Alpha Capital Allocation and Merging Rules: Household vs Strategy Limits

Quick answer

Alpha Capital has three limits that should be reviewed separately: qualified allocation per household, allocation per trading strategy and the maximum size of a merged account. Staying below one ceiling does not automatically satisfy the other two.

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Official documentation reviewed: 15 October 2026.

Household capacity is different from strategy capacity

The official allocation FAQ lists $400,000 qualified allocation per household before growth. It separately limits asset-based strategy allocation to $300,000.

The same FAQ distinguishes evaluation purchases from qualified allocation. Buying an evaluation does not itself establish that additional qualified capacity will be available when it passes.

Two $200K accounts do not create one unrestricted $400K strategy

Suppose a household has two active $200,000 qualified accounts. Their combined nominal allocation is $400,000.

That total can fit the household ceiling while the same asset traded across both accounts exceeds the strategy ceiling. The official FAQ specifically says an asset traded on one of these accounts must not be traded on the other while the first remains active, even on another day.

A second example is $250,000 on one account and $100,000 on another. A $350,000 household total does not authorize a $350,000 asset-based strategy across the pair.

The FAQ also addresses correlated assets used for the same simultaneous setup. Changing an instrument's name is not enough to establish a separate trade idea under that policy.

Build an asset map before another purchase

An account inventory should show nominal allocation, qualified status and the assets already assigned to each active account.

For every proposed addition, answer two questions: how much household capacity remains, and which assets can the proposed account use without exceeding strategy allocation?

Keep the approved assignment with the account history. A simple table of account names without the asset record cannot answer the second question.

This is useful for a household with several traders as well as for one trader with several accounts. Separate people and separate logins do not remove a household-level ceiling.

Account merging has its own conditions

The official merge guide permits qualified-account merges up to $300,000. It requires matching account type and platform and both accounts at initial balance. Focused Trader Group accounts are excluded; merged accounts cannot be scaled and scaled accounts cannot be merged.

For example, a $100,000 account plus a $50,000 account produces $150,000 combined size. The arithmetic fits the merge ceiling, but matching model, platform and account state still need to be established.

Two $200,000 accounts would produce $400,000. That proposed merge exceeds the published merge ceiling even though $400,000 is the household allocation figure.

Combining records does not create new allocation. Save the original IDs and statements, then reconcile the issued account and its limits after an approved merge.

Budget the purchase without combining the codes

If a hypothetical selected base fee is $200, COMPARE50 at 50% gives $100 for a first purchase. COMPARE at 30% gives $140 for a later purchase. These are arithmetic examples, not current quotes for a particular account.

The first-purchase code and later-purchase code are alternatives for their stated situations. They are not stacked into an 80% reduction.

Select the account and package, apply the appropriate coupon before payment and retain the receipt. The fee saving remains separate from household, strategy and merge limits.

Read the Alpha Capital review and daily drawdown guide for the rules that continue after account administration. Prop Firm Audit may receive a referral commission from qualifying purchases.