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Product evidence · 6 products · 6 source pages
City Traders Imperium vs FTMO (2026): 4 vs 2 Products
Compare 6 current products across 6 first-party source pages — funded cost, split, drawdown and payout rules without flattening one product into a firm-wide answer.
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City Traders Imperium
TFH 7.9/10- Products4 fresh
- Starting splits50–80%
- DrawdownsTrailing / Static
FTMO
TFH 9.2/10- Products2 fresh
- Starting splits80–90%
- DrawdownsStatic / EOD trailing
Evidence summary
Available product sources · earliest check Oct 14, 2026
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 2 from FTMO that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-14. City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
Product-level: City Traders Imperium vs FTMO
Compare the 6 source-checked products available here, each with its own fees, split, drawdown and date.
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 2 from FTMO that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-14.
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
City Traders Imperium's own products disagree on 11 terms. On evaluation steps it is instant funding on Instant Funding and Direct Funding, versus 1-step on 1-Step Challenge, versus 2-step on 2-Step Challenge. Which product you buy decides that rule, not which firm you sign with — a firm-level table cannot show this.
Cost to funded, matched by account size
$10K account
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €79Published fee (EUR) | €88at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €89Published fee (EUR) | €111at 80% split | — | — |
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $79One-time fee | $99at 80% split | 0.20vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| 2-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $99One-time fee | $124at 80% split | 0.12vs 10% max DD | 2 |
| Instant FundingCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 50% split | $259One-time fee | $518at 50% split | 0.86vs 6% max DD | — |
| Direct FundingCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 70% split | $399One-time fee | $570at 70% split | 0.95vs 6% max DD | — |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
$25K account
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €199Published fee (EUR) | €221at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €250Published fee (EUR) | €313at 80% split | — | — |
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $159One-time fee | $199at 80% split | 0.16vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| 2-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $199One-time fee | $249at 80% split | 0.10vs 10% max DD | 1 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
$50K account
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €319Published fee (EUR) | €354at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €345Published fee (EUR) | €431at 80% split | — | — |
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $299One-time fee | $374at 80% split | 0.15vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| 2-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $329One-time fee | $411at 80% split | 0.08vs 10% max DD | 1 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
$100K account
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; FTMO offers EUR one-time at this tier. No currency-and-billing class appears on both sides, so we neither convert currencies nor rank a recurring floor against a fixed total.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO Challenge: 1-StepFTMO · One-time · 90% split | €499Published fee (EUR) | €554at 90% split | — | — |
| FTMO Challenge: 2-StepFTMO · One-time · 80% split | €540Published fee (EUR) | €675at 80% split | — | — |
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $449One-time fee | $561at 80% split | 0.11vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| 2-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $549One-time fee | $686at 80% split | 0.07vs 10% max DD | 1 |
R-multiple is break-even profit divided by that product's own maximum permitted loss — under 1.00 means you can lose more than you need to make to win the fee back. Day count assumes 1% account growth per day, capped by the product's own daily loss limit. Blank cells are figures the firm does not publish.
Rule-by-rule, product by product
Each cell shows every value that firm's current products hold. Where a firm disagrees with itself the products are named — those are the rows a firm-level table has to flatten, and the ones that decide whether your strategy is allowed. 11 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | City Traders Imperium | FTMO |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | Instant fundingInstant Funding, Direct Funding 1-step1-Step Challenge 2-step2-Step Challenge | 1-stepFTMO Challenge: 1-Step 2-stepFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Profit split | 80%1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge 50%Instant Funding 70%Direct Funding | 80%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step 90%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step |
| Drawdown method | Static2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Trailing1-Step Challenge | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Daily loss cap | Not published1-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding 5%2-Step Challenge | 3%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step 5%FTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Max loss cap | 6%Instant Funding, Direct Funding 10%2-Step Challenge 5%1-Step Challenge | 10% |
| Funded drawdown | Static2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Trailing1-Step Challenge | EOD trailingFTMO Challenge: 1-Step StaticFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| Min trading days | 31-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge UnverifiedInstant Funding, Direct Funding | 4FTMO Challenge: 2-Step UnverifiedFTMO Challenge: 1-Step |
| Max trading dayssame | Unverified | Unverified |
| Consistency rule | Unverified | 50%FTMO Challenge: 1-Step UnverifiedFTMO Challenge: 2-Step |
| First payout after | 5 daysInstant Funding, Direct Funding 7 days1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | Weekly1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge MonthlyDirect Funding Not publishedInstant Funding | On demand |
| News trading | Allowed | Conditional |
| Weekend holding | Allowed | Conditional |
| Overnight holding | Allowed | Conditional |
| EAs / algos | Conditional2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Allowed1-Step Challenge | Conditional |
| Copy tradingsame | Not published | Not published |
Sources (6 first-party pages, latest capture Oct 14, 2026)
- City Traders Imperium — 1-Step Challengecaptured Oct 14, 2026
- City Traders Imperium — 2-Step Challengecaptured Oct 14, 2026
- City Traders Imperium — Direct Fundingcaptured Oct 14, 2026
- City Traders Imperium — Instant Fundingcaptured Oct 14, 2026
- FTMO — FTMO Challenge: 1-Stepcaptured Oct 14, 2026
- FTMO — FTMO Challenge: 2-Stepcaptured Oct 14, 2026
Every figure above is read from these pages. Products older than 30 days are removed from the comparison until they are recaptured, so a missing product means stale data, not a discontinued plan.
Firm-level context
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Spec
City Traders Imperium
FTMO
Founded
2018
2015
Platforms
MT5 · cTrader
MT4 · MT5 · cTrader · DXTrade
Assets
Forex · Indices · Commodities · Crypto
Forex · Crypto · Indices · Commodities · Stocks
Payout Methods
Bank wire · Crypto
Bank wire · Skrill · Crypto
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