Precious metals like gold and silver are popular investments. They have an intrinsic value and carry no credit risk. The possibility of external inflation may also be negated since the underlying is held fixed reserves. They may also provide insurance against any unexpected financial, political or other economic turmoil.

Some advantages of trading precious metals may include:

• Hedging against weakening currencies.
• Used as a safer form of investment during market downturns.
• Used to hedge physical bullion business at a low cost with the use of leverage.

Our experienced and helpful staff are always on hand should you need assistance with trading Precious Metals either Spot or as a Future although it is to be remembered that our staff are not authorised under our regulatory permissions to provide investment advice to you.

Precious metals are traded as either spot prices or futures prices. The spot price is the price of the metal in the market right now for immediate delivery. This is sometimes known as the “cash price” or “physical price”.

A futures price is the price of the metal to be delivered at a specified date in the future, determined by the date of the futures contract. Futures contracts are often used by companies to hedge exposure to the price movements of these metals.
With AMFX you can trade either the spot or futures price of precious metals as a CFD.