From Zero To
Your First Trade

Deriv is an established broker that has operated for over 25 years and is regulated across multiple jurisdictions. Trading itself is risky, around 70% of retail traders lose money, so the safe approach is to learn on the free demo account first and only trade money you can afford to lose.

Nothing to learn: the Deriv demo account is free and comes with $10,000 of virtual money. When you move to real money, you can start with as little as $5–$20, small size keeps early mistakes cheap while you build consistency.

Yes. You do not need a finance background. This free course starts from "what is trading?" and builds up to placing your first practice trade, one short lesson at a time. The skill that matters most, managing risk so no single trade can hurt you, is simple to learn and taught early.

Yes. Online CFD and synthetic-indices trading through a broker like Deriv is legal across most of Africa and the Caribbean, and Deriv accepts local deposit methods in these countries. Always check your own country's current rules before funding an account.

No. The course, the guides and the tools are completely free. The site earns affiliate commissions from Deriv when someone opens an account through its links, at no extra cost to you, that is what keeps the content free.

Deriv is an online broker, running for over 25 years with 2.5+ million users, that lets you trade forex, commodities, cryptocurrencies, stock indices and its own synthetic indices. You open an account, trade through a platform like MetaTrader 5 or Deriv Trader, and can practise free on a $10,000 demo. It offers three main account types: Financial (standard CFDs), Derived (adds synthetic indices) and Swap-free.

No, though it becomes gambling if you do it without a plan. A gambler bets on chance; a trader makes decisions from chart analysis and strict risk management, using stop losses, position sizing and the 1% rule to keep every loss small. The difference is process, not the buttons you press. Most people who lose are the ones trading with no plan.