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City Traders Imperium logoCity Traders Imperium
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Sean Bainton

Daniel Martin and Martin Najat

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2021

2018

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Cuba, Mongolia, Senegal, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Montenegro, South Africa, Algeria, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Angola, Ethiopia, Namibia, Haiti, Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Barbados, Iceland, North Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Belarus, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iran, Philippines, Turkey, Botswana, Iraq, Panama, Uganda, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine, Burma (Myanmar), Kosovo, Qatar, Vietnam, Burundi, Kenya, Russia, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Laos, Romania, Yemen, Cambodia, Lebanon, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Liberia, Slovenia, Cameroon, Libya, Somalia, China, Macedonia, South Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Sudan, Crimea, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Croatia, Mauritius, Syria
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam
Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Brokers

Liquidity Provider

City Traders Imperium
Refund
Platforms
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker, MatchTrader
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID:-
Password:WuG"FFzv4+2z
TradeLocker
ID:-
Password:j%Purqe58eDz
Server:BLUEG
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Payout Frequency
  • 1 Step Nano: up to weekly
  • 2 Step Nano: bi-weekly
  • Other products: 14 days

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.
Payout Guarantee

Payouts processed within 24 business hours (Mon 9 AM – Fri 5 PM Dubai time). If they miss this window you automatically receive a 100% profit split on that payout (no Blue Guardian cut). Delays caused by compliance checks, risk reviews or pending KYC do not qualify.

Maximum Withdrawal

2 Step Nano: 2% of the initial balance per payout ($500 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K, $2,000 on $100K and $4,000 on $200K).

Minimum Withdrawal

$100 in crypto, $500 via Rise (bank transfer). On 1 Step Standard and Instant accounts, once you reach 6% profit and the trailing drawdown locks at breakeven, a 1% buffer must remain in the account.

Forex
50:1
30:1
Metals
  • Evaluation: 20:1
  • Funded: 10:1
10:1
Energies
  • Evaluation: 20:1
  • Funded: 10:1
10:1
Indices
  • Evaluation: 20:1
  • Funded: 10:1
10:1
Crypto
4:1
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
5 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
0.05 / lot
Indices
0
0.5 / lot
Crypto
0
0 / lot
Swap Free
Account Reset

You can reset your challenge with an unlimited 15% discount (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding) or 10% (Instant Funding Pro)

Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Two Steps
Max Drawdown
  • Instant, Guardian X, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Nano, 2 Step Pro, Crypto: Trailing
  • 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Classic, 2 Step Nano, 3 Step: Static
  • 2-Step, Instant: Static
  • 1-Step: Trailing
Profit Split
  • Existing 1, 2 and 3 Step programs: 85%
  • 1 Step Nano and 2 Step Nano: up to 100%
  • Instant: 80%
  • Instant Starter: 90%
  • With add-on: 90%
  • 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)
Free Trial
dailyDrawdown

Based on highest value between balance and equity

Balance-based

Three Steps
Max Allocation
400,000
  • 1-Step: $200,000
  • 2-Step: $200,000
  • Instant: $80,000
Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

Unlimited

Minimum Trading Days

1 Step Nano: no minimum during the evaluation; 5 days when funded.

Monthly Competition
Minimum Profitable Days
  • Instant, 2 Step Standard, Guardian X: 5 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • 1 Step, 2 Step Classic, 3 Step, Crypto: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • 2 Step Classic: 4 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
  • Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
Points Reward Program

Loyalty Program. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn points, unlock discounts, and win cash prizes or even free funded accounts.

Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
Hedging
~
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
~
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
~
News Trading
~
hasInactivityRule

30 days

30 days

Consistency Rule
Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Platform or data freezing exploits (using a Demo Server error).
  • Use of delayed data feed or trading on delayed charts.
  • Tick scalping (trades closed under 2 minutes), high-frequency trading, arbitrage bots.
  • Reverse arbitrage, latency arbitrage, hedge arbitrage and any emulators.
  • Hedging between accounts (within one account is fine).
  • Password changes (the password sent by email is the only one accepted).
  • Gambling: any trading where margin usage exceeds 80% on running trades.
  • Shared devices, VPS or accounts: each trader must use only their personal device. Shared usage across accounts results in payout disqualification, suspension or termination.
  • Bypassing copy-trading or signal-trading rules using VPN/VPS.
  • Account inactivity: at least 1 trade every 30 days (otherwise breach).
  • 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

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