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Get clear, direct answers to common trading questions. Our free guides give you a clear, step-by-step overview of concepts, tools, strategies, and market behaviour.

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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
3D brain with candlestick chart elements in the background, symbolising emotional control in trading psychology.
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
Glass-like icons of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot, representing popular cryptocurrencies and common myths in crypto trading.
5
 min read

Trading with crypto: Top 3 myths busted

Crypto trading has been gaining momentum over the years, offering traders flexibility, security, and exciting opportunities.

CFDs & Options
Crypto
Two trading screens showing candlestick charts with day and night icons, representing swing trading strategies in stocks.
5
 min read

The swing trader's handbook: Strategies for swing trading in stocks

Think of swing trading as the middle ground between high-speed day trading and slow and steady investing.

CFDs & Options
Stocks
Indices
Trading Strategies
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6
 min read

Support and resistance trading: Mastering chart patterns

Ever felt like the market speaks in riddles? Well, good news. It does, but those riddles are actually chart patterns!

CFDs & Options
MT5
Trading Strategies
3D glowing line chart with red data points marked 30D, 50D, and 70D, symbolising trends in tactical index trading strategies.
5
 min read

A beginner’s guide to Tactical Indices

Tactical Indices are like having a smart trading assistant that never sleeps.

CFDs & Options
MT5
Trading Strategies
Indices
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