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City Traders’ Imperium offers tiered plans to contestants, whereby traders’ accounts are doubled every time they hit a 10% target. The firm, which is based in Shoreditch, London, is growing to be one of the fastest scaling prop firms in the industry.

City Traders Imperium Funded Challenges

Compare account sizes, fees, profit targets, drawdowns, and trading conditions.

City Traders Imperium Challenges

ChallengeFees ($)Discounted Price   $ Grab PromoAccount SizeStepsProfit targetProfit SplitMax Daily Loss
$5,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 59.00
$ 59.00 / $ 53.10 $5K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$10,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 99.00
$ 99.00 / $ 89.10 $10K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$25,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 159.00
$ 159.00 / $ 143.10 $25K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$50,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 329.00
$ 329.00 / $ 296.10 $500K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$75,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 419.00
$ 419.00 / $ 377.10 $75K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$100,000 - Standard Challenge
$ 509.00
$ 509.00 / $ 458.10 $100K 2 10% / 5% 80% 4%
$5,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 99.00
$ 99.00 / $ 89.10 $5K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$10,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 159.00
$ 159.00 / $ 143.10 $10K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$25,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 299.00
$ 299.00 / $ 269.10 $25K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$50,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 559.00
$ 559.00 / $ 503.10 $500K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$75,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 799.00
$ 799.00 / $ 719.10 $75K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$100,000 - 1-Step Instant
$ 949.00
$ 949.00 / $ 854.10 $100K 1 9% / 5% 0%
$5,000 - Direct Funding
$ 299.00
$ 299.00 / $ 269.10 $5K 0 10% / 5% 0%
$10,000 - Direct Funding
$ 599.00
$ 599.00 / $ 539.10 $10K 0 10% / 5% 0%
$25,000 - Direct Funding
$ 1499.00
$ 1499.00 / $ 1349.10 $25K 0 10% / 5% 0%
$50,000 - Direct Funding
$ 2999.00
$ 2999.00 / $ 2699.10 $500K 0 10% / 5% 0%
$75,000 - Direct Funding
$ 4499.00
$ 4499.00 / $ 4049.10 $100K 0 10% / 5% 0%
$100,000 - Direct Funding
$ 5999.00
$ 5999.00 / $ 5399.10 $100K 0 10% / 5% 0%

City Traders Imperium Trading Rules

City Traders Imperium Trading Rules. This summary is updated; however, rules frequently change. Always confirm rules with your prop firm.
Trading Rules
News Trading
  • Allowed.
Copy Trading
  • Yes, but proof of the trading account being copied from must be provided.
Inactivity Rule
  • 30 days.
EAs (Expert Advisors)
  • Allowed, you can use personally developed EAs on funded accounts but must submit the source code for verification.
  • Third-party or exploitative EAs are prohibited.
Minimum Trading Days
  • Challenge Programs (1 and 2 steps): Requires at least 3 Profitable Days, each with a profit of 0.5% or greater.
  • Instant Funding and Instant Funding Pro: No minimum number of Profitable Days is required.
Risk Management
  • Risk department may enforce temporary measures like leverage limits or position size restrictions.
  • Applies to: Multiple account blowouts, limited trading history, deviations from trading patterns, frequent risk violations, excessive drawdowns, or high-risk exposure in volatile markets.
Trading Rules
  • Stop-Loss: Must be placed within 1 minute of opening a trade (soft breach if missed).
  • News Bracketing: Prohibited around high-impact events.
  • Gambling Rule: Banned - excessively risky trades or maxing leverage to pass quickly.
  • Account Churning: Multiple accounts traded with high risk to hit targets is prohibited.
  • Multi-Account Reversal: Opposite positions across accounts (hedging/manipulation) is prohibited.
  • Instant Funding program: The first reward can be requested after achieving 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit of the initial balance.
Profitable Day Requirements
  • Challenge Programs: At least 3 profitable days, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit.
  • Instant Funding: No minimum profitable day requirement.
Device Limitations
  • Trading is limited to 2 devices (PC and mobile).
  • Additional device use requires approval with proof via video call.
  • Unauthorized device use results in account termination without a refund.
Account Limits
  • Evaluations phase: No limits.
  • 1-Step & 2-Step funded account: Max 2 x $100K or smaller equivalents.
  • Instant Funding: Max 1 x $80K or smaller equivalents.
  • Instant Funding Pro: Max 1 x $160K or smaller equivalents.

Frequently Asked Questions

The most affordable challenge is the $5,000 - Standard Challenge priced at $59.00.

The $50,000 - Standard Challenge challenge offers the highest account size of $500,000.

The $5,000 - Standard Challenge challenge offers the highest profit split of 80%.

The $5,000 - 1-Step Instant challenge has a low profit target of 9%.

Yes, there are instant funding challenges available.

Permissions: ✘ EAs not allowed. ✔ News trading allowed. ✘ Copy trading not allowed.

Yes, all challenges allow weekend position holding.

The $100,000 - Standard Challenge from City Traders Imperium costs $509.00, ranking #64 among all active $100K challenges in our database.