Exness review

Regulated by

Seychelles FSA (SD025); FSCA South Africa; CySEC; FCA; CBCS Curacao (0003LSI); BVI FSC (SIBA/L/20/1133); Mauritius FSC; Kenya CMA; Jordan JSC; UAE CMA; Belize FSC

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

Seychelles FSA Securities Dealer Register, licence SD025

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes

Compensation scheme

No statutory investor compensation scheme for Exness (SC) Ltd retail clients

Audited by

Independent external auditors

Not available to

United States, United Kingdom, European Economic Area retail market and various sanctioned/restricted jurisdictions

Check the licence on the regulator's own site, not on a link somebody sent you.

Exness holds tier-one authorisations from FCA and CySEC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (FSC and FSA). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

CySEC licences passport across the EU and follow the 1:30 retail leverage cap, with the Investor Compensation Fund covering eligible claims.

The FSCA licenses derivative providers in South Africa without a fixed retail leverage cap, so headline leverage is often higher than an FCA or ASIC entity may offer.

Check the licence yourself: the Seychelles FSA list of regulated entities, the FSCA list of regulated entities, the CySEC register of investment firms, the FCA Register, the Mauritius FSC register of licensees.

Legal entity

Exness (SC) Ltd

Company number

8423606-1

Headquarters

Limassol, Cyprus

Founded

2008

Publicly listed

No

Parent company

Exness Group

Employees

2,000+

Also trades as

Exness

Deposit methods

Bank cards, bank transfer, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and extensive regional/local payment systems

Withdrawal methods

Bank cards, bank transfer, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and supported local payment systems

Deposit time

Many methods instant; otherwise generally processed within 24 hours

Withdrawal time

Many withdrawals instant; otherwise generally processed within 24 hours

Minimum withdrawal

From $1, payment-method dependent

Local payment methods

Extensive country-specific bank transfers, mobile money, e-wallets and regional payment systems

Spread from

0.0 pips

EUR/USD spread

Approx. 0.9 pips, Standard

GBP/USD spread

Approx. 1.1 pips, Standard

Commission

Up to $3.50 per side / $7 round turn, Raw Spread

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Approx. 0.7 pips, Raw Spread

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Both; overnight swaps can be charged or credited, with swap-free trading available

Deposit fee

Generally none; fees may apply to specific payment methods

Withdrawal fee

Generally none; method-specific charges may apply

Currency conversion

Conversion at applicable exchange rate

An offer that beats the market by a wide margin is the most reliable warning sign there is.

A quoted spread from 0.0 pips is a raw-spread figure, which almost always means a separate commission per lot. Compare the two together - a "zero spread" account with a high commission can cost more than a wider spread with none.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

Exness lists a minimum deposit of $10. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Markets

Forex, Metals, Cryptocurrencies, Energies, Stocks, Indices

Currency pairs

100+

Total instruments

250+

Crypto CFDs

Yes

Maximum leverage

1:~

Execution model

Market maker / principal

Execution speed

Millisecond execution

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-limit, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop

Servers

Global financial data-centre infrastructure

Exness covers forex, metals, cryptocurrencies, energies, stocks, indices. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: bank cards, bank transfer, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and extensive regional/local payment systems. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Platforms

MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade

Own platform

Yes, Exness Terminal

Mobile app

Both proprietary and third-party

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

Yes, MT4/MT5 Expert Advisors and algorithmic trading

Copy trading

Yes, Exness Social Trading

Indicators

100+ through Exness Terminal/TradingView; MT4/MT5 indicators and custom indicators

Third-party tools

MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView charting, Trading Central, FXStreet

API access

Yes

MetaTrader 4 remains the most widely supported platform for expert advisors. If you rely on an existing EA, this is usually the deciding factor.

MetaTrader 5 handles more asset classes and order types than MT4, but expert advisors are not compatible between the two - an MT4 EA will not run on it.

Minimum deposit

$10

Account types

Standard, Standard Cent, Pro, Zero, Raw Spread, Social Standard, Social Pro, Demo

Account currencies

USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD, CHF, JPY, SGD, HKD and numerous regional currencies

Islamic account

Yes

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes: Pro, Zero and Raw Spread

Minimum trade size

0.01 lots

Time to open

Approximately 3 minutes

Support hours

24/7

Contact channels

Live chat, Support Hub/ticket, Help Centre

Languages

14+ languages

Telephone

N/A

Email

support@exness.com

Live chat response

Typically under 2 minutes

Education

Extensive: educational articles, trading guides, platform tutorials, webinars and trading education

Research

Trading Central, FXStreet market news, market analysis, trading calculators and analytical tools