Exness · Trading platforms
Exness runs four platforms — Exness Terminal, Exness Trade, MT4 and MT5 — across 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 runs four platforms — Exness Terminal, Exness Trade, MT4 and MT5 — across five account types: Standard, Standard Cent, Pro, Zero and Raw Spread. The platform choice does not change your spreads, commission or margin rules; the account type does. That distinction is the one worth holding onto before you compare anything else.
What the platform layer actually controls
The platform decides how orders are routed and what tools sit in front of you. It does not decide what you pay. Spreads, commission and margin call levels are set at account level, so a trader on MT5 Standard and a trader on Exness Terminal Standard face the same cost structure. Swap-free (Islamic) accounts are available on all account types, so the platform decision does not restrict that either.
Execution style does sit with the account: Standard, Zero and Raw Spread run on market execution, while Pro runs on instant execution, with crypto on Pro executed at market. If your strategy depends on how fills are handled, that is the line to read before the platform line.
Spreads and commission by account
Typical spreads start at 0.2 pips on Standard, 0.1 pips on Pro, and from 0 pips on both Zero and Raw Spread. Commission follows the opposite logic: Standard and Pro charge none, Zero charges from 0.05 USD per lot per side, and Raw Spread up to 3.50 USD per lot per side. The zero-spread accounts carry the per-lot fee; the no-commission accounts carry the wider spread. Which is cheaper depends on your instrument and volume, and the calculator on this page runs that comparison rather than the text.
| Account | Typical spread from | Commission | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 0.2 pips | None | Market |
| Pro | 0.1 pips | None | Instant (market for crypto) |
| Zero | From 0 pips | From 0.05 USD per lot per side | Market |
| Raw Spread | From 0 pips | Up to 3.50 USD per lot per side | Market |
Margin rules that differ by account, not by platform
Margin call triggers at 60% on Standard and at 30% on Pro, Zero and Raw Spread. Stop out sits at 0% across the board, and hedged margin is 0%. Those two thresholds — 60% and 30% — are the numbers to check against your own position sizing, because the gap between them is the difference between an account that warns you early and one that lets the position run closer to the line.
Lot limits are the same regardless of platform or account: minimum 0.01 lots, maximum 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 overnight lot cap is the constraint most likely to matter to anyone running size through the Asian session.
Whatever you decide here, the account you open should suit your residence and the way you plan to fund it.
Trading conditionsPlatforms and what sits inside them
Exness Terminal and Exness Trade are the in-house builds; MT4 and MT5 are the third-party standards. Analysis tools available in the terminal include an economic calendar, Trading Central and FXStreet. A free VPS is available, and negative balance protection is in place. Support runs 24/7 in English, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and Swahili, and 24/5 across 16 languages.
Public tick history is available for all instruments, which is what makes a claim like the gold volatility figures below checkable rather than asserted. On 2026-09-11, XAU/USD on Standard showed a spread of 0.26 USD, or 26 USD per lot.
Costs on the instruments South African traders use most
On the Standard account, commission is zero across the instruments below, so the spread and the swap are the whole cost. USD/ZAR shows 116.8 pips with leverage at 1:200; USD/MXN shows 63.45 pips at 1:50; USD/THB shows 300 pips. USD/ZAR swap runs -18.7/0 pips and USD/MXN -22.01/0 pips, which is where a multi-day position on either pair starts to look different from a same-day one.
Majors are tighter: EUR/USD at 0.8 pips, AUD/USD at 0.9 pips, GBP/USD and USD/JPY at 1 pip each. Metals and energy on Standard: XAU/USD 26 pips, XAG/USD 3 pips, USOIL 2 pips. Leverage is customizable on the majors and on gold and silver, 1:2000 on USOIL, and 1:400 on US30. Indices overall sit between 1:200 and 1:400.
Gold's own tick history gives a sense of the range you are trading into: the sharpest minute, at 12:00 UTC, moved 60.91 USD, or 6 091 USD per lot, while the calmest hour, at 20:00 UTC, moved 3.29 USD. Those are historical observations from the tick record, not forecasts.
Regulation and funding for South African clients
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A ZAR base account avoids the conversion charge banks apply on ZAR-to-USD. Cards clear in two to five days and international SWIFT wires in three to five. Exness itself
Exness is a globally regulated broker holding multiple licences from financial regulators around the world.