Precious Metals Trading with Standard Account

In the Forex market, it’s gold, silver. Gold is obviously the most attractive and the most traded one. However, the other ones, especially silver, showed that they can be very volatile, too, and hence, provide a lot of trading opportunities. Potentially, including precious metals into your portfolio may not only diversity it but increase its long-term profitability.

There are certain factors that make trading precious metals and specifically gold very attractive. The main one is the fundamental predictability of the gold price based on its inversed relation to the global economic trends. If things go bad, investors seek refuge in gold – and its price rises. If the global economy is booming and optimistic moods are pushing traders to risk more – gold will normally slide down. That’s exactly why the virus crisis of 2020 made gold reach all-time highs above $2000!

Precious metals are widely considered a safe haven asset, hedge against inflation, and portfolio diversifier. With a higher level of liquidity, they also provide many beneficial trading opportunities, especially during times of economic uncertainty.

When trading precious metals, our leverage ratios are fixed to optimize returns and ensure risk control. Please note that the leverage for metals is distinct from the leverage set in your Personal Area, which exclusively applies to Forex and Forex Exotic instruments.

For XAU (Gold) and XAG (Silver), the leverage is fixed at 1:333, offering improved opportunities for short-term positions without compromising risk management. Palladium and Platinum instruments can be traded with a fixed 1:100 leverage, maintaining a balanced risk approach.

With FBS, you can confidently navigate precious metals trading, benefitting from custom leverage ratios tailored to your strategy and risk tolerance.

Gold and silver prices usually correlate – if the gold price rises, so does the silver price.

The minimum lot size for trading XAUUSD and XAGUSD is 0.10.