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XPIPS XPIPS
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Overview
Asset Type CFD CFD
Country Comoros United Arab Emirates
Established Jan 2018 -
Technology White-Label White-Label
Platforms Match Trader, MT5 MT5
Trading Rules
Profit Split 80% - 100% 85% (1-Step), 80% (2-Step), 65% (Instant Funding, upgradable to 80% via paid add-on); 100% from the 3rd scale-up Best
Daily Drawdown None disclosed (1-Step); 5% of account size (2-Step); 6% (Instant Funding and Instant Funding Pro) -
Payout Frequency On-demand (Bronze VIP tier: weekly; Silver VIP tier and above: any time) 30 calendar days after your first trade
Default cycle: first payout 30 calendar days after the first trade, second 21 calendar days after that, every 14 calendar days thereafter. Bi-Weekly and On-Demand payout add-ons shorten it. Calendar days include weekends; inactive days do not delay the cycle. Corroborated by the payoutSettings minDays (30/21/14) on every sellable program in the firm's own catalog.
Direct Path to Funded ✗ No ✗ No
Reviews & Reputation
Review Count 0 reviews 0 reviews
Avg. Rating No ratings yet No ratings yet
Pros & Cons
Main Benefits
  • Up to 100% profit share. No time limit on challenges. Free CTI Academy access with every program. Funded accounts scale up to $4M.
  • Three evaluation routes (1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Funding) across six account sizes from $5,000 to $200,000, with no maximum trading-day limit on any program. Reward split starts at 85% on the 1-Step route and reaches 100% from the third scale-up; the scaling plan raises the account 30% every three months with no stated upper balance limit. Minimum trading days are 3 on the evaluation routes. The program fee is stated as 100% refundable, returned with the first payout, and the minimum withdrawal is $100 with payouts processed in 1-2 business days. Expert Advisors, scalping, hedging within a single account, weekend holding and overnight holding are all permitted per the public rules page, and news trading is unrestricted during evaluation.
Main Drawbacks
  • No 3-Step challenge option (only 1-Step, 2-Step, and Instant Funding are offered). Instant Funding Pro tier requires a $5,000 minimum starting balance.
  • XPIPS publishes THREE mutually inconsistent versions of its own risk rules: the catalog API's display strings say a flat 3% daily / 6% maximum loss on every program, the same API's numeric risk configuration says 1-Step 7% overall with a 4% trailing component, 2-Step 4% daily / 10% overall and Instant 6% overall with a 3% trailing component, while the public /trading-rules page states 1-Step 4% daily / 6% max / 10% target / 5 minimum days / 80% split against the catalog's 9% target, 3 minimum days and 85% split. Because the three disagree, the per-plan daily-loss limits are left blank on this page rather than guessed. TrustPilot stands at 3.0 from 286 reviews with recent reviews dominated by rejected payouts citing the 30% consistency rule and lot-size consistency, and by repeated broker/server migrations that traders say breached their accounts; the firm replied to only 4% of negative reviews. Hedging is a direct contradiction in itself - the public rules page calls hedging within the same account allowed while the help centre lists it under prohibited practices punishable by immediate disqualification. The named leadership team on /about-us carries no independent corroboration and one card is captioned 'BJames Carter', and the contact page has previously carried a placeholder phone number. Payouts are crypto-only per the help centre, and the maximum simulated capital is stated as $400,000 on the homepage but $300,000 at checkout. Because of that contradiction the six 1-Step plans ($5,000 to $200,000, $59 to $1,019) are deliberately NOT listed on this page: their maximum drawdown is 6% on the public rules page and 7% in the firm's own catalog configuration, and we do not publish a figure we cannot pin to a single source.
Offers & Promo Codes
Active Offers
30% off City Traders Imperium evaluation challenges. Verified live on citytradersimperium.com homepage 2026-06-05. ADHA30
20% off City Traders Imperium Instant Funding (CTI Trader). Verified live on citytradersimperium.com homepage 2026-06-05. ADHA20
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Challenge Details

City Traders Imperium Challenges

23 challenges
Price Account Size Step Profit Target Max Daily Loss Max Drawdown Profit Split Activation Fee
$29
one-time 		$2.5K 1 Step P1: $200
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $125
 80% - 100% $0
$39
one-time 		$2.5K 2 Steps P1: $250
P2: $125
 P1: $125
P2: $125
P1: $250
P2: $250
 80% - 100% $0
$49
one-time 		$5K 1 Step P1: $400
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $250
 80% - 100% $0
$59
one-time 		$5K 2 Steps P1: $500
P2: $250
 P1: $250
P2: $250
P1: $500
P2: $500
 80% - 100% $0
$79
one-time 		$10K 1 Step P1: $800
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $500
 80% - 100% $0
$79
one-time 		$2.5K Instant P1: $125 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $75
 80% - 100% $0
$99
one-time 		$10K 2 Steps P1: $1,000
P2: $500
 P1: $500
P2: $500
P1: $1,000
P2: $1,000
 80% - 100% $0
$139
one-time 		$5K Instant P1: $250 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $150
 80% - 100% $0
$159
one-time 		$25K 1 Step P1: $2,000
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $1,250
 80% - 100% $0
$199
one-time 		$25K 2 Steps P1: $2,500
P2: $1,250
 P1: $1,250
P2: $1,250
P1: $2,500
P2: $2,500
 80% - 100% $0
$229
one-time 		$5K Instant P1: $500 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $300
 80% - 100% $0
$259
one-time 		$10K Instant P1: $500 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $300
 80% - 100% $0
$299
one-time 		$50K 1 Step P1: $4,000
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $2,500
 80% - 100% $0
$329
one-time 		$50K 2 Steps P1: $5,000
P2: $2,500
 P1: $2,500
P2: $2,500
P1: $5,000
P2: $5,000
 80% - 100% $0
$399
one-time 		$10K Instant P1: $1,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $600
 80% - 100% $0
$449
one-time 		$100K 1 Step P1: $8,000
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit (5% trailing total drawdown only)
P1: $5,000
 80% - 100% $0
$449
one-time 		$20K Instant P1: $1,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $600
 80% - 100% $0
$549
one-time 		$100K 2 Steps P1: $10,000
P2: $5,000
 P1: $5,000
P2: $5,000
P1: $10,000
P2: $10,000
 80% - 100% $0
$849
one-time 		$40K Instant P1: $2,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $1,200
 80% - 100% $0
$999
one-time 		$20K Instant P1: $2,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $1,200
 80% - 100% $0
$1599
one-time 		$80K Instant P1: $4,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $2,400
 80% - 100% $0
$1999
one-time 		$40K Instant P1: $4,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $2,400
 80% - 100% $0
$3999
one-time 		$80K Instant P1: $8,000 (profit target to scale)
 P1: -
No daily drawdown limit
P1: $4,800
 80% - 100% $0

XPIPS Challenges

11 challenges
Price Account Size Step Profit Target Max Daily Loss Max Drawdown Profit Split Activation Fee
$49
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$5K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
$89
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14). Reward split rises to 80% via a paid add-on (+25% of program price). 		$5K Instant P1: -
 P1: -
P1: 6%
 65% None
$99
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$10K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
$149
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14). Reward split rises to 80% via a paid add-on (+25% of program price). 		$10K Instant P1: -
 P1: -
P1: 6%
 65% None
$199
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$25K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
$269
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14). Reward split rises to 80% via a paid add-on (+25% of program price). 		$25K Instant P1: -
 P1: -
P1: 6%
 65% None
$349
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$50K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
$479
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14). Reward split rises to 80% via a paid add-on (+25% of program price). 		$50K Instant P1: -
 P1: -
P1: 6%
 65% None
$549.99
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$100K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
$749.99
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14). Reward split rises to 80% via a paid add-on (+25% of program price). 		$100K Instant P1: -
 P1: -
P1: 6%
 65% None
$989
List price. Code SUMMER takes 60% off at checkout (live 2026-08-14); code WELCOME 45% off a first purchase. 		$200K 2 Steps P1: 8%
P2: 5%
 P1: -
P2: -
P1: 10%
P2: 10%
 80% None
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