A side-by-side breakdown of City Traders Imperium and Lucid Trading — profit splits, payout speed, drawdown rules, platforms, and a clear verdict on which firm wins for which trader profile.
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Data-driven comparison · checked Aug 11, 2026
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 7 from Lucid Trading that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11. These firms sell different instruments — City Traders Imperium runs CFD products and Lucid Trading runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race. Lucid Trading is cheaper to funded at 3 of the 3 directly comparable tiers. At $25K, the cheapest verified route is LucidPro at $135 (One-time fee), which needs $150 of profit at a 90% split before the fee is back in your pocket.
Winning value on each row is marked. Ties are flagged. Empty cells mean we don't have that data point yet.
The table above compares the two firms. This one compares the products you actually buy — 11 of them, each with its own price, split, drawdown rule and source date.
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 7 from Lucid Trading that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate, last verified 2026-08-11. These firms sell different instruments — City Traders Imperium runs CFD products and Lucid Trading runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race.
Lucid Trading is cheaper to funded at 3 of the 3 directly comparable tiers. At $25K, the cheapest verified route is LucidPro at $135 (One-time fee), which needs $150 of profit at a 90% split before the fee is back in your pocket.
City Traders Imperium's own products disagree on 14 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.
Lucid Trading is cheaper within the shared USD one-time class: LucidPro at $135 — $24 less than City Traders Imperium's cheapest route at this tier (1-Step Challenge, $159) — 15% cheaper.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $135One-time fee | $150at 90% split | 0.15vs $1,000 tier max loss | — |
| 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.
Lucid Trading is cheaper within the shared USD one-time class: LucidPro at $185 — $114 less than City Traders Imperium's cheapest route at this tier (1-Step Challenge, $299) — 38% cheaper.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $185One-time fee | $206at 90% split | 0.10vs $2,000 tier max loss | 1 |
| 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.
Lucid Trading is cheaper within the shared USD one-time class: LucidPro at $285 — $164 less than City Traders Imperium's cheapest route at this tier (1-Step Challenge, $449) — 37% cheaper.
| Product | Cost to funded | Break-even profit | R-multiple | Days @ 1%/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidProLucid Trading · One-time · 90% split | $285One-time fee | $317at 90% split | 0.11vs $3,000 tier max loss | 1 |
| 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.
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. 14 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | City Traders Imperium | Lucid Trading |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | Instant fundingInstant Funding, Direct Funding 1-step1-Step Challenge 2-step2-Step Challenge | 1-stepLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Instant fundingLucidDirect |
| Profit split | 80%1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge 50%Instant Funding 70%Direct Funding | 90% |
| Drawdown method | Static2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Trailing1-Step Challenge | EOD trailingLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD TrailingLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday |
| Daily loss cap | Not published1-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding 5%2-Step Challenge | Fixed $ per tierLucidPro, LucidDirect, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD Not publishedLucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD |
| Max loss cap | 6%Instant Funding, Direct Funding 10%2-Step Challenge 5%1-Step Challenge | Fixed $ per tier |
| Funded drawdown | Static2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Trailing1-Step Challenge | TrailingLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD EOD trailingLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Min trading days | 31-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge NoneInstant Funding, Direct Funding | 2LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD 1LucidPro NoneLucidDirect |
| Max trading dayssame | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | None published | 50%LucidFlex, LucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD 20%LucidDirect 40%LucidPro |
| First payout after | 5 daysInstant Funding, Direct Funding 7 days1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge | 1 daysLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not publishedLucidPro, LucidDirect 5 daysLucidFlex |
| Payout frequency | Weekly1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge MonthlyDirect Funding Not publishedInstant Funding | On demand |
| News trading | Allowed | ConditionalLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD AllowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Weekend holding | Allowed | Not publishedLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not allowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| Overnight holding | Allowed | Not publishedLucidDaily - DLL On / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL On / EOD, LucidDaily - DLL Off / Intraday, LucidDaily - DLL Off / EOD Not allowedLucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDirect |
| EAs / algos | Conditional2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Allowed1-Step Challenge | Allowed |
| Copy trading | Not published | Conditional |
LucidDaily launched with 4 configurable evaluation paths
Confirm that Daily is purchasable and verify the exact DLL, drawdown, price, overnight, weekend, and news-calendar scope at checkout; no stable public Daily price was captured.
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.
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