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Trading metals
Precious Metals, such as Gold and Silver, are long sought-after assets, due to their intrinsic value and historical significance. Trading in Metals on Alpari involves speculating on their price movements, which can be influenced by factors like economic conditions, geopolitical events, and inflation trends.
Contract for Difference (CFD) trading allows you to speculate on the price changes of these Metals without needing to physically take ownership of them. This approach offers a flexible way to profit from both upward and downward price shifts.
CFD trading offers great opportunity for those looking to participate in the Metals market. One of the key benefits is leverage, which allows you to control a larger position size with a smaller amount of capital. This magnifies potential profits, but it's important to remember that it can also increase the risk of losses.
CFD trading on Metals provides the flexibility to go long (buy) or short (sell) on Gold or Silver, allowing traders to capitalise on both upward and downward price movements. This versatility is a key advantage in the ever-changing precious Metals landscape.
TRACK THE MARKETS
Live Metal prices
Instrument
Bid
Ask
Spread
Change
XAGEUR
36.01600
36.03400
1.8
XAUEUR
3109.92000
3110.76000
8.4
XAUGBP
2690.83000
2691.55000
7.2
XAUUSD
3646.93000
3647.28000
3.5
Sought-after assets
Metals like Gold and Silver are popular with traders for their intrinsic worth and are often considered as a store of value.
Leverage up to 1:3000
Boost your capital and amplify your results with leverage. Both profits and losses are mutliplied.
Go long or short
Trade Metals CFDs to harness the potential opportunities whether prices are rising or falling.
How to trade Metals with Alpari
The latest Metals insights and analysis
Frequently asked questions
When you trade Metals, you own the asset itself. Trading Metals CFDs, on the other hand, allows you to speculate on price movements without ever owning the asset.
A key advantage of CFDs is that you can enter contracts for prices falling (going short), as well as rising (going long).
All trading comes with risk and CFD trading is no different. We strongly encourage you to take your time, do your research, and practice good risk management.
The Alpari Academy is a good place to start learning about trading with CFDs and we have excellent analysis tools that can help you balance risk with reward.
Leverage is like a loan of sorts, based on ratios. For example, if the leverage offered is 1:100, then for every $1 you put down as capital on your trade, we'll 'lend’ you $100.
This means that you have access to larger trade sizes without the capital outlay. Leverage is high risk, and you should be aware that while it can boost any potential profits exponentially, it can also increase losses.
Please don’t enter a CFD trade without understanding the potential financial risk.
Metals CFDs are available on all Alpari trading accounts, but contract specifications in terms of spreads, lot sizes, swap values and leverage may differ from account to account, and instrument to instrument.
Typically, the higher-tiered accounts require larger deposits, but offer more favourable conditions.
Trading terms at a glance
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Frequently asked questions
Our trading terms cover the fees and potential charges for trading with FXTM. These include fees, deposits and withdrawals, leverage and margin, and dividends adjustments. Details available on each respective page.
Fees depend on the account type you choose, and the asset being traded. For example, with an Advantage account, you can expect to pay a low, flexible commission rate, as well as tight spreads on your trades.
On the Advantage Plus account, spreads are slightly more, but there’s no commission fee. For a full list, see our fees breakdown.
The features, conditions and tools are the same on a Practice account and live account. The only difference is that you're trading with virtual money, so there's no risk involved for you.
Stock CFDs are not available on the Practice account. Once you've moved to live trading though, there are thousands of different stocks for you to access, and you'll still benefit from experimenting with other instruments before.
Stock CFDs are not available on the Practice account. Once you've moved to live trading though, there are thousands of different stocks for you to access, and you'll still benefit from experimenting with other instruments before.