Alpha Capital Group vs The5ers
Alpha Capital Group
The5ers
Computed verdict
There isn't a current verified offer on both firms, so we don't call a cost winner. On the overall score, The5ers comes out ahead (82 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.
A static 10% max loss from initial balance and a 5% daily limit anchored to the higher of the previous close's balance or equity — nothing trails, but touching either terminates the account.
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.
A hard daily limit on High Stakes, measured against the higher of the previous midnight's balance or equity — hitting it terminates the account. The5ers' own pages disagree on the number: the 2-Step Plan Rules & Specifications page (last updated 7 September 2026) and the Summer Plan page both state 3%, while the High Stakes general-rules page (last updated 10 August 2026) states 5%. Unresolved, and we do not pick a side. We publish 5% because it comes from the High Stakes page, but 3% is the safer assumption and the one to trade to until The5ers reconciles its pages. On a $100,000 account the gap is $2,000 of daily room, on a limit that ends 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.
There is no percentage consistency rule, but each step requires at least 3 profitable days of +0.5% or more, which blocks one-day passes.
Phase 1 10% ($5,000), Phase 2 5% ($2,500), minimum 3 days per phase; 10% ($5,000) max overall loss, 5% daily.
Two steps on the current High Stakes plan: 10% then 5% (a legacy Classic variant runs 8% then 5%), each needing a minimum of 3 profitable days, where a profitable day is closed net of at least +0.5% of the initial balance. Maximum total loss is 10% of the initial balance. The daily loss limit is disputed between The5ers' own pages at 3% and 5% — see the daily-loss section, where both positions are recorded and neither is settled. Inactivity: an account expires after 30 consecutive days without trading during evaluation, and after 60 on a funded account.
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 the 2-Step, The5ers splits 80/20 and scales to 100% with a fixed monthly payout at high balances. On how much you need before you can be paid, its own pages disagree: the 2-Step rules page asks for $250 of profit, the withdrawals help page asked for $150. We record both and pick neither. What is clear is that there is a cap: $2,000 per payout cycle. First payout 14 days after the account is activated, then every two weeks.
$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.
$100K 2-Step Classic (8%/5%): one-time $179, and $149 for the 10%/5% tier — both read on The5ers' own pages on 2026-09-08. Smaller sizes are served by a dynamic pricing widget we could not read, so we publish no $50K price. No monthly fee, no activation fee documented, and no paid reset product: a failed evaluation means buying a new one.