Trader Development Process

TRADER DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ROUTE TO BECOMING A PROP TRADER

ABOUT US Alphachain Capital is a Proprietary Trading Firm specializing in forex and cryptocurrency markets with a proven and innovative process of developing retail traders into institutional traders.

As a recognized and accredited CPD training provider, we have bridged the gap between trader education and trading careers using unique training methods, guaranteeing starting capital to all of our new traders, and providing unrivalled mentoring from experienced traders and mentors.

As you build your track record and achieve certain performance milestones your capital allocation increases.

Our professional and structured process for training our new traders in-house or online will allow you to trade company funds from any location across the world.

A word from the CEO. “We believe so strongly in our training method that we invest in each and every trader that is accepted into our training programmes with $10k starting capital” – Adam Haeems, Chief Executive Officer Watch our Day in the Life of a Trader video on Youtube: Click here to watch.

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WHY LEARN TO TRADE WITH ALPHACHAIN CAPITAL? Training from Professional Traders with trading experience at Top Tier institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and a $1bn Hedge Fund (QCM).

Guaranteed starting capital of $15k – We invest directly in you during the programme.

Post-training Support and on-going Mentoring.

Capital increases up to $2m per trader based on clearly defined performance targets.

CPD Qualification in Technical Analysis on completion of initial training.

In-house Trading Psychologist and Behavioural Finance mentor with over 20 years experience helping you keep control of your cognitive biases.

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GLOBAL TRADER PROGRAMME LOCATION: REMOTE

The benefit of the online option is it allows you to have access to our award-winning learning portal with access to all training materials while fitting this around your other work/life obligations.

Guaranteed $15k starting capital.

Three months professional training from experienced traders.

Learn and trade remotely.

You would need to allocate sometime during the day to interact with us live and be able to cover training material while placing trades.

You will gain access to our market leading communication platform.

You will have access to our virtual trading room, market reports and webinar access.

You will be able to communicate with all traders and be placed into teams for tasks and trading competitions.

You can view how others are performing and share task assignments.

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PROGRESSION PATHWAY If you get accepted onto our programme you'll receive a guaranteed funded account of $15,000 in your assessment.

That's not all though, we also provide a career path that enables our junior traders to climb the capital allocation funding levels with the potential of becoming a senior trader with a capital allocation of up to $2 million, the largest allocation to a single trader in the industry.

You are also able to progress within Alphachain for roles such as Trade Mentor upon developing a solid track record and achieving a consistent return, where we can provide you with internal training to become a knowledgeable mentor.

You can get a glimpse of what life's like on our trading floor on our YouTube channel here.

Learn

Analyse & Refine

Build Experience

Market Expert

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TRADER DEVELOPMENT STAGES STAGE 1 (TRAINING)

Learn Theoretical Concepts Practical Trading Application Develop own trading strategy Learn Alphachain Strategies Back Test and develop Trade Plan Observe and Emulate Prop Traders CPD Certification The Trader training is completed via our virtual learning portal remotely.

You will cover the following topics; Fundamental analysis with a focus on macroeconomic drivers and figures, technical analysis covering both primary and secondary indicators, money management with trading risk management and develop a good understanding on how to minimise psychological biases impacting your trades.

You will be guided and mentored by traders with allocated slots to observe a trader.

There will be regular trading competitions to test your application of theory and group tasks to partake through presentations and whiteboard work.

Our trading team will provide weekly market analysis webinars, market reports and 1-2-1 trader consultations.

Stay in the loop of market moves with our communications platform and online trading room.

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STAGE ONE OVERVIEW

Day 1 Training Induction & Overview Learning portal setup & guidance Communications & online trading room instructions Platform Setup & Walkthrough How to place a trade and exit a position with the correct risk management Month 1 Access to Introduction to Trading and Learn to Trade Application of theoretical concepts Test application of technical tools Selection of technical tools to develop strategy in order of importance End of Week Intraday Competition Month 2 Access to Intensive strategy training Learn and apply Alphachain strategies Form your own trading strategies using the technical tools learnt in the prior week and STEM End of Week Intraday Comp Month 3 Selection of trading strategies based on personal trading style Manual back test trading strategy on historical data Tweak strategy based on the back test Integrate strategy within a reviewed trade plan

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Competition week; trading under pressure to meet performance objectives and targets against peers Trade your plan and strategy by trading on live market prices Implement institutional documents for on-going feedback Contract for live account End of evaluation phase Overall Performance Review and Feedback based on: Ability shown over the three month period Average of the three modules on the learning portal Performance based on week four competition CPD Certification Achieved

STAGE 1 OBJECTIVES

Month One Objective: To achieve an understanding of the markets you will be learning the theory with Introduction to trading and market terminology through our learning portal while applying these concepts within a demo trading platform.

By the end of week one, you will have: obtained an understanding of global financial markets and a good foundation in technical analysis.

You will know how to independently apply technical tools to form trade ideas and apply good risk management while selecting technical tools to use going forward.

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Month Two Objective Development and application of strategies, you will learn the how to execute our strategies. Your trading will become more structured and tailored to how you see the markets by learning and testing our strategies and select indicators to form your own strategies. By the end of week two, you will have: familiarity with all trading techniques applied with selected strategies to focus on based on your trading style. Be able to understand fundamentals and how macro data releases impact market prices.

Month Three Objective: Ability to implement the full trade process and develop a higher level of understanding for the selected strategies by carrying out back tests while forward testing. Address any shortfalls of your knowledge and strategies with your mentor. By the end of week three, you will have: Reviewed how your selected strategy works in different market conditions and have statistical evidence based on historical data of success rate and probability.

Created a trade plan which includes your strategies and personal goals.

Development of consistent and profitable trading approach. Increase your understanding of asset class inter-dependencies and market correlations.

Work to proactively address mistakes highlighted by your mentor. Be guided to achieve a positive week within the competition. By the end of week three, you will have: familiarity with managing trades with correct position sizing and exposure. The ability to incorporate trade and risk management techniques while utilising full size positions to allow maximum exposure to be allocated.

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STAGE TWO (LIVE TRADING)

You will be assessed on a live trading account which will allow us to gauge how you perform with real emotions involved and market price fluctuations impacting your trades.

A trade mentor will be by your side for support with on-going development and reviews of your documentation.

PROFESSIONAL TRADING ACCOUNT

Margin: $15,000 Leverage: 100:1 Max Trading Capital: $2,000,000 Maximum Exposure: $50,000 / 0.5 lots

HIGHLIGHTS

Guaranteed real $15,000 account.

Risk managed target of 6%.

Keep 50% of profits.

On-going development by trade mentors.

Institutional documents for trade reviews Access to online trading room.

Weekly webinar and market reports.

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STAGE TWO OBJECTIVES

To develop a consistent and profitable approach to trading on a live $15,000 account, whilst adhering to the defined risk limits. Build into risk and maximise your exposure across defined tradable assets.

Regular mentor sessions will keep you focused to maintain high standards while providing guidance on areas of development from reviewed documentations of trade journals, blotter and statistics.

By the end of reaching target, you will have: achieved a high level of macroeconomics, market behaviour and technical analysis knowledge. Build an ability to handle the psychological challenges of decision making whilst under pressure. You have managed risk effectively to achieve a consistent trading performance.

LEARN WHILE YOU EARN

Psychology Guiding new live traders to handle psychological effects of live market trading.

Risk Management Guidance on effective trading under pressure and applying good risk management while achieving maximum exposure.

Mentoring Identify trader’s knowledge gaps and weaknesses with 1 to 1 sessions and access to weekly webinars to plan for the week ahead.

P/L Target Guidance on managing your P/L and meeting each capital level targets.

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STAGE THREE (PROGRESSION) Become a top performing trader and increase your capital with consistency, good risk management and profitable trading alongside the Alphachain team.

You will continue to have on-going support from your mentor with weekly webinars and monthly reviews.

You will have access to breaking news, market reports and our online trading room.

STAGE THREE (PROGRESSION) Must meet 6% in assessment period & 10% for each stage thereafter: Level 1: $60,000 Level 2: $120,000 Level 3: $240,000 *Capital increases up to $2m

STAGE THREE OBJECTIVES

Now that you have built consistency and confidence trading a funded account, your aim is capital growth by achieving each capital stage targets. This will require you to maintain top performance on large account sizes. You will need to quickly get used to trading large monetary values. There will be psychological biases impacting your trading and a trade mentor will be there to help define nonmonetary goals and areas of development to break through plateaus. You will have: Candidates are now able to operate as a fully-fledged proprietary trader.

You have the ability to fully manage your own trading desk and book.

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MENTORSHIP AT ALPHACHAIN CAPITAL How We Mentor Answer questions to help develop your understanding of situations.

Provide information and knowledge through various channels.

Receive advice on how to proceed with development.

Provide support and encouragement Offer different perspective views.

Why We Mentor Faster rate of learning in addition to our other methods.

Better understanding of theory to real world scenarios.

Ability to tailor information based on individuals trading style.

Based on feedback system which embeds learning.

Why you need a Mentor Increases your self confidence and motivation Create a clear sense of personal direction.

A variety of knowledge and experience to tap into.

A sounding board to discuss ideas and approaches before action is taken

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Why you need a Mentor Increases your selfconfidence and motivation.

Create a clear sense of personal direction A variety of knowledge and experience to tap in to.

A sounding board to discuss ideas and approaches before action is taken How Mentor’s Benefit Increased recognition from peers and satisfaction from developing others In mentoring you solidify your knowledge and become a market expert A team of trainee, prop and senior traders will make more informed decisions by reflecting and listening to opinions Mentor Sessions Review experience Identify objectives Provide feedback Identify strengths Identify areas of development Explore options Coaching on specific areas Set targets for future actions

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