Alpha Capital Group vs FTMO
Alpha Capital Group
FTMO
Computed verdict
There isn't a current verified offer on both firms, so we don't call a cost winner. On the overall score, FTMO comes out ahead (83 vs 55).
The verdict is computed from verified data and recomputes when the data changes. It is not an opinion and no commercial arrangement alters it. Methodology
Rule by rule
Alpha One uses a 6% trail off the balance high-water mark that locks at breakeven after +6%; all other programs use static 6–10% floors, always breached on live equity. Funded accounts bought after July 21, 2026 also carry a per-asset Max Risk cap on open drawdown — 3% ($5K–$25K), 2% ($50K–$200K), 1% (Alpha Direct) — and a breach closes the account.
Max loss is 10% of initial balance — static on the 2-Step and end-of-day trailing on the 1-Step — measured on equity, so floating losses count.
A hard daily limit of 3–5% by program, set from balance (or the greater of balance/equity) at 00:00 GMT+3 and breached on live equity — touching it closes the account.
Hard daily limit of 5% (2-Step) or 3% (1-Step) of initial capital, recalculated at CET midnight and applied to equity — touching it for an instant fails the account.
No consistency in any evaluation; only on-demand payouts require your best day to stay within 40% of total profits and 2% of gross profits left in the account — the bi-weekly path has no rule.
The 2-Step has no consistency rule at all; the 1-Step requires your best day to stay within 50% of your positive days' profit to pass, never failing the account.
Phase 1 10% ($5,000), Phase 2 5% ($2,500), minimum 3 days per phase; 10% ($5,000) max overall loss, 5% daily.
Two phases: 10% ($5,000) in Phase 1 and 5% ($2,500) in Verification, minimum 4 days each; 10% ($5,000) max overall loss, 5% ($2,500) daily.
Traders choose bi-weekly payouts (first request needs a minimum $100 profit and at least 5 trading days) or on-demand (subject to the 40% best-day rule and to leaving 2% of gross profit in the account). The standard split is 80%, rising to 90% on Alpha Direct or by buying the 90% split add-on. Alpha's own pages do not state a fixed 14-day start or 2-business-day processing.
On-demand payouts from day 14 after your first trade, at a 90% split (1-Step) or 80% rising to 90% (2-Step), with the 2-Step entry fee refunded with your first withdrawal.
$50K Alpha One: one-time $297, from Alpha Capital's own product page on 2026-07-21. That price belongs to Alpha One, not to Alpha Pro 10%, whose per-size prices we have not captured. Discount codes of around 15% circulate through affiliates rather than the firm's own pages, which showed no sitewide promo when we read them. Whether there is an activation fee is unestablished: no claim either way was captured.
$50K 1-Step Challenge: one-time EUR 319, read first-hand from FTMO's own promo page on 2026-09-08, where the fees are stated one-time and non-refundable. FTMO prices in euros and we do not convert. We hold no primary price for the 2-Step and publish none. No subscription or activation fee is documented on the pages we reviewed, which is not the same as a confirmed absence.