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Picking the perfect coin: how to choose the right cryptocurrency to fund your account

In our ‘Trading with crypto: Top 3 myths’ guide, we discussed how to buy crypto on Deriv and how to start trading with it. However, which cryptocurrency should you choose?

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Why Trade Commodities

The commodities market, rich in history and diversity, presents traders with a myriad of opportunities across various levels of volatility, liquidity, and risk. Here’s why commodities matter and how they can enhance your trading strategy.

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Simplifying the commodity market for beginners

Commodities are raw materials and natural resources that play a crucial role in our daily lives, from the coffee we drink to the metals used in our devices.

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Stock market volatility: Key insights for traders

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the concept of stock market volatility, its causes, and its impact on investment strategies. We will also provide practical insights and strategies to help you steer through the ever-changing market landscape.

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How are stock prices determined? 10 factors driving stock and index price movements

In financial markets, understanding the dynamics behind the movement of stock and index prices is crucial for investors, traders, and analysts.

Position Sizing in Trading: Your Trading Safety Net

Position sizing is the art of deciding how many eggs to put in each basket, striking the perfect balance between risk and reward.

Volatility Risk Management: Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Orders

Trading Volatility Indices can be unpredictable, much like a roller coaster.

What is Volatility in Trading: Riding the Waves (or Staying on Shore)

Markets don’t all behave the same, largely due to one critical factor: volatility.

TradingView charts on Deriv X: A quick guide

TradingView has been integrated into the Deriv X platform! In this guide, we'll walk you through all its key features and functionalities to help you make the most of this powerful addition.

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Guide to understanding Volatility Indices: A beginner-friendly overview

Ever wondered why traditional financial markets go up and down so much?

What is cryptocurrency? A beginner’s cryptocurrency trading guide

Most of us are familiar with the digital currency concept without realising it. We pay without seeing a single coin or banknote when we use our bank cards to buy goods and services.

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Impact of interest rate decisions on trading

Interest rates are the cost of borrowing money or the return on investment for lending money.

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Mastering short-term and long-term trading

Consider short-term trading as playing Jenga. Each move, each decision, requires that perfect balance.

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What is crypto mining and how does it work

In this guide, we’ll go through the basics of cryptocurrency mining. 

Tactical Indices: A Concise Guide for Beginners

Tactical Indices are innovative financial instruments that automate trading strategies based on technical analysis.

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Top 4 trading styles — choose the one that suits you best

Traders generally prefer a particular trading style over another, and this is just one aspect beginners should be aware of as online trading requires a lot of knowledge and experience.

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What is copy trading and how does it work?

What is copy trading? Why do savvy investors leverage this powerful tool to optimise their trading portfolios? We break it down for you.

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The truth is out: 5 copy trading myths debunked

If you’ve been trading for a while, you’ve probably come across the concept of copy trading. And you may have heard some things about it. While some may be true, others aren’t. We help debunk some of the most common myths about copy trading.

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The pros and cons of copy trading

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a noticeable shift in the way people trade stocks, especially among retail investors. This shift was characterised as herd mentality or herding behaviour: novice traders followed the crowd and imitated the actions of others in the stock market. This is where copy trading comes in.

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Fibonacci retracement levels and how to use them in trading

Fibonacci retracements are among the most popular trading tools based on the Fibonacci number sequence and ratios.

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Support and resistance trading in chart patterns

Identifying chart patterns is a great way to do technical analysis because, despite the word ‘technical’, it doesn’t actually require any technical expertise.

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What is Margin in trading?

In this guide, we will go through what margin is in CFD trading.

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What is leverage in online trading?

Leverage is one of the many terms you’ll hear floating around in the online trading world. However, not everyone understands what it means. In this guide, we’ll talk about what leverage is, how it works, and what markets you can trade with it.

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What is illiquidity and can it make or break your trades?

Ever wondered about the ease or difficulty of selling an asset at a fair price?

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Why a practice trading account matters

Online trading for beginners can be confusing. There are so many trading terms to learn, a wide range of markets and products to understand, and, of course, one needs to find trading strategies that will work for them.

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How do you start trading, the smart way? Top 3 ideas

Online trading has grown exponentially in recent years and continues to do so globally. Technology has improved market accessibility tremendously and has helped to simplify trading for beginners. Although trading is more accessible now, it doesn’t mean you should take online trading lightly, especially if you’re a beginner.

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A Guide to the difference between Bitcoin, altcoins, and stablecoins

As the first digital coin ever introduced, Bitcoin needs no introduction. Being the original cryptocurrency, it reserved the right to stand alone, whereas all the subsequent cryptocurrencies that followed fell under the umbrella of altcoins.

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What drives cryptocurrency prices?

Although the cryptocurrency market has been around for a while, it is still closely associated with high volatility, overnight gains and losses, and new cryptocurrencies being introduced every day.

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Trading with crypto: Top 3 myths

Using cryptocurrencies to trade has been a growing trend over the last few years. Many traders choose to trade with crypto for its various benefits.

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Skew Step Indices: Introduction to asymmetrical trading

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

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Hybrid Indices, a new era of synthetic trading

The trading landscape at Deriv has evolved once more with the launch of the new Hybrid Indices.

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5 strategies to balance risk and reward: A trader’s guide

In the world of trading, there’s a common saying: “no risk, no reward.” But what does that really mean? It’s all about understanding the delicate balance between risk and return.

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Rollover – What is “rollover” in forex trading?

To comprehend what currency pair rollovers are, the first step is to understand the essence of CFD forex trading, which involves speculating on the price movements of currency pairs without actually owning the currencies.

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Understanding cross-currency pairs

Jim Alvarez is a forex trader who usually trades major forex pairs. In 2016, when talks of Brexit were making headlines, he decided to include cross-currency pairs in his trading strategy, which enabled him to diversify his portfolio and balance out his risk.

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Trading psychology: Why managing your emotions while trading is crucial

Though emotions greatly influence our decision-making, it’s best to take a rational approach when trading. Here are a few reasons why managing your emotions while trading is key.

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Price-weighted vs market cap-weighted indices: What’s the difference?

Choosing the right indices as market benchmarks is crucial for traders. But do you know the key differences between price-weighted and market-cap-weighted indices?

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What are accumulator options? A beginner’s guide to compounding growth

Albert Einstein famously called compound interest the “eighth wonder of the world.” Warren Buffett, an icon of financial wisdom, attributes a significant portion of his wealth to its magic.

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What are vanilla options, and how do they work?

Vanilla options, commonly referred to as vanillas, are a kind of financial derivative that presents multiple simple trading opportunities and a world of possibilities for traders. This comprehensive guide will delve deeper into the world of vanilla options, answering what they are and how they work.

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Fibonacci retracement levels and how to use them in trading

Fibonacci retracements are among the most popular trading tools based on the Fibonacci number sequence and ratios.

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Support and resistance trading in chart patterns

Identifying chart patterns is a great way to do technical analysis because, despite the word ‘technical’, it doesn’t actually require any technical expertise.

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Rollover – What is “rollover” in forex trading?

To comprehend what currency pair rollovers are, the first step is to understand the essence of CFD forex trading, which involves speculating on the price movements of currency pairs without actually owning the currencies.

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