Alpha Capital Group Review

Company and trust

Alpha Capital Group Limited is a UK-registered company (Companies House number 13719951, incorporated November 2021), operating as a proprietary trading firm rather than a regulated broker — traders deal in simulated funds, not real market capital, until they reach the funded stage.

The firm has built a large public review footprint, with over 20,000 Trustpilot reviews and a mostly positive skew, plus third-party trackers citing tens of millions of dollars distributed in payouts. That volume also means a steady stream of negative reviews describing denied payouts and abrupt account terminations, which is worth weighing against the positive majority.

Challenge rules

Alpha Capital runs several challenge formats: Alpha One (1-step, 10% target), Alpha Pro in 6%, 8% and 10% profit-target variants (2-step), a Swing variant, and Alpha Three (3-step). Account sizes run from roughly $5,000 to $200,000 depending on the format.

Daily and total drawdown limits scale with the format chosen — typically in the 3-5% daily and 6-10% total range — and each phase carries a minimum number of trading days (as low as one day on Alpha One, more on multi-step programs).

Prohibited strategies include latency trading, arbitrage, high-frequency trading, reverse trading/group hedging and order-book spamming. Trades must be held for at least two minutes, a rule that reviewers say has led to disputed payout denials.

Profit split and payouts

The standard profit split is 80% to the trader, with an upgrade path to 90% via a checkout add-on or the Alpha Direct plan. Payouts are available bi-weekly or on-demand, paid out through Riseworks, Wise, or bank transfer.

Scaling adds 10% to the account balance each time a trader hits the required gain and requests a scale-up, up to a $2,000,000 ceiling across accounts, with a cooldown period between scale-up requests.

Payout reliability is contested: many Trustpilot reviewers report smooth, fast payouts, while others describe rule technicalities being used to deny large payout requests or terminate long-standing funded accounts.

Platforms and instruments

Traders can choose between MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DXTrade and TradeLocker; an in-house Alpha Trader platform has been announced as forthcoming.

Instrument coverage runs to roughly 40 symbols spanning forex majors and minors, metals (gold, silver), and a handful of indices and commodities. There is no crypto or single-stock offering, and maximum leverage is capped around 1:100.

Trading restrictions

News trading and weekend holding are generally allowed, though funded accounts on some Alpha Pro variants carry extra restrictions around weekend exposure. Expert Advisors are permitted on MT5 subject to approval, and copy trading from external accounts is allowed.

Group hedging, arbitrage, latency trading and high-frequency strategies are explicitly banned, and violations are the most commonly cited reason for payout denials in third-party reviews.

Support

Support is reachable by email and through an active Discord community where staff respond to trader queries; stated email support hours are Monday to Friday, 8am-8pm GMT. Live chat availability and support-language coverage are not clearly documented on the official site.

Who is it for

Alpha Capital suits traders who want a deep scaling ceiling and platform choice, and who are comfortable navigating a firm with a high review volume that includes a meaningful minority of payout disputes. Traders who rely heavily on short-duration scalping strategies should read the two-minute holding rule carefully before committing to a challenge fee.