 50K	$209/mo	-	Included	$1,750	End-of-Day Trailing	$4,000	None
Advanced 100K	$349/mo	-	Included	$3,500	End-of-Day Trailing	$8,000	None
Advanced 150K	$489/mo	-	Included	$5,250	End-of-Day Trailing	$12,000	None
Direct 25K	$349 one time	-	Included	$1,000	End-of-Day Trailing	None (instant)	None
Direct 50K	$519 one time	-	Included	$2,000	End-of-Day Trailing	None (instant)	None
Direct 100K	$689 one time	-	Included	$3,000	End-of-Day Trailing	None (instant)	None
Direct 150K	$859 one time	-	Included	$4,500	End-of-Day Trailing	None (instant)	None
Standard 50K	$129/mo	-	Included	$2,000	End-of-Day Trailing	$3,000	None
Standard 100K	$239/mo	-	Included	$3,000	End-of-Day Trailing	$6,000	None
Standard 150K	$349/mo	-	Included	$4,500	End-of-Day Trailing	$9,000	None

Best Target-to-Drawdown Ratio
Profit target divided by max drawdown, shown target first. Lower is better: less profit to earn per dollar of drawdown. Some firms sell targets smaller than the drawdown, so the ratio can run below 1 : 1, and 1 : 1 is not a bottom.
1.5 : 1
Zero 25K, Zero 50K, Standard 50K
$1,500 target / $1,000 drawdown

Every account above includes 1 free reset credit at full price.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Registry-verified UK company with a complete paper trail: Companies House 15655643, incorporated April 2024, both directors identity-verified through the registry
Fast payouts are the dominant theme in recent Trustpilot reviews: official policy is 48 business hours or less, and community reports run minutes to same-day
On-demand payouts up to 4 times per month with no assigned payout dates, after a low bar of 5 accumulated winning days of $200 or more
90% flat profit split on every account type currently sold
End-of-day trailing drawdown on every account in the catalog, and a Maximum Loss Limit that locks at the starting balance and doesn't slide when you withdraw
No time limits on evals, and the monthly rebill includes a free reset of a failed eval, effectively one free retake per month

Cons

The homepage overstates the firm's own review record. The hero and FAQ claim 4.9 with over 17,000 Trustpilot reviews, but the 17,000 figure fits the whole Alpha group rather than this brand, and the Alpha Futures profile has never shown that rating and count together when we checked. We could not verify the claim
The account terms (condition 26) bar you from saying anything negative about Alpha in public, during your account and after it. Alpha alone decides what counts as negative, and you pay Alpha's legal costs in any dispute even if you win
A community-reported set of payout-denial threads runs underneath the high rating: dated Reddit threads from May 2025 through April 2026, several filed jointly against Alpha Capital Group and Alpha Futures. Community-reported, both sides presented on this page
Every sim account has a payout ceiling. Alpha's Path to Live review, its check before it moves you to a live account, starts at $40,000 payable or 5 payouts, or earlier at the team's discretion. The sim account closes when you move, and turning live down ends your relationship with every Alpha Group branch
Payout requests are capped per request: a $15,000 flat cap on Advanced but small flat caps of $1,000 to $3,000 on Zero and Direct, and Zero and Advanced requests are further capped at 50% of account profit
Every position must be flat by 4:20 PM ET with no overnight or weekend holding, automation is banned outright, and a pattern of tick scalping (trades under 10 ticks and under 2 minutes) is prohibited conduct

Rules at a Glance

The rules that fail people. Tap the info icon beside a rule for the plain-terms version.

DrawdownEOD trailing
How your drawdown line moves. End-of-day trailing rises with your closing balance; intraday trailing rises with every tick of open profit; static never moves. The type decides how much of your own gains you can give back.
Trailing Drawdown Explained
Daily Loss LimitSoft, on some plans
The most you can lose in one session before the day ends. A soft limit ends your day and keeps the account; a hard limit ends the account.
Keeping a Funded Account
Consistency RuleDepends on the plan
Caps how much of your profit can come from one day. Some plans use it in the eval, some once you are funded, and some in both.
- Zero: none in the eval, 40% once funded
- Advanced: in the eval, none once funded
- Direct: none in the eval, 20% once funded
- Standard: in the eval, 40% once funded
Prop Firm Consistency Rule Explained
How Long You Must Hold a TradeNo minimum; scalping limits apply
Whether every trade has to stay open for a set time before you can close it. Some firms set no time but still limit scalping.
Weekend HoldingNot allowed
Whether positions can stay open over the weekend. Not allowed means everything must be flat before the Friday close.
AutomationNot allowed (eval and funded)
Whether bots, EAs and algos are allowed to place trades, at the eval stage and at the funded stage.
Markets You Can't TradeNot yet verified
Markets the firm will not let you trade in this program.
Sim or LiveMust move to live
Whether the funded account is simulated, live, or starts simulated and can move to live.
$40,000 of payable balance on a Qualified account (Alpha's funded sim account), or 5 payouts, or earlier at the Alpha Futures team's discretion. Alpha reviews your trading history before it offers a live account. If you turn live down you still get the final payout, but you give up any further relationship with any branch of the Alpha Group.
Funded Trader Earnings
Accounts at OnceUp to 5 funded
How many funded accounts you can hold at the same time at this firm.
Account Stacking
Copy Your Own AccountsAllowed
Whether you may copy your trades across your own accounts at this firm with a trade copier or within your broker.
Account Stacking

Rules Detail

One drawdown type, everywhere. Every Alpha account, eval and funded, runs an end-of-day trailing Maximum Loss Limit. It moves once at the end-of-day balance, stops when it reaches your starting balance, locks there for good, and doesn't slide back down when you take a payout. An end-of-day drawdown is not permission to hope a loser back by the close; I trade it like an intraday one, because hitting it with an open trade still ends the account mid-session.

The four plans differ on the rules that fail people. Zero carries a soft daily loss limit on both stages, no consistency rule on the eval and a 40% consistency rule on funded payouts. Advanced has no daily loss limit at either stage and no consistency rule once funded, with a 40% consistency rule and three minimum trading days on the eval. Direct starts funded and runs the strictest rule in the lineup at 20%. Standard, relaunched July 2026, runs 50% on the eval and 40% once funded, with the daily loss limit on the funded stage only.

The conduct rules close accounts on every plan: flat by 4:20 PM ET, no overnight or weekend holding, automation banned outright, and a pattern of tick scalping, trades under 10 ticks and under 2 minutes, is prohibited conduct. Zero and Direct funded accounts stay out of the market two minutes either side of red-folder news. The 60-country restricted list applies to physical presence while traveling, not only residency.

At the move to live, the Qualified account (Alpha's funded sim account) closes with a final payout: 50% of account profit, up to the per-account max. You put in $5,000 from the sim balance and the firm adds $5,000, for a $10,000 live account. The live account has a static drawdown, daily payouts, no consistency rule, no news restrictions, no max withdrawal, and a 30% daily loss limit that scales with balance. From there you choose one of two programs. The Alpha Prime Program pays a 60% profit split, with the leftover sim balance paid as a 12-month monthly salary plus development resources. The Generic Live Program pays an 80% split, and you give up the leftover balance and the salary. Turning live down keeps the final payout and ends the relationship with every Alpha Group branch. Platform choice is locked when you buy and cannot be switched afterward. The account Terms and Conditions were rewritten effective 2026-07-27 and now cover the live lineup, with plan schedules for Zero, Standard, Direct, and Advanced.

Source - logged 2026-07-30

Payouts at a Glance

Profit split, speed and the first payout. Tap the info icon for the detail. The evidence is under Payout Evidence below.

Profit Split90/10 on all sim accounts
Your share of the profit you withdraw. The firm keeps the rest.
90% flat on all current account types (the requested amount is deducted from the trading account and you receive 90% of the request). Live-stage splits differ: Alpha Prime Program 60% plus salary, Generic Live Program 80% (after the move to live only).
Payout Process
First Payout5 winning days on Zero and Advanced
The number to hit before your first payout: trading days, winning days, or a payout buffer (the profit a firm makes you keep in the account).
Zero and Advanced: 5 accumulated (non-consecutive) winning trading days of $200 or more on the Qualified account (Alpha's funded sim account), plus a completed ID check (KYC). Zero must also pass the 40% consistency check. Direct: no winning-day rule. The first request needs the first Withdrawal Profit Target reached, the 20% consistency rule met and a completed ID check.
Payout Process
How Often You Can Get PaidOn demand
How often you can request a payout once you meet the first payout rules.
On demand, up to 4 requests per month on every plan. Zero and Advanced requests need 5 accumulated (non-consecutive) winning days of $200 or more since the last request. Direct needs a fresh Withdrawal Profit Target reached before each request, plus a 20% consistency rule.
Payout Process
Payout MethodACH, wire, SWIFT, Wise, Rise
How the money reaches you: a bank transfer, a payment app, or a brokerage transfer.
ACH (US), wire, SWIFT, Wise, Rise (Rise requires a signed agreement before the first payout); all payouts in USD.
Payout Process
Max Payout per Request$1,000 to $15,000 by plan
The most you can take in one withdrawal.
Advanced: $15,000 flat. Zero: $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,500 by size. Direct: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 by size. Zero and Advanced: up to 50% of account profit per request. Direct: instead of the 50% cap, each request needs a fresh Withdrawal Profit Target reached, plus its 20% consistency rule.
Funded Trader Earnings
Lifetime CapReview at $40,000 or 5 payouts
The most one account can pay out before it closes or moves to live, if the firm publishes a limit.
No stated lifetime dollar cap. But each Qualified account, Alpha's funded sim account, has a payout ceiling: the Path to Live review, its check before a move to a live account, starts at $40,000 payable balance or 5 payouts, or earlier at the team's discretion.
Funded Trader Earnings
ScalingContract limit steps up
How the account grows: with your balance, by contract limit steps, or by profit split steps.
Your contract limit steps up as your account profit grows, with no set review dates.
Funded Trader Earnings
Payout SpeedWithin 2 business days
How long the firm takes to process a payout request. Your bank or payout service can add its own time.
48 business hours or less by official policy. The homepage says same-day, and Trustpilot reviewers report minutes to same-day.
Payout Process

Payout Evidence

Firm-published, 2026-07-03: Alpha Futures' homepage claims more than $70 million in performance fees paid, still printed when we checked on 2026-07-06. The firm also runs a public payout leaderboard with Lifetime and Weekly views, and to its credit, every figure on it is labeled a Virtual Payout Amount and the page carries the Hypothetical Performance Disclosure and CFTC Rule 4.41 language. The headline number is the firm's own claim. Source
Community-reported on Trustpilot, 2026-07-03: Trustpilot showed 4.8 across 5,295 reviews when we read it on 2026-07-03, and fast payouts are the dominant theme in the recent ones, with several reviewers reporting they were paid minutes after requesting. Aggregated community evidence, not something we verified ourselves. Source

What Has Changed at Alpha Futures

Everything we have logged about this firm, newest first. Tap the info icon for the note. Sources are under All Events below.

Rules2026-09-28
Rules, 2026-09-28
Alpha raised its Zero Plan prices on or before 2026-09-28. The monthly fee went from $79 to $89 on the 25K, $119 to $139 on the 50K and $239 to $279 on the 100K, and eval resets went from $69, $109 and $219 to $79, $119 and $249.
Product2026-07-27
Product, 2026-07-27
Standard plan relaunched 2026-07-27 on new terms: 90% profit split from the first payout (the retired version ramped 70/80/90), a scaling rule on the Qualified (funded) account only, and no activation fee. The account T&C was rewritten effective the same day to cover the live lineup. Third lineup change of 2026.
Rules2026-07-07
Rules, 2026-07-07
The Premium plan that replaced Standard was itself pulled from sale about ten weeks after launch: by the 2026-07-07 launch of the one-time-fee Direct plan, Premium had vanished from the lineup and its rules article had gone dead. Traders got real wins in the same change: activation fees dropped to zero on every plan and Direct removed the eval stage. But two lineup changes inside three months is something a buyer should weigh.
Rules2026-05-01
Rules, 2026-05-01
Alpha Futures retired its Standard plan on 2026-05-01 with no retroactive changes: traders on the old plan kept their accounts under the old terms, capped at 3 Qualified (funded) accounts. It was announced ahead of time and handled in an orderly way, so we do not count it against the firm. The rules article at this source has since been rewritten for the relaunched Standard.
Founded2024-04-17

All Events

Rules2026-09-28
Alpha raised its Zero Plan prices on or before 2026-09-28. The monthly fee went from $79 to $89 on the 25K, $119 to $139 on the 50K and $239 to $279 on the 100K, and eval resets went from $69, $109 and $219 to $79, $119 and $249.
Source
Product2026-07-27
Standard plan relaunched 2026-07-27 on new terms: 90% profit split from the first payout (the retired version ramped 70/80/90), a scaling rule on the Qualified (funded) account only, and no activation fee. The account T&C was rewritten effective the same day to cover the live lineup. Third lineup change of 2026.
Source
Rules2026-07-07
The Premium plan that replaced Standard was itself pulled from sale about ten weeks after launch: by the 2026-07-07 launch of the one-time-fee Direct plan, Premium had vanished from the lineup and its rules article had gone dead. Traders got real wins in the same change: activation fees dropped to zero on every plan and Direct removed the eval stage. But two lineup changes inside three months is something a buyer should weigh.
Source
Rules2026-05-01
Alpha Futures retired its Standard plan on 2026-05-01 with no retroactive changes: traders on the old plan kept their accounts under the old terms, capped at 3 Qualified (funded) accounts. It was announced ahead of time and handled in an orderly way, so we do not count it against the firm. The rules article at this source has since been rewritten for the relaunched Standard.
Source

Verdict: Who Alpha Futures Fits

Who this firm fits and who should walk away, in my words.

Good Fit For

Traders who want a monthly renewal that resets a failed eval and no activation fee. Zero at $0 activation is the shape I like to buy.
Traders who treat an end-of-day drawdown like an intraday one. Every Alpha account trails at the close, and I never hope a loser back.
Anyone who wants a 90% profit split and money out on their own schedule. Four requests a month, no payout dates, suits steady withdrawals.

Walk Away If

You want uncapped payouts from day one like I do. Zero and Direct cap a request at $1,000 to $3,000, and half your profit stays put.
You plan to stack wide. Five accounts is limiting to me, and one Advanced account cuts the whole stack to three.
You buy by the target-to-drawdown ratio and want 1:1 like I do. Zero 25K, Zero 50K and Standard 50K sit at 1.5:1, the rest at 2:1 or worse.

Strategic Edges

Buy Zero if speed to funding is the goal: no eval consistency rule, a one-day pass possible, activation permanently free. Know the tradeoffs first: a soft daily loss limit, a 40% consistency rule once funded, small per-request caps
Buy Advanced if bigger payouts are the goal: a $15,000 per-request cap, full contracts from day one, no daily loss limit, no funded consistency rule. The costs: the highest monthlies, no funded reset, a 3-account ceiling on your whole stack
Buy Direct to skip the eval: one payment, funded the same day, the same 90% profit split. Price the strings first: a 20% consistency rule, a fresh profit target between withdrawals, no published reset
Pull profit on a steady schedule: the Maximum Loss Limit doesn't slide down when you withdraw. Pair that with four requests a month and keep money moving off the account
Plan ahead before you stack: 5 Qualified (funded) accounts maximum (3 with any Advanced active), copying your own accounts allowed, and every account meets Alpha's Path to Live review at $40,000 payable or 5 payouts

Compared with Other Firms

The firm scored closest to this one on each score, and the lists this firm is on.

Closest on Overall: TradeDay (72 vs 72)
Closest on Trust: Bulenox (70 vs 69)
Closest on Cost: TradeDay (85 vs 83)
Closest on Payout: BluSky Trading (74 vs 73)
Closest on Rules: Leeloo Trading (62 vs 62)

The lists this firm is on:

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the consistency rule at Alpha Futures?

It depends on the plan. Advanced evals carry a 40% rule, meaning your biggest day must stay under 40% of your total net profit, and it is a rule for passing, not one that fails the account, so tripping it just delays the pass. Standard evals run 50% the same way. Zero evals have no consistency rule at all, which is why a one-day pass is possible there, and Direct has no evaluation to apply one to. Once funded, Advanced has no consistency rule, Zero and Standard carry a 40% rule, and Direct carries the strictest one in the lineup at 20%. The funded rules are checked at every payout request, reset between requests, and hold the payout rather than fail the account.

How does the Maximum Loss Limit work at Alpha Futures?

Every account runs an end-of-day trailing drawdown. The Maximum Loss Limit (MLL) trails up from your end-of-day balance high, stops once it reaches your starting balance, and locks there permanently. Hitting it with either an open trade or your closed balance ends the account. Two things make it livable: it never updates mid-session against an open trade, and it doesn't reset or slide back down when you take a payout.

Can you trade the news at Alpha Futures?

Yes, on every evaluation and on Advanced funded accounts. The restriction sits on Zero and Direct funded accounts: no order execution within 2 minutes before or after a ForexFactory red-folder event, with speeches counted at their listed start time. A first violation is a warning with the trade profits voided and the payout denied, and a repeat is a breach.

Does Alpha Futures actually pay out?

Fast payouts are the dominant theme in the recent third-party reviews, with reports of money arriving minutes after the request. That is community-reported evidence, not something we verified ourselves. But the denial side is real too: community threads reporting denied payouts run from May 2025 through April 2026, and several of them name Alpha Futures and its sister brand Alpha Capital Group together. The cons above carry the dating for both sides, and the firm's own $70 million paid figure is firm-claimed, not audited.

How fast are Alpha Futures payouts?

Official policy is 48 business hours or less. The homepage says same-day, and in this case the community evidence supports the faster claim, since recent reviewers report payouts landing in minutes. Plan around the policy number and treat anything faster as the common bonus it appears to be. Requests are on demand, up to four per month, each after five accumulated winning days of $200 or more.

Who owns Alpha Futures?

Alpha Futures Limited is a UK company, Companies House number 15655643, directed by George Kohler and Andrew Blaylock since its April 2024 incorporation. Since April 2026 the sole controlling owner is Alpha Group Uk Holdings Ltd, a group holding company that consolidated the founders' personal ownership vehicles. The registry record is complete and publicly checkable.

Are Alpha Futures and Alpha Capital Group the same company?

No, and they are connected. They are separate legal entities selling different products: Alpha Futures is the group's futures prop firm, founded 2024, and Alpha Capital Group is its forex prop firm, founded 2021. Both share the same two directors and both sit under the same holding company, alongside the group's broker, ACG Markets. The community threads that pair the two names are reacting to that shared ownership, so grievances against one brand are worth knowing about when evaluating the other, and we cover the joint ones with dates in this review.

Is Alpha Futures legit?

As a registered business, yes, and it is unusually easy to verify for a firm this young: a complete UK registry record, identity-verified directors, published rules and fee schedules, and a payout leaderboard clearly labeled as simulated figures. That answers the registration question, not the conduct question. The firm overstates its own review numbers on its homepage, community threads reporting denied payouts sit beneath the high rating, and the account terms carry a non-disparagement clause naming the firm as the sole judge of breach. All three sit in the cons above, and they are the reason our trust read is guarded rather than glowing. One more community-reported item: the in-house AlphaTrader platform had a rough launch window, with support resolving the cases reviewers raised.

Does Alpha Futures have an activation fee?

Not anymore. Accounts bought after July 8, 2026 carry no activation fee on any plan: Zero never had one, and Advanced dropped its old activation fee as part of the July changes. Direct charges a single one-time fee up front and nothing at funding. If you bought before that date under the old structure, the old terms follow your account, so check the terms attached to your own account rather than assuming.

Can you pass Alpha Futures in one day?

On a Zero account, yes. Zero has a one-day minimum and no eval consistency rule, so hitting the full profit target in a single session without touching the drawdown passes the account, and the firm markets it that way. Advanced requires at least three trading days and carries a 40% eval consistency rule, so a one-day pass is not possible there. And Direct skips the question entirely: there is no evaluation, the account starts funded the day you buy it. If speed is the goal, weigh Zero's free-ish entry against Direct's pay-once model, and read the funded rules for both first.

About the Author

Lane Dotson

Founder of Still Funded and Trend Friend

Active futures day trader with more than 13 years in the markets. Founder of Still Funded and operator of Trend Friend.

More about Lane on his author page.

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