Independent Exness partner guide
One Exness account on several devices: what travels with the login and what stays behind
A laptop at home, a phone in the pocket, sometimes a borrowed machine at work — one account, several places to sign in from. Nothing about that is unusual and nothing about it needs a second registration. What surprises people is the split: the account itself follows the login everywhere, while a good deal of what makes a terminal feel like theirs never leaves the machine it was set up on. This page draws that line clearly, and covers the one case that deserves extra care — signing in on a computer that belongs to somebody else.
The dividing line
What moves with the account, and what belongs to the installation
The rule underneath all of this is simple once it is said out loud: anything the broker holds arrives with the sign-in, and anything the terminal wrote onto the machine stays on that machine. Registration happens once and creates the Personal Area; inside it, trading accounts are opened for a specific platform, and those accounts are reachable from every device that can sign in. The workspace around them is a different matter.
| Where it actually lives | On a second device | |
|---|---|---|
| The account, its balance and its open positions | On the broker's side, reached through the sign-in | Appears immediately, identically, with nothing to transfer |
| Trade history | With the account, not with the terminal | Shown after signing in; a terminal may only display a recent period until a longer one is requested |
| Leverage setting | On the trading account, changed in the Personal Area | Follows the account — there is nothing to set again per device |
| Chart layouts, templates, added indicators | In the installed terminal, on that machine | Not there — a new install opens with default charts, and the setup is rebuilt or exported deliberately |
| Expert advisors, the automated trading robots | In the terminal's own folders, on the machine running them | Not there, and not on any phone either — they belong to the desktop terminals |
| A saved or remembered login | On the device that saved it | Not there — every new device signs in from scratch, which is exactly as it should be |
Swipe the table sideways →
Read the table one column at a time and the pattern is hard to miss: the left column is a list of things nobody has to think about again, and the right column is a list of evenings. Whatever a terminal is capable of arrives with the terminal on every machine equally. The particular arrangement of those capabilities — this watchlist, that template, those five charts in that order — is the part somebody built by hand, and it is the part that stays behind.
Adding the second one
Nothing in the process is a second account
The mechanics of joining a machine to an existing setup are written out step by step elsewhere on this site, and there is no reason to say them twice. What belongs here is the short version of why the job is smaller than people expect: nothing is created, nothing is registered, and nothing is transferred. Software is fetched, a sign-in happens, and the account is simply there. The full walkthrough for adding a device →
Two consequences follow from that and both surprise people. Signing in somewhere new does not sign anything out — there is no switch to flip on the first machine before opening the second. And the arrival is instant rather than gradual: no transfer runs, no sync completes, nothing catches up in the background, because none of it ever left the broker's side to begin with. What each sign-in screen asks for →
Living with two
Keeping two setups from getting in each other's way
Nothing about a second device is dangerous, but a few small habits stop the pair from becoming irritating. All of them come from the same fact: the account is single and the decoration around it is not.
Four small habits
- Decide which one is the main desk. One machine carries the full arrangement of charts and any automated tools; the other stays deliberately spare. Trying to keep two elaborate workspaces identical by hand is work with no reward, since neither of them is what the account reads from.
- Expect alerts on whichever device set them. Price alerts are configured in the app or terminal that shows them, so an alert created on a phone belongs to the phone. Duplicating them everywhere produces the same notification several times over, which is usually how people end up ignoring all of them.
- Let watchlists differ on purpose. A short list on the pocket device and a longer one at the desk is a feature of having two, not a synchronisation failure. Nothing about a watchlist affects the account.
- Give the second machine a job rather than a copy. "The one I check things on" and "the one I actually work at" are useful descriptions; "the backup" is not, because a backup implies something being duplicated, and there is nothing here that duplication would protect.
The one thing genuinely worth copying between machines is the short list of details the terminals ask for: the trading account number, the server name, and which platform the account belongs to. Everything else is either automatic or intentionally local.
Accounts & conditions
One login, and possibly more than one trading account
| Account | What it is | Minimum deposit |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | The default choice — spread-only pricing | No minimum |
| Standard Cent | Cent-denominated, for very small volumes | No minimum |
| Pro | Professional, commission-free | Higher minimum — set by region, shown on the official Exness website |
| Raw Spread | Raw pricing plus a commission per lot | Higher minimum — set by region |
| Zero | Zero spread on selected top instruments for much of the trading day, plus commission | Higher minimum — set by region |
Swipe the table sideways →
Minimum deposit applicable; may vary based on payment method or geographic location. Spread — the small gap between the buy and sell price, the broker's charge on Standard accounts. A lot is a standard trade size. One Personal Area can hold several trading accounts, each with its own number, its own platform, and its own leverage setting — which is a far more common reason to see two entries in a terminal than a second registration is.
Account types in detail →Leverage belongs to the account, not the device
Change it once and every screen shows the change, because the setting was never held on any of them — it is a property of the trading account. What it does is let a position control more money than the deposit standing behind it, which enlarges a loss by precisely the same factor as a gain. The ceiling on offer varies with the instrument, the region, and the funds in the account, and each trading account carries its own value, edited in the Personal Area. Leverage in detail →
A demo is the safe place to rehearse a second setup
Point a demo account with virtual funds at the new machine first and the whole question — how bare is a fresh install, how much of the old desk is worth recreating, how long that takes on a wet Sunday — gets answered with nothing at stake. It runs on every route listed above, so the rehearsal is the real thing minus the consequences. How to open a demo →
Trading is risky and may not be suitable for everyone.
The broker holding the account
What Exness is known for
Whichever screen the account is watched from, the same broker sits behind it: a global forex and CFD business trading since 2008, where a CFD is a contract following an asset's price rather than a holding in the asset itself. Two of the points traders raise most often, each with its fine print attached:
Reliable execution
Fast, precise order execution with no market impact.
Delays and slippage may occur. No guarantee of execution speed or precision. Slippage — a fill at a different price than the one quoted. Orders reach the same place whichever device sends them.
Stable, competitive spreads
Some of the lowest and most stable spreads on key instruments, such as gold and oil CFDs, even during market-moving news events.
Spreads may fluctuate and widen due to factors including market volatility, news events, market open/close, and others. Pricing belongs to the account and does not differ between a desktop terminal and a phone.
Exness is a globally regulated broker, holding multiple licenses from respected financial regulators around the world.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions
Can the same account be open on a computer and a phone at once?
Yes, and it is the ordinary arrangement rather than a trick. Both are views of one account held on the broker's side, so they show the same balance and the same positions and update from the same source. Signing in on one does not sign the other out.
Do chart setups and indicators follow the account to a new machine?
No. Templates, saved layouts, added indicators, and expert advisors live in the terminal on the machine where they were set up — they are files, not account settings. A new installation opens with default charts, and rebuilding the arrangement there is a deliberate step.
Is a second registration needed for a second device?
Never — and doing it anyway splits the setup in half rather than extending it, leaving two unrelated Personal Areas whose balances and positions never meet. One of them signs in from as many devices as needed; the other one becomes a thing to untangle later.
Why does a new device ask for a code that the old one never did?
Because the first machine is recognised and this one is not — the check belongs to the device, not to the account, and it fades once the device stops being unfamiliar. The practical consequence is small but worth planning for: whatever the code is sent to has to be openable from wherever the new device happens to be.
Is trade history visible from a device that was not there when the trades were made?
Yes — history belongs to the account rather than to any terminal, so it is available after signing in anywhere. A freshly installed terminal may show only a recent period at first until a longer one is asked for; that is a display setting, not missing data.
What is the safest way to sign in on somebody else's computer?
The Web Terminal in a browser tab: nothing is installed and nothing has to be removed afterwards. Decline any offer to save the password, sign out of the Personal Area deliberately rather than just closing the tab, and remove the account from any terminal that was used on that machine.
Can expert advisors be run from a phone?
No — automated trading robots belong to the desktop terminals, which is one of the two genuine reasons to keep a computer in the setup at all. The mobile apps cover watching, managing, and placing trades, but the robots stay where they were installed.
Does an old device keep access after it is replaced?
An app or terminal left signed in keeps that access until it is signed out or removed, because the signed-in state belongs to the device. Before a machine or handset is sold, repaired, or passed on, signing out and removing the account is the step that closes it; the account itself is unaffected.
Should the second setup be a copy of the first one?
Rarely worth it. A laptop opened twice a week and a desk used daily are not doing the same job, and keeping two elaborate arrangements aligned by hand is effort the account never reads. Most people end up with one full workspace and one deliberately spare, and stop trying to close the gap.
Who runs this site?
An independent Exness partner. The site explains platforms, downloads, and login; registration, trading, and official support happen on exness.com. The Live Help page here is answered by this site's team. Account terms are the same as when registering directly.
One account is all any of these devices need
Count the routes on this page and the answer is the same for all of them: one account, opened once on the official exness.com, reached from as many screens as suit the week. Adding the third device costs no more than adding the second, and removing one costs nothing at all. How the account is opened →
Open Exness AccountThe button opens the official exness.com through this site's partner route. Trading accounts, login, and support all live there.