Alpha Futures 150K Max Contracts, Plan by Plan

Alpha Futures 150K: contracts by plan

Read from help.alpha-futures.com on 2026-10-23. Each source shows that page's own last edit (UTC).

• Standard evaluation
  150K: 15 minis or 150 micros. Max loss: $4,500, trailing the highest close, locking at $150,000. Daily loss limit: none in the calculator.
  Micros: Alpha prints minis and micros side by side at ten micros a mini ("3 minis, 30 micros") and doesn't say how a mix counts; the calculator counts ten micros as one mini. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full minis.No Daily Loss Guard on evaluations.The Maximum Loss Limit trails the highest end-of-day balance and stops trailing at the starting balance; floating equity or the closed balance touching it liquidates the account.Sources: Standard Account Overview, edited 2026-07-27; Maximum Loss Limit (MLL), edited 2026-07-15; What and When you can Trade, edited 2026-07-17
• Standard qualified
  150K: 3–15 minis by the scaling plan, up to 15 minis or 150 micros. Max loss: $4,500, trailing the highest close, locking at $150,000. Daily loss limit: $3,000, ending the day, not the account.

  Standard qualified, 150K: Alpha's Scaling Plan, rows on profit on the qualified account, minis / micros

  Row, as the firm labels it	Minis / micros
  Less than $1,500 profit	3 / 30
  $1,500-2,000 profit	4 / 40
  $2,000-3,000 profit	5 / 50
  $3,000-4,500 profit	10 / 100
  $4,500+ profit	15 / 150

  Micros: Alpha prints minis and micros side by side at ten micros a mini ("3 minis, 30 micros") and doesn't say how a mix counts; the calculator counts ten micros as one mini. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full minis.The scaling plan applies on qualified accounts only. Alpha doesn't say when a row updates, whether a payout moves you down, or which row owns $2,000, $3,000 and $4,500, where its rows share an end. The calculator reads the row from the last close (if Alpha updates it intraday, a losing day can lower it sooner), drops it with the balance after a payout, and takes the smaller row on a shared end. A row printed "-" means the account is already at its max.The Daily Loss Guard is 2% of the starting balance: hitting it flattens your positions and locks the account until the next trading day (6 PM ET), without failing it. It counts open and closed P&L, commissions and fees.The Maximum Loss Limit trails the highest end-of-day balance and stops trailing at the starting balance; floating equity or the closed balance touching it liquidates the account.Zero, Standard and Direct qualified accounts can't place orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a red-folder (high impact) event.These are the relaunched Standard's numbers ("Standard Account is back with some upgrades!"); accounts from before its May 2026 retirement may carry other limits.Sources: Scaling Plan, edited 2026-07-24; Standard Account Overview, edited 2026-07-27; Maximum Loss Limit (MLL), edited 2026-07-15; Daily Loss Guard, edited 2026-07-15; News Trading Policy, edited 2026-07-27; What and When you can Trade, edited 2026-07-17
• Advanced (evaluation or qualified)
  150K: 15 minis or 150 micros. Max loss: $5,250, trailing the highest close, locking at $150,000. Daily loss limit: none in the calculator.
  Micros: Alpha prints minis and micros side by side at ten micros a mini ("3 minis, 30 micros") and doesn't say how a mix counts; the calculator counts ten micros as one mini. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full minis."There is no Scaling Plan on Advanced Accounts" and no preset Daily Loss Guard (you can set one in your platform), in the evaluation or qualified; no news restrictions.The Maximum Loss Limit trails the highest end-of-day balance and stops trailing at the starting balance; floating equity or the closed balance touching it liquidates the account.Sources: Advanced Account Overview, edited 2026-07-22; Scaling Plan, edited 2026-07-24; Maximum Loss Limit (MLL), edited 2026-07-15; Daily Loss Guard, edited 2026-07-15; What and When you can Trade, edited 2026-07-17
• Direct (qualified from day one)
  150K: 10 minis or 100 micros. Max loss: $4,500, trailing the highest close, locking at $150,000. Daily loss limit: $3,000, ending the day, not the account.
  Micros: Alpha prints minis and micros side by side at ten micros a mini ("3 minis, 30 micros") and doesn't say how a mix counts; the calculator counts ten micros as one mini. Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether count as full minis.No evaluation and no scaling plan: the full cap from the start.The Daily Loss Guard is 2% of the starting balance: hitting it flattens your positions and locks the account until the next trading day (6 PM ET), without failing it. It counts open and closed P&L, commissions and fees.The Maximum Loss Limit trails the highest end-of-day balance and stops trailing at the starting balance; floating equity or the closed balance touching it liquidates the account.Zero, Standard and Direct qualified accounts can't place orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a red-folder (high impact) event.Sources: Direct Account Overview, edited 2026-07-09; Maximum Loss Limit (MLL), edited 2026-07-15; Daily Loss Guard, edited 2026-07-15; News Trading Policy, edited 2026-07-27; What and When you can Trade, edited 2026-07-17
• Live (Path to Live) (not in the calculator)When Alpha calls a trader to live, all qualified accounts close: one live account per qualified account with a payout, starting at $0 with 1/10, 2/20, 4/40 or 6/60 (25K to 150K) until the end-of-day Max Loss Limit ($1,000/$2,000/$3,000/$4,500) reaches a $0 balance, then 2/20, 4/40, 8/80 or 12/120, with a scaling daily loss limit of 30% of the account.Source: Path To Live Structure, edited 2026-08-21