Alpha Capital Group $100,000 Challenge — Position Size Calculator

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Alpha Capital Group's $100k account has a brutal 4% daily loss limit of $4,000. Here's the math that determines your survival: at 1% risk per trade ($1,000), you can handle exactly 4 consecutive losing trades before hitting the daily limit. At 2% risk ($2,000 per trade), you're dead after just 2 losses. This is where most traders fail - they think they can recover from early losses by increasing position size, but the daily limit is absolute. The real danger with this account size is overconfidence. That $100k balance tricks your brain into thinking you can trade bigger, but your actual risk budget is tiny. One careless trade risking 3% ($3,000) leaves you just $1,000 away from account termination. I've seen traders blow these accounts in minutes by revenge trading after a bad start. For position sizing on major pairs: EURUSD with a 30-pip stop at 1% risk = 3.33 lots ($1,000 ÷ $300). GBPUSD with a 40-pip stop = 2.5 lots ($1,000 ÷ $400). On USDJPY with a 25-pip stop = 4 lots ($1,000 ÷ $250). Always calculate your position size as: Risk Amount ÷ (Stop Loss in Pips × Pip Value). Phase 1 requires hitting $10,000 profit (10%) to advance, then Phase 2 needs another $5,000 (5%) to get funded. The daily loss limit stays at 4% throughout, but the max drawdown of 6% ($6,000) becomes your bigger enemy in Phase 2 when you're up significantly. Once funded, these same rules typically apply - that 4% daily limit never goes away. The key insight: this isn't about finding the perfect strategy, it's about position sizing discipline. Risk 0.5-1% per trade maximum, never average down losing positions, and remember that 4 bad trades in one day ends everything regardless of your account balance or how much you're up overall.

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