Exness Account Types — One Number, One Platform · Kenya
A trading account is created for a single platform and a single type. Which pairs exist, and what a later change of platform actually costs, is the part worth knowing first.
Open Exness Account →An Exness trading account is created for one platform and one type, and the number that comes back is tied to both. Changing the terminal — MetaTrader 4 for MetaTrader 5, or the other way — means opening a second account rather than editing the first, and changing the type does the same. Opening that same account in the browser window instead changes nothing: one number, a different front end, the same positions.
What the choice of platform fixes
- The platform is picked when the trading account is created, and the number that comes back belongs to that platform for good.
- Standard, Pro, Raw Spread and Zero can each be opened on MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5, and each can also be reached through the browser terminal.
- Standard Cent pairs with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 only — there is no browser window for it.
- Moving between MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 is a second account number, not a setting changed on the first.
- Moving between the desktop terminal and the browser window is not a move at all: one number, two front ends, the same open positions.
- The type is fixed to the number in the same way, so a second type means a second account opened alongside the first rather than instead of it.
What a change of platform or type actually moves
| The change | New account number | What comes with you | What stays behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetaTrader 4 to MetaTrader 5, same type | Yes | The profile — one identity check and one set of personal details sits above every trading account | The old number, whatever is still open on it and its whole record |
| MetaTrader 5 to MetaTrader 4, same type | Yes | The profile | The old number and everything recorded against it |
| Standard to Pro, same platform | Yes | The profile | The old number and its record |
| Desktop terminal to the browser window | No | The number, the balance and every open position | Nothing at all — it is one account looked at twice |
| Standard Cent to the browser window | Not available | — | Cent pairs with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5; there is no browser window to move to |
Why the number is tied to a terminal
MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 are not two versions of one program; they keep their own account records and speak to their own servers. A login issued for one of them is meaningless to the other, which is why the choice appears at the moment an account is created rather than in a settings menu afterwards.
The practical consequence is small but easy to miss. Somebody who decides, six months in, that the newer terminal suits them better does not migrate: they open a second trading account, move the balance across between their own accounts in the Personal Area, and leave the first number where it is.
The boundary that is not a boundary
Between the desktop terminal, the browser window and the phone, nothing is created and nothing is left behind. All three are ways of looking at one trading account, so a position opened in one appears in the others and can be closed from any of them.
Confusing this with a change of platform is the usual source of a needless second account. A quick test: if the login you type is the same number, the platform has not changed — only the window has.
What crosses over and what does not
The profile crosses over on its own. Identity details, the address on file and the checks already completed sit above the trading accounts rather than inside any one of them, so a new number inherits them without a second submission.
Nothing else does. A balance is moved deliberately between your own accounts, open positions cannot be carried and have to be closed first, and the record of what was traded stays attached to the number that traded it. A Cent account and a Standard account remain separate numbers with separate records even when both belong to the same person.
Before you change platform
- Decide whether the change is really a change of terminal — MetaTrader 4 against MetaTrader 5 — or only a change of window.
- If it is a change of terminal, expect a new number: close what is open on the old one, because positions do not travel.
- Check the type at the same time. A new account is created with a type already chosen, and picking the wrong one at that moment costs a third account.
- Move the balance between your own accounts in the Personal Area once the new number exists.
- Leave the old number in place rather than trying to be rid of it — its record is the only copy of what happened there.
Standard Cent is the one type without a browser window, so a Cent trader who wants browser access is choosing a different type, not a different view.
Which platform each type can be opened on
| Account type | MetaTrader 4 | MetaTrader 5 | Browser terminal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Standard Cent | Yes | Yes | No |
| Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Raw Spread | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zero | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The browser column is a way of reaching an account, not a separate account: the number, the balance and the open positions are the ones already there.