Precious metals and industrial metals are still widely used around the world. Due to their rarity and the high demands for its uses, metals are relatively high in its value.

The price movements of the precious metals can be reflected by the performance of the global economy.

The Benefits of Trading Metals

  • Diversification

    Precious metals are a financial instrument that is widely used to diversify the portfolios and to hedge against economic downturns or inflations.

  • Gold has an intrinsic value that is hardly affected by the devaluation of the economy, hence it is usually known as the ‘safe haven’. When there is an economic recession or political tension, there is a tendency to go long on gold.

Trading Metals with AdmiralTraders

  • We provide four different types of metals (Silver, Gold, Palladium, and Platinum) for clients to trade.
Metals
Instruments Name Min. Ticket Size Max. Ticket Size Trading Steps (Lots) Contract Size Currency
XAGEUR Silver vs Euro 0.01 100 0.01 5000 EUR
XAGUSD Silver vs US Dollar 0.01 100 0.01 5000 USD
XAUEUR Gold vs Euro 0.01 50 0.01 100 EUR
XAUUSD Gold vs US Dollar 0.01 50 0.01 100 USD
XPDUSD Palladium vs US Dollar 1 5000 1 1 USD
XPTUSD Platinum vs US Dollar 1 5000 1 1 USD
Server Time

AdmiralTraders MT5 Server Time, which is GMT +2 in the winter, and GMT +3 in the summer. The server time for all metals is Monday 01:00 through to Friday 23:45.

Session Break

Session break times for all metals is daily at 00:00 to 01:00.

Minimum Ticket Size

The minimum ticket size is in lots.

Maximum Ticket Size

The maximum ticket size is in lots.

Margin for Contract in % of the Contract Value

The margin for all metals is 2%.

Margin Call

The margin call is 200%.

Stop-Out

The stop-out (or liquidation MT5 margin level) is 100%.