Quickstart map
| Goal | Start here | Then continue |
|---|---|---|
| Place your first trade in the UI | Your First Trade on DerivaDEX | For Traders, How to Manage Risk During High Volatility |
| Build a trading client or bot | Building Your First Trading Bot | REST Quickstart, Realtime Quickstart |
| Understand governance, safety, or restricted-surface posture | For Governance and Compliance | Cast Your First Governance Vote, Regulatory and Compliance Approach, Operator & Restricted APIs |
Use this page when
| If you need… | Use this page because… |
|---|---|
| the shortest safe start for one major audience goal | it compresses the first move for trading, building, and governance/safety readers |
| a cross-audience launch point | it keeps you out of deeper route trees until you know the correct first step |
| orientation before role-specific routing | it is narrower than the full audience matrix and broader than one specific tutorial or how-to |
Pick by first action, not by identity
Use this page when the real question is “what should I do first?” even if you are not sure whether you are a trader, builder, or governance reader yet.| If your first action is… | Best start |
|---|---|
| make progress in the UI as fast as possible | Your First Trade on DerivaDEX |
| verify the platform model before acting | What is DerivaDEX? |
| build or automate | Building Your First Trading Bot |
| understand public trust, safety, or governance boundaries | For Governance and Compliance |
Boundary notes
- Use What is DerivaDEX? when you need the platform model before choosing a workflow.
- Use Supported Markets and Constraints before assuming a product, visibility, or rate-limit contract.
- Use Docs by Audience when your main question is which route fits your role.
Do not use this page when
- you already know the exact task; go straight to the owning tutorial, how-to guide, or reference page
- you need exact limits, event shapes, or schemas; use Reference or API Reference
- you are looking for a private operator manual; public docs only expose route/boundary context and escalation paths