Exness Terminal is a custom-built trading platform supporting MT5 trading accounts (real and demo accounts). No installation or software updates are necessary for this browser-based platform.
With full control of your trading account, more than 100 indicators, 50 drawing tools, and every trading instrument available with Exness, Exness Terminal is a robust trading platform available exclusively to Exness traders.
Opening Exness Terminal
- Log in to your Personal Area (PA).
- Click Trade on any MT5 trading account.
- Select Exness Terminal in the pop-up window.
- Exness Terminal will open with the respective trading account.
Account
Clicking Deposit will redirect you to your PA to make a deposit using any available payment method. The trading account manager contains deposit and withdrawal features, transaction history, and real-time information about the current active trading account, including:
- Balance
- Equity
- Margin
- Free Margin
- Margin Level
- Account leverage
Toggle Hide balance to blur the information above, the account status panel, and the positions’ profit and loss. You can also download the trading log from here and switch trading accounts by clicking Manage Accounts.
One-click trading
Activate by clicking the one-click trading icon above the orders tab and acknowledging the disclaimer by selecting "Yes, proceed." When activated, you can open and close orders from the instruments tab, order form, orders area, and chart without confirmation pop-up messages.
Orders
To open an order:
- From Instruments:
- Click on an instrument and Sell or Buy on the pop-up order form.
- Set the desired order details.
- Click Confirm.
- From the order form:
- Click Sell or Buy.
- Set the desired order details.
- Click Confirm.
- From the chart:
- Click Sell or Buy on the top right of the chart.
- Set the desired order details on the order form.
- Click Confirm.
To close an order:
- Click the X icon for the order item shown in the active chart.
- Click the X icon on any order in the Open or Pending tabs.
- Close and confirm all active orders for an instrument by clicking the X icon at the chart's top-right.
- Close and confirm all market orders by clicking Close all at the bottom-right of the orders area.
- Delete a pending order by clicking on the bin icon.
Note: When performing close all operations on Exness Terminal, the server executes positions consecutively within a few milliseconds between each order.
To modify an order:
- Click the pencil (edit) icon on an order in the orders area.
- In the order window, modify the order under the Modify tab.
- Drag the corresponding lines on the chart when modifying take profit and stop loss.
- Once done, click Modify order.
To partially close an order:
- Click the pencil (edit) icon on an order in the orders area.
- In the order window, select Partial close tab.
- Enter the volume to close, then click Close order.
To close by an order:
This function is only possible if there are two orders of the opposite directions.
- Click the pencil (edit) icon on an order in the orders area.
- Click on the open order and select the Close by tab. If you have multiple opposite orders, a list will be displayed.
- Click the opposite order you want to close.
Trading sentiment
Trading sentiment for an instrument, indicating its recent upward or downward trend, is displayed under the "Sell" and "Buy" buttons. The last hour of activity is shown as a blue (buy) or red (sell) bar and is synced across both web and mobile Exness Terminal platforms.
Watchlist
Trading instruments can be organized in the Watchlist. They are shown at their current price and price movement in real-time.
Other functions include:
- Find an instrument with the search bar or select a category.
- Click the instrument to open its chart.
- Click the star icon to add it to the favorites list.
- Customize the watchlist by clicking the 3-dot menu and toggling the data columns.
- The 2-arrow icon hides the watchlist, and clicking the arrow to the left of the chart will expand the watchlist.
- A three-red-line symbol will be displayed if an instrument is affected by higher margin requirements (HMR). Click the symbol to display the HMR details.
- A gray prohibited symbol will appear when a market is closed for an instrument. Hovering over this symbol will display the time of the market opening. Only the market closed symbol will be shown if an HMR period is active during a market closure.
Economic calendar
Find the economic calendar for events by country and impact presented by FxStreet. Events are listed in order of latest events. Click on an event to read more detailed information.
Portfolio
The Portfolio area displays your open, pending, and closed orders. This includes essential data such as order type, volume, lot, open price, current price, take profit, stop loss, open time, swap, and profit and loss.
The Closed tab shows closed orders up to the previous day (by default). Click Show previous 30 days to expand the list of closed orders.
Chart
A chart displays an instrument's performance over a period of time.
Opening and closing a chart:
- Click the + icon above the chart.
- Enter the name/symbol of the instrument in the search bar or select a category from the dropdown menu.
- Select the desired instrument.
- The chart is opened in the chart area.
- To close a chart, click X.
You can click and drag the instrument tabs to reorder your open charts if you have multiple charts.
On mobile, you can display a chart inside the order form by clicking the toggle Show chart. When placing the order, the chart will be shown in landscape mode.
Customizing a chart:
The settings below the instrument tab allow you to customize an open chart.
Click 1m to select a timeframe for minutes, hours, and days.
Click the chart icon to change the chart type, including bars, candles, lines, baseline, columns, etc.
Click fx Indicators to add multiple available indicators. Remove them by clicking the arrow beside the bin icon on the left side of the chart and selecting Remove indicators.
Click on the Show object tree icon to manage the displayed indicators.
Click on the 4 box icon and click Save Indicator template or bring up a saved indicator template.
Click the rewind button, select a data point on the chart, then press play, forward, jump to real-time, or exit the chart replay mode.
Click the respective undo and redo buttons to undo or redo a chart action.
Click Save to save your chart layout, indicators, and drawings. You can rename, load, or delete a saved layout.
Click on the camera icon to capture your current chart. You can download, copy, or copy a link to the image, open the image in a new tab, or tweet the image.
Click the fullscreen icon to view your chart in fullscreen mode.
Click the eye to toggle the display for signals, HMR periods, price alerts, open positions, and the economic calendar on the chart.
Drawing tools
50 drawing tools are available from the left-hand bar. Click to use or double-click the icon to expand its selection. Click the eye icon on the bar to hide or unhide the drawings made on the chart, or click the bin icon and then hit Remove drawings to clear.
Chart settings
Right-click anywhere on the chart and select Settings to customize chart settings, including symbol, status line, scales, and canvas.
Notifications
Push notifications can be created for the Exness Terminal within your browser.
Notifications can be sent for the following events:
- Margin call
- Orders closed due to take profit (TP) and stop loss (SL) settings
- Pending order open
- Change in balance (due to deposits and withdrawals)
- Price jumps or drops
- Price reaching a minimum or maximum amount set
- Forex news and financial events
- Trade analyst news
- Change in document status
- Price alerts
If you do not see the pop-up to turn on notifications on your browser, you can set them up by following these steps:
- Click on the site information icon on the search bar in your browser.
- Click on Site Settings.
- Toggle Notifications on or select Allow from the dropdown menu, depending on the options presented by your browser.
Price alerts
There are two ways to set price alerts:
On the chart:
- Click the + button on the price axis.
- Enter the precise values of your desired alert. If necessary, select a recurring alert. Alternatively, drag the Alert line until it reaches the desired level.
- Click Add price alert to confirm.
On the Alerts section:
- Click on the clock icon at the top of the screen.
- Click + New alert.
- Enter the precise values of your desired alert. Select recurring alert if necessary.
- Click Add price alert to confirm.
Sound effects
Click the gear icon and toggle the settings to enable sound effects for price alerts and closing by TP/SL/SO. The web browser will display a pop-up notification. Click Allow to enable sound notifications.