Alpha Capital to Offer 100% Live Prop Trading in London Following Initial 10-Trader Launch ⋅ Crypto World Echo
AlphaCapital Group has established Alpha Prime, a new prop trading company that willoffer selected traders the opportunity to transition from simulation to livemarket trading with institutional resources, Finance Magnates has learned.
Alpha Capital GroupLaunches New Live Trading Prop Firm
TheLondon-based venture represents an expansion for Alpha Capital Group, which hasoperated in trading education and simulated trading since 2021. Alpha Primewill provide traders who have demonstrated success on the company’s existingplatforms with access to live trading accounts and professional support.
“AlphaPrime represents the next step for traders who are serious about making acareer in the markets,” George Kohler, Managing Director of Alpha CapitalGroup, commented for Finance Magnates. “The environment mirrorsinstitutional trading desks with support, liquidity, mentorship, and theability to scale capital.”
Thisconfirms reports from mid-February when the prop firm first announced plansto introduce such solutions and invite their most effective clients to atrading office in London.
10 Traders Under theLeadership of James Johnson
Alpha Primewill be led by James Johnson, who brings 30 years of experience managingtrading desks for funds. The company plans to initially onboard 10 traders,with intentions to expand by identifying promising talent from its existinguser base.
“Alltraders will have access to market-leading data and professional trading infrastructure,” Kohler added in aconversation with Finance Magnates. Each profit-sharing structure istailored to each individual trader. All trading is 100% live – there is zero simulatedtrading on Alpa Prime.”
Announcing Alpha Prime 🚀For the first time, the top traders from Alpha Capital & Alpha Futures will get the chance to trade on a live professional floor in London.Led by a trading veteran with 30+ years of experience running global desks for top funds, this is an opportunity… pic.twitter.com/bhgA6yc5bc
— Alpha Capital Group (@AlphaCapitalUK) February 14, 2025
The newventure will be primarily focused on futures and derivatives trading, whilealso offering facilities for forex and CFD trading. Traders will receive directmarket access to global exchanges through professional trading infrastructure.
This movefollows a very successful 2024 for the company, duringwhich it claims to have paid out $80 million to its clients.
Selection and RiskFramework
Alpha Primewill identify potential traders through analysis of performance data fromexisting Alpha Capital Group platforms, which engage over 100,000 monthlyactive traders.
“Onechallenge that traditional proprietary trading firms have faced is sourcingtalented traders. We now have access to hundreds of thousands of traderstrading various instruments regularly,” added Andrew Blaylock, Director atAlpha Capital Group.
Riskmanagement protocols include around-the-clock monitoring by risk managers usingboth manual and automated systems to ensure adherence to risk parameters.
Monthly Salary, TradingStrategies and Regulation
Alpha Primeoffers selected traders a package that includes a monthly salary in addition toperformance-based earnings, scalable capital allocation, multi-asset classaccess, and mentoring.
“Wehave been planning this project since the inception of Alpha Capital Group backin 2021,” Blaylock noted. “We now feel the time is right to proceedwith Alpha Prime.”
The companyaccommodates various trading approaches but indicates a preference forrules-based strategies. In-house quantitative analysts can help tradersbacktest their strategies over five-year historical periods.
“We supportall types of trading activity and are particularly in favour of morerules-based and emotion-free strategies, which tend to be more successful,” Kohler told FinanceMagnates.com.
Alpha Primeis self-funded as part of the Alpha Group of companies and currently operatesunder regulatory exemptions.
“We operatewith FCA-regulated clearing companies to enable DMA and trading infrastructure,”Kohler concluded.
This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.
