Trade US SP 500 with tighter spreads

The US 500 (also called S&P 500) is a stock index that tracks 500 leading US publicly traded companies across sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, and consumer goods, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia. Because it represents a broad cross-section of the US economy (about 80% of total US stock market value), it is widely used as a benchmark for overall market performance.

When you trade US 500 on Deriv, you are not buying shares in those companies. Instead, you are speculating on the price movement of the over index itself through derivatives such as CFDs or digital options.

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CFDs let you take leveraged positions and close anytime during market hours. Your profit or loss depends on price movement.

Digital options require you to predict whether US 500 finishes above or below a specific price by expiry. Your maximum loss is fixed at your stake amount—you can never lose more. If correct, you receive a predetermined payout.

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You can trade US 500 with leverage up to 1:400 on both Deriv MT5 Standard and MT5 Zero Spread accounts. This means that a $100 deposit can control positions worth up to $40,000. But note that higher leverage increases both potential profits and potential losses.

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Yes. You can automate digital options strategies using Deriv Bot. This allows you to define trading conditions such as entry rules, stake size, and expiry duration without writing code.

Automation can help remove emotional decision-making and apply consistent rules. However, strategies should always be tested on a demo account before being used on a real account.

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