US Spot Gold (symbol USGOLD) is available to customers who are residents of the United States. Spot Gold is simple, efficient, flexible and low-cost ways to gain long and short exposure to the gold market.
Eligible clients can use the button above or follow the below procedure to request the appropriate metals trading permissions:
- Log in to Client Portal
- Click the User menu (head and shoulders icon in the top right corner) followed by Settings
- If you manage multiple accounts, select your account within the Account Selector popup
- Under Account Settings find the section Trading
- Click on Trading Permissions
- Locate Metal section, select Add/Edit or Request under Metals and check the box for "United States" for US Spot Gold and click on CONTINUE
- Review and sign the disclosures and agreements
- Click CONTINUE and follow the prompts on screen
Please Note
- US Spot Gold is only available to legal residents of the United States. US Spot Gold is not available to legal residents of Arizona, Montana, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
- IBKR offers trading in futures contracts and options on futures contracts where similar market exposure is available. See the CME website and ICE Futures website for product details
- Spot Platinum (XPTUSD) is currently not available at IBKR.
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