Exness Demo Account
Most of what a practice account can teach gets checked last, on funded money. Five of those things can be met here first: a partial close, a protective level moved after the fact, the line that shows margin already committed, an order window during a fast move, and a size the terminal will not accept.
Open Exness Account →A practice account is the only place where an order ticket can be pushed into an awkward state on purpose. The five states below — a partial close, a protective level moved after entry, the used-margin line, an order window during a fast move, and a size the terminal refuses — are the ones most traders first meet with funded money at stake, and every one of them can be produced deliberately in a practice session instead.
Why use a demo first
- A partial close: closing part of a position leaves the remainder open at its original entry price, and one line in the history becomes two.
- A protective level moved after entry: the position keeps its ticket, the change is recorded as a modification rather than a new order, and the size does not move with it.
- The used-margin line: the account row under the terminal reads balance, equity, margin and free margin, and the margin figure changes the instant a position opens, not when it is closed.
- A window during a fast move: quotes redraw faster than a confirmation can be clicked, and an order sent at a price that has already gone comes back to be confirmed again.
- A refused size: when the requested volume is larger than the account can carry, the order stops at the terminal and a message says which limit it hit.
From demo to live
When you are ready to trade for real, switch from the demo to a live Exness account.
Open a Demo or Live Account →Closing part of a position is not the same action as closing it
A full close ends the position and writes one line into the history. A partial close does something different: it ends part of the volume, leaves the rest running at the entry price it already had, and writes two records where a trader expects one. The remainder does not re-enter at the current price, and its result is still measured from where the original order was filled.
The reason this is worth producing on purpose is that the second line looks like a new position to anyone reading the history for the first time. Seeing the split once removes the question permanently, and it costs nothing to arrange: open a position of a size that can be divided, close a part of it, then read the history rather than the chart.
The line that shows what is already committed
Balance answers what the account held before anything was opened. It is the least informative number on the screen while a position is running, because it does not move until something closes. The row beside it carries the answers that do move: equity, the margin currently held against open positions, and the free margin left for anything else.
The moment worth watching is the opening, not the closing. Margin is taken at the instant a position appears and returns when it goes, so the only way to see the size of the commitment is to have the account row visible before the order is sent. On a practice account this can be repeated with different volumes until the relationship between size and committed margin stops being abstract.
The two different ways an order does not go through
One way is refusal at the terminal: the requested volume is checked against what the account can carry, and if it does not fit, nothing is sent anywhere. The message names the limit rather than the market, and no order ever reaches a server.
The other way happens after the order leaves: the price it was sent at is no longer the price available, and it comes back to be confirmed at the price that exists now. During a quiet hour this is almost impossible to reproduce; around a scheduled release it happens by itself. Producing both once is what makes the difference between them obvious later, when the difference matters.
Producing all five in one sitting
- Open a position in a volume that can be divided, and leave the account row visible while doing it — the committed margin appears at that moment and not later.
- Close part of the volume, then read the history rather than the chart: the split into two records is the point of the exercise.
- Move the protective level on what is left, and check that the ticket number and the size are unchanged — only the level moved.
- Repeat the opening with a volume deliberately larger than the account can carry, and read the refusal message: it names a limit, not a price.
- Come back during a scheduled release and send an ordinary order — a window that asks for confirmation a second time is the fifth item, and it cannot be produced during a quiet hour.
The order above is arbitrary; only the last item depends on when it is attempted.
Where each of the five shows its result
| What to produce | Where the result appears | What it settles |
|---|---|---|
| A partial close | Trade history, as two records | That the remainder keeps the original entry price |
| A protective level moved after entry | The order ticket, as a modification | That size and ticket number stay as they were |
| An open position of any size | The account row: equity, margin, free margin | When the commitment is taken and when it comes back |
| An order during a scheduled release | The confirmation window, asked a second time | That the sent price and the available price can differ |
| A volume larger than the account carries | A message at the terminal, before anything is sent | That the limit is checked locally, not by the market |
Each row is something to do once, not a setting to configure.
Frequently asked questions
Can part of a position be closed, or is it all or nothing?
Does moving a stop-loss after entry change anything else about the position?
Where does the terminal show the margin already in use?
Why does an order sometimes come back to be confirmed a second time?
What happens when the requested volume is larger than the account can carry?
Do these five things behave the same way once the account is funded?
Reviews
What traders say about the Exness demo account:
doy cuatro estrellas porque todavía no la use en cuenta real estoy en cuenta demo y me parece fácil de operar después de unos días practicando.cuando vaya en serio vuelvo a editar está opinión
muito bom no demo agora falta sabe no real
Disappearing Demo Accounts. the fact that a Demo account gets deleted because you haven’t been on it in a week or less is just weird, I’ve lost about 5 accounts in total I’ve been practicing on, such a shame I actually liked the UI & everything else
what amazing platform to learn trading with Demo on this Exness trade!!!!