Mistakes Traders Make With Oil CFDs
Six oil CFD mistakes found through a pre-mortem: wrong benchmark, rolls and expiry, event risk, oversizing, curve costs and geopolitical gaps, with warnings.
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What Happened When Nixon Ended Dollar-Gold Convertibility in 1971?
On August 15, 1971, Nixon suspended converting dollars into gold at $35 an ounce, ending Bretton Woods and opening the era of floating currencies. What changed.
Why Did Oil Prices Go Negative in April 2020?
On April 20, 2020, expiring May WTI fell from $17.73 to −$37.63 as Cushing storage ran out and holders paid others to take delivery. What happened and why.
What Happened in the 2022 LME Nickel Squeeze?
On March 8, 2022, LME nickel more than doubled above $100,000 a tonne as Tsingshan covered a short. The LME halted trading and canceled $3.9 billion of trades.
How Gold Is Priced: The LBMA Gold Price Explained
The LBMA Gold Price is set twice daily at 10:30 and 15:00 London time in an electronic auction. How it works and how it differs from live spot prices.
How the Hunt Brothers Tried to Corner the Silver Market
In 1979–1980 the Hunt brothers built a huge silver position as prices rose from about $6 to $50. Rule changes and margin calls ended it on Silver Thursday.
How to Read a Futures Curve
List contract prices by expiry, plot them, check the slope and the near-month spread, then compare with past shapes: how to read a futures curve, step by step.
Gold vs Silver: How Their Drivers Differ
Gold is driven mostly by investment and central bank demand; silver also by industry, so it is more volatile and more tied to the economy. A comparison.
Gold vs Gold Mining Stocks
Gold miners tend to move more than gold because profits are leveraged to its price, but they add costs, debt and operating risks. A side-by-side comparison.
How to Calculate and Use the Gold-Silver Ratio
Gold-silver ratio = gold price ÷ silver price: about 68.8 in June 2026 after swinging above 100 and below 60. How to calculate it, use it and its limits.
Gold Myths That Mislead New Traders
Six gold myths tested against history: 1980–2001, 2008, 2011–15, March 2020, 2022 and 2026 show gold can fall hard, lag inflation and drop with stocks.
How Much Margin Do You Need for One Lot of Gold?
With one lot often 100 troy ounces, gold at $4,000 is a $400,000 position; at 20:1, margin is $20,000 and a $10 move is $1,000. Worked examples by size.