Exness trading tools and indicators

What tools Exness lists for clients

Exness offers several resources for market analysis next to its trading platforms. Some are built by Exness. Others come from third parties, such as Trading Central, FXStreet, MetaQuotes (the maker of MetaTrader) and TradingView (whose charts are used in the Exness platforms).

The footer "Resources" menu on the official site also lists: Trading calculator, Currency converter, Tick history, VPS hosting.

Menus and availability can change, and they can depend on your region and account type. Check what you actually see in the Personal Area or on the official Exness site.

Economic calendar

An economic calendar is a schedule of data releases and events that can move markets. Examples are inflation figures, employment reports, central bank rate decisions and GDP data. Exness describes its calendar as a way to "keep track of high-impact news, market-moving economic events and data releases".

How to read a calendar entry

Most calendar entries show the same set of fields:

• Time. When the figure is published. Check which time zone the calendar uses before you plan around it.
• Currency or country. Which economy the data belongs to.
• Importance. Usually marked as low, medium or high impact.
• Previous. The last published value.
• Forecast or consensus. What analysts expected.
• Actual. The published figure, filled in after release.

The market often reacts to the gap between the forecast and the actual figure, not to the figure itself. A "better than expected" number does not tell you which way price will move. The reaction can reverse within minutes.

Why the calendar matters for margin

Around major news, spreads can widen and price can jump past your order levels. A spread is the difference between the buy and sell price. Exness also applies higher margin requirements (HMR) to orders opened from 15 minutes before to 90 seconds after high-impact news. For forex, leverage during HMR is 1:200 (0.5%).

Margin is the money held as collateral for an open position. Higher margin means less free margin is left in your account. You can read more on the leverage and margin call and stop out pages.

Trading Central analytics

Trading Central is an independent research provider. Exness offers signals in the Personal Area / Exness Trade app and uses the word "signals" for this content.

A Trading Central view usually includes:

• a direction or bias for the instrument,
• a key level, often called a pivot,
• target levels and an alternative scenario if price goes the other way.

Read this as a published opinion that follows a stated method. It is not an instruction to open a trade. The provider does not know your account size, your leverage or your stop levels. Its scenario can be invalidated at any time. Experienced traders mainly use these views to compare their own levels with a third-party reading, and they pay most attention to the alternative scenario.

FXStreet news

Exness offers FXStreet news in the Personal Area / app. The feed covers market headlines, data releases and commentary.

When you use it:

• Separate the fact (a figure was published) from the comment (what an author thinks it means).
• Check the time of each item. Old news may already be reflected in price.
• Headlines are written to be read fast. Open the full item before you draw a conclusion.

Built-in MT4 and MT5 indicators

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 come with a standard set of technical indicators. On Exness, MT4 is available on desktop (Windows, Mac), Android, iOS, and MT5 on desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux mentioned), Android, iOS.

A technical indicator is a calculation based on past price and sometimes volume, drawn on or under the chart. The common groups are:

• Trend indicators, such as moving averages and Parabolic SAR. They smooth price to show direction.
• Oscillators, such as RSI, Stochastic and MACD. They show momentum and stretched conditions.
• Volatility indicators, such as Bollinger Bands and ATR. They show how far price has been moving.
• Volume indicators. In forex these use tick volume, which is a count of price changes, not traded amounts.

In the desktop terminals, you add an indicator from the Insert menu or from the Navigator window. You then set its parameters in the properties dialog. MetaTrader also supports custom indicators and Expert Advisors (automated scripts) on desktop.

All indicators lag, because they are built from past data. An overbought reading on an oscillator can stay overbought while price keeps rising. Indicators give context for your own analysis. Our technical analysis, candlestick patterns and chart patterns guides cover the methods in more depth.

TradingView charts in Exness Terminal and Exness Trade

Exness Terminal is web-based, no download; for Exness and MT5-based accounts. The Exness Trade app runs on Android and iOS; MT5 accounts only, and MT4 not supported in the app. Both use TradingView-based charts, described as Exness Terminal and Exness Trade: TradingView charts, 100+ indicators, 50 drawing tools. Exness also mentions chart templates and saved layouts.

Two practical points:

• Indicator values can differ slightly between platforms. Price feeds, candle times and default settings may not match exactly. Confirm the settings before you compare a reading in MetaTrader with one in Exness Terminal.
• In some regions, in certain regions MT5 accounts are usable only in MetaTrader 5, not in Exness Terminals.

The platforms and apps page compares each option in detail.

Other resources: calculator, tick history, VPS

The trading calculator shows margin, pip value and similar figures before you place an order. A pip is the standard unit of price change for an instrument. Our calculators page explains how to use these figures in your own planning.

Tick history gives past price data for checking how an instrument moved.

Exness lists free VPS, eligibility based on balance and/or volume (in the Personal Area). A VPS (virtual private server) keeps a MetaTrader terminal running when your computer is off, which matters if you use Expert Advisors. Server locations are Amsterdam, Dubai, Seoul, Singapore, Miami, Johannesburg. See VPS hosting for details.

How to read tools without treating them as signals

• Define your own plan first. Decide on the instrument, the level where your idea is wrong and your position size. Then check the tools for anything that conflicts with your plan.
• Use the calendar to know when not to be surprised. Use it to see what is scheduled, not to predict the outcome.
• Treat third-party views as one opinion among several. Do not copy levels or directions into orders.
• Check the timeframe. A view on a daily chart says little about the next few minutes.
• Record what you used and why. Over time, your notes show which inputs actually helped your process.

Risk and the Pakistan context

No indicator, calendar or analyst view removes risk. Leveraged CFD and forex trading can lose money fast, including during scheduled news when price gaps.

For readers in Pakistan, there is also a legal point. On payments, per the SBP, remitting foreign exchange to overseas forex/margin/CFD platforms is not allowed through any payment channel (FERA s.5(1)). Read Is Exness legal in Pakistan and our law and regulators page before you open an account.

These conditions were checked against the official Exness pages. Confirm current details in your Personal Area or on the official site.

Frequent questions

Where is the Exness economic calendar?

Exness says it is available on the website and in the Exness Trade app.

Are Trading Central signals trade recommendations?

Exness calls them signals, but they are a third-party view based on a stated method. They do not consider your account or risk. Read them as information, not as instructions.

Can I use custom indicators?

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 desktop terminals support custom indicators and Expert Advisors. In Exness Terminal and the app, you work with the built-in TradingView chart tools.

Do the TradingView charts work with MT4 accounts?

Exness Terminal supports MT5-based accounts, and the Exness Trade app supports MT5 accounts only. For MT4 accounts, use MetaTrader 4 or the MT WebTerminal.

Is the VPS free for everyone?

No. Exness lists free VPS, eligibility based on balance and/or volume (in the Personal Area). Check the current criteria in your Personal Area.