Silver Trading

Trade silver futures with a leading brokerage firm! Lately, with all of the excitement surrounding all-time gold highs, the interest for silver as a precious metal has slightly diminished. But experienced investors and speculators know better and are quietly getting their hands on the silver trading market. Indeed, as one of the most volatile major commodities, silver is becoming increasingly popular with all types of traders. With Finotec, you too can become a savvy trader and take advantage of a thriving market.

Through its user-friendly and sophisticated trading system, Finotec gives you the opportunity to buy and sell silver futures contracts with no commission and tight spreads. You also have access to a complete of trading tools to make informed decisions. Trading silver futures as opposed to physical silver is a relatively new opportunity in the world of financial investment and has extraordinary potential, so take advantage of it with Finotec.

Investing in Silver

Investing in silver, like in gold, presents many advantages. First and foremost, precious metals are considered a secure investment in that they offer relative protection from inflation and other crisis situations. They also constitute a good way to diversify your portfolio since they are often negatively correlated to other instruments such as real estate or stocks. And as with gold, the silver price has increased manifold over the last four years. Whereas it was trading at around $4.50 in 2003, it is now trading at $15!

For thousands of years, silver has had an incredible appeal for man's precious-metals collective consciousness. Ancient civilizations used it for jewelry, religious art, as well as for food utensils.

In the late 18th century, silver started playing a major role in the US monetary system by becoming the base for the US currency with the silver dollar. And until 1965, it was used to make the nation's coins.

Economically, silver came to assume a major role as an industrial raw material. Thanks to its durability and malleability among other properties, silver is considered a practical and valuable industrial metal and appeals to many investors. The jewelry, electronic and photographic industries are amongst the largest industrial users of silver.

Buying and Selling Silver Future Contracts

Trading silver futures constitutes a convenient and potentially more profitable alternative to traditional investments in silver, such as mining stocks and coins. Companies dealing with silver also use it to hedge their price risk. Under such contracts, the buyer has the obligation to buy and the seller the obligation to sell a specified amount of the given commodity at a preset price and on a specific date in the future.

Short selling silver futures

One of the main appeals of trading silver futures as opposed to physical silver is the ability to short sell. Indeed, you can take advantage of falling silver prices. You take on a long position (buy) when you expect a price increase, and you take on a short position (short sell) when you expect a price decrease.

Since the market of silver futures is quite volatile, meaning that silver prices experience rapid changes, it offers continuous trading opportunities and you can trade on shorter time frames. With leverage trading (5% and lower for futures and 3% and lower for spot-silver trading), the potential for high returns is great. The same is true of the potential for loss and that's why we recommend that you use stop losses. On our trading platform, as soon as you place an order for silver, you can also enter a stop loss level.

Start Trading Silver with Finotec

Take advantage of those unique qualities with a world leader in online silver futures. Finotec has an impressive track record in silver and other precious metals trading and provides you with full support and all the tools you need to make wise decisions concerning silver. Via our state-of-the-art trading platform, you can trade silver as well as gold and other commodities and track your position in the easiest way.

On top of our world class service, you have access to a complete trading tool kit. In one click, you can view real-time charts to which you can apply a series of technical indicators to analyze and predict price movements. Our daily and weekly analysis reports will inform you of the latest news in the major commodity markets. You can also decide to receive alerts via SMS, phone or email to stay updated wherever you are.