Payout Court · compare

Alpha Futures vs Lucid Trading

Case file

Alpha Futures

Futures

NRNo verdict yet

  • 0 of 10 weighted receipts
  • 0 of 5 senders
  • 8 of 8 rule facts

Case file

Lucid Trading

Futures

NRNo verdict yet

  • 0 of 10 weighted receipts
  • 0 of 5 senders
  • 8 of 8 rule facts

On 23 Oct 2026, Alpha Futures and Lucid Trading differed on 5 of 8 rules checked for both: Payout frequency (Alpha Futures: Up to 4 payouts a month: a request every 5 winning days of $200+ (Direct accounts use a withdrawal profit target instead), Lucid Trading: LucidFlex: request anytime, no fixed payout window, funds within 2 business days; LucidDaily: daily payout eligibility once profit is over the buffer balance); Profit split (Alpha Futures: 90%, Lucid Trading: 90% (LucidFlex and LucidDaily)); EAs and bots (Alpha Futures: Not allowed, Lucid Trading: Allowed with conditions); Weekend holding (Alpha Futures: Allowed with conditions, Lucid Trading: Not allowed); Account, device and IP rules (Alpha Futures: VPS allowed; VPNs that hide or change your IP address are not, Lucid Trading: Limits apply per household or family: up to 10 evaluation accounts and 5 funded accounts).

Receipts: Alpha Futures 0, Lucid Trading 0.

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Which fits you

  • If you copy trade: Alpha Futures (allowed with conditions), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you run EAs: Alpha Futures (not allowed), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you trade the news: Alpha Futures (allowed with conditions), Lucid Trading (allowed with conditions).
  • If you hedge: neither firm's rules allow it.
  • If you hold trades over the weekend: Alpha Futures (allowed with conditions), Lucid Trading (not allowed).

Read each rule before you buy.

The docket · 8 rules, each from the firm's own pages

Side by side

Highlighted rows: the two firms' rules differ.

RuleAlpha FuturesLucid Trading
Payout frequency DiffersUp to 4 payouts a month: a request every 5 winning days of $200+ (Direct accounts use a withdrawal profit target instead)
Traders have the ability to pay themselves up to 4 times a month. Request every 5 winning trading days of $200 profit, or more

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

LucidFlex: request anytime, no fixed payout window, funds within 2 business days; LucidDaily: daily payout eligibility once profit is over the buffer balance
90% split, no buffer balance required, no fixed payout window. Request anytime. Funds within 2 business days.

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Profit split Differs90%
All withdrawal requests are the amount that will be removed from your trading account, trader received 90% of this request.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

90% (LucidFlex and LucidDaily)
All LucidDaily funded account payouts are split 90% to the trader and 10% to Lucid Trading.

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Copy trading Allowed with conditions: Allowed only when a single user copies between their own Alpha Futures accounts
Copy trading in general is permitted as long as it is a single user executing the trades, and it is the single individual listed on the Alpha Futures Accounts.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Allowed with conditions: Trade copiers permitted, but all copied activity must follow Lucid rules, and copying must never create opposite positions across accounts (cross-account hedging is banned)
Automated trading systems and trade copiers are permitted All automated activity must comply with Lucid Trading rules

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

EAs and bots Differs Not allowed: AI, bots and automated trading prohibited on all account types; semi-automated signals allowed if trades are placed manually
The use of AI, bots, and other automated trading mechanisms is strictly prohibited across all account types.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Allowed with conditions: Automated trading systems permitted; high-frequency trading and microscalping prohibited
Automated trading systems and trade copiers are permitted

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

News trading Allowed with conditions: No restrictions on Evaluation and Advanced Qualified accounts; Direct, Standard and Zero Qualified accounts cannot execute orders 2 minutes before or after high-impact news
no orders may be executed within 2 minutes before or 2 minutes after high impact news events.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Allowed with conditions: Allowed on Flex, Pro and Direct; trading red-folder news on LucidDaily is a hard breach
Trading red folder news on the LucidDaily is a hard breach

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Hedging Not allowed: Hedging across accounts, or long/short correlated contracts on one account, prohibited in Evaluation and Qualified phases
"Reverse Trading" or Hedging, meaning going short on one account, and long on the other is strictly prohibited at Evaluation and Qualified Phase.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Not allowed: All hedging prohibited, including across your own accounts and between different users
Lucid Trading strictly prohibits all forms of hedging

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Weekend holding Differs Allowed with conditions: Overnight holding allowed only on live accounts; sim accounts must close by 4:20 PM EST
Trades do not need to be closed by 4:20pm EST (like they do on sim accounts). Swing trading/holding overnight is indeed permitted

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Not allowed: Positions must be closed by 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday (auto-closed); no swing trading on LucidLive
All positions must be closed by 4:45 PM EST, Monday through Friday

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Account, device and IP rules DiffersVPS allowed; VPNs that hide or change your IP address are not
The use of VPS is permitted in your trading, however the use of VPN attempting to hide or change you IP address is not.

help.alpha-futures.com · checked

Limits apply per household or family: up to 10 evaluation accounts and 5 funded accounts
Up to 10 active evaluation accounts per household or family.

support.lucidtrading.com · checked

Payout receipts compared

Alpha Futures: 0 receipts forwarded to us, 0 denials. Lucid Trading: 0 receipts forwarded to us, 0 denials.

A tier needs 10 weighted receipts from 5 different senders within 180 days. Until then the verdict is "No verdict yet". How the tiers work

Share of receipts forwarded to us, not of all payouts. People forward denials more often than approvals, so absolute numbers run high; compare firms with each other, not with zero.

Rule changes in the last 90 days

None detected in the last 90 days.

FAQ

Does Alpha Futures or Lucid Trading allow copy trading?

Alpha Futures' own rules say allowed with conditions: Allowed only when a single user copies between their own Alpha Futures accounts. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Trade copiers permitted, but all copied activity must follow Lucid rules, and copying must never create opposite positions across accounts (cross-account hedging is banned).

Does Alpha Futures or Lucid Trading allow EAs and bots?

Alpha Futures' own rules say not allowed: AI, bots and automated trading prohibited on all account types; semi-automated signals allowed if trades are placed manually. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Automated trading systems permitted; high-frequency trading and microscalping prohibited.

Does Alpha Futures or Lucid Trading allow news trading?

Alpha Futures' own rules say allowed with conditions: No restrictions on Evaluation and Advanced Qualified accounts; Direct, Standard and Zero Qualified accounts cannot execute orders 2 minutes before or after high-impact news. Lucid Trading's own rules say allowed with conditions: Allowed on Flex, Pro and Direct; trading red-folder news on LucidDaily is a hard breach.

Does Alpha Futures or Lucid Trading allow hedging?

Alpha Futures' own rules say not allowed: Hedging across accounts, or long/short correlated contracts on one account, prohibited in Evaluation and Qualified phases. Lucid Trading's own rules say not allowed: All hedging prohibited, including across your own accounts and between different users.

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