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About Exness

A plain-language look at who Exness is, when it started, and what it offers — written for people who have never traded before.

Exness is a global online broker founded in 2008. A broker (the middleman between you and the market) is the company that connects you to financial markets so you can buy and sell. Exness offers a free demo account, simple account types for beginners, and trading platforms for web and mobile.

Who is Exness?

Exness started in 2008 and has grown into a global online broker. Its job is simple to describe: it gives ordinary people access to financial markets through the internet. You open an account, and the broker passes your buy and sell orders to the market.

If the word "broker" itself is new to you, start with what a broker is. And to be clear: this page is about the company Exness. If you want to know about this site and who writes it, see the about page.

Is Exness regulated?

Exness is a globally regulated broker, holding multiple licenses from respected financial regulators around the world. Regulation means an official authority sets rules the broker must follow and checks that it follows them.

One protection is especially important for beginners. Negative Balance Protection means clients never lose more than they've deposited. In plain words: your account cannot go below zero, so you can never owe the broker money.

What platforms does Exness offer?

A platform is the app where you see prices and place trades. Exness gives you a few to choose from:

Exness Terminal
The web platform. It runs in your browser — nothing to install. A friendly place to start.
Exness Trade app
The mobile app for your phone. Good for checking your demo trades on the go.
MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5
Classic platforms used by experienced traders. You can ignore these on day one.

What does Exness offer a complete beginner?

  • A free demo account (demo account = practice account) with virtual money and no time limit. One honest note: demo results don't guarantee real-account results.
  • A Standard account with no minimum deposit, plus a Standard Cent account where trades are tiny and mistakes cost cents. See account types.
  • Support that is available 24/7, and a swap-free option for those who need it.

Trading real money always carries risk, so the sensible order is practice first. Learn the basic safety rules before any real deposit.

Want to see Exness from the inside?

Open a demo account first. It is free, uses virtual money, and lets you explore the platforms without risking anything.

Open a free demo at Exness

Keep going

What is a broker?

The role a broker plays, explained from zero.

Read the explainer

Demo account

How the free practice account works and why it comes first.

Start with demo

Account types

Standard, Standard Cent and the accounts you can leave for later.

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