Synthetic indices | Volatility indices

Deriv’s proprietary synthetics simulate real-world market movements. Backed by a cryptographically secure random number generator, these indices are available to trade 24/7 and are unaffected by regular market hours, global events, or market and liquidity risks.

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CFD trading allows you to trade on the price movement of an asset without buying or owning the underlying asset.

On Deriv, you can trade CFDs with high leverage, enabling you to pay just a fraction of the contract’s value. It will amplify your potential gain and also increase your potential loss.

Available on

Deriv MT5

Deriv X

Instruments available for CFD trading

Volatility indices

Volatility 10 (1s) Index

Volatility 25 (1s) Index

Volatility 50 (1s) Index

Volatility 75 (1s) Index

Volatility 100 (1s) Index

Volatility 200 (1s) Index

Volatility 300 (1s) Index

Volatility 10 Index

Volatility 25 Index

Volatility 50 Index

Volatility 75 Index

Volatility 100 Index

These indices correspond to simulated markets with constant volatilities of 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, and 300%.

One tick is generated every two seconds for volatility indices 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100.

One tick is generated every second for volatility indices 10 (1s), 25 (1s), 50 (1s), 75 (1s), 100 (1s), 200 (1s), and 300 (1s).

Crash/Boom

Boom 1000 Index

Boom 500 Index

Boom 300 Index

Crash 1000 Index

Crash 500 Index

Crash 300 Index

With these indices, there is an average of one drop (crash) or one spike (boom) in prices that occur in a series of 1000, 500 or 300 ticks.

Jump indices

Jump 10 Index

Jump 25 Index

Jump 50 Index

Jump 75 Index

Jump 100 Index

These indices correspond to simulated markets with constant volatilities of 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. There is an equal probability of an up or down jump every 20 minutes, on average. The jump size is around 30 times the normal price movement, on average.

Step indices

Step Index

With these indices, there is an equal probability of up/down movement in a price series with a fixed step size of 0.1.

Range break indices

Range Break 100 Index

Range Break 200 Index

These indices fluctuate between two price points (borders), occasionally breaking through the borders to create a new range on average once every 100 or 200 times that they hit the borders.