After registering and fully verifying your Exness account, you're ready to begin trading. This page is a product workflow guide, not trading advice — it covers the steps required to place your first order, not how to trade.
Before you place your first trade: checklist
Complete these six steps in order. Each links to full instructions below.
- Verify your account: required before any trading activity is enabled.
- Deposit funds: fund your account according to your account type's minimum deposit.
- Choose a platform: pick from Exness Trade, Exness Terminal, MetaTrader 4/5, WebTerminal, or MultiTerminal.
- Select your trading account: confirm the correct MT4 or MT5 account is active on your chosen platform.
- Choose your instruments: add the forex, commodities, stocks, or indices you want to trade.
- Review trading conditions and place your order: check margin and trading hours, then open your first position.
Step 1: Make your first deposit
Your first-time deposit depends on your chosen account type: Standard or Professional.
- Log in to your Personal Area (PA).
- Head to the Deposit tab.
- Select your preferred payment method.
- Follow the prompts to make your first time deposit.
A "Trade is Disabled" error message will appear in the trading platform when opening an order before minimum deposit requirements are met.
Step 2 & 3: Select a trading platform and account
These are the available trading platforms we offer and how to log in to them. Each platform requires an active MT4 or MT5 trading account, selected in your Personal Area (PA), that matches the platform's compatibility.
- Exness Trade app: Download the Exness Trade app and log in with your Exness account credentials.
- Exness Terminal: Log in to your Personal Area (PA), click on the Trade button on any active trading account, and select Exness Terminal.
- MetaTrader desktop platforms: Download and install MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5 on your desktop device, and log in with your trading account credentials.
- MetaTrader mobile platforms: Download and install MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5 on your phone, then log in with your trading account credentials.
- WebTerminal: Sign in to the WebTerminal on our website with your trading account credentials.
- MT4 MultiTerminal: Download and install the MT4 MultiTerminal on your Windows desktop and log in with your trading account.
You can't use an MT4 trading account on the MT5 trading platform, and vice versa. You cannot change the trading account compatibility after it is created.
Step 4: Add your preferred trading instruments
Add any instruments you want to trade, including forex, commodities, stocks, and indices, to your chosen trading platform's favorites for ease.
With Exness Terminal, enter the instrument name in the search bar, then select it to bring up its chart.
On the Exness Trade app, go to the Trade tab and select your instrument from the displayed list, or enter it in the search bar.
On MetaTrader mobile and desktop platforms, add instruments to your Market Watch window.
Step 5 & 6: Review trading conditions and place your order
Calculate margin
Margin is the reserved amount needed to open and maintain a leveraged trading position. Ensure that you have enough funds in your account to open and maintain a trade.
Check trading hours
While trading is available 24/5*, knowing market trading hours, instrument trading hours, summer/winter trading hours, and daily breaks can make trading simple.
Find out the market hours for each trading instrument in the following articles:
- Trading hours for forex currency pairs
- Trading hours for commodities
- Trading hours for cryptocurrencies
- Trading hours for indices
- Trading hours for stocks
*Trading on some instruments like cryptocurrencies is available throughout the week, even during weekends.
Place your order
You are now ready to place your first order. Check out our detailed guides: