Alpha Futures calculator: Zero, Standard and Advanced

Your figures

Optional fields can stay empty: whatever depends on them will appear as Not measured.

Firm and program Declared

Rules the firm posted, transcribed by Rigor with their source and date.

Win rate (%) Declared

The share of winning trades. For example 55.

How you write the win and the loss Declared

As % of the balance per trade, or in R with your risk per trade.

Risk per trade (% of the balance) Declared

Only when you write in R: how much of the balance each trade risks. For example 0.5.

Average win per winning trade Declared

As % of the balance (for example 0.8) or in R (for example 1.5).

Average loss per losing trade Declared

As % of the balance (for example 0.5) or in R (usually 1).

Trades per day Declared

Average per trading day. Decimals work: 0.5 is one trade every two days.

Trades in your history (optional) Declared

How many closed trades are behind your win rate. With it we also show the result at the lower end of its interval.

Challenge fee in USD (optional) Declared

The fee you would pay, as you declare it. With it we compute the expected attempts and the expected cost per account.

Alpha Futures rules the calculator uses

Program and phase	Target	Maximum daily loss	Maximum total loss	Minimum days	Time limit	Best day
Alpha Futures · Zero 50K	6 %	2 % of the initial balance	4 %, trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance (USD 2,000, USD 50,000 account)	1	none	no rule
Alpha Futures · Standard 50K	6 %	none in the challenge	4 %, trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance (USD 2,000, USD 50,000 account)	2	none	at most 50 % of the target
Alpha Futures · Advanced 50K	8 %	none in the challenge	3.5 %, trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance (USD 1,750, USD 50,000 account)	3	none	at most 40 % of the target

Source for Zero 50K: Alpha Futures page, read on 2026-10-10.

Source for Standard 50K: Alpha Futures page, read on 2026-10-10.

Source for Advanced 50K: Alpha Futures page, read on 2026-10-10.

Rigor is not affiliated with any firm; rules change, so check the firm's own page.

Notes on the Alpha Futures · Zero 50K rules

In US dollars, on the USD 50,000 account: a USD 3,000 profit target, a USD 1,000 daily loss limit and a USD 2,000 maximum loss.
The Daily Loss Guard is 2 % of the starting balance on the day's open and closed P&L; reaching it flattens the positions and locks the account until the next trading day (6 PM ET) without ending it; the simulator ends the path there, which is stricter, but it checks daily closes only and does not see a touch on open P&L within the day, which is optimistic (help.alpha-futures.com page).
No consistency rule in the evaluation; the 40 % rule applies to Qualified accounts.
The maximum-loss floor moves only at the day's close, but a breach counts at any moment, open losses included (help.alpha-futures.com page); daily closes cannot see it, so the figures are optimistic here.
Intraday only: no position may be held overnight; every position is closed by 4:20 PM ET (help.alpha-futures.com page).
AI, bots and other automated trading are prohibited on every account type, as are high-frequency trading, tick scalping and hedging between accounts (help.alpha-futures.com page).
No time limit is stated: the monthly fee rebills until the evaluation ends (help.alpha-futures.com page), and at least one trade is needed every 10 trading days (help.alpha-futures.com page).
News trading is allowed in the evaluation (help.alpha-futures.com page).
At most 3 minis or 30 micros at a time.

Notes on the Alpha Futures · Standard 50K rules

In US dollars, on the USD 50,000 account: a USD 3,000 profit target and a USD 2,000 maximum loss.
Best-day rule: no day may exceed 50 % of the total profit; checked against the profit target when a path reaches it, on daily closes, which is stricter.
The evaluation is complete only once the target is reached and kept and the consistency rule holds (help.alpha-futures.com page).
The maximum-loss floor moves only at the day's close, but a breach counts at any moment, open losses included (help.alpha-futures.com page); daily closes cannot see it, so the figures are optimistic here.
Intraday only: no position may be held overnight; every position is closed by 4:20 PM ET (help.alpha-futures.com page).
AI, bots and other automated trading are prohibited on every account type, as are high-frequency trading, tick scalping and hedging between accounts (help.alpha-futures.com page).
No time limit is stated: the monthly fee rebills until the evaluation ends (help.alpha-futures.com page), and at least one trade is needed every 10 trading days (help.alpha-futures.com page).
News trading is allowed in the evaluation (help.alpha-futures.com page).
At most 5 minis or 50 micros at a time.

Notes on the Alpha Futures · Advanced 50K rules

In US dollars, on the USD 50,000 account: a USD 4,000 profit target and a USD 1,750 maximum loss.
Best-day rule: no day may exceed 40 % of the total profit; checked against the profit target when a path reaches it, on daily closes, which is stricter.
The evaluation is complete only once the target is reached and kept and the consistency rule holds (help.alpha-futures.com page).
The maximum-loss floor moves only at the day's close, but a breach counts at any moment, open losses included (help.alpha-futures.com page); daily closes cannot see it, so the figures are optimistic here.
Intraday only: no position may be held overnight; every position is closed by 4:20 PM ET (help.alpha-futures.com page).
AI, bots and other automated trading are prohibited on every account type, as are high-frequency trading, tick scalping and hedging between accounts (help.alpha-futures.com page).
No time limit is stated: the monthly fee rebills until the evaluation ends (help.alpha-futures.com page), and at least one trade is needed every 10 trading days (help.alpha-futures.com page).
News trading is allowed in the evaluation (help.alpha-futures.com page).
At most 5 minis or 50 micros at a time.

Frequently asked questions

What target and limits do the Alpha Futures Zero, Standard and Advanced 50K have?

According to the Alpha Futures pages read on 2026-10-10, Zero 50K: a 6 % target; a maximum daily loss of 2 % of the initial balance; a maximum total loss of 4 % trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance; at least 1 trading day; no time limit. Standard 50K: a 6 % target; no daily loss limit; a maximum total loss of 4 % trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance; at least 2 trading days; no time limit; a best day of at most 50 % of the target. Advanced 50K: a 8 % target; no daily loss limit; a maximum total loss of 3.5 % trailing the highest daily close up to the initial balance; at least 3 trading days; no time limit; a best day of at most 40 % of the target.

What is the maximum loss of each Alpha Futures evaluation?

According to the help center read on 2026-10-10: Zero 50K, USD 2,000 (4 % of 50,000); Standard 50K, USD 2,000 (4 % of 50,000); Advanced 50K, USD 1,750 (3.5 % of 50,000). That maximum loss trails the highest end-of-day balance and stops at the starting balance; it breaks at any moment, on floating equity or on the closed balance, which one figure per daily close cannot see.

How does the calculator treat the Zero 50K Daily Loss Guard?

According to the help center read on 2026-10-10, it is 2 % of the starting balance on the day's open and closed P&L: reaching it flattens the positions and locks the account until the next trading day (6 PM ET) without ending it. The calculator ends the path there: stricter for ending it, optimistic for not seeing the open P&L within the day. Standard 50K and Advanced 50K have no daily loss limit in the evaluation.

Can I trade a bot at Alpha Futures?

According to the prohibited practices page read on 2026-10-10, no: AI, bots and other automated trading are prohibited on every account type, as are high-frequency trading and hedging between accounts, and every position is closed by 4:20 PM ET. The calculator gives figures for your declared numbers, but an automated strategy cannot be traded there.

What it computes and assumes

Each synthetic day has your trades per day; across them, the share that wins your average win is your win rate and the rest lose your average loss. With decimals, some days have one more trade than others so the average is yours.
The report's simulator resamples those days and checks every daily close: first the daily limit, then the total one and last the target with the minimum days. Every day with trades counts as a trading day, even when it nets zero.
Every win and loss has the average size: no tails, slippage, costs or intraday floating loss. Real losses vary, so with a real history the limits are usually hit more often.
Trades are independent: no streaks longer than chance.
The rules are those each firm posted on the date shown; they may have changed.
We keep your figures in no database or file; since they travel in the link, the server's access log may hold the address requested. It is a calculation with declared figures, not an audit or a forecast.

With your real history

With your real history, the simulator uses your actual days, the floating loss at each daily close and the costs: upload your file. The report resamples your own days with the firm's rules, compares the published firms and tries the sizes.

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