Can you trade gold on Trading 212?

You can hold gold via gold ETFs and mining shares in the Invest and ISA accounts. Trading 212 is not a leveraged XAUUSD CFD venue, so spot gold trading with lots and stops is not its purpose.

What gold ETFs are on Trading 212?

UK-available physically backed gold ETCs such as iShares Physical Gold and Invesco Physical Gold, plus gold miner ETFs and individual mining shares. Availability changes, so check the platform search.

Where do XAUUSD traders trade instead?

On MetaTrader 4/5 or cTrader accounts with FCA-regulated CFD brokers, where gold is quoted as XAUUSD or GOLD with 100-ounce contracts and 1:20 retail leverage.

Gold on Trading 212: ETFs, Miners and How They Differ from XAUUSD

Q: Is a gold ETF the same as trading XAUUSD?

No. A physically backed gold ETF tracks the metal without leverage for an annual fee, while XAUUSD is a leveraged contract with a spread and overnight swap.

Trading 212 offers gold exposure through physically backed gold ETCs, gold miner ETFs and mining shares in its Invest and ISA accounts. It is an equities and ETF platform for UK retail clients rather than a leveraged XAUUSD CFD venue.

A gold ETC tracks the metal without leverage for an annual fee, while XAUUSD is a leveraged 100-ounce contract with a spread and overnight swap. Gold mining shares are not a gold proxy: they add equity beta, energy costs and jurisdiction risk, and can fall on a day gold rises.