City Traders Imperium Direct Funding

Simulated account

Per the terms (cl. 2.4) all accounts are simulated demo accounts; no live capital is traded. Successful clients may, at CTI's discretion, be invited to a separate agreement with a third-party regulated broker (cl. 2.5). The help-centre articles on Instant and Direct Funding, by contrast, say "Real funding from the start — no simulation or test".

none

6 % · static

The floor stays fixed at the starting balance minus the limit.

6% of the initial balance, calculated once (plan table: USD 300 to 4,800). The programme page calls the floor balance-based ("No equity based drawdown"); the help article on the absolute drawdown (which names Instant Funding and Instant Funding Pro, not Direct Funding), by contrast, counts open losses (equity) for the stop-out.

≤ 20 % · largest day ÷ sum of all days without sign

other consequence

Only for scaling, not for passing and not for payouts: largest single day (profit or loss, absolute) divided by the sum of the absolute daily results of all trading days; at most 20%, otherwise the account is not sized up. Example: days +4,000, −2,000, +3,000, +4,000, +2,000, −2,000, −4,000 → 4,000 ÷ 21,000 = 19.05%.

Programme page: "No Consistency Rule on Payouts"; the 20% mark only applies to scaling.

70 %, up to 100 %

70% from the first trade (start on Level 2), 80% from Level 3, 90% VIP Bronze, 100% VIP Silver. The programme page lists 70% → 90% → 100% without the 80% step.

Programme page: on demand from day 5, "no fixed schedule and no minimum profitable trading days". Help article: table says "Payout on Demand: From Day 1", text says on request after at least 5 profitable trading days and at least 2% net profit or USD 100 (whichever is higher). The statements contradict each other.

every 14 days

Standard: on the 14th/15th and during the last 5 days of each calendar month; VIP Bronze weekly, Silver any time. Once 10% eligible net profit (including past payouts) is reached, also outside those dates.

Cadence per the help article; the programme page speaks of "Payouts On Demand" with no fixed schedule.

USD 100

Minimum withdrawal from the wallet. For the first payout also at least 2% net profit or USD 100 (whichever is higher).

Crypto payouts in USDT (TRC20) only: 5% transaction fee, capped at USD 1,000 per client per month, unavailable for Vietnam. The article names no fee for bank transfers; processing 1 business day, arrival 1–14 days depending on the bank. Before that, the payout to the wallet is reviewed for up to 2 business days.

At 10% net profit on the initial balance (payouts do not count against it) and a consistency score of at most 20%, the account size doubles, up to USD 2M per account (USD 4M across two accounts). At most 2 × USD 80,000 (fully funded) or the equivalent in smaller accounts at the same time. Review before an upgrade takes up to 2 business days.

At least one trade every 30 days, otherwise the account is suspended; applies to all programmes and levels, terminated accounts are not reactivated. Reminders on day 28 and 30; a freeze of up to 2 months on request by email in advance.

allowed

"Allowed" with no blackout window. The terms (cl. 9.2.5) forbid gap trades before scheduled events near the close, and the EA rules forbid news-scalping bots.

allowed

allowed

In all programmes and stages, including the funded account.

restricted

Own EAs only (not rented or shared), source code to CTI on request. Forbidden: HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage, rollover and news-scalping bots. Martingale and grid trading forbidden.

restricted

Allowed only with the CTI account as master (to own CTI accounts, an own broker account or other prop firms). Forbidden: copying into the CTI account, signal and social trading, passing services, shared EAs.

forbidden

Not allowed in any programme, including across accounts or correlated instruments.

Forex: US$5 per lot · Metals: US$5 per lot · Oil: US$0.05 per lot · Indices: US$0.50 per lot · Crypto: none

The firm does not say whether the amount is per side or for the whole trade, so it is not directly comparable with a round-trip value.

Per the help centre the forex value applies to majors and minors.