How to tell demo accounts from live accounts
Niubang labels an account demo or live from its MT5 server name and leaves it unlabelled when unclear. Check the label before judging a strategy, and discount demo returns.
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How Niubang tells them apart
The server name an MT5 account connects to usually contains Demo or Live. Niubang goes by the server name: a name with Demo is a demo account, one with Live or Real is a live account.
If the server name gives no clue (for example just an address), the account is labelled neither demo nor live; Niubang does not guess.
Record cards and banners say “demo account, read-only sync” or “live account, read-only sync”, or just “account, read-only sync” when unclear. Observation accounts that Niubang lists itself also carry 模拟观摩 (demo observation) before the strategy name.
What a demo account tells you
Strategy logic, trade frequency and drawdown shape are all useful to look at.
But demo trading has no real slippage or liquidity issues, so returns often look better than live. Discount demo returns and compare them with a live account running the same strategy where possible.
Copy trading involves risk, and a strategy's past performance does not guarantee future returns.
FAQ
- Can I copy a demo account?
- Yes. Niubang does not restrict copying by demo or live, but demo fills differ from live trading, so take that into account before copying.
- Can the master change this label?
- No. The label is set automatically from the server name.