Your first step into metals
Six questions place you on the ladder. The result is one step, with the calculator you need to act on it.
Your step
Step 1Build your savings buffer first
Before gold or contracts, put three to six months of expenses in an account you do not touch. Invest from surplus, never from necessity.
Why this step
What to do next
- 1Add up one month of expenses and multiply by three. That is your first target.
- 2Set an automatic transfer for payday, before you spend anything.
- 3Clear any loan that charges high interest before you invest.
- 4Retake this quiz when the buffer is in place.
Run your numbers
When your buffer is ready, see what a fixed monthly amount could build.
Monthly grams
How many grams your monthly saving buys over one, three and five years.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
At a constant price and before making charges. The price will move: this shows how quantity builds, not what it will be worth.
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Your step
Step 2Physical gold or a gold fund
The right step for most beginners. Buy a fixed amount every month, with no leverage and no daily decisions.
Why this step
What to do next
- 1Choose one amount you can invest every month without touching your buffer.
- 2Compare the full cost of bars or coins with a gold fund before you buy. Making charges and spreads add up.
- 3Buy on the same day each month, whatever the price.
- 4Keep a simple record: date, amount, grams and price.
Run your numbers
See what your monthly amount builds, and what bullion really costs you.
Monthly grams
How many grams your monthly saving buys over one, three and five years.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
At a constant price and before making charges. The price will move: this shows how quantity builds, not what it will be worth.
Educational content only, not investment advice
True cost
Making charge and buy to sell spread on bullion, against the cost of a contract.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
Costs only, not returns. Ask your dealer and provider for their actual rates and enter those.
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Your step
Step 3Metals contracts, with strict limits
You meet the conditions for contracts. Keep leverage at 1:2 at most and risk a small, fixed share of your account on each trade.
Why this step
What to do next
- 1Fix your risk per trade before anything else. Many traders use 1% of the account.
- 2Set your stop before you enter, and size the position from the stop, not from how sure you feel.
- 3Never let the position value go above twice your account.
- 4Write down every trade: entry, stop, size and result.
Run your numbers
Size your position from your stop, and see your worst case before you enter.
Risk at 1:2
Position size and worst case loss, before you press buy.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
The stop distance is the gap between your entry price and your stop, per ounce.
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The metals ladder
Every visitor lands on one of three steps. Each step assumes the one before it is done.
- 1
Cash buffer first
Before any gold or contract, three to six months of expenses in an account you do not touch. Invest from surplus, never from necessity.
- 2
Physical gold or a fund
The right step for most beginners. Simple monthly accumulation, no leverage, no daily decisions.
Most common starting point - 3
Metals contracts
Leverage capped at 1:2 for a beginner, with a small fixed risk per trade. Not a starting point until the first two steps are done.
Three calculators to use before deciding
Enter your own numbers, including today's gold price from your dealer or provider. Amounts are in your own currency.
Monthly grams
How many grams your monthly saving buys over one, three and five years.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
At a constant price and before making charges. The price will move: this shows how quantity builds, not what it will be worth.
Educational content only, not investment advice
True cost
Making charge and buy to sell spread on bullion, against the cost of a contract.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
Costs only, not returns. Ask your dealer and provider for their actual rates and enter those.
Educational content only, not investment advice
Risk at 1:2
Position size and worst case loss, before you press buy.
Enter your numbers to see the result.
The stop distance is the gap between your entry price and your stop, per ounce.
Educational content only, not investment advice
Three guides to read first
Short PDFs you can read in one sitting.
Gold: which one should you buy?
Jewellery, bars, a gold fund or a contract all follow the same price, yet cost very different amounts. What $10,000 really buys in each, side by side.
Download →Educational content only, not investment advice
Copper: the move most people missed
Copper rose 61% in five years while most people watched gold. Why demand keeps growing, and four ways to hold it, with what each one costs.
Download →Educational content only, not investment advice
CFDs: your first 100 trades
Trading is a numbers game over 100 trades, not one. Fixed risk per trade, what a losing streak does to an account, and how to pick a market that fits your time.
Download →Educational content only, not investment advice
You know your step. The next one matters more
The academy takes you from here to a complete method you run yourself.