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Written with the screen open (Nigeria)

What each page describes, how to check any line of it against your own screen, and where the guide stops.

An independent guide site — not Exness. Every page is written with the platform open alongside it, so a sentence here matches a panel, a button or a setting there.

What has to be on a page before it is published

Four things, or the walkthrough is not finished:

  • The screen it describes. The browser terminal, the phone app and MetaTrader do not look alike, so a page names the one it walks through.
  • Every word on that screen. Terms such as «broker», «spread» or «lot» are explained where they appear, and gathered in the glossary.
  • The risk, before the button. Many people lose money when they start trading, so that line comes before any instruction to click — see risk basics.
  • A way to check it. Anything about accounts, platforms or costs can be verified on the official exness.com; what cannot be checked is not written.

What this site cannot do with your screen

The limits are the point:

  • It cannot see your terminal. No balance, no open positions, no history.
  • It cannot press anything for you. No order and no setting is changed from here.
  • It is not a bank. No money passes through it: no deposits, no withdrawals.
  • It is not a financial advisor. A page explains what a control does; the money stays your decision.
  • It is not Exness. The broker itself is at exness.com; this site describes it and does not speak for it.

Nothing to sign in to either: no locked pages, no paid upgrades, nothing asking you for money.

Which page opens which screen

Read each page with its screen in front of you:

Four things to set up before the first real trade

Not advice about what to buy — an order of operations:

  1. Open the platform with no money in it

    Start on a free demo account: every screen described here opens there, and a wrong click costs nothing.

  2. Choose the screen you will work on

    Browser, phone or MetaTrader — the same action sits elsewhere on each; learn one instead of switching halfway.

  3. Set up somewhere to write things down

    A notebook or a file: what was opened, at what time by the clock on the screen, what was closed. Screenshot the window before it closes.

  4. Read the address bar before typing

    The buttons here lead out to the official exness.com; check the address bar before entering any detail. Everything real happens there.

No figures for your own size or limits are handed out here — that is what the practice calculator is for.

The company those screens belong to

Exness is a global online broker (a broker is the company that gives you access to the markets — see what a broker is), founded in 2008. Its screens: the Exness Terminal in a web browser, the Exness Trade app on a phone, and MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5 for more experienced traders. Exness is a globally regulated broker, holding multiple licenses from respected financial regulators around the world.

When a line here and the screen disagree, the screen and exness.com are right: interfaces change faster than text about them. Account matters belong to the support on exness.com, 24/7.

Questions readers send about these walkthroughs

Which platform do these pages show?

All three: the Exness Terminal in a browser, the Exness Trade app on a phone, and MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5. Each page names the one it describes.

My screen looks different from the page — which one is wrong?

Trust the screen and exness.com; interfaces are updated more often than guides. Report it on the live chat page.

Can anyone here look at my terminal or my balance?

No account is visible from this site. Account questions go to the support on exness.com, which runs 24/7.

Do I need to install anything to follow along?

Nothing beyond the platform, and a demo covers that. Reading needs no account.

Does the company approve what is written here?

No. The broker itself is at exness.com; this is an independent set of beginner guides.

Where do the buttons on this site lead?

Out to the official exness.com. Read the address bar before typing anything into a form.

Will a page tell me what to buy or when to close?

No. A walkthrough shows where a control sits and what pressing it does. The decision stays yours.

Can a walkthrough be followed with real money the first time?

It can, but every page says the same: run it on a demo account first, because many people lose money when they start trading.

Something on a screen still unexplained? Ask on the live chat page; broader questions sit in the FAQ.

Open a screen next

The whole path

Every screen in order, from nothing installed to a first order.

Start here

The practice screen

The platform with practice money, safe to click around in.

Open a demo

The order window

Field by field, what a first order asks for.

See the first trade