Gold Futures Contract Specifications; tick value, margin requirements, round term commissions

Symbol: GC (CME)
Tick Value: .10
Cost/Tick: $10.00 usd
Margin: $1,000 usd/contract

Benefits: Moves with the Dollar, Large moves and Consistent Patterns
Drawbacks: identify sideways markets and capitalize on them!

Best Time to Trade: 3:00am – 2:00pm EST
Favorite Pattern: Failures, Strength, Traps & Pullbacks

Gold is also one of my favorite futures markets for many reasons. It gives us plenty of trading opportunities each day, its cheap to access the market with low commissions and you don’t need a big account to trade it.

Gold has great breakouts, and when you can read the tape and ‘feel’ the rhythm of the price action you can anticipate and find reliable trading opportunities from its large price reversals.

We can find reliable trading opportunities every day with gold futures contracts, and its something we will always look forward to trading in the trade room.

Click here for Gold Futures Contract Specifications on the Exchange Website