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What Are Metals?

Gold and Silver have always been an important part of any trader's or investor's portfolio. Both metals are generally used to protect or hedge against political instability, dollar weakness, inflation and deflation. Often, traders refer to Precious Metals as a “safe-haven” as with any adverse market conditions Gold retains its value whereas other assets are volatile.

The global supply and demand of Metals plays an important role for their value. With a demand increase, Metals prices rise, and the other way around. If the demand is lower, the value of Precious Metals declines. However, this effect is felt in the longer term, and does not change the short-term prices.

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Metals Trading Conditions

Symbols	Description	Digits	Point	Contract Size	Volume Min	Volume Max	Volume Step	Leverage**	Commission	Swaps Short***	Swaps Long***	Spread
XAUUSD	Spot Gold vs US Dollar	2	0.01	100	0.01	20	0.01	Up to 1:1000	US$ -	22.99	-48.11	37
XAUEUR	Spot Gold vs Euro	2	0.01	100	0.01	20	0.01	Up to 1:50	US$ -	15.12	-33.63	97
XAGUSD	Spot Silver vs US Dollar	3	0.001	5000	0.01	20	0.01	Up to 1:500	US$ -	2.98	-6.04	32
XPTUSD	Spot Platinum vs US Dollar	2	0.01	100	0.01	10	0.01	Up to 1:20	US$ -	-1.29	-15.58	102
XPDUSD	Spot Palladium vs US Dollar	2	0.01	100	0.1	10	0.1	Up to 1:20	US$ -	1.24	-17.71	497

**Please note that leverage differs by instrument. Kindly see the attached file for more information.

***Spreads/swaps are in USD. If your account with Scope Markets is denominated in another currency, spreads/swaps will be shown in your respective currency of choice.

***Spreads/swaps are indicative. For accurate, live spreads/swaps please refer to Scope Markets MetaTrader platform.

Trading Hours

Symbol	Market Hours (DST)*	Break Sessions (DST)*
XAUUSD	18:01 (Sunday) to 16:58 (Friday)	16:58 to 18:01 (Daily from Monday to Thursday)
XAGUSD	18:01 (Sunday) to 16:58 (Friday)	16:58 to 18:01 (Daily from Monday to Thursday)
XPTUSD	18:01 (Sunday) to 16:58 (Friday)	16:58 to 18:01 (Daily from Monday to Thursday)
XPDUSD	18:01 (Sunday) to 16:58 (Friday)	16:58 to 18:01 (Daily from Monday to Thursday)