Exness minimum deposit by account, payment method and country

Exness runs 4 main account types, and they fall into 2 groups. Standard sits in the low-entry group, and the help centre says it has no minimum beyond the floor of your chosen payment method. An Exness page on index trading quotes USD 10 for Standard.

The Pro, Zero and Raw Spread group starts from USD 200, set by your geographic region. An older Exness blog gave a range of USD 200 to USD 3,000 by region.

One independent review lists USD 100 for Standard and USD 1,000 for the professional accounts. These figures conflict, so trust the amount your own account screen shows when you register.

Exness sets its limits by region and payment route, and we found no public table broken down by country. So the sums below convert the published USD figures at recent mid-market rates, and your own payment screen can show another floor.

USD 10 is about ₦13,500 in Nigeria, KSh 1,300 in Kenya and R170 in South Africa. USD 200, the Pro starting point, is about ₦270,000, KSh 26,000 and R3,300.

In Kenya, Exness promotes M-Pesa and holds CMA licence 162. In South Africa, it holds FSP 51024. In Nigeria, it serves clients through an international entity, and reviews report an NGN account option. Open the Personal Area to confirm the naira figure for yourself.

Exness calls this the first-time deposit rule. The minimum comes from the payment method, so cards, bank transfers, crypto and mobile money can each carry their own number.

Its deposit page in the Personal Area shows the limit for each method before you confirm, and it updates by country. So a fee-free USD 10 route in one country can start at USD 20 somewhere else.

Exness says it charges no deposit fee on most routes, and your bank or wallet can add its own charge. Check the amount leaving your account against the amount credited on your first deposit, then repeat for any new route.

Traders often ask about USD 1 deposits, and the honest answer depends on your route. With no fixed Standard minimum, a method with a very low floor could accept a tiny sum, and we found no Exness page promising USD 1.

Standard Cent accounts make small sums more usable, since balances display in US cents. A USD 10 balance shows as 1,000 cents.

A tiny deposit will not support a real stop. At 0.01 lots on a Standard account, 1 pip is worth about USD 0.10, so USD 10 can absorb just 100 pips of loss at the very most. On a Cent account, the same USD 10 has far more room.

With USD 10 and a 1% limit, you can lose USD 0.10 per trade. On a Standard account, that fits just 1 pip of stop at 0.01 lots, and that cannot work.

On Standard Cent, 0.01 cent lots are worth about USD 0.001 per pip, so a 50-pip stop risks USD 0.05. Now you can follow a proper plan, though your dollar gains will be tiny too.

Leverage also needs care. Exness offers an unlimited leverage setting on qualifying accounts, and new traders should set a low limit themselves. Use our lot size calculator to size any position before you open it.

Under USD 200, Standard or Standard Cent are your only real options. Spreads on Standard start from 0.2 pips with no commission, so costs stay simple and you can focus on your method.

From about USD 200, depending on region, Pro starts from 0.1 pips with no commission, and Raw Spread and Zero start at 0.0 pips. Raw Spread charges up to USD 3.50 per side per lot, and Zero charges from USD 0.05.

Read our Exness fees page for cost per lot, and our Exness withdrawal guide for what happens when you take money out. Then compare with our low minimum deposit forex brokers.

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