Exness Terminal — two windows, one account or two? — South Africa
Two windows can show one account, or two accounts, or one account twice — the page below is about telling those apart.
Open Exness Account →One account can be open in two browser windows at the same time, and the two are not two accounts. A window is a view; the account is what the view is pointed at, and it is identified by its number, its type and the position list it carries — which is exactly what to compare when it is not obvious which account a window is showing.
Exness download — at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Web platform (browser) |
| Install | None |
| Works on | Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile browsers |
| Downloadable alternative | MetaTrader 5 / MetaTrader 4 |
No install, any screen, South African hours
South Africa keeps UTC+2 all year. The Asian hours are already under way at the start of the local morning, London opens mid-morning, and the New York session begins in the mid-afternoon and runs into the evening. Over a day of that shape the device at hand rarely stays the same for long.
Because nothing is installed, opening a second window costs nothing, and that is where the counting question begins: a second window is a second view, a second sign-in is a second session, and neither of them is a second account.
A window is a view, an account is a number
Nothing about the browser decides which account you are looking at. The window is a view; what it is pointed at is named by the account number shown with it, by the account type beside that number, and by the list of open positions underneath. Two windows agreeing on all three are one account seen twice, however many times you signed in to get there.
Second sign-in or second account
Signing in again opens another session, and a session is not an account: it is one more door into the same room. The test is arithmetic rather than visual — place nothing, refresh both windows and compare the balance and the position list. One account keeps one of each, so a figure that moves in both windows at once belongs to one account, and figures that move independently belong to two.
The same account away from the browser
For phones, the Exness Trade app is on Android and iPhone & iPad; for a computer, see Exness for PC.
Deciding what is in front of you
- Read the account number in each window before anything else — it settles the question on its own in most cases.
- Compare the account type and the position list; one account carries one of each.
- Treat a demo and a live account as two accounts even though one sign-in reaches both.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to download the Exness Terminal?
What devices does the Exness Terminal work on?
Exness Terminal or MetaTrader — what is the difference?
Is the Exness Terminal free to use?
Are two browser windows two accounts?
Is signing in a second time the same as opening a second account?
Two windows show different balances — which one is right?
Does a private window or a second browser create a new account?
Do a demo account and a live account count as one account?
If I close one window, does the trade close too?
How do I tell which account a window is showing?
What a second window changes and what it does not
Opening a second window changes the number of views, and nothing else. The balance is not duplicated, the open positions are not duplicated, and an order placed in one window is the same order in the other once the view catches up. That last delay is the source of most of the confusion: for a few seconds two windows on one account genuinely disagree, and the disagreement looks exactly like two accounts.
Waiting the delay out is the whole diagnosis. If the two views converge on one balance and one position list, they were one account throughout. If they settle on different figures and stay there, the windows are pointed at different accounts and no amount of refreshing will bring them together.
Where two accounts are easy to mistake for one
One sign-in can reach several accounts, so the sign-in is not what distinguishes them. A demo account and a live account sit behind the same credentials and behave identically on screen while carrying entirely separate money; an account of one type and an account of another do the same. Everything that separates them is written next to the account number, which is why the number is the first thing to read and the last thing to argue with.
The mirror-image mistake is treating one account as two. A private window, a second browser or a different machine each produce a fresh session, and a fresh session looks like a fresh start. It is not one: the account it reaches is the same account, with the same positions waiting in it, and closing one of those sessions does not close anything else.
Two windows: a short test of identity
- Read the account number in both windows. Different numbers end the question immediately.
- Refresh both and let them settle before comparing anything — a stale view is not a second account.
- Compare the balance and the list of open positions. One account keeps one of each.
- Check the account type shown beside the number: two accounts of different types can look identical on screen.
- Sign out of one window only. If the other keeps working, you closed a session and not an account.
Sessions are counted by sign-ins, accounts are counted by account numbers, and the two counts are unrelated.
One account in two windows, or two accounts?
| What you compare | One account, two windows | Two different accounts |
|---|---|---|
| Account number | The same in both | Different in each |
| Balance after both views refresh | One figure | Two figures that stay apart |
| Open positions | One list | Two lists that never merge |
| An order placed in one window | Appears in the other once it refreshes | Never appears in the other |
| Signing out of one window | The other window keeps its account | Unrelated to the other account |
Compare after both views have refreshed: a lag between two windows on one account produces exactly the picture two accounts would.