Head to head · 33 criteria compared Funded Trading Plus wins this comparison (5 against 4). Alpha Capital Group remains the cheaper way in, so the choice is not automatic.
Alpha Capital Group is a UK forex prop firm registered in 2021, running eight programs that span a $27 two-phase challenge through to accounts funded at purchase. The rulebook is permissive — news, weekend and overnight holding allowed, four platforms — but the tradable universe stops at forex, indices and metals, and Trustpilot has suspended the rating over fake reviews.
Criteria won: 4 / 33
A London firm founded in late 2021 and bought by Instant Funding in May 2026, Funded Trading Plus pays every 7 days on its 1-Step Express and Instant programs, with the split rising from 80 to 100% and scaling up to $5 million. The catch: intraday trailing drawdown on both, and a Trustpilot score the platform has pulled.
Criteria won: 5 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Alpha Capital Group
$397
Funded Trading Plus
$549
| Full comparison | Alpha Capital Group | Funded Trading Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 80/100 | 80/100 |
| Trustpilot | — | — |
| Founded | 2021 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | GB | GB |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $27 ✓ | $89 |
| Price for a 100 K account | $397 ✓ | $549 |
| Refundable fee | — | Yes |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 200 K |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | 6 % ✓ | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | 3 % | 4 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | 4 % | 6 % ✓ |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) ✓ | Trailing intraday |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | — | — |
| Min trading days | 1 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 90 % | 100 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | — |
| Payout frequency | Bi-weekly or on demand (chosen at purchase); processed within 2 business days | Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic |
| Payout methods | rise and wise | crypto and rise |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 400 K | 5 M ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradelocker | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto ✓ |
| Leverage | Up to 1:30 on Alpha One (FX), 1:9 metals, 1:10 indices and oil | 1:30 on 1-Step Express, 1:50 on 2-Step Classic |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | Yes | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | — | Yes |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Alpha Capital Group if… Choose Funded Trading Plus if… Alpha Capital Group applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %, with a 3 % daily limit. Funded Trading Plus applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 4 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
Alpha Capital Group keeps 90 % of profits, then pays Bi-weekly or on demand (chosen at purchase); processed within 2 business days. Funded Trading Plus keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Every 7 days on 1-Step Express and Instant; every 10 days on 2-Step Classic. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
Alpha Capital Group is the only one of the two to offer tradelocker. Funded Trading Plus covers match-trader, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
Our trust pillar scores them 74/100 and 74/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
Alpha Capital Group opens at $27 against $89 for Funded Trading Plus, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $397 for Alpha Capital Group against $549 for Funded Trading Plus. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
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