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City Traders Imperium logoCity Traders Imperium
Think Capital logoThink Capital
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

85 Great Portland Street, London, England W1W 7LT, GB

CEO

Daniel Martin and Martin Najat

Faizan Anees

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Foundation

2018

2024

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, British Columbia, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Cyprus, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Midway Islands, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Samoa, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Vatican City State, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam, Venezuela
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto
Brokers
City Traders Imperium
ThinkMarkets
Refund
✓
✓
Payout Fee

Rise: $50 each month any payout is requested

Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader
Metatrader 5, ThinkTrader, Tradingview
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID:14300283
Password:N!SbG1Ko
Server:ThinkMarkets-Demo
ThinkTrader
ID:Spreadtest@test.com
Password:4+5O)z#.)14E
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Crypto, Rise, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Transfer
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level

100%

Payout Frequency

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.
  • By default: Biweekly
  • With add-on (+25%): Weekly
Crypto Weekend Trading
✓
Minimum Withdrawal

$100

Forex
30:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 30:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 100:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Metals
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Energies
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 10:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Indices
10:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 5:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 15:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Crypto
2:1
  • Lightning (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • Nexus (Metatrader 5): 1:1
  • All accounts (ThinkTrader), Dual Step (Metatrader 5): Dynamic
Forex
5 / lot
0
Metals
5 / lot
0
Energies
0.05 / lot
0
Indices
0.5 / lot
0
Crypto
0 / lot
0
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
  • 2-Step, Instant: Static
  • 1-Step: Trailing
  • Lightning: 6% trailing, locks at initial balance once it grows by 6%
  • Bolt: 6% trailing equity, locks at initial balance after the first payout
  • Dual Step Intraday: 7% static
  • Dual Step Swing: 7% static
  • Nexus: 8% static
Profit Split
  • 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)
  • Standard: 80%
  • With add-on (+25%): 90%
  • Bolt: 90% with scaling
Free Trial
✓
✓
dailyDrawdown

Balance-based

  • Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing, Bolt: 3% Balance-based (Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step Swing) / 3% Equity-based (Bolt, Dual Step Intraday)
  • All accounts: Soft breach, account disabled for the day, resumes next day at 00:00 MT5 Server Time
Three Steps
✗
✓
Max Allocation
  • 1-Step: $200,000
  • 2-Step: $200,000
  • Instant: $80,000
  • MetaTrader 5: $300,000
  • ThinkTrader: $600,000
  • Bolt with scaling: $500,000
Merge Accounts
✗
✗
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

Unlimited

Points Reward Program

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

Monthly Competition
✗
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1-Step, 2-Step: 3 days on evaluation phase, 7 days on funded phase
  • Instant: 5 days for payout On Demand
  • Lightning, Nexus, Dual Step: 3 days minimum (0.5% profit each)
  • Bolt: 5 profitable trading days before first payout
techInfo
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allowsWeekend
~
Payout Frequency
  • Standard: Bi-weekly (14 days)
  • With add-on (+25%): Weekly (7 days)
  • Bolt: Bi-weekly (14 days), no add-on
Consistency Rule
~
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
  • 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
  • Copy Trading
  • Grid (Reverse) Trading
  • Hedging or Group Hedging Across Multiple Accounts
  • Collusion Between Users
  • Account Sharing, Account Management, or Account Sale
  • Latency Arbitrage
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Abuse of a Delayed Data Feed
  • Abuse of the Simulated Environment
  • Trading on Delayed Charts
  • Utilization of Expert Advisors
  • Challenge Passing Services
  • Martingale Trading
  • Use of Guarantee of Compliance with Limit Orders
  • Trading in Sanctioned Countries
  • Trading Activity: Soft Breaches/Warnings
  • Use of Platform or Data Freezing Due to Technical Errors
  • News Trading
  • Order Layering
  • Gambling/Punting

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