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Open an Exness account
The creation screen

The sign-up form, field by field — Sri Lanka

Registration takes a few minutes and asks perhaps eight things. Two of them are settled for good. This page marks which, so the ten minutes go where they matter.

An email and a password open a practice account: no documents, no deposit, nothing permanent. A funded account adds identity verification and two fields that do not change afterwards — the account type, which carries the cost model and the smallest order it will accept, and the currency the account is held in, chosen from the options the screen lists for that type. Everything else on the form is editable later.

The form, marked up

Field Asked when Editable afterwards?
Email address Always Yes, from the personal area
Password Always Yes — and it is separate from the MetaTrader password set later
Practice or funded Always Yes — both can exist side by side under one login
Account type Funded accounts No — a different type means a new account alongside this one
Currency the account holds Funded accounts No — chosen from the options listed for that type
Identity documents Before real money moves Submitted once; not repeated for each later action
Leverage setting Not on this form at all Yes — set in the personal area, at any time

Two rows say no. Everything else on the screen is a decision you can revisit, which is why the recommendation is simple: read those two rows twice and move through the rest at normal speed.

Working through it

  1. Open the page and read the address bar

    You see: a registration form. Check: the address reads exness.com. Typing addresses by hand or following links out of messages is how people land on imitations of broker sites. Next: make the check a reflex now, while the account holds nothing.

  2. Email and password — the whole of the first screen

    You see: two boxes. Check: the password is not reused anywhere else; this login may hold money later. Next: once inside, switch on two-step verification under Settings, then Security settings. It costs nothing and it is the only security field that is genuinely your responsibility.

  3. Choose practice, and skip the permanent rows entirely

    You see: a choice between a practice account and a funded one. Check: that the practice option asks for no documents and no deposit. Next: take it. Nothing below this step is required until the checks on the practice account are routine.

  4. The account type — permanent row one

    You see: a list of names. Check: what each one sets — the cost model and the smallest order the account will accept. Next: pick the one whose size floor your intended balance can actually support, then stop deliberating; it decides less than the settings do. What the names carry.

  5. The account currency — permanent row two

    You see: a short list of options for the type you picked. Check: which one you will actually be sending money in. Money arriving in a different currency is converted on the way in by the payment provider. Next: choose it consciously — this is the field beginners skim and later ask about.

  6. Verification, then the first deposit — in that order

    You see: a request for a document proving identity and usually one confirming an address. Check: that it is asked once, before real money moves. Next: deposit the figure you wrote down beforehand, not the one the screen suggests. How the money travels.

Why the documents are asked for at all

Rules against fraud and money laundering require a broker to confirm who a client is before money moves in their name. That is the formal reason. The practical one works in your favour: an account tied to a verified identity is considerably harder for someone else to take over, even if a password leaks.

A practice account skips the step entirely, which is worth stating plainly because the fear of it stops people from ever opening one. Email, password, virtual money — that is the whole requirement, and it is enough to run every check on this site.

The figure comes before the form, not during it

Standard sets no minimum deposit, and other account types carry a region-based minimum displayed during sign-up before any money moves. Both facts are useful and neither is advice about your money.

The order that keeps them useful: write down an amount that could disappear entirely without your daily life changing, date it, and only then open the screen. Read next to an undecided figure, a minimum quietly becomes a suggestion — and that is the single most common way a first deposit ends up larger than intended. Deciding the figure comes first.

Questions about the form

Are documents needed for a practice account?

No. An email and a password are the whole requirement, and there is no time limit forcing a move to anything else.

Can the account type be corrected after registration?

Not on that account. Another one is opened alongside it in the personal area, and a single login carries a large number of accounts — up to 100 MetaTrader 4 and 100 MetaTrader 5 accounts, 200 in total — so nothing needs closing to change approach.

What if the wrong account currency was chosen?

The same answer: a new account with the intended currency, opened next to the existing one. The original keeps whatever was chosen for it, since that field is settled at creation.

Why is there a second password for MetaTrader?

Because the personal area and the trading platform are separate logins: one manages the accounts, the other connects to them. Resetting one does not change the other, which explains most "the password does not work" confusion in the first week.

How long does registration take?

A few minutes for the form itself. Verification is a separate step and is only requested before real money moves — the practice account is usable immediately, without it.

Is leverage chosen on this form?

No. It is a setting in the personal area afterwards, which means it needs opening deliberately on day one rather than being assumed to be sensible.

Next

Permanent row one

What the account type carries, and everything it does not touch.

Read the card

The settings, afterwards

Leverage, size and stop — the three that decide what a mistake costs.

Set them

Money movement

What happens between your bank and an account held in one currency.

Follow the money

The version of this form with no permanent rows.

A practice account asks for an email and a password, gives virtual money on live prices, and never reaches the two fields that stay.

The button is a partner link — it leads to the official exness.com sign-up page.

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