👀 Alpha Capital rolls out new professional trading desk: Alpha Prime

Hi guys, it’s Kieran! What a week in the markets, absolute panic everywhere. Buy when there’s blood in the streets? or wait it out for lower prices? Lets get into it!

📢 Prop Firm Industry News

Alpha Capital have launched a new division called Alpha Prime, which they’re positioning as a “professional trading desk” for traders who show consistency and risk management over raw PnL numbers.

According to their site, Alpha Prime offers:

▪️ Monthly salary & live capital
▪️ On-site & remote mentoring
▪️ Weekly strategy meetings
▪️ Access to institutional-grade tools

They emphasize that selection isn’t purely based on big payouts. Instead, they’re looking at factors like:

Sounds promising! If you're curious, here’s the page with more info: https://alphaprimemarkets.com/

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🕜 Economic calendar

Here are this week’s red folder news events. A quiet week on the economic calendar, although some big events due, chiefly US inflation numbers on Thursday and Friday which could cause some major moves if hot numbers appear in the context of Trumps new tariffs.

📈 The Macro View

VERY ‘Extreme Fear’

Overall market sentiment is at levels last seen during the middle of the 2022 bear market. S&P 500 Futures down big again this morning.

They are finally selling

At last, positioning on Goldman Sach’s prime book finally shows selling, the magnitude of which is at levels matching previous market panics. The question is now whether this is just the start, or is there more to come. From a setup point of view, ‘extreme fear’ sentiment coupled with huge capitulation selling is a strong contrarian long signal. It’s never easy to buy the dip during the dip though.

Buying with VIX > 45

The VIX hit 45 on Friday. Previous readings at these levels produced big gains taking equity longs (S&P 500) . Statistically a very high probability setup getting long here. High risk, high reward.

The 2022 analogy

Last week I shared this chart of the S&P 500 in 2022 v 2025, and it nailed the timing of the sell-off. Here’s the updated version and shows we are only about half way to the bottom should the analogy play out.

OK guys that’s it for this week. Keep your risk management top of mind and i’ll see ya next week!

Kieran

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