Which Account a Beginner Starts On — Cambodia
Five account types exist and a first-time trader needs one of the first two. The others are optimisations, and an optimisation is only meaningful once there is something to optimise.
Open Exness Account →A first-time trader needs one of two accounts. Standard opens with no minimum initial deposit, charges $0 commission and quotes spreads from 0.3 pips. Standard Cent prices the balance and the lots in cents, which makes it the gentlest step off a demo. Pro, Raw Spread and Zero trade tighter spreads for either a commission or a region-based minimum deposit, and both of those are decisions for someone who already knows what a spread costs their plan.
Reading the list from a beginner's side
- Standard is the ordinary starting point: $0 commission, spreads from 0.3 pips, no minimum initial deposit.
- Standard Cent prices the balance and the lots in cents, so a real position can be a fraction of the smallest Standard trade — the gentlest step off a demo.
- Pro keeps $0 commission with tighter spreads from 0.1 pips; Raw Spread and Zero go to spreads from 0.0 pips and charge a commission instead.
- Those three carry a region-based minimum deposit, which by itself makes them a later decision rather than a first one.
- Every type can be opened as a demo, so the difference between them can be watched on virtual money before any of it matters.
- Switching later is normal: an account type is not a commitment, and several accounts sit under one login.
Why the cent account is the useful one after a demo
The hardest transition in a beginner's first year is not demo to live in the technical sense — the ticket is identical — but demo to live in the emotional sense. A cent account keeps the mechanics real and the amounts small enough that composure can be practised rather than merely hoped for.
It also keeps the arithmetic honest. Position sizing on a small balance produces lot sizes that a standard account cannot express, and rounding them up to something the platform accepts is how a carefully planned risk figure quietly doubles.
What the professional tiers are actually solving
Raw Spread and Zero exist for traders whose plans are sensitive to the spread — frequent entries, short targets, tight stops. Paying a commission to narrow the spread is a rational trade only when the plan's edge is measured in that currency.
A beginner has no measurement yet, which is why the sensible order is: demo run, then a small Standard or Standard Cent balance, then a log that shows whether costs are the binding constraint, and only then a conversation about account types.