Gold

The gold futures trading is one of many commodity futures markets where contracts are made to purchase gold at a specific price at a specific future date. Both gold producers but also market makers use gold futures to protect their products from market fluctuations, and speculators use gold futures to profit from those same market movements.

Future delivery of a metal at an agreed-upon price is guaranteed by a legally binding contract for the purchase of precious metals futures. A futures exchange standardises the contracts in terms of quantity, quality, delivery date/time, and location. It is only the cost that can change.