Alpha Futures Direct 25K Rules: Daily Guard, Payouts and COMPARE

Alpha Futures Direct 25K starts at Qualified status without an evaluation. The regular fee is $349 once, and the main risk controls are a $1,000 EOD trailing loss allowance and $500 Daily Loss Guard. A first withdrawal requires $1,500 profit plus the 20% best-day condition; skipping evaluation does not remove those gates.

This guide covers one account: Direct Qualified $25,000. Official rules reviewed on 20 October 2026.

Coupon box and purchase cost

Code: COMPARE. The active onsite Alpha Futures offer advertises up to 50% off. Direct coverage is not explicitly confirmed in that offer, so the maximum-discount figure below is a conditional calculation.

Source for the regular fee: official Direct product. Do not treat $174.50 as a confirmed checkout quote. No monthly subscription or separate activation fee is listed for Direct. A breach requires a new purchase; the code's coverage of other charges is not established.

The exact Direct 25K account

Source: Direct account overview. The account is simulated and the nominal balance is not withdrawable principal.

Manage the two loss controls separately

The initial overall loss floor is $24,000. If the highest closing balance reaches $25,400, the EOD floor becomes $24,400. Once it reaches $25,000, it stops rising. Open equity touching the floor can end the account even though the floor itself is calculated from closing highs.

The $500 daily guard is a separate session control, not an additional $500 allowance beneath the overall floor. Use whichever constraint leaves less room. The MLL guide explains the overall threshold; the account dashboard displays the active levels.

Why $1,500 profit may not unlock a withdrawal

A $400 best day divided by $1,500 cycle profit is 26.67%. To fall below 20% with that same best day requires more than $2,000 total net cycle profit.

The consistency page has conflicting boundary wording about exact equality. Leave room below 20% and use the dashboard's actual status. Exceeding the percentage delays a request rather than itself breaching the account.

After a request, later cycles require $1,000 of newly earned profit. Retained profit from the earlier cycle does not satisfy that new target.

Gross requests, cash receipts and remaining cushion

An approved $1,000 request pays $900 at the 90% split. A $500 request pays $450, before payment costs. The trading account loses the full gross request amount.

At $26,600 balance with the loss floor locked at $25,000, a $1,000 deduction leaves $25,600 and only $600 above the floor. This calculated example shows why request capacity and safe remaining trading room are separate checks. Source: official payout policy.

News, holding and prohibited execution

Direct restricts order execution within two minutes before and after relevant high-impact releases. Holding an existing position through an event does not permit a stop or target to execute inside the restricted window. Check the news policy.

Positions must be closed before the firm's stated 4:20 p.m. Eastern daily cutoff. Overnight-session trading is available, but carrying through the daily close or weekend is not. The session and products guide also notes that MBT and MET count as full mini contracts.

Automation, group trading, reverse hedging and simulated-fill exploitation remain prohibited. Commissions and any optional platform charges are separate from the one-time account price.

Apply COMPARE without changing the account settings

1. Select Direct 25K on the official site.
2. Check the platform and current one-time fee.
3. Enter COMPARE before payment.
4. Confirm Direct is covered and inspect the actual reduction.
5. Save the order and account agreement.

Use the Alpha Futures firm page and approved onsite offer for related details.