Alpha Capital Group vs FundingPips: which is easier to pass and pay out?
Alpha Capital Group and FundingPips compared on their own published rules: profit targets, loss limits, consistency rules and payouts, plus how each account did in our benchmark, where the same made-up trader is replayed against every account. On our 7 measures, FundingPips comes out ahead on 5 and Alpha Capital Group on 1, with 1 level.
The verdict, category by category
| Alpha Capital Group | FundingPips | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easiest challenge to pass pass chance in our benchmark | Alpha Pro 8%: 47% | 2 Step Standard: 55% | FundingPips |
| Best chance of passing and getting paid passed and reached a first payout, in our benchmark | Alpha Pro 8%: 39% | 2 Step Standard: 47% | FundingPips |
| Instant funding funded from day one, no challenge | Alpha Direct (instant): 32% reach a payout | Zero (instant): 32% reach a payout | Level |
| Most room before failing largest maximum loss; static beats trailing | 8% static (Alpha Pro 8%) | 10% static (2 Step Standard) | FundingPips |
| Highest profit split | 90% | 95% | FundingPips |
| Quickest first payout | On demand | 14 days | Alpha Capital Group |
| Accounts with no consistency rule | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | FundingPips |
Which should you choose?
- Choose Alpha Capital Group if you want your first payout as soon as possible.
- Choose FundingPips if you want the challenge that is easier to pass on its rules; you want the best chance of passing and then reaching a first payout; your strategy has deep drawdowns and needs room on the maximum loss; you expect to be paid often and want to keep more of each payout; you make most of your profit on a few big days.
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2-step challenges: Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 8% vs FundingPips 2 Step Standard
| Alpha Capital Group | FundingPips | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Alpha Pro 8% | 2 Step Standard |
| Profit target | 8% / 5% | 8% / 5% |
| Daily loss limit | 4% | 5% |
| Maximum loss | 8% static | 10% static |
| Minimum days | 3 | 3 |
| Time limit | None | None |
| Consistency rule | None | None |
| First payout | After 14 days, 0.1%+ profit | After 14 days, 1%+ profit |
| Profit split | 80% | 80% |
| Price | $577 for $100K | $529 for $100K |
| Pass chance (benchmark) | 47% | 55% |
| First payout chance (benchmark) | 39% | 47% |
| Best risk per trade | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| Fee spent per first payout, per $100 | $256 | $213 |
| Rules checked | 13 Nov 2026 | 13 Nov 2026 |
Instant funding accounts: Alpha Capital Group Alpha Direct (instant) vs FundingPips Zero (instant)
| Alpha Capital Group | FundingPips | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Alpha Direct (instant) | Zero (instant) |
| Profit target | None | None |
| Daily loss limit | 3% | 3% |
| Maximum loss | 5% trailing, locks at start | 5% trailing, locks at start |
| Minimum days | None | None |
| Time limit | None | None |
| Consistency rule | 15% | 15% |
| First payout | On demand, 4%+ profit | After 14 days, 4%+ profit |
| Profit split | 90% | 95% |
| Price | $457 for $100K | $499 for $100K |
| First payout chance (benchmark) | 32% | 32% |
| Best risk per trade | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| Fee spent per first payout, per $100 | $313 | $313 |
| Rules checked | 8 Nov 2026 | 25 Oct 2026 |
Where a firm has more than one account of a type, the one that did best in our benchmark is shown. "Fee spent per first payout" is what every $100 of challenge fee works out at once failed attempts are counted.
Every account at both firms
| Firm | Account | Type | Profit target | Daily loss | Max loss | Consistency | First payout | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | Alpha Pro 8% | 2-step | 8% / 5% | 4% | 8% static | None | After 14 days, 0.1%+ profit | 80% |
| AC | Alpha One 10% | 1-step | 10% | 4% | 6% trailing, locks at start | 40% funded | After 5 days, 2%+ profit | 80% |
| AC | Alpha Direct (instant) | Instant funding | None | 3% | 5% trailing, locks at start | 15% | On demand, 4%+ profit | 90% |
| F | 2 Step Standard | 2-step | 8% / 5% | 5% | 10% static | None | After 14 days, 1%+ profit | 80% |
| F | Zero (instant) | Instant funding | None | 3% | 5% trailing, locks at start | 15% | After 14 days, 4%+ profit | 95% |
About the two firms
Alpha Capital Group
Alpha Capital Group is a UK firm with three quite different routes. Alpha Pro 8% is the forgiving one: two phases of 8% then 5%, with an 8% maximum loss fixed to your starting balance, which suits swing traders who need room to sit through a drawdown. Alpha One gets you funded in a single 10% phase, but its 6% maximum loss trails until it locks at your start, and funded payouts carry a 40% best-day rule.
Forex & CFDs · United Kingdom · MT5, cTrader, DXtrade, TradeLocker
Rules to watch: Daily limits count open losses and reset at 00:00 GMT+3. Alpha Direct closes the account if combined open loss on one asset reaches 1% of account size, and caps lot exposure per size; news blackout 5 minutes either side. On-demand payouts need 2% gross profit and a 40% best-day rule; bi-weekly needs $100 and 5 trading days. $400k shared allocation cap. Alpha Pro has two payout options, chosen at purchase: every two weeks, which has no consistency rule and is what PropPassCheck simulates, or on demand, which needs your best day to be 40% or less of total profit. Sources: help.alphacapitalgroup.uk/en/articles/16003693-alpha-direct and help.alphacapitalgroup.uk/en/articles/6934210-what-are-the-daily-risk-limits-and-how-do-they-work and help.alphacapitalgroup.uk/en/articles/10102634-performance-fee-on-demand
FundingPips
FundingPips' 2 Step Standard is a classic evaluation: 8% then 5%, a 5% daily limit from the higher of opening balance or equity, and a 10% maximum loss fixed to your start, with an 80% split. It's a sensible fit for most swing and day traders.
Forex & CFDs
Rules to watch: Daily loss measured from the higher of opening balance or equity, resets 00:00 UTC+3. One trade every 30 days or the account breaches. Zero (instant): first 3% of profit can't be withdrawn and you need 7 profitable days (0.25%+) in each rolling 30 days. On 2 Step Standard the weekly and two-week payout cycles have no consistency rule, and the two-week cycle is what PropPassCheck simulates. The On Demand cycle needs a 35% consistency score (no day over 35% of total profit) and 7 profitable days. Sources: help.fundingpips.com/hc/en-us/articles/34501809112081-2-Step-Standard and help.fundingpips.com/hc/en-us/articles/34502157694865-FundingPips-Zero
Questions
Is Alpha Capital Group or FundingPips easier to pass?
FundingPips. In our benchmark, the same made-up trader passed Alpha Capital Group's Alpha Pro 8% 47% of the time and FundingPips's 2 Step Standard 55%.
Which is more likely to pay out, Alpha Capital Group or FundingPips?
Of their challenges, FundingPips's 2 Step Standard (47%) gave the better chance of passing and reaching a first payout in our benchmark, against 39% for Alpha Capital Group's Alpha Pro 8%. Alpha Capital Group's Alpha Direct (instant) and FundingPips's Zero (instant), an instant account with no challenge, reached a payout 32% and 32% of the time. This ranks the rules, not the firms' payout records.
Which has the better profit split, Alpha Capital Group or FundingPips?
FundingPips, with up to 95% against 90%.
Which gives more room on drawdown, Alpha Capital Group or FundingPips?
Alpha Capital Group's most forgiving account allows 8% static (Alpha Pro 8%); FundingPips's allows 10% static (2 Step Standard). A static limit never moves up behind you, so it is worth more than a trailing one of the same size.
Do Alpha Capital Group and FundingPips have consistency rules?
Alpha Capital Group: 2 of 3 accounts do. FundingPips: 1 of 2 accounts do.
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