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Full comparisonCity Traders Imperium vs LeveragedThe written analysis: where each one wins, who each fits best and FAQs.Read the comparison 53 differences
Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
13 Omonoias Avenue, Limassol 3052, Cyprus (head office); Robin Kelton Building, Choc Bay, Castries, Saint Lucia (registered company).
Daniel Martin and Martin Najat
Tal Fromchenko
United Arab Emirates
Cyprus / Saint Lucia
2018
2025
- 1-Step, 2 Step: 100% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account
- Instant Funding: 50% of your sign-up fee refunded when you hit 10% profit target on funded account at level 2
- Instant Funding Pro: No refund
The simulation fee is refunded on your third successful payout, not at purchase.
$25 on wire transfer and Revolut. Crypto and debit card vary by provider.
1-Step, 2-Step
- 1st payout after at least 7 Profitable (0.5% or more) Trading Days and a Minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After your 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Monthly, during the last 5 days of each month.
Instant
- You can request the 50% profit share from Level 1 when the 10% profit target is achieved on Level 2.
- You can request the second payout on Demand anytime once you have at least 5 profitable trading days and a minimum of 2% net profit or $100 (whichever is higher).
- After the 1st payout, you can request any subsequent payouts Bi-Weekly, on the 14th/15th & the last 2 days of each month.
Turbo: first payout after 14 calendar days of funded trading, then every 14 days. Sprint: first payout as soon as funded, then every 14 days. Junior, Senior and Executive: every 14 days from the start of funded trading.
1:100 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:30 on every other program.
1:30 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:10 on every other program.
1:10 on Senior Portfolio Manager; 1:3 on Turbo, Sprint, Junior and Executive.
1:25 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:8 on every other program.
1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.
1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.
$4 per lot round trip on forex and metals. No commission on indices, commodities, crypto, stocks or any other asset.
You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)
1-Step, 2-Step
- You must achieve at least a +10% profit overall in the last 4 months. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
- Be profitable in at least 2 out of those 4 months.
- Your account must have a positive balance (in profit) at the time of scaling.
- Balance increases by +50% of its original balance, up to $100,000, and then $25,000 up to $200,000
Instant
- You must achieve a 10% net profit of the initial account balance. (Withdrawals don't affect this target).
- 20% Consistency Score.
- Your account balance doubles until you reach the $2 million per account.
- 2-Step, Instant: Static
- 1-Step: Trailing
Trailing on Turbo and Leveraged ONE: follows new closed-balance highs and locks at the starting balance after a 6% gain. Static on Sprint, Junior, Senior and Executive. The percentage for each program is in its challenges.
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 80% (base value), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
- Instant Funding: starts at 50% (Level 1)
- Instant Funding Pro: starts at 70% (Level 2)
- Instant scaling: 80% (Level 3), 90% (Bronze Level), 100% (Silver Level)
80%
Balance-based
Calculated from the higher of balance or equity at 23:00 GMT+3. The percentage varies by program and is shown in its challenges.
- 1-Step: $200,000
- 2-Step: $200,000
- Instant: $80,000
Unlimited
No evaluation time limit on any current program.
Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.
Loyalty credits can be exchanged for checkout coupons. Credits and coupons expire at the end of the following month.
- 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
- Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
Junior, Senior and Executive: three non-consecutive days with at least 0.5% net profit per evaluation phase and before funded payouts. Turbo and Leveraged ONE: three such days before funded payouts. Sprint: none.
Only EAs you built and control yourself, plus risk and trade-management tools. Commercial EAs are banned, including bought, rented, licensed or publicly distributed ones, however much they have been modified.
Allowed while you remain the verified holder and sole operator. It cannot be used to share access, hide your identity or location, or get around geographic restrictions.
Not using a stop loss is treated as a soft breach. Your account won’t be closed, but the system will automatically exit the trade after 1 minute if no stop loss has been set.
Genuine scalping is allowed. High-frequency, tick and repetitive micro-duration trading are prohibited; positions are expected to stay open for at least two minutes as a benchmark.
Scaling in or out and multiple entries are allowed for a genuine trade thesis. Layering or re-entry to hide concentrated risk or manipulate payout eligibility is prohibited.
Grid, martingale and anti-martingale escalation are prohibited.
Only between accounts registered in your own name, whether at Leveraged, another prop firm or a retail broker. Copying between different people, family included, is prohibited.
Blocked on every program except Sprint. You cannot open, increase, or fully or partially close a position in the five minutes before or after a high-impact release, pending orders included. A position opened earlier may stay open through it.
30 days
30 days without opening and closing a trade and the account is closed.
20% at payout on funded Turbo and Leveraged ONE accounts: the best day cannot exceed 20% of total profit. No consistency rule during evaluation or on Sprint and Classic Portfolio Manager plans. Crypto has its own listing.
Genuine swing trading and overnight or weekend holding are allowed. Strategies built to exploit expected gaps are prohibited. Hedged or offsetting positions within the same account may not be held overnight or over the weekend.
- Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
- Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / Copy Trading
- Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
- One-Sided Bets
- Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging
- Using 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Bracketing Strategies
- Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step Challenge)
- Grid Trading
High-frequency and tick scalping; latency or price-feed arbitrage; market-gap and restricted-news exploitation; cross-account hedging or coordination; third-party signals or account management; grid and martingale; payout manipulation and platform abuse.
















