Choosing an Exness Account Type from Your Instrument List · Kenya
The symbols you intend to trade settle most of the account question before any table is read — where they are listed, how small a position they need, and only then what the trade costs.
Open Exness Account →Start with the instruments, not with the account table. The list of symbols you intend to trade settles three things by itself: whether the type is listed on the platform those symbols will be opened in, whether its size step is small enough for the position you have in mind, and only then whether the cost model changes anything. Standard and Standard Cent open with no minimum initial deposit; Pro, Raw Spread and Zero open from a $200 minimum deposit. Standard Cent is listed on MT4 and MT5, the other four also on the Exness Terminal.
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What the instrument list settles on its own
- Standard Cent is listed on MT4 and MT5; the other four types are also listed on the Exness Terminal, so a symbol you intend to open in the browser platform already narrows the field.
- Cent pricing changes the size step, not the market: balances and trades are counted in cents, so the smallest position that can be held is far smaller than a standard lot.
- Standard opens with no minimum initial deposit and carries $0 commission, which lets a long, mixed watchlist sit in one place.
- Pro, Raw Spread and Zero open from a $200 minimum deposit — a threshold that weighs most when the list is short and each symbol is opened rarely.
- Zero quotes 0.0 pips on top instruments, so the question is whether your symbols are inside that set, not whether 0.0 reads better than 0.3.
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What each account type does to an instrument list
| Account | Where it is listed | Size step | The list it is built around |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MT4, MT5 and the Exness Terminal | Standard lots | Mixed and still growing — several markets, none of them opened in size |
| Standard Cent | MT4 and MT5 | Cent-sized lots | Short, with every symbol sized down to the smallest position that still moves |
| Pro | MT4, MT5 and the Exness Terminal | Standard lots | Settled — the same handful of symbols, opened often |
| Raw Spread | MT4, MT5 and the Exness Terminal | Standard lots | Narrow and repetitive — one or two symbols carrying most of the volume |
| Zero | MT4, MT5 and the Exness Terminal | Standard lots | Concentrated on the top instruments quoted at 0.0 pips |
Read the watchlist before the account table
A watchlist is a shorter document than a comparison table, and it is the one that actually constrains the choice. Write down the symbols that will be opened in the next month — not the markets you follow, the ones an order is likely to be placed in — and two thirds of the account question answers itself.
The first constraint is where the symbol will be opened. Standard Cent is listed on MT4 and MT5; Standard, Pro, Raw Spread and Zero are also listed on the Exness Terminal. If the list is one you plan to work from a browser tab, the cent account leaves the comparison before anything else has been read.
The second constraint is the size of the smallest position on that list. A symbol whose standard lot is larger than the position you intend to hold does not become smaller because a spread is tighter — it becomes workable when the size step itself is smaller, which is what cent-sized lots are for.
The quote unit is a property of the account, not of the market
Standard Cent prices balances and trades in cents. The instrument is unchanged — same symbol, same quote, same hours — but the unit the position is counted in is a hundredth of the standard one, so a list can be held at a size a standard lot would round away.
That is why a cent account is not simply a smaller version of Standard. It answers one specific property of an instrument list: positions that need to be finer than the contract size comfortably allows. A list of majors opened in full lots gets nothing from it; a list built around a single instrument being sized carefully gets everything.
Where the account type stops changing the answer
Once the platform and the size step are settled, what is left is the cost model — and the cost model only separates the types when the same symbols are opened often enough for the difference to become visible. Standard and Pro carry $0 commission; Raw Spread charges up to $3.50 per side per lot; Zero charges from $0.20 per side and quotes 0.0 pips on top instruments.
On a list opened a few times a month those differences arrive in amounts too small to decide anything, and the honest answer is that the type no longer matters — the platform the symbols are listed on does. On a list opened daily in one or two symbols, the same numbers are the whole decision. Frequency is what makes the cost column readable, and frequency is a property of the list.
The list is also the thing that moves. A watchlist that grows from two symbols to twelve, or drifts from indices into metals, is a reason to read the table again: the account was picked for a list, and the list changed shape.
Turning a watchlist into an account choice
- Write the symbols down — the markets an order will actually be placed in, not the ones that get read about.
- Mark the ones that should open inside the Exness Terminal; that column alone removes Standard Cent, which is listed on MT4 and MT5.
- Set the smallest position each symbol needs, then hold it against the size step: cent-sized lots exist for lists where a standard lot is too coarse.
- Count how many times a month the list is actually opened — that number decides whether a per-lot or per-side charge is visible at all.
- Check whether the symbols are among the top instruments Zero quotes at 0.0 pips, because outside that set the reason for choosing it does not apply.
- Compare cost models last, and open the type the list points at.
A demo account is available on every live type — Standard, Standard Cent, Pro, Raw Spread and Zero — so the size step and the platform can be tried with virtual funds before anything is funded.
Five questions the list answers before the table does
| Question about the list | Where the answer is | What it settles |
|---|---|---|
| Which platform will the symbol be opened in? | The platform column of each type | Standard Cent is listed on MT4 and MT5 only |
| How small is the smallest position on the list? | The size step of the account | Cent-sized lots against standard lots |
| How often is the list actually opened? | Your own month, not the price list | Whether a per-lot or per-side charge is visible |
| Are the symbols among the top instruments? | The instruments page | Whether a 0.0 pip quote applies to them |
| Does the list mix markets or concentrate on one? | The watchlist itself | Whether the choice is about coverage or about cost |
Nothing here changes what an instrument is; it only changes which account can hold it the way the list needs.