Challenge Rules

Everything you need to know about passing the AlphaFunded challenge. Pay $25 in crypto, trade with $10000 virtual balance, and follow these rules to get funded.

Challenge Phases

Phase 1
Phase 1

Prove your consistency with a 10% profit target while respecting drawdown limits.

Starting Balance$10000
Profit Target10%
Max Daily Drawdown5%
Max Overall Drawdown10%
Phase 2
Final Phase

Confirm your skills with a lower 5% profit target under the same risk rules.

Starting Balance$10000
Profit Target5%
Max Daily Drawdown5%
Max Overall Drawdown10%

How You Pass

Phase 1 Passed

When your profit reaches the Phase 1 target, you automatically advance to Phase 2 with a fresh balance and new profit target.

Phase 2 Passed — Funded!

When your profit reaches the Phase 2 target, you achieve Funded Trader status. Congratulations!

How You Fail

Daily Drawdown Breach

If your account balance drops below the daily drawdown limit (calculated from your balance at the start of each UTC day), your challenge fails immediately and all open positions are closed.

Maximum Drawdown Breach

If your account balance drops below the max drawdown limit (calculated from your peak balance), your challenge fails immediately and all open positions are closed.

Drawdown Explained

Daily Drawdown

Your daily drawdown is calculated from your balance at the start of each UTC day (midnight UTC).

Day starts: $10000
Max 5% loss: -$500.00
Fail if balance drops below: $9500.00

Resets every day at midnight UTC on your first trade.

Maximum Drawdown

Your max drawdown is calculated from your peak (highest) balance during the challenge.

Peak balance: $10600.00
Max 10% loss from peak: -$1060.00
Fail if balance drops below: $9540.00

This limit moves up as your account grows, but never down.

General Trading Rules

Live crypto prices from Binance (real-time WebSocket)
Forex pairs with real exchange rates
Long and short positions supported
Market orders filled at live prices
Daily drawdown resets at the configured rollover time in your local timezone
Maximum drawdown tracked from peak balance
Stop Loss and Take Profit orders supported
Positions auto-close when SL/TP levels are hit

Ready to Start?

$25 entry fee, $10000 virtual balance, real market data.