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Diversify your portfolio and hedge against inflation with precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium; Trade on their spot prices without the need to buy the underlying physical asset.
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Up to 1:2000 leverage
Trade Gold with 0.0 spreads
Portfolio diversification
Trade on both rising and falling prices
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Trade CFDs on Gold and other spot metals with HFM and get a competitive edge in the dynamic precious metals market.
Metals Spot Contract Specifications
Important
Calculating Metals Margin Requirements - Example
| Account base currency: | USD |
|---|---|
| Position: | Open 10 lots BUY XAUUSD at 1,316.99 |
| 1 Lot size: | 100 Ounces |
| Margin requirement: | 0.2% of Notional value |
| Notional value is: | 10 * 100 * 1,316.99 = 1,316,990 USD |
| Margin required is: | 1,316,990 USD * 0.002 = 2,633.98 USD |
Metals trading refers to the buying and selling of various types of metals, such as gold, silver, copper, platinum, and others, in financial markets. These metals can be traded as commodities on exchanges around the world, and their prices can be influenced by a variety of factors, including supply and demand, geopolitical events, and economic conditions.
Metal trading can take place in different forms, including physical trading where the metals are physically delivered to the buyer, or in the form of CFDs, which allows for significant leverage. At HFM, you can trade metal CFDs with leverage and multiply your position size.
Metal traders may include individual investors, hedge funds, banks, and other financial institutions. The purpose of trading metals can vary, including hedging against potential price fluctuations, trading on short-term price movements, or investing in metals for long-term growth potential.
You can choose between HFM WebTrader, the MT5 platform and the HFM App to start trading Metals.
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Before starting with metals trading, learn about the precious metals market and develop your strategy. Then, open an HFM live or demo account and choose your trading platform. Last, select your precious metals trading opportunity and open your first position.
Some of the factors that affect the price of precious metals are:
Metals can be categorised according to their physical or chemical properties. Categories include ferrous and non-ferrous metals; brittle metals and refractory metals; white metals; heavy and light metals; and base, noble, and precious metals.
Hedging is allowed on all instruments. When you open equal and opposite positions of the same volume on the same instrument (a fully hedged position), the margin requirement for the matched volume becomes zero.
If the hedge is partial (volumes are not equal), zero margin applies only to the matched portion, while the remaining unmatched volume follows standard margin requirements.
If you open an opposite position of the same instrument with a smaller volume:
Example:
If you hold 1 lot Buy EURUSD and open 0.4 lot Sell EURUSD:
Yes. The feature works identically on:
If one side of a fully hedged position is closed:
No. Modifying Stop Loss (SL) or Take Profit (TP) does not affect margin as long as both hedge positions remain open, and volumes remain matched.
Yes. Once a position becomes fully hedged and margin is freed, it is immediately reflected in your available margin and can be used for new trades.
No. Zero Hedge Margin applies to:
