Metals Trading

IVT Markets offers you exposure to the most popular precious metals with consistently tight pricing.

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IVT Markets allows trading the spot price for metals including Gold or Silver against the US Dollar or Australian Dollar as a currency pair on 500:1 leverage.

Open a trading account with IVT Markets, and you will gain exposure to the available global market prices on trading gold CFDs and silver CFDs. Trading metal CFDs with IVT Markets, a global regulated, multi-award-winning broker.

What are the benefits of trading Metals?
What is the Best Platform to Trade Metals?
Vertex Technologies. The world’s most popular trading platform.
Discover the benefits of trading Metals on one of the most powerful trading platforms available, Vertex Technologies. Available across desktop and mobile platforms the Vertex Technologies platform is ready when you are.
Are there more platform options?
We recommend Vertex Technologies for Metals but a range of products can also be traded on Vertex Technologies and Iress platforms.
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What is Metals Trading?

At IVT Markets, we offer you exposure to the most popular precious metals that make up an important commodity asset class. Metals trading is closely linked to the outlook for the overall global markets and major currencies and metals are traded against major currencies in a similar way to other currency pairs on the platform.

Factors affecting precious metal prices include supply and demand, interest rates, economic uncertainty, industrial output and the strength of the dollar with precious metals like gold traditionally viewed as a safe haven in times of volatility. Traders can trade metals to express their outlook on certain industries or to hedge their trading portfolio.

Through careful analysis, CFD traders predict the potential direction of metals prices and attempt to capture gains based on price fluctuations in the short-term or long-term. The market is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.

An Example of Leveraged CFD Trading
Suppose you want to trade CFDs, where the underlying asset is the XAUUSD a Metal, also known as Gold vs US Dollar. Let us suppose that the XAUUSD is trading at:
You decide to buy 100 oz of XAUUSD (1Lot of XAUUSD) because you think that the XAUUSD price will rise in the future. Your margin rate is 0.2% (Account Leverage 500:1) . This means that you need to deposit 0.2% of the total position value into your margin account.
Now, in the next hour, if the price moves to 1793/1793.1, you have a winning trade. You could close your position by selling at the current price of 1793 USD.
In this case, the price of gold moved in your favor. But, had the price declined instead, moving against your prediction, you could have made a loss. This continuous evaluation of price movements and resultant profit/loss happens daily. Accordingly, it leads to a net return (positive/negative) on your initial margin. In the loss scenario where your free equity, (account balance+ Profit/Loss) falls below the margin requirements (358.4), the broker will issue a margin call. If you fail to deposit the money, and the market moves further against you, when your free equity reaches the 50% of your initial margin the contract will be closed at the current market price, known as “stop out.”
If the price of XAUUSDToYou could Gain or Lose for a Long PositionResulting in a Return of the Initial Margin
Rises by 1% 1809.92/1810.02USD 1792500%
Declines by 1%1774.08/1774.18USD -1792-500%
Metal Spreads
SymbolProductStandard A/cRaw ECN A/c MinRaw ECN A/c Avg
XAGAUD Silver vs Australian Dollar0.030.0080.024
XAGEURSilver vs Euro0.020.0040.014
XAGUSDSilver vs US Dollar0.0200.015
XAUAUDGold vs Australian Dollar0.510.060.41
XAUEURGold vs Euro0.3400.16
XAUUSDGold vs US Dollar0.2100.07
XPDUSDPalladium vs US Dollar10.62--
XPTUSDPlatinum vs US Dollar3.25--
XPBUSDLead vs US Dollar4.652.384.64
XZNUSDZinc vs US Dollar4.42.454.39
XNIUSDNickel vs US Dollar29.919.2229.8
XALUSDAluminum vs US Dollar4.752.134.73
XCUUSDCopper vs US Dollar6.112.986.1
XAUGBPGold vs British Pound0.190.040.18
XAUSGDGold vs Singaporean Dollar0.470.060.45
XAGSGDSilver vs Singaporean Dollar0.0200.019
XAUCNHGold vs Chinese Yuan2.310.662.3
Why Trade Precious Metals with IVT Markets?
Precious metals are among the Top Commodities To Trade Metals are classified as a hard commodity as they are mined from the earth or extracted from natural resources. Through Contracts For Difference (CFDs), you can gain exposure to metals markets in a unique way that provides a wide range of advantages.

Factors Affecting Precious Metal Prices

Supply and Demand: Applicable across all products and services, the same also applies to precious metals. A shortage in metals or the increased demand for their use can affect prices. Let’s take industrial metals such as copper or aluminium. A technological advancement may create an alternative for their use and decrease their value.

Macroeconomic Variables: Data relating to interest rates and GDP affect a significant amount of metals. One of the reasons is because metals are seen as a safe-haven, and an alternative investment to the cash rate provided by financial institutions.

Market Conditions: IVT Markets provides metals trading against many major currencies including the US dollar, similar to foreign exchange. Metals tend to be susceptible to the US dollar and have historically traded in the opposite direction to the greenback. This is why they are often used as part of a hedging strategy in times of economic uncertainty.

Inflation: Anything that dilutes the value of a currency helps the performance of metals. Quantitative easing or the printing of additional money causes a rise in inflation with metal prices generally following suit.

Benefits of Trading Precious Metals

Metals CFDs: As you do not have to not actually own the underlying asset when trading CFDs, there are fewer costs associated with investing in metals this way. There is no need to store the asset and traders can benefit in both rising and falling prices. The prices are comparable to those found on the London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s largest market for ETFs on base metals and other metals.

Portfolio Diversification: With limited correlation to other financial instruments such as stocks and bonds, trading precious metals is a useful way to diversify your portfolio.

Hedging: Precious metals are often used as part of a risk management strategy. Investors often trade metals to hedge against inflation and currency.

Safe-Haven: During times of economic uncertainty, the value of precious metals tends to rise. This has historically been the case during economic slumps and key political events including major elections.

With respect to Metals CFDs, Gold is the most traded commodity. Platinum, palladium and silver are among the other most traded metals. They can all be traded with IVT Markets. Find out more about Investment Strategies For Metals.

As indicated by their name, precious metals are indeed that. They are rare which prevents the prospect of excessive supply and have an infinite lifespan as they do not rust. The fact that they are measured in troy ounces makes it easy to compare their value.

The History Of Metals dates back thousands of years. Apart from being a medium of trade and exchange, precious metals have been considered as a long-term store of value for an extended period of time.

Some of the factors to consider prior to investing in precious metals include the current geopolitical situation, that state of the US dollar, the position of central banks and inflation rates.

To get a better understanding of this asset class, read our guide on Investing In Precious Metals.

The History Of Metals dates back thousands of years. Apart from being a medium of trade and exchange, precious metals have been considered as a long-term store of value for an extended period of time.

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