MetaTrader 5 (MT5) — Zimbabwe
The MetaTrader 5 window carries two kinds of number at once: prices that belong to the market, and values computed for one account record — which is why two screens on the same instrument rarely match.
Open Exness Account →Two people can open the same instrument in MetaTrader 5 and read different numbers, because the window shows two kinds of value side by side. Bid, ask and the chart come from the market and are shared by everyone connected. Volume, required margin, free margin, profit in money and the margin level are computed for one account record — its currency, its type and the volume it chose — and comparing those with another screen answers nothing.
Measured order execution — Standard
How orders actually filled when real market orders were placed on Exness’s MT5 feed — fill time, slippage and rejects by order size:
| Instrument | Order size | Avg fill | Avg slippage | Fails |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSDm | 0.01 lot | 151 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| EURUSDm | 0.1 lot | 151 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| EURUSDm | 1.0 lot | 146 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 0.01 lot | 141 ms | 0.667 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 0.1 lot | 130 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 1.0 lot | 135 ms | 0.333 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 0.01 lot | 141 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 0.1 lot | 151 ms | 80.0 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 1.0 lot | 130 ms | -72.333 pts | 0 |
Small sample (a few round-trips per size); indicative. The same pricing engine feeds every platform the broker offers.
MetaTrader 5 (MT5) at Exness
- Bid, ask and the chart arrive from the market feed and are the same for every account watching them.
- Volume, required margin, free margin, profit in money and the margin level are computed for one account record.
- The currency the account is denominated in converts every money column before it is displayed.
- The account type decides whether a separate commission column stands beside the spread.
- The volume chosen for an order is the multiplier that turns a price step into an amount of money.
- A symbol name carries a suffix that belongs to the server the account lives on, not to the market.
- The moment a terminal connects decides how much chart history it has pulled so far.
- Positions follow the account across desktop, web and mobile, because they belong to the record rather than to the copy of the program.
Which Exness platform should you use?
| Platform | Pricing model | Suited to | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetaTrader 5 | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Multi-asset traders who want the full toolkit | Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android |
| MetaTrader 4 | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Forex traders who want the classic platform | Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android |
| Exness Terminal | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Browser trading with no download | Any modern web browser |
| Exness Trade app | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Managing trades and automatic withdrawals on the go | iOS, Android |
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Exness offers several platforms — choose by pricing model, what you trade and your device. All connect to the same account.
Get started
Download MetaTrader 5 (MT5) from your Personal Area area after you open an account, or try it first on a free demo.
Open Exness Account →The market half of the window
Quotes, the chart and the time stamp on a tick reach every account connected to the same server in the same form. Two traders watching one symbol at the same second read the same bid and the same ask; when they do not, the difference is a moment in time rather than a disagreement between accounts.
This half of the screen can be quoted to another person without qualification. It is also the only half where a screenshot proves anything about the market rather than about the person who took it.
The record half of the window
Everything expressed in money has already passed through the account: the volume that was chosen, the contract size of the instrument, and the currency the account is denominated in. MetaTrader 5 displays the result of that arithmetic, not its steps, so the result reads like a fact about the market when it is a fact about one record.
The account type sits in the same half. Whether a commission column stands beside the spread, and which symbol names the server offers at all, are properties of the record rather than of the program.
Values that cannot be compared even in principle
Free margin and the margin level describe the whole account, including positions that are not on the screen. Two accounts can hold an identical position and still show margin levels that have nothing to do with each other, because the rest of each account differs.
Chart length behaves the same way. A terminal pulls history when it connects, so a chart opened this morning and one that has been running for a week can begin at different dates on the same instrument — a difference in the copy of the program, not in the instrument.
Reading a MetaTrader 5 screen that belongs to somebody else
- Identify the instrument and the moment — those two are shared and can be checked against any other screen.
- Look for the volume: without it, no money column on that screen can be reproduced.
- Look for the account currency in the balance line — every money column has already been converted into it.
- Treat required margin, free margin and the margin level as properties of that whole account, not of the position shown.
- Compare what is left: the price, the direction and the distance in price steps.
A screenshot without the volume and the account currency states an outcome that cannot be reproduced.
Which side of the MT5 window a number comes from
| Value on the screen | Belongs to | Comparable with another screen? |
|---|---|---|
| Bid and ask | The market feed | Yes, at the same moment |
| Candle shape and its time stamp | The market feed and the server clock | Yes, once the time zone is stated |
| Volume in lots | The order that was placed | Only when the volume is stated alongside |
| Required margin | The account record — type, leverage and volume | No |
| Profit and loss in money | The account record — currency and volume | No |
| Free margin and margin level | The whole account, including positions off the screen | No |
| Symbol name and its suffix | The server the account lives on | No |
Only the rows marked comparable can be quoted to another trader without extra qualification.
Frequently asked questions
Why do two traders see different numbers on the same instrument in MetaTrader 5?
Which values in the MT5 window belong to the market and which to the account?
Does the account currency change what MetaTrader 5 displays?
Can a profit figure from another trader's MT5 screen be compared with your own?
Why does free margin differ between two accounts holding the same position?
Why can two MT5 charts of the same instrument start at different dates?
Reviews
What traders say about Exness on MetaTrader 5:
The application like mt5 is easy and simple to operate, and also provide a simple user interface 👍
Plataforma sencilla, intuitiva, no sustituye Mt5 en la pc, pero es muy buena.
Boa noite, finalmente arrumaram esse sistema de execução de ordem no mt5. As derrapagem que estavam acontecendo no servidor eram. desanimadora. Melhoraram galera da pra operar novamente na exness amém vamos pra cima.
Not right for MetaTrader5. I lost so much money with inaccurate graphs. Rather go somewhere else