How to Trade the Volatility 75 Index on MT5

The Volatility 75 Index, often called the king of synthetic indices, has gained massive popularity among traders in recent years. It is part of the synthetic indices market—financial instruments designed to simulate the behavior of real-world markets such as stock indices, forex pairs, and commodities.

Unlike traditional markets, synthetic indices are generated using advanced mathematical algorithms and data models. This allows traders to speculate on price movements without relying on external economic events or market news.

One major reason traders prefer the Volatility 75 Index is its unique trading advantages. For example, Volatility 75 and other synthetic indices can be traded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends. This makes it especially attractive to traders who may be busy during weekdays but still want to participate in the market.

Another key benefit is that the synthetic indices market is not affected by fundamental factors such as news, interest rates, or economic reports. This means that with a solid understanding of technical analysis and a disciplined risk management strategy, you can trade the Volatility 75 Index profitably.

In this blog post, I’ll introduce you to the broker that offers the Volatility 75 Index and walk you through how to trade it on MT5.

What Is the Volatility 75 Index on MT5?

On most brokers that offer the Volatility 75 Index, the instrument is listed on MT5 under ticker symbols such as V75 or VIX 75.

For example, Deriv, which is currently the primary broker offering the Volatility 75 Index as a synthetic indices instrument, lists it on Deriv MT5 as Volatility 75 Index or VIX 75 Index.

Once you log in to your Deriv MT5 account, you will find the Volatility 75 index on the MT5 Quotes tab. We have a post on how to add the Volatility 75 Index on the MT5 Quotes tab.

How to Trade the Volatility 75 Index on MT5

To trade the Volatility 75 index on MT5, you need to sign up with a Volatility 75 index broker, create a synthetic indices trading account with them, connect the trading account to MT5, add the Volatility 75 index to the MT5 quotes tab, and then start trading.

Here are a step-by-step guide on How to Trade the Volatility 75 Index on MT5;

Step 1: Sign Up with Volatility 75 index Broker

Not all brokers offer the Volatility 75 Index. The first step you need to take is to check whether the broker you are using offers Volatility 75 Index as a tradable instrument. If they do not, then you will need to sign up with a broker that does.

In this content, I will show you how to sign up with Deriv and start trading the Volatility 75 Index on their platform.

To begin, visit the Deriv sign-up page, and you’ll be taken to a page like this:

Then enter your email address and complete the email verification to sign up with them. After signing up, you will be brought to a page that looks like this:

Then you can go ahead and verify your account by clicking on the “get a real account” button below.

Step 2: Open Synthetic Indices trading Account

After signing up with Deriv, which is the most popular volatility 75 index broker, the next thing is to create a synthetic indices trading account with them.

To begin, switch from the “Option tab” to the “CFD tab” and then click on the get button as shown in the image below.

You will be prompted to create a DMT5 password. Be sure to choose a password you can remember because you will need it to log in to your trading account on MT5.

Important: If you want to create a real synthetic indices trading account, remember to switch from demo to real as shown in the image below.

Step 3: Connect Your synthetic trading Account to MT5

After creating a synthetic indices trading account, the next thing is to connect it to MT5 so that you can trade the volatility 75 index on MT5.

To begin, switch to the CFD tab and then click on the open button shown on the image below.

Once you click on the open button, the DMT5 login details will load up. The details include the broker, the DMT5 server, the login ID, and then the password, which is the one you created previously.

After noting the MT5 login details, download the MT5 from the Play Store and then open it to start connecting your DMT5 account to it.

Launch the app and click on the plus button that is shown on the image below.

Then search “deriv” and select “Deriv SVG” as the server in the search result.

Once you select “Deriv SVG,” it is going to ask for you to enter your DMt5 login details, which is the one you copied above. Enter it according to the illustration on the image below and then click on the login button.

If you entered the details properly, you will be logged in successfully.

Step 4: Add the Volatility 75 index to MT5 Quotes tab

After connecting your DMT5 account to MT5, to add the Volatility 75 index to MT5 and trade it, switch to the quotes tab and click on the plus button as shown below:

 

Then search for volatility indices;

Then tap on it to expand the different volatility indices available.

Once you tick it, it will be added to the quotes tab automatically.

You can then start analyzing and trading the Volatility 75 index on MT5

Start Trading volatility 75 index

Once you have been able to add the Volatility 75 index as explained above, you can then start analyzing the instrument and trade it just like you trade any other instrument, like a currency pair on MT5.