Imperial Trader Funding Avis 

I was hopeful about these guys and initially their customer support was super responsive. Last week on Monday my account was disabled for trading and my evaluation labeled "failed". After emailing them because it was an absolute impossibility with the positions and sizes I had open to be in enough drawdown to fail, they left me know it was some kind of error on calculation and my account would be active again. An entire week has passed and I've gotten no response to multiple emails because my account is still inactive. I will be initiating a charge back from my bank and personally making it my mission to flood YouTube and all social media with just how much of a sham this operation is! Wish I could find out exactly where the headquarters is located... FAFO

What is the website for this firm? I good ImperialTraderFunding but I don't see any link to the website..I just can't subscribe without website?

firstly i liked the concept of options trading in a propfirm but the major problem i am facing currently is the platform doesn't actually calculate the profits properly and there are more problems i tried to use covered call strategy the options are expired in the money but the stocks didn't go away and i am unable to sell any options to use the strategies even though it says level 4 option strategies but surprisngly the support is fast they respond promtly and they promised to fix the issue of selling the options soon i will change the review if they fix that and i would like to suggest to move live traded accounts to IBKR just like maverick traders does so that the traders can show their 100% potential

To start, yes, Imperial does pay out.

Their customer support has been a pleasant surprise. They actually reach out when things apply to you directly, it's not always bulk announcements. Responses come relatively quickly, the emails are clear, and everyone I’ve interacted with has been polite and professional.

The dashboard and website, on the other hand, are in a rough state. There are no metrics or charts showing drawdown, profits, trade history, etc. I do believe this is WIP, and it doesn't really affect your trading performance if you know what you're doing.

There is one trading rule that is very frustrating - the four-day inactivity policy. Something like a two-week window would be far more reasonable. I’m consistently profitable and would like the freedom to trade as the market conditions dictate.

I did receive my first payout and I am being moved to a “live” account, which is currently in progress. It sounds like the trading experience is being grealty improved upon.

These are my honest thoughts at the moment. The biggest thing is that I did, in fact, get paid, and that does matter. Imperial has enormous potential, and if they refine the experience and take feedback seriously, they could build something incredible. I genuinely hope they do, because right now they’re the only options prop firm worth trading.

Thank you, Imperial, and I’d love to be in contact and help out, trading is my thing.

Terrible avoid at all cost - Imperial trading prop firm is a super scam. Flush your money down the drain, it’ll be quicker than this trash site

Avoid at all cost, late customer support and they change rules to avoid payout. Favorable entries are impossible. Please find any other platform

I’ve been trading prop firms for over three years (FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, Alpha Capital, etc.) and have passed several challenges with real funded accounts. I’ve mostly traded futures, but when I saw Yummers (YouTuber) heavily promoting Imperial’s “Instant Funding” as a way to finally get into funded options trading with no evaluation and a one-time fee, I thought this was the perfect next step. I was really excited.

I feel gutted writing this. I ignored the earlier negative reviews because support kept replying with the same “it’s in the terms” script. I should’ve listened.

Here’s what actually happens:
1. Their Instant Accounts are NOT instant funding. You start on a simulated account (never mentioned upfront) with a hidden 12% profit target ($3,000 on a $25k account) just to request a payout… that’s capped at $1,000. You literally can’t take out the full amount you “earned.”
2. Options fills on ETNA are brutal. You sell at the bid, buy at the ask almost every time. Anything wider than a few cents is impossible. Credit spreads, debit spreads, calendars, butterflies; strategies I know work on other funded accounts are basically dead here.
3. Unrealised drawdown uses bid/ask marks, so a tiny quote move can wipe your daily or trailing limit even if the position is fine.
4. The platform froze mid-trade (same exact trade filled instantly on two other brokers) and blew the account. They refused reset or refund.
5. They confirmed in writing it was a one-time payment… then I had my card charged again a month later. I had to freeze it as they have been so dishonest I'm scared they would continue to charge me.

Imperial support will almost certainly reply here with one of their ChatGPT-style answers full of “—” dashes and the exact same robotic phrasing. That’s exactly how they convinced me to ignore the warnings last time.

Please don’t fall for it like I did.
I’m now filing complaints with the FTC, California AG, and BBB. (You don't have to be an American citizen to do so.) If you’ve had similar experience, please report them too. The more of us who do, the better chance we have of shutting this down and protecting other traders.

There are so many honest prop firms out there that actually let you trade options on proper platforms. I wish I’d stuck with them instead.

1 star, and I’m genuinely heartbroken I fell for it.

This is one of the worst prop firms out there. ETNA is the platform they use and it does not reflect the live P&L of your positions. It makes it difficult to track intraday trailing drawdown. When I showed video proof of the platform lagging behind and not reflecting my proper P&L they didnt do anything to help me out. They said it updates in your dashboard but that makes it difficult for traders who need to make quick informed decision when scalping options. Would not recommend this prop firm. Their support is garbage. They need you to fail and blow accounts. I talked to ETNA and they have updated their platform but Imperial funding does not use the updated ETNA platform because it would make it easier for traders to pass. Stay away from this firm.

This company is completely fake. They also partnered with a trading firm called ETNA, which offers a web trading platform, but the real quotes are missing, and I have multiple screenshots to support my claim. Please do not enroll with this firm, even if they allow free enrollment. I am consulting my lawyer to file a lawsuit against Imperial Trader Funding and ETNA to recover my money.

They might as well shut this shit down lmao all their “Real reviews” are all 1 star reviews lmao rebrand or something fix those bogus rules, change that 80/20 profit split allow traders who are funded to withdraw their profits instantly they shouldn’t have to reach a profit target and be limited to only 50% of the capital they’ve made that’s not right and if yall wanna get traders to use this firm you need to re evaluate like asap

The 5 star reviews gotta be fake.. 💀

Anyways, it's a decent platform, im working on getting my first payout, but yeah the whole website needs a rework cause people genuinely think this shit is a scam, and I dont blame em! This shit looks like it was slapped together and called a propfirm?! So imma be honest, it's a little worse than "alright" but genuinely, I need help setting my stoploss on this thing, and it doesn't give me a good option for that, so yall should work on that one

There is no negative stars. If so, I will preference to choose here.

I passed the funded account and I was in the leaderboard in top 2. Overall I made around 1700 dollars in three days with the live funded account and my daily profit was -44 on 4 days. They use ETNA software and showed my wrong trade which I didn't take at all. I did took 0 dte spy and the average price was 1.29. They close it for 1.18 and said I made a purchase for 2.70. Not sure how they manipulate the records in ETNA which seems to be not reliable. It ETNA shows opened at 2.70 and closed at 2.70

They are currently using the ETNA platform to ensure that no trader can make a profit. This is deceptive. They created ticket number #52642, which remains unresolved. As a result, my Mark-to-Market (MTM) should reflect a profit of $4.28, but instead, it shows a loss of $56.00. I urge everyone to stay away from this firm.

This company is a total scam. All their 5 star reviews came on the same day so either bought or team members (that’s consumer fraud).

I created a TrustPilot to show how much I dislike this company and to make sure my experience is seen. They make up rules, hidden fees, support never responds, platform is outdated and sucks and they deny payouts. Shame on you.

The option chain displays cached data, Support told me to log out and log in. I did re login, but still the same cached data. You cannot win a challenge in this platform. STAY AWAY. The ticket number with support for your reference is #511

I can’t say anything bad or they will remove my review!!! First they have u trading on a platform no one has ever heard of. My first trade was a call on AMZN. AMZN goes up but i lose $1600 some how. I told the admins and they are the no help crew, not useful at all. Save your money this is not a good place to start. I see why all the reviews are good. It’s because the website tries to flag u when u speak the truth .

Customer service was very responsive. Eval was quick and my payouts were approved same day. Good propfirm overall.

No complaints with Imperial Funding. Payouts were approved quick and their support is super responsive and they truly feel supportive of their traders. It's refreshing to see a prop firm offer options trading as well.

Absolutely impeccable customer service to help earn real capital without a catch or any fine print!!

Love this company!! Had a great experience