Flat Staking on Deriv
Flat staking is the simplest plan: the same stake on every trade, whatever happened last time.
How Flat staking works
You choose a stake and keep it. Wins and losses do not change it, so you always know how much each trade risks.
It is the baseline other plans are measured against. In Tradely, a strategy that needs no progression simply returns the stake you entered.
The rules
- Choose a stake.
- Use it on every trade.
A worked example
| Trade | Result | Stake (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Trade 1 | Loss | 10.00 |
| Trade 2 | Loss | 10.00 |
| Trade 3 | Win | 10.00 |
| Trade 4 | Loss | 10.00 |
| Trade 5 | Win | 10.00 |
| Trade 6 | Win | 10.00 |
Flat staking with a 10 USD stake.
Risks to understand
No recovery mechanism
Losses are not chased, so a losing run is never made larger, but it is not recovered either.
Pick a sensible size
A stake that is small relative to your balance gives you more room to ride out a losing run.
No edge
A flat stake cannot turn a losing approach into a winning one.
Using Flat staking in Tradely
Choose it from the Progression Strategies dropdown in the Trading Panel, then turn on risk management to add a stop loss and take profit. Practice on a Deriv demo account first and review drawdown and largest loss in Trade analytics. No staking plan creates an edge: progressions only reshape how much you stake, not whether a trade wins.
Test Flat staking on a Deriv demo account before you risk real money.
Get StartedFrequently asked questions
- Is flat staking the safest plan?
- It avoids growing stakes, which makes losing runs easier to predict. You can still lose your entire stake.
- Why use it on a demo account first?
- It gives a clean baseline to compare against progression strategies.
Keep reading
- Percentage of bankrollPercentage staking risks the same share of your balance on every trade, so stakes shrink as you lose and grow as you win.
- d'Alembertd'Alembert is a gentler cousin of Martingale: it moves your stake up and down one unit at a time instead of multiplying it.
- All strategy guidesCompare every staking strategy in one place.
Risk warning: Trading binary options involves a high level of risk and you could lose your entire stake. Only trade with money you can afford to lose. This page is educational and is not financial advice.