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Brand: City Traders Imperium

City Traders Imperium

Forex Prop Firm
https://citytradersimperium.com/
Legal Company Name: CTI FZCO
Location: Dubai Silicon Oasis, DDP, Building A1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Our Summary
Established, instant funding paths.
Trading Plans

Compare each plan path, how it progresses, and the key funding and payout terms we have confirmed so far.

Single-stage evaluation path that leads to funded access after objectives are met.

CTI offers 1-step, 2-step, 3-step, and instant-funded style paths. Traders progress by completing the requirements of the selected evaluation or by choosing an instant model with direct funded access from day one.
Official payout materials describe dashboard-wallet processing, internal transfer within 2 business days, and withdrawal processing within 1 business day. 1-Step materials describe first payout after 7 profitable trading days and 2% profit, then monthly payouts, while VIP tiers can improve cadence to weekly and then on-demand.
Program-dependent. Public challenge pages focus more on drawdown and payout mechanics than leverage, so a tighter official leverage matrix still needs a dedicated pass. Risk structure changes materially between 1-Step, 2-Step, and instant-funded paths.

Two-stage evaluation path that must be completed before funded access.

CTI offers 1-step, 2-step, 3-step, and instant-funded style paths. Traders progress by completing the requirements of the selected evaluation or by choosing an instant model with direct funded access from day one.
Official payout materials describe dashboard-wallet processing, internal transfer within 2 business days, and withdrawal processing within 1 business day. 1-Step materials describe first payout after 7 profitable trading days and 2% profit, then monthly payouts, while VIP tiers can improve cadence to weekly and then on-demand.
Program-dependent. Public challenge pages focus more on drawdown and payout mechanics than leverage, so a tighter official leverage matrix still needs a dedicated pass. Risk structure changes materially between 1-Step, 2-Step, and instant-funded paths.

Immediate funded-access path that skips a traditional evaluation.

CTI offers multiple simulated-evaluation and funded-trader paths including 1-Step, 2-Step, 3-Step, Instant, and Instant Pro. This is a multi-product firm where funded economics and restrictions vary significantly by program and by VIP tier progression.
Official payout materials describe dashboard-wallet processing, internal transfer within 2 business days, and withdrawal processing within 1 business day. 1-Step materials describe first payout after 7 profitable trading days and 2% profit, then monthly payouts, while VIP tiers can improve cadence to weekly and then on-demand.
Program-dependent. Public challenge pages focus more on drawdown and payout mechanics than leverage, so a tighter official leverage matrix still needs a dedicated pass. Risk structure changes materially between 1-Step, 2-Step, and instant-funded paths.
Funded Account Structure

CTI offers multiple simulated-evaluation and funded-trader paths including 1-Step, 2-Step, 3-Step, Instant, and Instant Pro. This is a multi-product firm where funded economics and restrictions vary significantly by program and by VIP tier progression.

Allowed Trading Instruments
Structured instrument coverage is still being normalized for this firm. For now, use the market badges and the plan and rules notes above as the best guide to what this firm supports.

US traders are routed to Match-Trader rather than MT5. A complete official restricted-country list still needs a dedicated pass before jurisdiction notes should be considered complete.

For non-futures firms, this section summarizes challenge fees, commissions, spreads, swaps, activation costs, and other trader-facing cost notes when exact structured fee rows are not yet normalized.
CTI emphasizes that accounts include the core tools and platform access without additional fees or upgrades. The reviewed homepage materials focused more on plan pricing and bundled features than on a single unified commission table.
General Policies
Algorithm & EA Policy
No dedicated EA or automation article surfaced in the reviewed official CTI materials.
The reviewed official CTI materials did not surface a dedicated EA policy page, so automation treatment should be read from the broader terms and program rules until a more specific article is captured.
Copy Trading
Not allowed

CTI allows personal, commercial, and third-party EAs along with VPN and VPS usage, provided the strategy is not HFT, latency exploitation, gap manipulation, or other abusive behavior. The tracker did not surface a separate permissive third-party copy-trading rule, so automation is allowed only within those broader anti-abuse constraints.

Microscalping Policy
No dedicated microscalping policy surfaced in the reviewed official CTI materials.
Bots Policy

No dedicated bot-policy article surfaced in the reviewed official CTI materials.

DCA Policy

No explicit DCA or martingale policy surfaced in the current official materials reviewed for this firm.

Allowed Trading Hours
Trading hours depend on the supported platform and the trading hours of the underlying markets. CTI presents MT5 and Match-Trader as the supported environments rather than publishing a single simplified session table on the reviewed pages.
Move to Live Criteria

CTI offers 1-step, 2-step, 3-step, and instant-funded style paths. Traders progress by completing the requirements of the selected evaluation or by choosing an instant model with direct funded access from day one.

Rule Enforcement Notes

Use of CTI services remains subject to the company's terms and conditions, and traders must comply with the selected program's rules to progress or remain funded.

Refund Policy

No dedicated broad refund-policy article surfaced in the reviewed official CTI materials. The reviewed sources focus more on program terms, bundled academy access, and plan selection than on a general cancellation promise.

Activation Fee Policy

No separate funded-account activation fee surfaced in the reviewed official CTI materials; pricing is presented primarily at the challenge or instant-funded purchase stage.

VPN Policy
No dedicated VPN or VPS policy surfaced in the reviewed official City Traders Imperium materials.
Payout Methods

Official payout materials describe dashboard-wallet processing, internal transfer within 2 business days, and withdrawal processing within 1 business day. 1-Step materials describe first payout after 7 profitable trading days and 2% profit, then monthly payouts, while VIP tiers can improve cadence to weekly and then on-demand.

Change Log
Current News / Promotions
Trading Platforms
MetaTrader 5 Match-Trader

City Traders Imperium uses MetaTrader 5 for non-US traders and Match-Trader for US traders. Program rules differ across 1-Step, 2-Step, 3-Step, Instant, and Instant Pro structures.

Reviews
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Languages Supported
English
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