Alpha Capital Group $50,000 Challenge — Position Size Calculator

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Alpha Capital Group's 4% daily loss limit ($2,000) gives you exactly 4 losing trades at 1% risk ($500 each) or just 2 losing trades at 2% risk ($1,000 each) before hitting your daily limit. This is where traders get burned - two bad 2% trades in a row and you're done for the day. The math is unforgiving at this account size. For position sizing, use this formula: Position Size = (Account × Risk %) ÷ (Stop Loss × Point Value). On EURUSD with a 30-pip stop at 1% risk: ($50,000 × 0.01) ÷ (30 × $10) = 1.67 lots. For GBPJPY with a 50-pip stop at 1% risk: $500 ÷ (50 × $6.50) = 1.54 lots. On Gold with a $20 stop: $500 ÷ $20 = 25 units. The danger zone for this account is overtrading after losses. Hit $1,500 in daily losses and you've got just $500 cushion left - that's one 1% trade or half a 2% trade. Smart traders switch to 0.5% risk once they're down $1,000 for the day. Your Phase 1 target is $5,000 profit (10%), then Phase 2 needs $2,500 more (5%). Here's the critical difference: once funded, these same position sizes hit your real account, not a challenge account. The 6% max drawdown ($3,000) applies throughout - this means if you're up $3,000 in profit then lose $6,000, you've breached (since you're $3,000 down from your high-water mark). Position sizing doesn't change between challenge and funded phases - your account stays at $50k with the same $2,000 daily limit. What changes is the psychological pressure and the fact that profits become real. Most traders who pass the challenge fail funded accounts because they either get conservative (reducing position sizes) or reckless (increasing them). Stick to your proven risk parameters.

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