Gold futures

Gold, silver, copper, platinum metal futures are four types of merchandise the four main products. Four types of merchandise to the gold and silver among the larger trading volume. Gold in the long ago by the international community has been identified as a symbol of wealth, but also for personal protection against currency devaluation.
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The so-called gold futures, refers to the international gold market to a certain point in time the future of gold prices for the transaction the subject of futures contracts, investors are trading gold futures on the profit or loss is determined by the standard approach to the appearance of two time gold price to measure the lease to is taken after the physical delivery.
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Gold futures and other futures in general merchandise, like mining original margin trading system, and will change with the market adjustments, can be divided into mini-gold futures and gold futures; gold futures contract specifications for the larger, original margin requirements than the mini-gold Futures high. To the United States in January 2004 the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) of gold futures as an example, the original deposit would need to be 2025 yuan U.S. dollars, converted to NT about 6.7 million yuan.

And the United States Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) mini-gold futures, margin just 450 U.S. dollars, it is NT 15,000 yuan (about 12 gold price), will be able to contract specifications for the transaction 33.2 ounces (approximately equal to 25 2) the value of gold.

Because of its high financial leverage, high liquidity and can be operated Pupil characteristics such as gold futures are available in general investors, holders of large quantities of gold spot of the industry (such as silver floor) a good investment and hedge pipeline.

Due to the gold spot has preserved and difficult to carry inconvenience disadvantage, want to invest in gold, gold bar is not held directly a good idea, let alone at home at any time placed a lot of gold, in addition to easily attract criminals coveted, if the temporary needs use funds, gold in hand to sell immediately realized, but also not so easy.