Exness offers leverage up to "unlimited", but only when your real account equity is below $5,000 and you've closed at least 10 orders totalling 5 lots, and only on eligible instruments (FX majors and minors, most commodities, BTC and ETH). Otherwise you choose a setting from 1:2 upwards and the actual leverage falls with equity, around major news and in the hours around the weekend close. Stop-out is 0%.
Unlimited leverage: the conditions
From Exness’s help centre:
| Requirement | Rule |
|---|---|
| Account equity (real accounts) | Less than $5,000 |
| Trading history | At least 10 closed orders (not pending) with a combined 5 lots (or 500 cent lots) across your real accounts |
| Eligible FX | All majors and minors, DXY, USDCNH, HKDJPY, USDHKD, USDTHB |
| Eligible commodities | All except XAUUSD247 |
| Eligible crypto | BTCUSD, BTCUSDT, ETHUSD, ETHBTC |
| Not eligible | Any instrument not listed |
If you don’t meet the conditions, the option doesn’t appear. Exness’s Stop Out Protection may not be available on accounts set to unlimited. Unlimited leverage isn’t available through Exness’s UAE entity, and its Kenyan entity caps leverage at 1:400.
Setting your leverage
In the Personal Area, open the account’s menu and choose Max leverage: you can pick from 1:2 to 1:Unlimited or set a custom figure. If your setting is higher than what’s currently allowed, the actual leverage applied is lower; the Personal Area shows the actual figure.
When leverage is reduced
Exness says actual leverage can fall because of:
- equity: higher equity means lower available leverage (Exness applies “standard equity ranges”, which we didn’t find published in full)
- important economic news
- the period from 3 hours before to 1 hour after weekend closes and holiday breaks
- instruments with fixed margin, such as exotics, most crypto, stocks, indices and XAUUSD247, where leverage settings don’t change the margin
Gold (XAUUSD) has “high margin requirement” periods at 1:200 to 1:1000, per Exness’s instrument specifications.
Margin call and stop-out
| Account | Margin call | Stop-out |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 60% | 0% |
| Pro, Zero, Raw Spread | 30% | 0% |
A 0% stop-out means positions stay open until equity is gone; negative balance protection then stops the loss at your balance. See is Exness safe?.
Example
Exness’s own formula: margin = lots × contract size ÷ leverage. Two lots of EUR/USD at 2,000:1 need 2 × 100,000 ÷ 2000 = €100. Try it in the margin calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get unlimited leverage at Exness?
On a real account your equity must be under $5,000 and you must have closed at least 10 orders (not pending orders) with a combined 5 lots (or 500 cent lots) across your real accounts. Then the option appears in leverage settings.
Which instruments can use unlimited leverage?
All FX majors and minors plus DXY, USDCNH, HKDJPY, USDHKD and USDTHB; all commodities except XAUUSD247; and BTCUSD, BTCUSDT, ETHUSD and ETHBTC.
Why is my actual leverage lower than my setting?
Exness says actual leverage can fall because of account equity, the instrument and periods of high margin requirements, including important news and 3 hours before to 1 hour after the weekend close.
What are Exness's margin call and stop-out levels?
Margin call 60% on Standard and 30% on professional accounts; stop-out 0% on all of them.