1 oz Gold Launch! Hold Futures or Buy a Gold Bar/Bracelet?
Recently, our futures trading section welcomed a new contract member: $1-Ounce Gold - main 2508(1OZmain)$ . Like $Gold - main 2508(GCmain)$ and $E-Micro Gold - main 2508(MGCmain)$, it is also a futures product under the CME Group. The 1OZ gold contract requires lower margin and is more flexible.
If you want to find it, simply search for $1-Ounce Gold - main 2508(1OZmain)$ in the app and add to your watchlist.
How is the 1OZ gold futures contract different from the ones we already know?
1. Smaller contract size, lower margin requirement — making gold futures more accessible
The Gold (GC) futures contract size is 100 ounces
The Micro Gold (MGC) is 10 ounces
The new 1OZ gold contract is, as its name suggests, just 1 ounce
That’s 1/100 of GC and 1/10 of MGC.
The required initial margin is $165, and the maintenance margin is $150 (subject to slight adjustments due to market conditions). This lower threshold makes it ideal for beginners in futures trading.
2. Smaller tick size, lower risk
The contract multiplier for 1OZ Gold is 1, meaning holding one contract is equivalent to holding 1 x current price in USD worth of gold.
By comparison: $Gold - main 2508(GCmain)$’s multiplier is 100; $E-Micro Gold - main 2508(MGCmain)$’s is 10
This significantly reduces exposure per contract.
Additionally, the minimum tick size is $0.25, meaning every movement in price is only $0.25 — much smaller than the movements in GC or MGC. This further reduces trading risk and volatility exposure.
With geopolitical tensions rising and global uncertainty looming, gold prices once soared past $3,500/oz this year. Still, gold remains a favorite for many investors due to its hedging value, especially amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran, which recently pushed gold prices back to $3,400/oz.
If you want to trade gold-related assets but are concerned about the high margin requirements and large fluctuations of regular gold futures, then the launch of the 1OZ Gold Futures might offer a perfect alternative for you.
Also, 1 ounce of gold ≈ 28 grams, which is roughly the weight of a typical gold bracelet or three gold necklaces. These days, many young people like to gift themselves gold jewelry annually, it's stylish and holds its value well.
There are also standard 1oz gold bars on the market. If a full-sized bar is too expensive, 1oz is just right.
Would you consider trading the 1OZ Gold Futures?
Or would you rather buy a gold bar or a gold bracelet?
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如果是为了投资、赚波段、对冲通胀，那10Z这个新合约真的蛮有吸引力的。它比标准合约更灵活，比微型合约更有手感，资金使用效率高，也更适合小资金试水。对于喜欢看盘、有操作经验的投资者来说，确实是一个不错的选择。
但如果是为了“保值”或“安心感”，我还是会倾向买金条或金手镯。尤其是1盎司的金手镯，不仅美观、实用，而且真的有一种“戴在身上的安全感”。最重要的是，它没有强平风险，也不用担心杠杆爆仓——简单直接，适合长期持有。
其实两个方式并不冲突。期货是活的资产管理工具，金条是静态的财富象征。我会根据资金配置的比例，动静结合，各取所需。
所以问题不是选哪个，而是你更重视哪种价值：灵活交易？还是实物拥有？我，两个都不放过。
如果是短線操作、追求波動收益，那10Z期貨非常合適。它的單位剛好是一盎司，交易靈活、門檻低，比傳統黃金大合約（GC）輕巧得多。加上期貨市場流動性高、可以雙向交易，適合看準趨勢、設好止損去搏一波。但前提是你得懂怎麼盯盤、控風險，不然一波震盪就可能被掃出去。
但如果是爲了儲值、保值、長期安心，我會更傾向買一塊實體金條，甚至一隻金手鐲。特別在動盪週期裏，手裏有點實物黃金，那種安全感是任何數字合約都比不了的。金手鐲雖然含工費，但變現快、可隨身攜帶，還兼具一點點“緊急備用資產”的屬性。
所以如果只能選一個，我偏向60%實體金、40%期貨操作。前者保值抗風險，後者抓機會。一個“藏金於家”，一個“借波動賺錢”，剛好互補。時代不確定，資產也要多條腿走路。
1盎司黃金的合約乘數爲1，意味着持有一份合約相當於持有1 x當前價格價值美元的黃金。
通過比較：$黃金主2508(GCmain)$的乘數是100；$E-Micro Gold-Main 2508(MGCmain)$s是10