We recommend Earn2Trade for two verifiable reasons: it has operated since 2016 (turning 10 in 2026) and it publishes its real pass rate — 8.89% of candidates passed the Gauntlet Mini or the Trader Career Path in 2025, per the Exam Disclaimer on earn2trade.com. Almost no futures prop firm publishes that number. Alpha Futures, live since 2024, wins on profit split (a flat 90% versus the tiered 50/80), on entry price ($71.40 vs $95.00 today) and on payout speed. If your priority is track record and documented rules, pick Earn2Trade; if it is the economics of each trade, pick Alpha.
Verified comparison · August 2026
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Earn2Trade vs Alpha Futures 2026
Verdict: we recommend Earn2Trade for two things a discount code cannot buy: 10 years in business (since 2016) and unusual transparency — it publishes its real pass rate, 8.89% in 2025. Alpha Futures, live since 2024, is not the weak side of this match-up: it wins on profit split (a flat 90% versus Earn2Trade's tiered 50/80), on entry price, on payout speed, and it holds the highest Trustpilot score in the space (4.9/5 vs 4.7/5). The real call is track record and verifiable data (Earn2Trade) against better economics per trade (Alpha). Both firms' prices ($95.00 vs $71.40 today) change often with active discounts — compare them below before deciding.
Quick comparison: Earn2Trade vs Alpha Futures
| Criterion | Earn2Trade | Alpha Futures |
|---|---|---|
| 50K price (with code) | $95.00 · PROPSCOPE | $71.40 · PROPSCOPE |
| Discount | 50% OFF | 40% OFF |
| Years in the market | Since 2016 · 10 years in 2026 | Since 2024 · ~2 years |
| Data transparency | Publishes real pass rate: 8.89% (2025) | Publishes aggregates ($70M in fees), not pass rate |
| Drawdown | EOD $2,000 (GAU50); trailing/static on higher TCP tiers | EOD MLL, no intraday trailing |
| Daily loss | $1,100 (GAU50) · hard breach | 2% Daily Loss Guard, soft lock; Advanced has none |
| Consistency rule | 30% in evaluation; removed in the TCP funded account | None on Zero eval; 40% on Advanced, removed in qualified |
| Profit split | Tiered 50/80 depending on the withdrawal amount | 90% (80% on Direct) |
| Payout | Weekly (Wednesdays) · $100 minimum | Up to 4 requests/month · ~48 business hours |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 / 5 (~4,800 reviews) | 4.9 / 5 — the highest in the space |
| Headquarters | Sheridan, Wyoming (US) | London, UK (Alpha Group) |
| Evaluation | 1 phase (Gauntlet Mini), no minimum days | 1-step (Zero, Standard, Advanced) + Direct with no evaluation |
Price by account size
Both bill monthly and prices change often based on active discounts — compare the current value below. At Earn2Trade the cheapest route to a 50K account is the Gauntlet Mini (GAU50); the Trader Career Path costs a little more but scales the funded account up to $400K. At Alpha Futures the Zero plan is the entry point, and Advanced adds capital, higher payout limits and removes the Daily Loss Guard.
Earn2Trade
- Gauntlet Mini 50K (cheapest 50K)$102.00
- Gauntlet Mini 100K$189.00
- Trader Career Path 25K$90.00
- Trader Career Path 50K$114.00
- Trader Career Path 100K$210.00
Code PROPSCOPE · TCP includes a free reset when rebilled; the Gauntlet Mini does not.
Alpha Futures
- Zero 25K$47.40/mo
- Zero 50K (cheapest 50K)$71.40/mo
- Zero 100K$143.40/mo
- Advanced 50K$125.40/mo
- Advanced 100K$209.40/mo
Code PROPSCOPE · "Zero" refers to the $0 activation fee, not to commissions: trades still pay commission and exchange fees.
Earn2Trade — our pick
10 years of track record and the highest transparency in the space
Earn2Trade wins this match-up for two concrete, verifiable reasons. First, track record: it has been operating since 2016, turns 10 years old in 2026, and has been through several market cycles plus the shakeout that wiped out dozens of prop firms between 2022 and 2024. Second, transparency: it publishes an Exam Disclaimer on its own site with the real pass rate — 8.89% of candidates passed in 2025 — along with how many of those who passed traded Live accounts (5.23%) versus LiveSim (94.77%), and what share went on to withdraw. Almost no futures firm publishes that number, and it is exactly the one you need to build a realistic expectation before paying for an evaluation.
The rest of the offer is consistent with that: a single-phase Gauntlet Mini with a $3,000 target and a $2,000 EOD drawdown on the GAU50, no minimum trading days, rules documented in detail in its help center, and a registered entity in Sheridan, Wyoming (US). The Trader Career Path adds documented funded-account scaling up to $400K and a free reset when rebilled.
- Since 2016 — the older firm on either side of this comparison
- Publishes its real pass rate (8.89% in 2025) and withdrawal statistics
- Gauntlet Mini: 1 phase, no minimum days, EOD drawdown
- Trader Career Path: scaling up to $400K and a free reset on rebill
Alpha Futures — wins on economics and daily risk
The pick if what matters is how much you keep and how flexibly
It would be dishonest to frame Alpha Futures as the weak option: on several hard metrics it wins clearly. It pays a 90% profit split on most plans against Earn2Trade's tiered 50/80, it allows up to 4 payout requests per month processed in ~48 business hours versus a weekly Wednesday cycle, and its 50K Zero costs less than any of Earn2Trade's routes to a 50K account. Add the highest Trustpilot score in the space (4.9/5) and an EOD MLL that never trails intraday.
On daily risk rules it also has the edge: its 2% Daily Loss Guard on Zero accounts ($1,000 on the 50K) is a soft breach — you do not lose the account, it locks until the next trading day — and the Advanced plan ships without it. At Earn2Trade the daily loss limit is a hard breach: hitting it invalidates the evaluation. What Alpha does not have yet is time: it launched in 2024 as the futures brand of Alpha Group (Alpha Capital Group has run forex since 2021), and it does not publish its pass rate.
- Flat 90% profit split (80% on Direct)
- Up to 4 payouts per month processed in ~48 business hours
- Soft Daily Loss Guard on Zero; no preset DLG on Advanced
- Trustpilot 4.9/5 and EOD MLL with no intraday trailing
Verdict: which should you choose?
Choose Earn2Trade if the criterion that weighs most is where you put your trading capital. Ten years of operation and a published pass rate (8.89% in 2025) are verifiable information about the firm, not marketing promises: you know the real probability of passing and how long the company has been delivering. That is why we put it first.
Choose Alpha Futures if what you optimize is the economics of each trade: 90% split against a tiered 50/80, a cheaper 50K entry, up to 4 monthly withdrawals in ~48 business hours and more forgiving daily risk (soft Daily Loss Guard on Zero, none on Advanced). At 4.9/5 on Trustpilot versus 4.7/5 it also holds the better score today — with the caveat that a high score built over two years says less than a high score sustained across ten.
Neither firm "crushes" the other. Our pick is Earn2Trade because we weight track record and published data above the split, but if your withdrawal volume is high, the gap between 90% and a tiered 50/80 may matter more in your specific case — and that is a perfectly defensible call.
Full reviews: Earn2Trade · Alpha Futures
Frequently asked questions
Alpha Futures. With today's active discounts, the 50K Zero is $71.40 with PROPSCOPE; Earn2Trade's Trader Career Path 50K is $95.00 with PROPSCOPE and the Gauntlet Mini 50K is $102.00. These prices change often — confirm the final value at checkout.
Earn2Trade publishes an Exam Disclaimer with 2025 data: 8.89% of candidates passed the evaluation, of those who passed 5.23% traded Live accounts and 94.77% traded LiveSim, and 18.04% of Live accounts plus 18.20% of simulated accounts made at least one withdrawal. That level of detail is close to unique in the space and lets you build realistic expectations before paying. Alpha Futures publishes aggregate figures (over $70M in performance fees, 175,000+ Qualified Analysts across 140+ countries) but not its pass rate.
Alpha Futures: a 90% profit split on most plans (80% on Direct), with up to 4 payout requests per month processed in ~48 business hours. Earn2Trade uses a tiered split as of August 2026: 50/50 if the withdrawal is below your account size's threshold and 80/20 once it hits or exceeds it, with payouts processed on Wednesdays and a $100 minimum. For small, frequent withdrawals, Alpha's advantage is significant.
Alpha Futures. Its Daily Loss Guard is 2% of the starting balance on Zero accounts ($1,000 on the 50K) and it is a soft breach: you do not lose the account, it locks until the next trading day (6PM ET). The Advanced plan has no preset Daily Loss Guard. At Earn2Trade the Gauntlet Mini daily loss limit ($1,100 on the GAU50) is a hard breach: hitting it, even on an open position, invalidates the evaluation. Both use EOD drawdown, though the higher Trader Career Path tiers switch to trailing and then static.
Yes. The "Zero" plan name refers to the $0 activation fee, not to zero commissions: trades pay a per-side commission plus exchange and NFA fees (on ES, NQ, RTY and YM, roughly $0.99 commission + $1.38 exchange + $0.02 NFA per side, per its published fee sheet). Earn2Trade also applies commissions and market data fees by exchange. Always work out the round-turn cost of your typical volume before comparing splits.