Volatility 100 Index, explained

V100 is the most volatile market in Deriv's standard family — and the one both Profit Pro bots on this site trade by default. Here's what that default actually buys you, and what it costs.

What sets it apart

V100 simulates a market with 100% constant volatility, ticking every 2 seconds like the rest of the standard family (R_10 through R_100). It has the biggest average price movement per tick of the five — a step up from V75, which is already the best-known of the group.

Why it's the default here

For digit contracts, market choice barely matters — every volatility index draws its last digit uniformly from 0–9, so Profit Pro — Even/Odd trading on V100 has exactly the same odds it would on V10. It's a reasonable default precisely because it costs nothing to pick the most recognised market when the choice doesn't move the numbers. For Profit Pro — Rise/Fall, volatility does matter — bigger swings give a 5-tick directional read more room to actually move, which is the specific reason that bot runs here rather than on a calmer index.

The trade-off, restated for V100

Same house edge as any other volatility index, larger swings per tick — which means the same staking settings hit both a profit target and a loss threshold faster here than anywhere else in the standard family. That cuts both ways equally; it's speed, not an edge. Compare it against a calmer market yourself →

Run it in Binary Pro

1. Open the Bot Builder and select Volatility 100 Index from the symbol list.
2. Load Profit Pro — Even/Odd or Rise/Fall directly, or set your own trade type and a maximum stake sized for how fast this market moves.

Related: Volatility 75 explained · synthetic indices explained · test a strategy before running it live

Illustrative figures are rounded. Risk disclosure.