Alpha Futures Account Types Explained: Standard, Advanced, Zero & Live (Full 2025 Breakdown)

Alpha Futures has grown into one of the most structured and transparent futures prop firms in 2025. What sets them apart is how their account types are built: Standard, Advanced, and Zero accounts each behave differently across evaluation, payout structure, consistency requirements, risk limits, and scaling potential.

This guide breaks down every Alpha Futures account, from the moment you buy an evaluation to your first payout, all the way up to advanced payout rules and Live/Master account behavior. If you want to understand the real differences between Standard, Advanced, and Zero funding paths — this is your complete reference.

1. Alpha Futures Account Types: High-Level Summary

Below is the cleanest overview of all Alpha account types.

2. Evaluation Phase (Standard vs Advanced vs Zero)

Every evaluation at Alpha Futures is one step only, but the difficulty and profit targets differ.

What all evaluations share:

• 50% consistency rule → one day cannot exceed 50% of total net profit
• Trailing drawdown (end-of-day based)
• Profit target increases with account size
• No mini scalping / HFT / botting
• Hold through news allowed; entering around news restricted

Where the models diverge is in:

• Profit targets
• Contract limits
• After-passing behavior
• Payout rules in funded phase

Standard Evaluation

Easiest profit target.
Moderate flexibility.
Designed for traders dialing in skill or consistency.

Advanced Evaluation

Higher targets than Standard.
Same 50% consistency rule during evaluation — but no consistency ever again once funded.

Zero Evaluation

Same difficulty as Advanced, but with lower payouts caps later and smaller max withdrawals.

Zero is effectively a “budget Advanced” account.

3. Funded Account Types: How Each Model Behaves

Once you pass the evaluation, Alpha creates a Qualified Account. This is where differences between Standard, Advanced, and Zero become obvious.

Below is the complete breakdown.

Standard Qualified Accounts

Key Characteristics

• Payouts every 14 days
• Profit split scales from 70% → 80% → 90%
• $200 minimum withdrawal
• $15,000 max per request
• 40% consistency rule active
• Withdrawals reduce your Maximum Loss Limit

Payout Ladder

• Payout #1 & #2 → 70%
• Payout #3 & #4 → 80%
• Payout #5+ → 90%

This rewards longevity rather than gambling for one big win.

Risk Nuance

If you withdraw too early, you may tighten your MLL so much you breach automatically.
Standard traders must manage payout timing carefully.

Advanced Qualified Accounts

Key Characteristics

• Weekly payouts — every 5 winning trading days
• No consistency rule whatsoever in funded stage
• $1,000 minimum withdrawal
• $15,000 max per request
• 90% profit split from day one
• 50% withdrawal cap until 30+ winning days achieved

Why Advanced is powerful

You can have:

• One monster green day
• One big winner contributing most of your month
• Zero penalties for uneven P/L distribution

This account type is built for volatile strategies, momentum bursts, trend days, and runners.

Strategy Fit

If your wins are uneven — Advanced is your best friend.

Zero Qualified Accounts

Key Characteristics

• Same payout rhythm as Advanced → every 5 winning days
• 40% consistency rule remains active in funded stage
• $200 minimum withdrawal
• Lower max withdrawal cap ($1,500 or $3,000 depending on account size)
• 90% split always
• 50% withdrawal limit until 30 winning days

Who Zero is for

Zero is a low-cost, low-ceiling model meant for:

• Test-driving Alpha
• Building discipline
• Smaller payout objectives
• Traders who want frequent payouts but don’t need $10–15K+ withdrawals

4. Maximum Loss Rules Across All Accounts

All account types follow these risk rules:

1. Daily Loss Guard (DLG)

You cannot lose more than 2% in a single day in funded accounts.
This does not exist in evaluation.

2. Maximum Loss Limit (MLL)

Your trailing drawdown increases as your balance increases, but withdrawals reduce your MLL (Standard & Zero).

Advanced also reduces MLL when withdrawing — but Advanced has much higher ceiling and no consistency problems.

5. Consistency Rule Breakdown

Alpha has one of the clearest consistency frameworks in the industry.

During Evaluation

• 50% consistency rule applies
  Your largest winning day cannot exceed half of all net profits.

Standard & Zero Funded

• 40% consistency rule
  Your single best day since last withdrawal cannot be ≥ 40% of total profit.

Advanced Funded

• No consistency rule at all

If you are a trader who wins in large bursts, Advanced is built for you.

6. Payout Methods

All Alpha accounts use the same payout channels:

• ACH (US)
• Wire / SWIFT
• Wise
• Rise (requires signing agreement for first payout)

Payout processing time: within 48 business hours

7. Which Alpha Futures Account Should You Choose?

Choose Standard if:

• You want a forgiving evaluation
• You don’t mind consistency rules
• You prefer a slower scaling ladder
• You want stable, predictable progression

Choose Advanced if:

• Your trading style is explosive, not linear
• You win in streaks
• You want weekly payout potential
• You want no consistency rule in funded phase
• You want 90% split from day one

This is Alpha’s highest-upside model.

Choose Zero if:

• You want the cheapest way to enter Alpha’s system
• You are fine with lower max withdrawals
• You want frequent withdrawals without bigger ambitions
• You want to practice Alpha rules before going big