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Technical Overview

SILVER Market Analysis

HowToTrade.com provides our readers with a daily market analysis for Silver (XAG/USD), including the latest silver news, silver price, updates, and price forecasts from our trading experts.

How to Trade Silver

If you are looking to trade silver electronically (meaning, not physically), then there are several options available for you. You can buy and sell silver via the futures market; however, this option usually requires a long account-creation process and a high initial investment. Another option is to buy ETFs and shares that are silver-related. At last, you can also trade silver through CFDs, which are basically derivative contracts that allow you to speculate on the price of silver without having to own the asset. This method, although considered risky, enables you to use a low trading margin and high leverage. Additionally, the trading costs and the initial deposit requirements are lower.

CFDs are ideal instruments for those looking to engage in short-term gold trading. Trading CFDs enables you to speculate on gold prices without having to physically own the asset. If you are interested in trading Gold CFDs, here’s what you need to do:

  1. 1. Open a forex trading account with SwitchMarkets, our partner broker
  2. 2. Open an account with a VPS service provider to protect your trading account from internet disconnections and slippages.
  3. 3. Choose the ideal position size and leverage ratio that suits your trading style
  4. 4. Utilize your trading strategy to identify entry and exit opportunities
  5. 5. Open your first trade by clicking on buy or sell
  6. 6. Consider risk management tools such as a risk-reward ratio, stop loss, and take profit
  7. 7. Monitor your trade and close your position when getting a signal from your preferred trading strategy

Frequently Asked Questions

What drives the price of Silver?

Silver prices are primarily influenced by industrial demand. The commodity is often used for solder and brazing alloys, electrical contacts, batteries, LED and RFID chips, photovoltaic and solar energy, medicine, photography, and nuclear reactors. In addition to that, silver is being used as a store of value against inflation and political instability.

When can I trade Silver?

Silver trading is availabe 23 hours a day from Sunday 11 pm GMT through Friday 10 pm GMT.

What is the trading symbol for Silver?

In trading, the ticker symbol for Silver is XAG. The benchmark for silver’s price is versus the US Dollar, with the ticker symbol XAG/USD.

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