diff --git a/apigateway/get_missions/main.py b/apigateway/get_missions/main.py
index 5bad497..a7e73f8 100644
--- a/apigateway/get_missions/main.py
+++ b/apigateway/get_missions/main.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 from flask import abort
 
 from infra import auth, authenticated_user_id  # type: ignore
+from infra.alpaca_action import get_account_balance
 from infra.data.missions import Mission, Missions
 from infra.logger import log_error
+from infra.stytch_actions import get_alpaca_account_id
 
 
-def process_mission(mission_details: Mission) -> dict:
+def process_mission(account_balance: int, mission_details: Mission) -> dict:
     """create mission payload"""
 
     payload: dict = {
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ def process_mission(mission_details: Mission) -> dict:
         "forecast": mission_details.forecaster(),
         "name": mission_details.data["name"],
         "strategy": mission_details.data["strategy"],
+        "milestones": mission_details.calculate_milestones(account_balance),
     }
 
     return payload
@@ -31,10 +34,20 @@ def get_missions(request):
             "get_missions()",
             "could not load authenticated user_id, this shouldn't have happened",
         )
-        return ("Something went wrong", 403)
+        abort(403)
+
+    if not (alpaca_account_id := get_alpaca_account_id(user_id)):
+        log_error("get_missions()", "alpaca account not ready")
+        abort(400)
+
+    # TODO: account balance is not per mission!
+    if not (account_balance := get_account_balance(alpaca_account_id)):
+        abort(400)
 
     missions = Missions(user_id=user_id)
-    payload = [process_mission(mission) for mission in missions]
+    payload = [
+        process_mission(account_balance, mission) for mission in missions
+    ]
     if not payload:
         log_error(
             "get_missions()", f"{user_id} does not have any active missions"
diff --git a/apigateway/get_missions/requirements.txt b/apigateway/get_missions/requirements.txt
index 04acc64..cc4dc16 100644
--- a/apigateway/get_missions/requirements.txt
+++ b/apigateway/get_missions/requirements.txt
@@ -1623,5 +1623,5 @@ zipp==3.15.0 \
 
 
 --extra-index-url https://us-east4-python.pkg.dev/development-380917/python-repos/simple/
-infra==0.1.106 \
+infra==0.1.107 \
     --hash=sha256:0e81d2b54b3d5449789ab70a3c493c9bbd147a2365999c909e32e14489fe1fd2
diff --git a/infra/infra/alpaca_action.py b/infra/infra/alpaca_action.py
index cb28241..a494002 100644
--- a/infra/infra/alpaca_action.py
+++ b/infra/infra/alpaca_action.py
@@ -127,6 +127,34 @@ def validate_before_transfer(account_id: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+def get_account_balance(alpaca_account_id: str) -> int | None:
+    r = alpaca_proxy(
+        method="GET",
+        url=f"v1/accounts/{alpaca_account_id}",
+        args=None,
+        headers=None,
+        payload=None,
+    )
+
+    if r.status_code != 200:
+        log_error(
+            "get_account_balance()",
+            f"failed to get account details {alpaca_account_id}: {r.text}",
+        )
+        return None
+
+    usd = r.json().get("usd")
+
+    portfolio_value = int(usd.get("portfolio_value", 0))
+    cash = int(usd.get("cash", 0))
+
+    print(
+        f"account balances for {alpaca_account_id}: {portfolio_value}, {cash}"
+    )
+
+    return portfolio_value + cash
+
+
 def transfer_amount(
     alpaca_account_id: str, relationship_id: str, amount: int
 ) -> dict | None:
diff --git a/infra/infra/data/missions.py b/infra/infra/data/missions.py
index 893bff2..332dc19 100644
--- a/infra/infra/data/missions.py
+++ b/infra/infra/data/missions.py
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 
 
 class Mission:
+    level_step: dict = {
+        200: 25,
+        1000: 50,
+        2500: 100,
+        5000: 250,
+        15000: 500,
+        20000: 750,
+        40000: 1000,
+        150000: 2000,
+    }
+
     def __init__(self, data: dict):
         self.data = data
 
@@ -47,6 +58,15 @@ def forecaster(self, bins: int = 30) -> list:
 
         return new_df.values.tolist()
 
+    def calculate_milestones(self, account_size: int) -> list[int]:
+        level = min(
+            self.level_step.keys(), key=lambda x: abs(x - account_size)
+        )
+
+        print(level)
+
+        return []
+
 
 class Missions:
     def __init__(self, user_id: str | None = None) -> None:
diff --git a/infra/pyproject.toml b/infra/pyproject.toml
index e1974f8..a93d350 100644
--- a/infra/pyproject.toml
+++ b/infra/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = {text = "MIT"}
 name = "infra"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-version = "0.1.106"
+version = "0.1.107"
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "pdm.backend"