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6
 min read

Cracking the code: Understanding commodity market prices

Ever wondered why the price of your morning coffee keeps changing?

Commodities
Trading Strategies
Risk Management
Two glowing trading screens displaying similar candlestick charts, symbolising common myths around copy trading strategies.
5
 min read

The truth is out: 5 copy trading myths debunked

If you’ve been exploring the trading world, you’ve probably heard about copy trading.

Copytrading
Trading Strategies
3D red step-like bars forming an upward staircase with a white trend line, symbolising the progression of step indices in trading.
4
 min read

The evolution of Step Indices: Step, Multi Step, and Skew Step

Deriv’s synthetic markets are constantly leveling up, giving traders fresh ways to explore the market.

CFDs & Options
Indices
Trading Strategies
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5
 min read

Leverage and margin in forex: Power moves or risky business?

Ever wished you could trade with more money than you actually have? In Forex, you can-thanks to leverage!

CFDs & Options
Forex
Risk Management
Circular 24-hour gauge split into red and blue zones, representing the concept of time-based Forex swaps in trading.
5
 min read

Understanding forex swaps: Making money while you sleep?

You’ve mastered the basics of forex trading, but here’s a question: what happens when you leave a trade open overnight?

CFDs & Options
Forex
Trading Strategies
MT5
A compass surrounded by trading styles—Scalping, Day Trading, Swing Trading, Position Trading—symbolising choice.
5
 min read

Top 4 trading styles

Trading isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some traders thrive on fast-paced action, while others prefer a slow and steady approach.

CFDs & Options
MT5
Trading Strategies
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5
 min read

Skew Step Indices: A new take on asymmetrical trading

The launch of the new Skew Step Indices marks another evolution in synthetic trading at Deriv.

CFDs & Options
Indices
Trading Strategies
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5
 min read

Trading psychology: Mastering your emotions for smarter decisions

Let’s be real. Trading can feel like an emotional roller coaster.

Risk Management
Trading Strategies
Falling glass dominoes leading to a trading screen with a chart, symbolising the ripple effects in copy trading decisions.
3
 min read

The pros and cons of copy trading

During the COVID-19 pandemic, retail investors changed the way they traded stocks.

Copytrading
Trading Strategies
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