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The rules that decide whether an Alpha Capital account passes, stays funded or breaches. News and weekend rules change once the account is qualified, and expert advisors need approval before use.
Checked against Alpha Capital on 29 July 2026
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News trading is unrestricted during evaluation. On a qualified account, no trade may be opened or closed on the affected instrument within 5 minutes either side of a release, and a stop or take profit filling inside that window counts as a violation that removes the profit. 2 Step (Alpha Swing) uses a tighter 2 minute window with a minimum trade duration.
Expert advisors require pre-approval. Tools that manage an open trade are approved; anything that trades independently without human oversight is prohibited outright.
Hedging within one account is allowed, including three or more positions on the same instrument. Hedging across two Alpha Capital accounts is prohibited, and correlated instruments count for that test.
Two consistency rules run in parallel: no single day may contribute more than 40% of total profit, 15% on Instant (Alpha Direct); and the average duration of all trades must exceed 2 minutes.
Freely during the evaluation phases. On a qualified account you cannot open or close a trade on the affected instrument within 5 minutes either side of a release, and a stop or take profit triggered inside that window is treated as a violation. 2 Step (Alpha Swing) uses a 2 minute window instead.
Yes on 2 Step (Alpha Swing), 1 Step (Alpha One) and 3 Step (Alpha Three) at all stages. On 2 Step (Alpha Pro) it is allowed in both evaluation phases but not on the qualified account, where it forfeits profit rather than closing the account.
Only with pre-approval, and only for trade management such as lot sizing, stop loss handling and break even. Fully automated advisors that trade without human oversight are prohibited under any circumstances, and sharing one advisor between traders counts as group trading.
Within a single account, yes, including stacking three or more positions on the same instrument. Across two Alpha Capital accounts it is prohibited, and correlated instruments are considered when assessing it.
No single trading day may contribute more than 40% of total profit, or 15% on Instant (Alpha Direct). Separately, the average duration of all trades must exceed 2 minutes and at least half of profit must come from trades held longer than that.
The firm separates soft breaches from hard ones. A loss limit breach closes a qualified account. A prohibited strategy can terminate the account and lead to a ban. Lot exposure breaches forfeit payout eligibility on the first occasion and deactivate the account on the second.
