Everything you need to know about the City Traders Imperium 1-Step Challenge $2.5K challenge — fees, rules, drawdown limits, and the true cost to get funded.
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$49
80%
$5K
Drag to model your worst-case scenario
$98
2 attempts × $49 fee
$98
No fee refund on this plan
2.45%
Profit needed on $5K after 80% split
Fees shown in USD. Break-even is the minimum profit % you need on your funded account to cover all challenge costs.
Rules change without notice and vary by account type. Confirm with the firm before you trade.
Expert Advisors & Bots
Any EA, including third-party.
News Trading
Manual news trading allowed; news-scalping bots banned.
Weekend Holding
Allowed on all programs.
Copy Trading
Only with your CTI account as the master; copying into CTI is banned.
Martingale
Allowed if total risk on the trade idea stays at 2% or less.
HFT
HFT, tick- and micro-scalping EAs banned.
Hedging
Banned on all programs: same account, across accounts or between traders.
Arbitrage
Latency and broker arbitrage, on all programs.
Grid Trading
Not allowed on any program.
Group Trading
Coordinating trades with other traders.
Gambling
Over-leveraging or stacking positions to hit the target at once.
Prohibited Conduct
Bracketing, one-sided bets, account sharing or reselling, pass services.
Not published by the firm: Scalping.
From our firm record — not independently re-verified
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