Head to head · 33 criteria compared Across pricing, rules and payout terms, City Traders Imperium takes the lead (9 against 6). and its drawdown model is the more forgiving of the two, so the choice is not automatic.
City Traders Imperium has funded forex traders since 2018 through four routes — 1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding and Direct Funding — with no time limit and entry from $29. The profit split starts at 80% and can reach 100%, but the 1-Step allows only 5% trailing drawdown and every trade must carry a stop loss.
Criteria won: 9 / 33
Fintokei is a Czech prop firm launched in 2022 and backed by Purple Holding, the group behind broker Purple Trading, which supplies execution. All four of its evaluation tracks run on static drawdown measured from the starting balance, never trailing. The trade-off is a narrow instrument list: forex and CFDs on metals, energy and indices, with no crypto and no stocks.
Criteria won: 6 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
City Traders Imperium
$449
Fintokei
$419
| Full comparison | City Traders Imperium | Fintokei |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 83/100 ✓ | 75/100 |
| Trustpilot | 4.2/5 | 4.3/5 ✓ |
| Founded | 2018 ✓ | 2022 |
| Headquarters | GB | CZ |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $29 ✓ | $44 |
| Price for a 100 K account | $449 | $419 ✓ |
| Refundable fee | — | — |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 100 K | 400 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | Instant funding ✓ | 3 |
| Profit target | — | 2 % |
| Max daily loss | — | 3 % |
| Max total drawdown | 6 % | 6 % |
| Drawdown type | Trailing intraday | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited ✓ | 180 |
| Consistency rule | No ✓ | 40 |
| Min trading days | 5 | 3 ✓ |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | 7 days ✓ | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | Monthly at level 1, twice monthly at level 2, weekly at level 3; first withdrawal possible after 7 days | Every 14 days |
| Payout methods | — | — |
| Scaling plan | Yes | — |
| Max allocation | 2 M ✓ | 400 K |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, match-trader | tradingview, mt5, ctrader ✓ |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy, stocks ✓ | fx, metals, energy, indices |
| Leverage | 1:30 forex and indices on the 2-Step, 1:20 on Instant Funding, 1:10 indices and commodities, 1:2 crypto | — |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | Yes | — |
| Expert Advisors | Yes | — |
| Copy trading | Restricted | — |
| Scalping | Yes | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose City Traders Imperium if… Choose Fintokei if… City Traders Imperium applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %. Fintokei applies a static drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 3 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
City Traders Imperium keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 7 days, then pays Monthly at level 1, twice monthly at level 2, weekly at level 3; first withdrawal possible after 7 days. Fintokei keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 14 days, then pays Every 14 days. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
City Traders Imperium is the only one of the two to offer match-trader. Fintokei covers tradingview, ctrader, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
City Traders Imperium has been running since 2018, 4 years longer than Fintokei. On Trustpilot they sit at 4.2/5 and 4.3/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 85/100 and 72/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
City Traders Imperium opens at $29 against $44 for Fintokei, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $449 for City Traders Imperium against $419 for Fintokei. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
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