It’s not just spread trading on shares, indices or crude oil
that Spreadex offers. You can also spread bet on commodities such as Gold,
Silver, Cocoa and Wheat.
Trading Gold? Sounds a bit exotic. “How does that work?” I
hear you ask. Gold and Silver are like any other commodity – that is, they can
be bought and sold for speculative or hedging purposes via a financial spread
betting site like www.spreadex.com.
Spreadex quotes a spread around the live price for Gold and
customers can buy or sell at those prices. Gold is generally looked on by some
analysts as a safe haven in times of global financial turmoil and traditionally
has risen in price when the stock markets have fallen and vice-versa. If you
think that Gold is overpriced and is going to fall in price, you would sell it
at the bid price, and if you think that Gold will go higher again you would buy
at our offer price.
You can trade Gold via a futures contract meaning this
contract stays open until the stated expiry date. You then have the option to
roll it to the new expiry month to keep your trade open or close the trade to
crystallise any profit or loss. You can, of course, close bets out before the
stated expiry date to realise profits or to limit losses at any time.