IC Markets
Gold Scalping
1:53 · 6 chapters · gold trading series, part 10
What you'll learn
The real maths of scalping gold: how the spread and slippage eat small targets, why overtrading and news make it worse, and a checklist before you try it.
Go further with our gold trading guide, size a trade with the free gold lot size calculator, or see these ideas on today's chart in our daily gold analysis.
- Key point 1
- A $0.20 spread takes 20% of a $1 target
- Key point 2
- Add $0.05 of slippage and a quarter of the target is gone
- Key point 3
- Costs repeat on every trade
- Key point 4
- Spreads are widest around news and the daily close
- Key point 5
- Test on a demo account and set a daily loss limit
Contract facts from exchange and regulator rules; every price and account size in the video is an example. Education, not financial advice.
The rest of the gold series
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