City Traders Imperium - Review 2026

Withdrawal:

Not carried out

Shopper's status:

Registration

Trader support and feedback

Declared communication channels:

Email • First response time – 1 hour 40 minutes.

Phone • Not tested

Chat with a robot • Yes, works correctly. If you did not find the answer in the chat, you can ask the employee – the answer will come to your email.

Knowledge base • Yes (search works correctly)

Support check:

The response to the request was received after 1 hour and 40 minutes. In situations requiring an immediate solution, such a waiting time may be critical.

Claims to support:

Insufficient communication channels to promptly respond to user requests.

Claims to the knowledge base:

None.

Alternative support channels:

The company is represented on social networks: Discord, YouTube, X, Facebook, Instagram, Tik-Tok. To check feedback, a request was selectively sent to Facebook. Support responded within 1 minute.

Restrictions, fines, blocking

Blocking for inactivity:

After 30 days.

One IP rule:

The company does not block a trader’s account when the IP address changes, based on the fact that this can happen when the trader uses a VPN or when logging into the account from different devices.

Overnight position:

Allowed.

Copy trading:

Copy trading is not prohibited by the company’s rules, but only if the copying of trades occurs between your personal and funded accounts. Therefore, you will have to confirm this later with a statement from your personal account to prove that it is you who is trading.

Account manipulation:

Account merging is not offered – each account must be used separately for control.

Use of VPN and VPS:

The trader’s geolocation must match the country of registration. Therefore, the use of VPN services is allowed, but only with the settings of your country – otherwise it will be considered a violation. The use of VPS is also allowed, both during the testing phase and during trading on a funded account to launch your own EA.

Prohibited trading practices:

The company has quite a lot of prohibitions and restrictions, which to a certain extent affects the trading practices of traders who cooperate with it, which is noted in some reviews. For example, creating or managing multiple accounts is prohibited. The company believes that this can create a situation of unfair advantage. Another important prohibition to keep in mind is that CTI allows trading during news, but prohibits certain practices, such as the News Bracketing Strategy and the use of news scalping advisors. Another nuance: the company is not against the use of trading advisors, but only if the trader is its developer. Advisors available for mass use are prohibited.

Also prohibited:

• Copy Trading: copying signals from third parties or using auto-copying services without permission is prohibited, including copying trades through social platforms.
• Martingale and grid strategies (Grid Trading).
• High-frequency trading (HFT) and tick scalping: thousands of trades per second.
• Automated strategies tailored to news (usually aggressive and risky).
• One-Side Bets: opening huge positions in one direction without hedging or justification.
• Any kind of arbitrage strategies.
• Irrational trades for the purpose of passing the challenge with the expectation of “luck or no luck”.
• Frequent opening and closing of accounts (Churning): manipulation of accounts with the purpose of bypassing the system.

Violation of all these rules may lead to account cancellation and disqualification of the trader.

Claims to the blocking conditions:

None.

Convenience of the personal account

Informativeness of the Personal Account:

The trader’s Personal Account deserves praise. It is very informative and convenient. In it, you will find universal tools that will be useful in trading:

• Trading account manager
• Trader’s journal.
• Economic calendar.
• Risk management calculators (with graphical display).
• Analysis of trading accounts.
• Personal wallet.
• Payments made.

In addition, in the Personal Account, the trader is offered to complete a quest, earn points and exchange them for a discount when purchasing a challenge – 15% or 30%.

Correspondence of information on the site with the Personal Account:

The price of challenges in the Personal Account corresponds to the information published on the site.

Navigation and usability:

The personal account is conveniently organized: information about the current account, economic calendar, calculators – everything is at hand. All information is displayed in real time.

Negative reviews on the Internet

Negative reviews about the company account for only 5%, while 95% of the feedback is positive. This is a fairly decent ratio for a company operating in the financial market. However, for users who are considering City Traders Imperium as a potential partner, we recommend reviewing feedback from other traders.

Opinion of the Mystery Shopper

City Traders Imperium (CTI) has potential and a solid reputation among users. It offers traders both one-step and two-step challenges. Given the relatively low cost of the minimum challenge and access to educational materials, CTI can serve as a good starting point for beginners. It’s also worth highlighting the high profit share that traders can expect—up to 90%, and in some collaboration programs, even 100%. The company is not new to the prop trading market, but it is clear that there’s still room for improvement—primarily in terms of customer support.

Is the company suitable to be recommended for cooperation?

City Traders Imperium can not only be recommended but also considered one of the market leaders. The company offers traders a high profit share and competitively priced challenges. For beginners, CTI provides tools such as a risk management calculator and trading account analysis (in the personal dashboard). For experienced traders, there are instant funding programs available without the need to pass a challenge.

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