Alpha Capital Group — Funded Stage Rules & AI Trust Score

Hidden Rules & Critical Conditions

• 2-Minute Average Trade Duration Rule — Full Profit Wipe on Breach [Critical]: ALL funded accounts require the average duration of all trades to exceed 2 minutes AND at least 50% of gross generated profits must come from trades lasting over 2 minutes. This rule applies without exception. If breached: ALL profits are removed and the account is reset to its initial balance — not a payout denial, a full equity reset. For evaluations: breach requires restarting from Phase 1.
• Lot Size Violations Retroactively Detected at Payout Review — Two-Strike Termination [Critical]: Alpha Capital Group does NOT enforce lot size limits in real time. Violations are detected only during payout review. 1st offense: profits from trades with excess lots are denied. 2nd offense: account is permanently terminated. Critically, violations are assessed per position (not per trade idea) — overlapping positions where cumulative lots exceed the limit count as SEPARATE violations. A single trade idea split across two entries can trigger two breach counts and immediate closure.
• Gambling Policy: Broad Subjective Enforcement Can Strip All Profits [Warning]: ACG maintains an anti-gambling policy with no hard threshold — enforcement is entirely at their discretion. Known triggers include: unusual lot size changes relative to account history, abnormal trade duration deviations, short-duration trades around news events, all-or-nothing position sizing, and short-term scalping on a Swing account. Consequence: profits removed and potential contract termination.
• Risk Management Group: Discretionary Leverage Reduction, Blocks Scaling & Merging [Warning]: Accounts can be moved into the Risk Management Group (RMG) at ACG's sole discretion based on trading patterns: >2% risk per trade, extreme scalping, excessive lot usage, all-or-nothing behaviour, account rolling, or gambling around news events. In RMG: Pro/One/Three leverage cut to 1:30; Swing cut to 1:15; Bi-weekly payout option restricted (On-Demand only). Exit requires: 2 consecutive successful payouts + return to initial balance + no open positions + written request. Scaling and merging are BLOCKED during RMG. Additionally, ACG may impose further restrictions: 1% single-position risk cap, cooling-off period after 1% loss on a symbol.
• 30-Day Inactivity = Permanent Irreversible Account Closure [Warning]: Any account not actively traded for 30 consecutive calendar days (NOT trading days) is permanently and irreversibly deactivated. Logging in does NOT count as activity — a real trade must be placed and executed with a balance change. Giveaway/promo accounts cannot be reinstated under any circumstances. Traders planning extended breaks must contact support@alphacapitalgroup.uk proactively.
• $300k Per-Strategy Asset-Based Allocation Cap — Correlated Instruments Count [Warning]: The maximum qualified allocation per trading strategy is $300k (household maximum is $400k). "Strategy" is defined by the specific asset traded. If the same asset is traded on two accounts — even on different days — as long as both accounts are active, this is considered the same strategy and constitutes a breach. Correlated instruments traded as the same setup simultaneously also count as the same strategy. Breach: ALL qualified accounts closed with no payout eligibility.
• Alpha Prime Rejection Clause: Refuse Live Program Invite = Permanent Severance [Warning]: Top performers who qualify for the Alpha Prime live trading program (reaching $40k single payout, 5 payouts from one account, or $100k lifetime payouts) are invited to trade live funds in London. However: traders who decline the live offer "will receive their final payout and sacrifice any additional relationship with any branch of the Alpha Group." Refusing Alpha Prime = permanent exclusion from ACG, Alpha Futures, and all Alpha Group entities.
• On-Demand Best Day Rule Resets on Every Partial Withdrawal — Compounding Lock [Warning]: On On-Demand accounts, every partial withdrawal resets the consistency window to zero and reopens a fresh window. The retained balance from the previous window is "locked" and cannot be withdrawn until the new window satisfies the 40% Best Day Rule. A small partial withdrawal can create a compounding obligation. Example: withdraw $800 of $1,000 → leave $200 locked. Next best day $1,000 → need $2,500 new profit before any withdrawal is allowed, including the original $200.