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For those venturing into the world of options trading, the journey may initially appear overwhelming. Fortunately, the digital landscape is rich with educational content designed to unravel the complexities of this intricate field. Through a careful examination of numerous online tutorials, we have curated a list of the top five

TLDR Savvy traders are earning superhuman yields basis trading on Derive: * The basis trade is the godfather of non-directional, interest-bearing crypto trading strategies * Basis trading yields are the most bountiful in bull markets * Traders are currently earning ~$5 in DRV rewards per $1 in fees paid * You can farm basis

TLDR * Derive has officially democratized capital efficiency — portfolio margin, cross-asset collateral, and multiple accounts are live on Derive for all traders * This is novel for options and perps — a first-of-its-kind feature offering in DeFi * Users can now create up to 32 subaccounts to compartmentalize risk * Portfolio margined subaccounts on Derive

TLDR * The BTC ETF PVP trading competition marks the first phase of the Derive rollout, with the final phase slated for early January. It aims to: * Concentrate liquidity on a single asset (BTC) and expiry (Jan. 12th) * Create the highest-ever BTC options OI expiry in DeFi * Make V2 the most

Partial liquidations are an essential aspect of the V2 overhaul - they swiftly remove risk from the system and ensure a maximally beneficial user experience for traders. The market impact of liquidations is reduced by closing over-extended positions incrementally, decreasing the likelihood of insolvency and cascading liquidations. Liquidating positions incrementally

The Derive Matcher is going open-source! There is much duplicate work being done on orderbooks in crypto, and much more to be done still, as the crypto techstack rapidly evolves. We felt it would only benefit the DeFi ecosystem, and ultimately our users, to open up the first all-in-one self-custodial

We know Derive is coming. We know it’s made for pro traders. And we know it’s the most scalable derivatives protocol yet. But how did we build it all onchain? It’s time to find out how we leveraged the OP Stack to build Derive Chain and make