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Alpha Capital Group

TradeTrove-verified

1-Step / Direct Funding

Verified 2026-04-18·23 rules encoded·Official site
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Profit target
10% → —
Daily drawdown
4%
Max drawdown
6%
Algo stance
Fully allowed

Summary

UK-based prop firm with a simplified 1-step model (10% target, 4% daily / 6% max DD). Also offers direct funding for traders who'd rather pay upfront than run a challenge. Full algo/EA support.

  • EAs fully allowed
  • Direct funding option available (skip challenge)
  • News trading allowed
  • 1-step evaluation for fast funding

Challenge structure

Every phase, target, drawdown, and time limit — normalized.

1-Step Evaluation
1-step · $10k · $25k · $50k · $100k · $200k
Fee range
$79 – $1399
PhaseTargetMin daysTime limitDaily DDMax DD
Evaluation10%34%6% (static)
Funded4%6% (static)

Algo rules

What strategies and automation the firm permits.

Expert Advisors (EAs)Allowed
External copy tradingBanned
Copy within own accountsAllowed
High-frequency tradingBanned
Latency arbitrageBanned
Tick scalpingAllowed
News tradingAllowed
MartingaleAllowed
Grid strategiesAllowed
HedgingAllowed

Time rules

Weekend holdingAllowed
Rollover (overnight) holdingAllowed
News blackout (before)None
News blackout (after)None
Max hold durationUnlimited
Min hold durationNone

Consistency

No rule

No consistency constraints. A single big winning day is fine.

Payouts

First payout
14 days
Subsequent
14 days
Profit split
80% → 90%

80% profit split standard, scales to 90% with consistent profitability.

Prohibited

  • Latency arbitrage
  • HFT
  • Tick scalping exploits
  • Exploiting pricing errors

Sources

Every rule on this page is traceable to a public firm document. If these drift, flag it on GitHub and we'll re-encode.

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