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Built from product captures checked Oct 19, 2026
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| Fact | City Traders Imperium | Take Profit Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.9/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Lowest $100K fee | $449 (1-Step Challenge) | $460/month (The Test (Evaluation) — monthly subscription, incl. $130 activation) |
| Base split | 50–80% | 80% |
| Max loss | 5–10% | — |
| Earliest first payout | Day 5 (Instant Funding) | No minimum wait (The Test (Evaluation) — monthly subscription) |
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Available product sources · earliest check Oct 19, 2026
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 1 from Take Profit Trader that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-20. These firms sell different instruments — City Traders Imperium runs CFD products and Take Profit Trader runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race. City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; Take Profit Trader offers USD monthly 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.
Compare the 5 source-checked products available here, each with its own fees, split, drawdown and date.
We track 4 City Traders Imperium products and 1 from Take Profit Trader that pass the 30-day source-freshness gate; source checks range from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-20. These firms sell different instruments — City Traders Imperium runs CFD products and Take Profit Trader runs futures — so treat the tables below as a fit comparison, not a like-for-like price race.
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; Take Profit Trader offers USD monthly 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 10 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.
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; Take Profit Trader offers USD monthly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The Test (Evaluation) — monthly subscriptionTake Profit Trader · Monthly · 80% split | $2801 month + $130 activation | $350at 80% split | 0.23vs $1,500 tier max loss | — |
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.
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; Take Profit Trader offers USD monthly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $299One-time fee | $374at 80% split | 0.15vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| The Test (Evaluation) — monthly subscriptionTake Profit Trader · Monthly · 80% split | $3001 month + $130 activation | $375at 80% split | 0.19vs $2,000 tier max loss | — |
| 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.
City Traders Imperium offers USD one-time; Take Profit Trader offers USD monthly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Step ChallengeCity Traders Imperium · One-time · 80% split | $449One-time fee | $561at 80% split | 0.11vs 5% trailing max DD | — |
| The Test (Evaluation) — monthly subscriptionTake Profit Trader · Monthly · 80% split | $4601 month + $130 activation | $575at 80% split | 0.19vs $3,000 tier max loss | — |
| 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. 10 of 16 rows split this way in this matchup.
| Term | City Traders Imperium | Take Profit Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation steps | Instant fundingInstant Funding, Direct Funding 1-step1-Step Challenge 2-step2-Step Challenge | 1-step |
| Profit split | 80%1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge 50%Instant Funding 70%Direct Funding | 80% |
| Drawdown method | Static2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Trailing1-Step Challenge | EOD trailing |
| Daily loss cap | Not published1-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding 5%2-Step Challenge | Not published |
| 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 | EOD trailing |
| Min trading days | 31-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge UnverifiedInstant Funding, Direct Funding | 3 |
| Max trading dayssame | Unverified | Unverified |
| Consistency rule | Unverified | 50% |
| First payout after | 5 daysInstant Funding, Direct Funding 7 days1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge | 0 days |
| Payout frequency | Not published1-Step Challenge, 2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding On demandDirect Funding | On demand |
| News trading | Allowed | Conditional |
| Weekend holding | Allowed | Not published |
| Overnight holding | Allowed | Not allowed |
| EAs / algos | Conditional2-Step Challenge, Instant Funding, Direct Funding Allowed1-Step Challenge | Not allowed |
| Copy trading | Not published | Conditional |
Take Profit Trader reduced new Test minimum days to three
A new Test can reach the PRO stage after three trading days when its profit target and other rules are satisfied. Check the account creation or reset date before relying on the shorter path, because an existing five-day evaluation is not retroactively changed.
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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