# How to open account to trade

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/how-to-open-account-to-trade/4497>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-open-account-to-trade/4497 "2018-01-18T14:04:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-open-account-to-trade/4497/6 "2018-01-19T13:59:08Z")

</div>

I think that you can. As Chris has suggested here

> [@Running Bisq on desktop & laptop](https://bisq.community/t/running-bisq-on-desktop-laptop/4191/6):
>
> @splinter, it’s going to be problematic and insecure to try to sync the data directory across machines. Bisq is not designed to work this way. Consider running on your desktop and using screen sharing, e.g. VNC to access it from your laptop, or run Bisq remotely on a VPS where you can access it from the laptop or desktop.

---

_[View the full topic](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-open-account-to-trade/4497)._