NinjaTrader ended its agreement with Alpha Futures on July 12, 2026, and Alpha says it can no longer issue new accounts through NinjaTrader or Tradovate from that date (TradeInformer). The same day Alpha discontinued its Premium plan. Active Premium accounts are being refunded and closed automatically, including payouts that had been earned but not paid. Traders on the Zero, Advanced and Direct plans move to Alpha’s own AlphaTrader platform.
What changed
Alpha said on X that NinjaTrader decided to terminate the agreement after about three months of talks, which centred on integrating AlphaTrader with NinjaTrader’s back end and on concerns about a competing platform (TradeInformer). “This termination was Ninja’s decision,” the firm’s statement said, as quoted by Phidias Propfirm. Alpha says it received the notice on July 9 and that it cannot create accounts on the former partner’s platform for 90 days starting July 12 (Alpha Futures).
Premium accounts and pending payouts
“The Premium plan has been discontinued,” Alpha’s own plan page now says, and active Premium accounts are refunded and closed automatically with no support ticket needed (Alpha Futures). Alpha’s July 12 statement says the closures cover pending and unpaid payouts beyond what it had already paid (Finance Magnates). A Premium trader waiting on a payout therefore receives account fees back rather than the payout. Alpha says it paid more than $25 million on the plan over two months while running it at a loss (TradeInformer).
| Plan | Before July 12 | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | Open; Alpha says it paid over $25 million on it in two months | Discontinued; active accounts refunded and closed, pending payouts included |
| Zero, Advanced, Direct | Run on NinjaTrader and Tradovate | Unaffected as plans; accounts moved to Alpha’s AlphaTrader platform |
The billing dispute
Finance Magnates reported an email attributed to NinjaTrader that alleges an outstanding balance more than three months past due and a breach of the Evaluation Services Agreement. Alpha says an earlier dispute over a $2.4 million overcharge was settled in early 2026, leaving $225,700 that it believed was a credit rather than a debt (Finance Magnates). Alpha says its most recent payment to the partner was $1.2 million on July 6 (Alpha Futures). Neither side’s account of the balance is independently confirmed.
What traders should check
Check which plan your account sits on and which platform it now runs through, because the two changed together here. If you held a Premium account, check whether the refund received matches the fees paid and keep the payout record you had before the closure. An evaluation is a paid service with simulated trading, and a refund returns the fee, not simulated profit. Before buying a new evaluation anywhere, check whether the firm owns the platform its accounts run on or licenses it from a vendor that can end the contract. None of this is investment advice.
