Gold Trading with Exness
Everything you need to trade gold (XAU/USD) as a CFD with Exness — spreads, commission, leverage, contract size and overnight costs — plus today’s live spot price and what’s moving it. Market context, not trading advice.
Open Exness Account →Spreads may fluctuate and widen depending on liquidity, news and market conditions. Same London–New York hours, both feeds in $ per ounce.
You can trade gold at Exness as a CFD on spot XAU/USD, long or short: Raw spread + commission (Raw Spread / Zero), up to available to verified clients (conditions apply) leverage, 1 lot = 100 oz, no minimum deposit on Standard accounts, on MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app. The exact conditions and today’s price are below.
Trading gold (XAU/USD) at Exness — key facts
| Gold trading at Exness | |
|---|---|
| Instrument | Spot gold · XAU/USD (CFD) |
| Ticker / symbol | XAUUSD · XAUUSDm (cent account) |
| Spread from | Raw spread + commission (Raw Spread / Zero) |
| Commission | Spread only on Standard/Pro; spread + commission on Raw Spread/Zero |
| Max leverage | Available to verified clients (conditions apply) |
| Contract size | 1 lot = 100 oz |
| Minimum trade | 0.01 lots |
| Direction | Long or short |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app |
| Minimum deposit | none on Standard accounts |
| Overnight swap | Overnight swap applies unless you hold a swap-free (Islamic) account. |
| Trading hours | Around 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday (closed at the weekend). |
Indicative conditions for trading gold as a CFD at Exness. Spreads, commission and margin are variable — confirm the live figures in your platform before trading.
Measured: the gold spread on a Standard account
Across the same London–New York hours, the measured XAU/USD spread on an Exness Standard account was $0.26 per ounce, against $0.57 on an independent interbank reference feed — about 54% tighter. This is a live measurement, re-taken on a schedule (latest reading 2026-08-12), and this block is shown only while the measured spread stays below the reference.
Spreads may fluctuate and widen depending on liquidity, news and market conditions.
Full numbers: live spreads · trading costs · spread stability.
As of 2026-08-12 05:00 UTC · indicative spot price (interbank reference) — not Exness’s quote
Gold price range & volatility
| Period | Spot gold range (XAU/USD) |
|---|---|
| Last 30 days | $3,992.09 – $4,383.46 |
| Last 90 days | $3,992.09 – $4,685.97 |
| Last 12 months | $3,345.24 – $5,299.94 |
30-day volatility is about 20.9% annualized — gold moves enough to matter for position sizing and stop placement. Range figures are an interbank market reference, not Exness’s quotes.
What’s moving gold today
Gold is trading around $4,391.08 per ounce and is little changed today. In the news over the past 48 hours, the conversation around gold is led by Inflation / CPI, Fed & interest rates, Bond yields.
Inflation / CPI
Most of a data day is spent in the first hour, and the remaining hours fill in around what that hour established.
Fed & interest rates
Announcement days sit near the top of any list of the widest sessions in a year.
Bond yields
Money leaving bonds and money entering metal are the same money, and it moves quickly when rates jump.
US dollar
Exchange-rate turbulence enlarges gold swings without altering supply or demand for the metal by a single ounce.
Safe-haven demand
Surprise is what makes a session exceptional: nothing was priced in beforehand, so everything is priced at once.
Based on 52 gold-related stories in the last 48 hours via ca.investing.com, coindcx.com, cryptorank.io. This is neutral market context, not a forecast, recommendation or financial advice.
How to trade gold with Exness
You can trade gold as a CFD on Exness under the symbol XAU/USD on MT4, MT5, the Exness Terminal and the app. You can go long or short, spreads start tight on the Raw Spread and Zero accounts, and leverage is available to verified clients (conditions apply) — which raises both potential return and risk. Gold trades nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week. On Exness the gold ticker is XAUUSD (on cent and mini accounts it appears as XAUUSDm); today's XAUUSD gold price and its 12-month range chart are shown above, and the typical gold spread is measured on the live spreads page.
- Trade gold as a CFD on spot XAU/USD — go long or short, you never own the metal.
- Available on MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app, on desktop, web and the mobile app.
- Leverage Available to verified clients (conditions apply); the exact margin is shown in-platform before you trade.
- Overnight positions are subject to a swap (triple on Wednesday); swap-free on eligible Islamic accounts.
- Minimum deposit none on Standard accounts.
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Reviews
What traders say about trading gold with Exness:
es genial, los retiros llegan en un minuto, en los últimos días la interfaz o el sistema está dando error al abrir operaciones en el xausd uno o dos minutos antes de la pausa diaria, espero que puedan mejorarlo porque anteriormente sí se ejecutaba rápido las operaciones, gracias
Can’t trade gold during news. Doesn’t allow me to place trades during news time on gold only