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Visual metaphor for fine-tuning peer-to-peer payment strategies using the Deriv P2P platform.
5
 min read

Optimising your Deriv P2P transactions: Advanced tips and best practices

Whether you’re looking to sharpen your negotiation skills, or simply make each transaction faster and safer, these advanced tips and best practices will help you become a genuine P2P pro.

Trading Strategies
Risk Management
Balance scale comparing a price tag symbol with coins and a building, representing price-weighted vs market cap-weighted indices.
5
 min read

Why price-weighted and market cap-weighted stock indices behave differently

Indices are weighted by either share price or market value, which determines if a few expensive stocks or large companies drive daily moves.

Indices
Risk Management
Trading Strategies
Glowing red up and down arrows over a background of cryptocurrency trading pairs like BTCUSD, ETHUSD, and XRPUSD.
5
 min read

Behind the ticker: The hidden forces moving crypto markets

Cryptocurrency often feels like an untamed frontier of finance: full of price shocks, viral trends, and billion-dollar shifts.

CFDs & Options
Crypto
Trading Strategies
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5
 min read

Commodities made simple: A beginner’s guide

Commodities are the raw materials that keep the world running-from the coffee in your cup to the gold in your jewelry.

Commodities
Trading Strategies
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
Digital clock interface showing “Closed” at 5:00 PM New York time, representing forex market hours and session closure timing.
2
 min read

Forex market hours: When’s the best time to trade?

If you’re diving into forex trading, knowing when to trade is just as important as knowing what to trade.

CFDs & Options
Forex
Trading Strategies
Visual of P2P transfer between two people, highlighting how to use Deriv P2P.
5
 min read

How to use Deriv P2P: Making your first transaction

This guide will help you make your very first Deriv P2P transaction smoothly and safely, opening the door to the many benefits of peer-to-peer exchanges.

Risk Management
A red neon seesaw balancing a risk warning symbol on one side and a trophy on the other, symbolising risk and reward.
5
 min read

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

You’ve probably heard the saying: “No risk, no reward.” But what does that really mean for traders?

Risk Management
Trading Strategies
3D rising chart with red EGI block, representing Exponential Growth Indices trading.
6
 min read

Exponential Growth Indices: The complete guide to trading EGIs on Deriv

In this guide, you’ll learn what Exponential Growth Indices are, how they work, which platforms you can use for trading, and what sets EGIs apart from other synthetic indices.

CFDs & Options
Indices
MT5
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