Exness · Account types
Exness publishes five account types — Standard, Standard Cent, Pro, Zero and Raw Spread.
- Account types
- Standard · Standard Cent · Pro · Zero · Raw SpreadChecked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Spreads
- Standard from 0.2 pips · Pro from 0.1 pips · Zero from 0 pips · Raw Spread from 0 pipsChecked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Commission
- Standard: none · Pro: none · Zero: from 0.05 USD per lot per side · Raw Spread: up to 3.50 USD per lot per sideChecked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Maximum leverage
- Majors: customizable · USD/ZAR 1:200 · indices 1:200–1:400 · USOIL 1:2000 · USD/MXN 1:50Checked on 2026-09-14 · Source: exness.co.za · trading conditions
- Margin call and stop out
- Margin call: 60% (Standard), 30% (Pro, Zero, Raw Spread) · Stop out: 0% · Hedged margin: 0%Checked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Order execution
- Market: Standard, Zero, Raw Spread · Instant: Pro (market for crypto)Checked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Platforms
- Exness Terminal · Exness Trade · MT4 · MT5Checked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
- Swap-free account
- Available on all account typesChecked on 2026-09-13 · Source: exness.com
Exness accounts: what the numbers say
Exness publishes five account types — Standard, Standard Cent, Pro, Zero and Raw Spread — and the differences that matter for a South African trader are spread, commission, margin call level and execution model. The figures below are the ones listed on the broker's own pages.
Spread and commission: the two lines that decide your cost per lot
Cost per trade is spread plus commission. Exness splits the two across account types instead of bundling them.
| Account | Typical spread from | Commission |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 0.2 pips | None |
| Pro | 0.1 pips | None |
| Zero | 0 pips | From 0.05 USD per lot per side |
| Raw Spread | 0 pips | Up to 3.50 USD per lot per side |
Standard and Pro carry no commission, so the spread is the whole cost. Zero and Raw Spread push the spread to zero and charge per lot per side — meaning a round turn is charged twice. Whether that is cheaper than a Standard spread depends on the instrument and on how wide the raw spread is at the moment you fill. The site's calculator handles that arithmetic; the table above only gives you the inputs.
Margin call and stop out: where the account gets cut
Margin call triggers at 60% on Standard and at 30% on Pro, Zero and Raw Spread. Stop out is 0% across the board, and hedged margin is 0%. The gap between the two thresholds is the room you have to react: on Standard the account is flagged earlier, on the pro accounts later.
Hedged margin at 0% means a fully hedged position does not consume margin on the opposite side. That changes the margin level calculation itself, not just the cost — the calculator reflects it.
Execution, lot sizes and the daily window
Standard, Zero and Raw Spread use market execution. Pro uses instant execution, with market execution applied to crypto. Minimum lot is 0.01 across the listed accounts. Maximum is 200 lots between 07:00 and 20:59 GMT+0 and 60 lots between 21:00 and 06:59 GMT+0. Open positions are unlimited.
The lot ceiling narrowing overnight is a hard constraint on position sizing for anyone running size through the late session — the cap is roughly a third of the daytime maximum in that window.
Whatever you decide here, the account you open should suit your residence and the way you plan to fund it.
Trading conditionsLeverage by instrument, not by account
Leverage on majors is customizable. Outside majors it is set per instrument: USD/ZAR at 1:200, indices at 1:200–1:400, USOIL at 1:2000, USD/MXN at 1:50. US30 is listed at 1:400.
For a South African reader the USD/ZAR line is the one to note — the rand pair carries its own leverage figure, separate from the majors setting, and its own spread of 116.8 pips with a swap of -18.7/0 pips on the Standard account. USD/MXN sits at 63.45 pips spread and 1:50 leverage. Exotic pairs are priced and margined differently from majors; treating them as one group misreads both the cost and the margin requirement.
Funds are held in segregated accounts at tier-1 banks, with PCI DSS certification and 3D Secure on card payments. Withdrawals carry no broker fee, and third-party fees are covered by Exness. Negative balance protection is available, and the Financial Commission compensation fund covers up to EUR 20 000 per client.
Instrument-level numbers worth checking before you size a position
Standard account spreads on the pairs most traded from South Africa: EUR/USD 0.8 pips, AUD/USD 0.9 pips, GBP/USD 1 pip, USD/JPY 1 pip, EUR/GBP 1.3 pips, USD/CHF 1.3 pips, NZD/USD 1.4 pips, USD/CAD 1.4 pips, EUR/JPY 1.6 pips, GBP/JPY 2.2 pips, AUD/JPY 1.1 pips. Commission is $0 on all of them.
Swaps are asymmetric on several: EUR/USD -0.57/0, USD/CHF 0/-0.94, USD/CAD 0/-0.81, GBP/JPY 0/-1.84, XAU/USD -53.49/0. A long position and a short position on the same pair can carry different swap charges, which matters for anyone holding overnight rather than intraday.
On commodities, XAU/USD is listed at 26 pips spread on Standard with a swap of -53.49/0; XAG/USD at 3 pips; USOIL at 2 pips with 1:2000 leverage. Tick history shows the sharpest minute on gold at 12:00 UTC moving 60.91 USD, against 3.29 USD in the calmest minute at 20:00 UTC. Those are historical measurements from the public tick data, not forecasts — but they set the scale for how much a gold position can move inside a minute, which is the number that should drive position size, not the spread.
Islamic accounts are available on all account types. Platforms are Exness Terminal, Exness Trade, MT4 and MT5, with 250+ instruments across forex, commodities, stocks, indices and crypto.
Exness is a globally regulated broker holding multiple licences from financial regulators around the world.