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title: "Demo Account"
description: "A free practice account for testing a strategy and the interface under real market conditions"
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A **demo account** is a free practice account for trading without the risk of losing money. Quotes and market behaviour on it are real, but trades do not affect any actual funds.

## What it is for

* Learning the terminal interface and how orders work before the first paid attempt.
* Testing a trading strategy under real market conditions.
* Practising discipline and emotional control — how you react to a drawdown, the urge to win it back, holding a position.
* Judging how consistently a strategy comes out ahead over a run of trades.

For a newcomer, a demo account removes the fear of that first trade; for an experienced trader, it is a place to test new ideas without spending money on a challenge.

## How the demo challenge works

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**Completing the stages**

The demo challenge mirrors the structure of the paid one: the same stages, profit targets and drawdown limits, but on a practice account.
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**Demo funded account**

Once both stages are complete, a demo version of a funded account opens. It runs on real trading conditions — spreads, commissions and funding — so you can see what your result looks like with every cost included.
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Requesting a withdrawal from a demo funded account earns you a one-time **20%** discount on the purchase of a real challenge.
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## How demo differs from a real account

| Parameter | Demo account | Real challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | free | challenge fee |
| Quotes and market conditions | real | real |
| Commissions, spread, funding | applied | applied |
| Profit withdrawal | unavailable | available at the funded stage |
| Outcome of completion | experience and a 20% discount | a funded account with an 80–90% profit share |
| [API trading](API_Trading.md) option | activated free of charge | a paid option |

Demo accounts are also used in some [tournaments](Tournaments.md) — a way to compete for prizes without paying anything.

Once a strategy starts turning a consistent profit, move on to the paid format: parameters and pricing are on the [Getting Started](Getting_Started.md) page.