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Alpha Futures 25K Max Contracts, Plan by Plan
Alpha Futures 25K: Zero evaluation, 1 mini or 10 micros; Zero qualified, 1 mini or 10 micros; Direct (qualified from day one), 2 minis or 20 micros. Read from help.alpha-futures.com on 2026-10-23.
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It starts at $25,000. Today's limit is set from it.
The trailing max loss limit follows it. Blank uses the balance.
Contracts allowed today
1 mini todayor 10 micros (1 mini = 10 micros). Zero qualified has a fixed cap, with no scaling plan.
Fits one 8-point ES stop
1 mini or 10 micros. One ES risks $400 and one MES $40 at this stop. Today's allowance is the limit, not the stop.
Stops until the limits
- At 1 mini ($400 a stop): 1 stop before the daily loss limit; 2 stops before the max loss line, and the next one reaches it.
- Max loss line $24,000 ($1,000 under the highest close, locking at $25,000): $1,000 of room. Daily loss limit $500, which ends the day, not the account.
Alpha Futures's rules, read from help.alpha-futures.com on 2026-10-23: Scaling Plan, edited 2026-07-24; Zero Account Overview, edited 2026-08-12; 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. The loss is counted at the stop price; slippage, commission and gaps make it larger. Your firm's dashboard is the source of truth.
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The math: fits = whole contracts whose one stop-out stays above the daily and max loss lines, capped at today's tier
Alpha Futures 25K: contracts by plan
Read from help.alpha-futures.com on 2026-10-23. Each source shows that page's own last edit (UTC).
- Zero evaluation25K: 1 mini or 10 micros. Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, 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.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.Sources: Zero Account Overview, edited 2026-08-12; 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
- Zero qualified25K: 1 mini or 10 micros. Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, 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.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 Zero 25K has no scaling plan: its 1 mini or 10 micros 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: Scaling Plan, edited 2026-07-24; Zero Account Overview, edited 2026-08-12; 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
- Direct (qualified from day one)25K: 2 minis or 20 micros. Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, 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
Common questions
How many contracts can I trade on Alpha 25K?
Alpha Futures 25K: Zero evaluation, 1 mini or 10 micros; Zero qualified, 1 mini or 10 micros; Direct (qualified from day one), 2 minis or 20 micros. Read from help.alpha-futures.com on 2026-10-23.
How many micros can I trade on Alpha 25K?
Zero evaluation: up to 10 micros, Zero qualified: up to 10 micros and Direct (qualified from day one): up to 20 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.
What are the loss limits on Alpha 25K?
Zero evaluation: Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, ending the day, not the account. Zero qualified: Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, ending the day, not the account. Direct (qualified from day one): Max loss: $1,000, trailing the highest close, locking at $25,000. Daily loss limit: $500, ending the day, not the account.
Where do these Alpha numbers come from?
From Alpha Futures's own pages (help.alpha-futures.com), read on 2026-10-23: "Zero Account Overview" (edited 2026-08-12), "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), "Scaling Plan" (edited 2026-07-24), "News Trading Policy" (edited 2026-07-27), "Direct Account Overview" (edited 2026-07-09). Firms change their rules; your account's dashboard is the source of truth.