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A practice account is configured at the moment it is created: type, leverage, opening balance and base currency are entered by hand, and those four entries decide whether the practice transfers to anything.

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A practice account is defined by what is typed into its creation form: the account type, the leverage, the opening balance and the base currency. Those four entries set the cost structure, the margin each position occupies, the meaning of a percentage, and the unit every result is read in. Anything the form does not ask for has to be reproduced by hand afterwards, or the practice answers a question nobody asked.

The four entries made when a practice account is created

Reading a practice result against the account you plan to open

A practice result answers a question about the settings it was created with. Where the opening balance, the leverage or the type differ from the account you intend to open, the figures still hold — but they hold in the practice account’s own units, and the conversion is arithmetic done by hand. Two conversions are usually enough: express every result as a percentage of the balance you actually plan to fund, and recompute required margin at the leverage you intend to request. The trading calculator covers the second one.

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What each of the four entries fixes

The type fixes the cost structure. A practice run under a spread-only structure and a practice run under a spread-plus-commission structure produce different totals from identical orders, so the type is the entry that decides whether the cost side of the practice is comparable at all.

Leverage fixes the margin. The same volume occupies a different share of the account at a different leverage, which moves margin level and therefore the moment a set of positions stops being comfortable.

The opening balance fixes what a percentage means, and the base currency fixes the unit — including the unit in which the value of one price step is expressed at a given volume.

Conversions that make a practice figure comparable

Convert results into percentages of the balance you actually plan to fund. An absolute figure from a practice account is a number about that account, and it travels badly.

Recompute required margin at the leverage you intend to request, using the nominal of the position rather than the practice reading. The lot size calculator and the trading calculator take the same inputs.

Keep the count of orders sent during the practice next to the result. Frequency is the one input the creation form never asks for, and it decides how heavily any per-order charge lands.

What a mismatch quietly does to the reading

An opening balance far larger than the intended one makes every position look small: the same order occupies a modest share of the practice account and a serious share of the planned one. The result is not wrong, it is simply denominated in the wrong balance.

A leverage higher than the one you intend to request hides a margin problem in the opposite direction: positions that sit comfortably during practice can leave far less free margin on the account eventually opened.

Setting a practice account to your own case

  1. Choose the type you intend to open, so the practice runs under the same cost structure.
  2. Enter the leverage you intend to request rather than the largest value the form offers.
  3. Set the opening balance to the amount you actually plan to fund, so a percentage means the same thing on both accounts.
  4. Select the base currency you will use, so results do not need converting afterwards.
  5. Write the four values down beside the results; a practice figure without its settings cannot be compared with anything.

Where a value cannot be entered on the form, recompute it by hand before comparing the practice result with a plan.

Entered by hand, and what to do when it cannot be

ParameterSet on the creation formIf it does not match the planned account
Account typeYesOpen a second practice account of the intended type rather than adjusting the figures
LeverageYesRecompute required margin at the intended leverage before reading any margin level
Opening balanceYesConvert every result into a percentage of the balance you plan to fund
Base currencyYesConvert results once, at the end, rather than order by order
Instrument listFollows the typeConfirm the instrument is present on the type you intend to open
Your own order frequencyNoCount the orders sent and keep that number beside the result

Frequently asked questions

Which settings are chosen when a practice account is created?
The account type, the leverage, the opening balance and the base currency. Each of the four changes how a later result should be read.
The practice balance is larger than the amount I plan to fund — does that matter?
It matters to every percentage. A position that occupies a small share of a large practice balance can occupy a large share of the intended one, so results are worth converting into percentages before they are compared.
What changes if the practice leverage differs from the leverage I intend to request?
Required margin, and with it margin level. The same positions occupy a different share of the account, so a comfortable practice reading can be a tight one on the account eventually opened.
Why does the base currency of a practice account matter?
Every result on the account is expressed in it, including the value of one price step at a given volume. Choosing it at creation avoids converting each figure later.
Should the practice account use the same type as the planned one?
The type carries the cost structure, so a practice run on another type measures a different structure. Opening a second practice account of the intended type is simpler than adjusting the numbers afterwards.
What cannot be entered on the creation form at all?
The order flow itself and how often orders will be sent. Both come from the trader, so the count of orders belongs next to the practice result.

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
— ruben humberto2026-05-19
★★★★★
muito bom no demo agora falta sabe no real
— EDUARDO DE SOUSA MENDES SOUSA2026-03-09
★☆☆☆☆
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
— ilovewokhard2026-02-13
★★★★★
what amazing platform to learn trading with Demo on this Exness trade!!!!
— gemechis lemessa2026-04-30

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