Watch Our Best Traders Win

Gabriel from Maidstone earned $165,000 in performance fees on a $200K Qualified Account with Alpha Capital. He breaks down gold support and resistance, why he chases capital not percentages, and three tips for beginners.

Archie started trading at 18 after dodgy signal groups, lost £1,500 in five minutes on a home-run trade, and never looked back. At the London Prop Firm Expo he talks forex and commodities, why ACG is his only firm, and why failure early beats quitting.

Catalin from Romania went from blowing his first Alpha Capital evaluation during a Bali holiday CPI spike to 13 straight months of profitability in under two years of trading. He trades gold only, scalps on 1-minute to 1-hour charts on his Alpha Capital simulated accounts, and is max allocated at $300K after 17–18 performance fees and roughly $40K–$50K in lifetime earnings with ACG. In this interview he breaks down his pattern-based gold process, why he uses wide stops and long-only bias, and the psychology mistakes that keep most traders from passing an evaluation.

Robbie discovered trading on YouTube in 2018, spent years in signal groups and failed strategies, then found consistency through Alpha Capital Group with 15+ performance fees on a $100K simulated account. After passing his first evaluation on his fourth attempt, rebuilding through a ten-month dry spell, and journaling every night, he quit his corporate banking job once performance fees beat his salary for six straight months. In this interview he breaks down his higher-time-frame FX process, why sitting on your hands beats overtrading, and the worst advice he sees beginners copy from Twitter.

Elroy, 25, from the Netherlands, went from offshore ship mechanic to profitable trader in about a year. He passed an Alpha Capital evaluation in 10 days, received roughly $2K in performance fees in January, and shares the office-only rule, Asian-session liquidity strategy, and mindset shifts that changed his results.

Louie worked on the railway for 10 years. He quit to trade full time, lost £10–15K on a personal account his first day home, went through three years of mentorships and depression, and rebuilt to a £100K qualified account - with a prop firm that then collapsed for £310 million. He woke up on a Friday morning, opened MT4, and the data was gone. He found Alpha Capital through the ACG F1 event. Since joining, he has made £47,000. This is his story.

TL;DR: Karim is 20 years old, from London, raised by a single mother in an area where, in his words, people come from nothing. He taught himself trading entirely from YouTube, blew accounts at a dodgy firm that paid him half his performance fee, and then found Alpha Capital. In his first year he made 7 performance fees, an irregular result for any trader, let alone a first-year one. Then, just before his 20th birthday, he lost everything. His little brother got onto his phone. Here is how he processed it, rebuilt on Alpha Futures, and what he would tell every new trader starting from scratch.

TL;DR: Matt from Vancouver declined a police officer career to trade full time, has earned over $230,000 in performance fees across multiple prop firms, and posted a $35,000 day on a $400K simulated account. What came next was four months of near-destruction as he chased that number. He only trades limit orders, journals obsessively, runs a security company on the side, and will tell any beginner the same three things: fix your mindset, journal, and do not quit.

TL;DR Arman runs 400K in simulated Alpha Capital accounts, posted a 12% month using the exact same edge he's always traded, and has had two large simulated accounts wiped by firm collapses without losing sleep over either. His advice: collect so much data on your edge that a losing streak can't touch your confidence. He also runs four personal 10K accounts on the side as a rotation system for consistent monthly income.

TL;DR: Reuben started with GameStop, lost money on crypto, took 20 losses in a row on his first prop firm account with a support and resistance strategy, and lived in his bedroom grinding for years. Now he trades just 7 times a month on EUR/USD and GBP/USD, set-and-forget swing trading from the weekly, with a 50% win rate and a rule he lives by: trust the universe. His advice for new traders: be prepared for the sacrifices.

TL;DR: Kieran won a free 5K evaluation from an Alpha Capital giveaway, passed it, and earned a £3,800 performance fee,  enough to clear his overdraft and every debt he had. He reinvested straight into a 200K evaluation account. A former electrician who quit his trade to pursue the markets against his mum's wishes, Kieran's story is one of the most relatable on the channel. Core lesson: think in percentages, not money.

TL;DR: Rutger is a computer science and economics graduate from the Netherlands who started trading during COVID, spent two years on demo learning nothing about emotions, blew 15-20 prop firm evaluations including accounts at firms that turned out to be scams, and was stuck at break-even with pure technical analysis for years. Nine months before this interview, he added fundamental analysis to his approach. His win rate jumped from 35% to 45-50%. He hit max allocation with Alpha Capital in one month and pulled £23K in performance fees in three months. He now runs an office in Amsterdam and built ForexFundamentals.com to help other traders access the same edge.

TL;DR Ibrahim (Fun Trader) started trading with a friend, lost a 100K evaluation on day one using his mum's money, quit music for his faith and found trading as a replacement, and eventually got down to his last £30 before spending it on a 5K Alpha Capital evaluation. He made 60% on it in two weeks - a £3,500 performance fee. He has made five figures with Alpha Capital in total. He is currently on a trading detox and about to come back. This is the most honest interview in the series.

TL;DR:Claudia started trading in 2018 after meeting a Forex trader at a university party in Birmingham. She nearly got scammed on a Bitcoin website the same week. Over the next five years she learned approximately ten different strategies, tried EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and Gold before going all-in on Gold, and developed a dual journaling process that uses both an emotional diary and a trade diary, plus a method of printing out her last ten trades and correcting them with a red pen like a teacher. She recently passed a 250K evaluation. This is where she is now and what she has learned.

TL;DR: Husmulli started in crypto during COVID, made money early, lost it all by not taking profit, found Forex through a live streamer, and spent his entire first year unprofitable before figuring it out. He has since had a firm shut down on him at six-figure allocation, rebuilt from zero, and is currently holding $500K in simulated allocation with consistent bi-weekly performance fees. His three keys: gratitude, self-accountability, and numerical data. No fluff, no shortcuts.

TL;DR:Katherine started trading in November 2023 with zero background, lost £30,000 through a signal group before she even found Alpha Capital, blew over 20 evaluations while learning, rebuilt a Qualified Account from £500 over 35 days, and made approximately £100,000 in her first full year of consistent trading. She now earns around £12,000 a month in performance fees on Gold while still working full-time as a sales manager. This is her story.

TL;DR: At the Alpha Capital Casino Royale event, Dan Cheung, a City of London professional with a background in brokerage, shared three tips for intermediate traders who have a strategy but are not yet consistently profitable. His answer cuts straight to the core: remove your tilt days, connect with one or two other traders, and do a proper review of the data you are already collecting.

Daniel FM at Casino Royale, on networking density, professional production, and why in-person beats only Discord for some lessons. Trade less, relax into selectivity, and borrow 80/20 thinking; journaling and Gladwell-style pattern literacy to make fast decisions accountable. Multiple accounts and providers, tiered risk and aggression, non-consecutive management so drawdown diversifies instead of stacking in one session plus a raw story about size, euphoria, and re-entry after a win.

 Riz Sardar at Alpha Capital’s Casino Royale event in London, on bringing family, meeting peers, and learning from every phase of the trading path.Mechanical, systematic trading with minimal discretion checklists and protocol to keep complex markets from turning into emotional improvisation. From losses and failed evaluations toward consistency, an investment management track he places at ~$25M AUM, and active recruiting of verifiable traders plus a five-year view on infrastructure and relationships.

Adz moved from signal chasing and personal-account losses into higher-time-frame work shaped by a verifiable mentor, then used proprietary-style evaluations as a structured path while absorbing a large number of evaluation resets along the way.  Sunday weekly bias, DXY-led reads on EUR/USD and GBP/USD, EUR/GBP for relative weakness, swing versus intraday posture depending on the news week, and active management even on longer holds. After long friction elsewhere, he credits Alpha Capital Group with clear rules, responsive support, and a performance-fee rhythm that helped him move from first performance fees to repeat requests including a five-figure stretch he could finally explain as process, not luck.

Flexx (Arzan) moved from restaurant work and crypto hype into forex in 2022, blew a run of small evaluations, then rebuilt around two instruments and a strict supply / demand stack. Gold and EUR/USD only, 50 minute / 15 minute / 1 minute workflow, no lower timeframe indicators, roughly 4:1 to 5:1 reward to risk with a low win rate held together by discipline and journaling. He is now a Qualified Analyst with Alpha Capital Group, compounds through controlled risk days, and documents both wins and public losses so newer traders see the full curve behind the performance fees many people still call payouts.

Taron spent three years cycling through every strategy on the internet before time frame correlation became the breakthrough that finally made his trading consistent in 2021. Top down analysis from the daily down to the 15 minute, with a stripped back chart of candlesticks, market structure, and two moving averages. Risk is split across all open positions so the account can absorb a full loss day. By learning when to walk away from the market and joining Alpha Capital, Taron navigated our evaluations (often called prop firm challenges) and earned over $40,000 in performance fees (widely known across the industry as payouts) in 2024.

Kyle brings over 10 years of market experience, highlighting that adaptability is the most crucial skill for a trader looking to survive changing market conditions. He focuses on high-timeframe direction while comparing proper position sizing to poker only risking heavily when the probabilities are overwhelmingly in his favor. By mastering his emotions and strictly managing his downside risk, Kyle successfully navigates our rigorous evaluations (often called prop firm challenges) and recently achieved over $40,000 in performance fees (commonly known as payouts).

5ive lost roughly £25,000 to crypto gambling, failed signal groups, and overtrading before he completely restructured his approach to the markets. He shifted from rigid home-run trades to securing 80% partials at 1:2 risk-to-reward ratios using ICT concepts, primarily on GBP/USD and EUR/USD. By mastering his discipline and learning to sit out of bad market conditions for months at a time, 5ive successfully navigated our evaluations (often called prop firm challenges) and scaled his accounts to achieve over $150,000 in performance fees.

After losing the $5,000 he made from his teenage web agency, Mathe quit trading for a year to build a $10k/month business, eliminating his financial desperation. He ignores technical analysis "hacks" in favor of pure probabilities and statistics, executing intraday SMC/Wyckoff concepts on pairs like GU, EU, and NASDAQ. By adopting a "portfolio mindset" across his accounts (frequently referred to as prop firm challenges), Mathe dynamically manages his risk to maximize his performance fees as an Alpha Capital Qualified Trader.

Moe blew his university tuition fees on his second trade and later watched a $360,000 crypto portfolio plummet due to greed and confirmation bias. He rebuilt his edge by combining macroeconomic fundamentals (like central bank data and COT reports) with precise price action reversal patterns on lower timeframes. By mastering his psychology and impulse control, Moe successfully navigated our evaluations (often called prop firm challenges) to become a highly consistent Qualified Analyst with Alpha Capital.

Omar avoids complex indicators and lower time frames, finding massive success by anchoring his directional bias to Daily, Weekly, and 4-Hour liquidity sweeps. Too many traders treat their simulated capital like a game; treating it with the respect of a personal account is the key to longevity. Whether you use free content or paid mentorship to shorten your learning curve, the final objective must always be complete self-sufficiency.

Mansour started trading stocks at just 14 years old during the GameStop craze. By 17, he had dropped out of college, blown thousands of his mom’s money on fast-bot passes, and maxed out her credit cards trying to chase signal groups. It wasn't until he hit absolute rock bottom that he realized trading is 95% psychology. By stepping away from the charts to fix his personal life, ditching "trading influencers," and ruthlessly backtesting a single strategy, Mansour finally found consistency. In this interview, he explains why silencing your ego and mastering money management are the ultimate keys to long-term success.

Kim went from working 9-hour shifts grilling Korean BBQ to earning over $300,000 in simulated funds payouts within a year. By completely hiding his PnL while in a trade and focusing exclusively on US30, he overcame a devastating three-year cycle of massive losses and blown accounts. In this interview, he reveals why mastering your greed and maintaining profound gratitude are the true keys to becoming a Qualified Trader.

Fabio went from taking heavy losses in the 2017 crypto crash to managing $1 million in simulated funds. His secret? Abandoning lower time frame scalping to focus on higher time frame swing trades driven by deep macroeconomic fundamentals. By recording daily video journals to hold himself accountable and masterfully rotating his positions across major dollar pairs, Fabio has secured over $100,000 in performance fees. Here, he explains why understanding the "why" behind the market is the ultimate edge.

After being kicked out of his family home for choosing trading over the traditional university route, Billy relentlessly chased his dreams, studying the markets while delivering pizzas on an electric bike. His dedication paid off. Not only did he find success as a Qualified Trader, but his unmatched work ethic ultimately landed him a full-time position on the Alpha Capital Group staff. In this interview, Billy opens up about his journey, the reality of family pushback, and why you have to go "all in."

22-year-old Zaki started his trading journey after falling victim to a fake social media mentor. Despite the immense cultural pressure to finish his pharmacy degree and eventually being disowned by his father for dropping out he remained dedicated to his vision. Today, he runs a successful marketing agency while scalping US30 during the New York session, proving that extreme discipline is the ultimate edge to becoming a Qualified Trader.

Former professional basketball player Andrew NFX transferred his elite sports discipline into the markets, eventually managing up to $6.7 million in simulated funds across the industry. By stripping his charts of unnecessary indicators and learning to think outside the box, he conquered his psychology and achieved massive success. Here, he explains why accepting losses and keeping your strategy simple are the true keys to becoming a Qualified Trader.

Bani went from a college student dropshipping phone chargers to an elite trader who recently generated $25,000 in profit with a 79% win rate over two months. By simplifying his strategy to focus on weekly bias and trading exclusively EUR/USD and GBP/USD, he escaped the cycle of strategy hopping. Today, he runs a mentorship program built on radical transparency, teaching his students that accepting losses is the only true path to becoming a Qualified Trader.

In a special double interview, Planty sits down with two very different traders: Ryhan, a 38-year-old veteran who swing trades EUR/USD on the 4-hour chart, and Arman, a 20-year-old prodigy who scalps the NASDAQ on the 5-minute chart. Despite their opposite strategies, both achieved remarkable success as Alpha Capital Qualified Traders by mastering strict risk management, intense backtesting, and bulletproof psychology.

25-year-old economics student Grecko went from hitting rock bottom to maintaining an incredible 14-month winning streak. By treating his trading like a business with a diversified risk portfolio and relying solely on pure price action combined with macroeconomics, he mastered scalping Gold (XAU/USD). His secret? A brutal commitment to mastering his own psychology and taking strategic breaks from the charts.

Doey Ragbourne transformed an 8-year trading struggle into consistent success by stripping her strategy down to pure price action. Seeking flexibility after having a baby, she mastered scalping Gold (XAU/USD) during the Asian session and passed her Alpha Capital Evaluation using a strict two-trades-a-day rule. She now runs "Back to Basics FX," a community empowering female traders to succeed in a male-dominated industry.