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Base price: $699
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Base price: $369
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Cost
Base price
$699
$369
Account size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90%
90%
Evaluation rules
Profit target
6% in one step; no time limit
25K $1,500; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
Max drawdown
5% end-of-day trailing
25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,500; 150K $5,000 — EOD trailing
Daily loss limit
3% of the starting balance, hard breach
25K $600; 50K $1,250; 100K $2,500; 150K $3,750 — soft breach
Min trading days
None to pass; 5 profitable days of 0.5%+ per payout
1
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
Same 3% daily and 5% EOD trailing; balance must stay 3% above start after each payout
EOD trailing
Consistency rule
Best day 50% or less of total profit to pass
None
Consistency rule (funded)
None
35%
News trading (challenge)
Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed: positions no longer have to be flattened for news, in evaluation or funded
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Max live balance
Up to $4,000,000 across all Alpha Funded accounts
Up to 5 Simulated Funded Accounts at any time, per user and per household, any combination of Growth, Select Flex/Daily and Lightning
Payouts
Payout frequency
Every 5 profitable days
Each 5-profitable-day cycle
First payout
After 5 profitable days of 0.5%+
After 5 qualifying profitable days plus balance and consistency requirements
Min days to payout
5 profitable days of 0.5%+
5 qualifying profitable days
Processing time
24 business hours after approval
24–48 business hours
Refund policy
No refund program on futures accounts is published
Not recorded
Payout methods
Rise (crypto, ACH or wire)
Not recorded
Trading rules
Weekend holding
Allowed
Not allowed
Overnight holding
Allowed
Not allowed; positions must close by session end
Hedging
Prohibited, within one account and across accounts
Prohibited
Copy trading
Allowed only between accounts you own; no signal services or copying anyone else
Not recorded
Expert advisors (EAs)
HFT and software built for an unfair speed advantage are prohibited
Not recorded
Other restrictions
Prohibited: account stacking or draining, grid, martingale, tick scalping (trades of ~30 seconds or less), latency or reverse arbitrage, hedging within or across accounts, max size into news or macro reports for unrealistic fills, trading outside the best bid/offer, HFT or speed software, signal copying and account management. Not available in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, India, China or Myanmar, or to sanctioned persons.
Allowed if you own the strategy exclusively · not shared with other traders/firms · not high-frequency trading · Hedging not allowed · No swing trading or holding positions overni…firm-level
Commission / lot
Not recorded
No activation fees · Growth Evaluations, Select Evaluations: No activation feefirm-level
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$699
Winner: $369
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