GENERAL RULES

News Trading

• Allowed without Restrictions

Stop-Loss

• Must be placed within 1 minute of opening a trade (soft breach if missed).
• System automatically closes the trade after 1 minute if no stop loss is placed.
• Any profits made without using a Stop Loss won't count toward your profit target objective.

Copy Trading

• Allowed Copy Trading
  You can copy trades as long as the CTI account used is the Master Account.

✓ CTI Master Account → Personal account with any broker.
✓ CTI Master Account → Other prop firms' accounts.
✓ Between Multiple CTI Accounts: You can copy trades across your CTI accounts with one of the accounts being the Master account.

• Not Allowed in Copy Trading
  CTI does not allow any form of third-party or outsourced trading.

✕ Copying trades from other prop firms into the CTI Account.
✕ Copying trades from the Personal account into the CTI Account.
✕ Copying other traders using social trading tools, platforms, or software.
✕ Using a prop firm challenge pass service to trade on your behalf.
✕ Sharing the same expert advisors (EAs) with other traders.

• CTI's partnership with Prop Firm One enables you to extend your copy trading capabilities even further. PF1 allows traders to seamlessly copy trades across different proprietary firm accounts within a single platform, offering increased flexibility and a broader range of opportunities. This means that, in addition to CTI’s internal copy trading feature, PF1 empowers users to manage trades across multiple firms, enhancing scalability and trading efficiency without breaching CTI’s core rules. For more details on this enhanced functionality, visit PropFirmOne.com.

Expert Advisors

• Using a 3rd-party Expert Advisor (EA) that the trader doesn't own the source code is not Allowed
• Using Trade Managers and Calculators is allowed.
• You can use any EA on the 1-Step & 3-Step Challenge, even if you don't own the source code.

Inactivity Rule

• 30 Days inactivity Period, place a trade once in 30 days, violation results to account termination

Overnight | Weekend Holding/Trading (Crypto)

• Allowed

Risk Parameters

• Risk department may enforce temporary measures like leverage limits or position size restrictions.
• Applies to: Multiple account blowouts, limited trading history, deviations from trading patterns, frequent risk violations, excessive drawdowns, or high-risk exposure in volatile markets.

Prohibited Trading Practices

• Exploit Price Inefficiencies / Price Feed Errors
• Group Hedging / Hedging / Group Trading / NOT Allowed Copy Trading
• Account Sharing / Reselling of Account / Account Management
• One-Sided Bets
• Gamble to Pass / Over-Leveraging:
• Using extremely high risk on 1 trade idea.
• Risking the entire drawdown limit in one go.
• Risking the whole account on a single trade idea.
• Exceeding a 150% Margin level. (Note: Trades Profit will not be counted)
• Certain EA Types | Using EAs 3rd-Party EAs (Excluding the 1-Step & 3-step Challenge)
• Bracketing Strategies
• Martingale Trading Style (Excluding the 1-Step & 3-Step Challenge)
• Grid Trading
• See Details: https://helpcenter.citytradersimperium.com/en/articles/12879492-prohibited-trading-methods

IP | VPN | VPS Policies

• VPNs, proxies, and IP-masking services are prohibited.
• Change in IP Address is Allowed. But CTI monitors suspicious patterns using IP, device and behavior data
• A VPS may only be used when trading with an Expert Advisor (EA) or for Copy Trading Purposes.
• Device Limitations:
  • Trading is limited to 2 devices (PC and mobile).
  • Additional device use requires approval with proof via video call.
  • Unauthorized device use results in account termination without a refund.
• IP, VPS, VPN, & Max Number of Devices Explained: https://helpcenter.citytradersimperium.com/en/articles/12879311-ip-vps-vpn-max-number-of-devices-allowed-to-use

Specific Country Restrictions

• Vietnam is restricted for 2-Step Challenge & Instant Funding Pro

1-STEP & 2-STEP

Minimum Trading Days

• Evaluation: At least 3 profitable trading days for each phase, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit
• Funding: At least 7 profitable trading days, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit on First Payout only.

3-STEP

• Evaluation: At least 3 profitable trading days for each phase, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit
• Funding: At least 5 profitable trading days, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit on first payout only

INSTANT FUNDING & INSTANT FUNDING PRO

Minimum Trading Days

• At least 5 profitable trading days, each with a minimum of 0.5% profit on first payout only.

Instant Funding Structure

• Level 1: The Instant Funding Program have an Initial Balance (e.g; $5000) which is half the Fully Funded Balance (e.g; $10,000).
• Once you achieve a 10% profit on that Initial Balance, CTI immediately adds the remaining 50% to your account. This "completes" your funding, moving you to the Fully Funded Balance - Level 2