Gold Trading with Versus Trade in Singapore
Worked out from Singapore: what to size in Singapore dollars, which Singapore hours move gold, and what this account does not give you — before the first XAUUSD order.
Open a Versus Trade account →Holding a metal position overnight raises a financing question that does not arise with a spot purchase, and for a Singapore-registered account the swap-free level is conditional — the rules that decide when it is withdrawn sit with position sizing.
From Singapore, gold at Versus Trade is an XAUUSD CFD in MetaTrader 5, held in US dollars with no SGD balance and no MAS licence behind it. One lot is 100 troy ounces — US$100 per US$1 move, US$1 on the 0.01-lot minimum — so size the trade from your stop in Singapore dollars, not from the margin. Commission is $0 on Standard and Pro and up to $3.00 per side, per lot on Raw Spread; the spread floats. Gold's busy hours start after 20:00 SGT.
Trading gold (XAU/USD) at Versus Trade — key facts
- Account currency: USD or MYR — no SGD balance, and no PayNow or FAST on the funding menu.
- Regulator: Mauritius FSC, licence GB25204646; no MAS Capital Markets Services licence.
- Instrument: XAUUSD, a contract for difference on the gold price in MetaTrader 5 — no metal changes hands.
- Contract size: 1 lot = 100 troy ounces; orders from 0.01 lots (one ounce), so US$1 in gold is US$100 per lot.
- Commission: $0 on Standard and Pro; up to $3.00 per side, per lot on Raw Spread. The spread floats.
- Leverage: up to 1:2000 on XAUUSD in the broker's instrument table; margin call at 30%, stop out at 0%.
- Gold week in Singapore time: about 06:00 SGT Monday to 05:00 SGT Saturday, busiest 20:00 to midnight SGT.
- Swap-free: XAUUSD sits inside the level, but for a Singapore-registered account it is conditional.
What one XAUUSD position moves, ties up and costs
| Order size | Gold held | Per US$1 move | Margin at 1:2000 (gold at US$4,000) | Raw Spread commission, round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 lot | 1 oz | US$1 | about US$2 | up to US$0.06 |
| 0.05 lot | 5 oz | US$5 | about US$10 | up to US$0.30 |
| 0.10 lot | 10 oz | US$10 | about US$20 | up to US$0.60 |
| 1 lot | 100 oz | US$100 | about US$200 | up to US$6.00 |
Which platform you trade gold on
Gold trading at Versus Trade happens on a single platform, MetaTrader 5: XAUUSD is in the same symbol list on the Windows and macOS desktop builds, the iOS and Android apps and the web terminal. The broker offers no MT4 and no cTrader, so tools written for MT4 do not carry over. MT5 runs on the broker's London-time server, not on Singapore time.
Sizing a gold trade in Singapore dollars
Start from the currency you spend. Decide the most you will lose on the trade in Singapore dollars and convert it at the rate your bank actually applies: the account is held in USD or MYR, and money from an SGD account is converted on the way in and again on the way out (the full money path is on the home page). Then divide the US-dollar figure by 100 times your stop distance in US dollars.
A US$100 limit with a US$20 stop gives 0.05 lot; with a US$50 stop, 0.02 lot. The 100 is the contract — one lot is 100 troy ounces — and the SGD step matters because a limit set in US dollars quietly changes size in Singapore dollars every time the exchange rate moves.
Do not let the margin set the size. At 1:2000, with gold at an illustrative US$4,000, 0.01 lot ties up about US$2 and a full lot about US$200 (table above), so the platform will open positions far larger than a US$100 Pro deposit can carry. The leverage applied to your account is in the XAUUSD contract specification; the general arithmetic is on the lot size page.
Gold in Singapore hours: the evening releases and the Monday open
The gold week runs from about 06:00 SGT on Monday to 05:00 SGT on Saturday on the broker's London-time server; both ends shift by an hour with northern-hemisphere daylight saving. The US inflation and payroll figures gold reacts to arrive between 20:00 and midnight SGT, after the Singapore working day; Federal Reserve rate decisions come later, in the early hours of the Singapore morning. Exact timing is on the trading trends page.
A stop placed from the office at 10:00 SGT meets those releases while you are on the way home or at dinner. Decide before 20:00 SGT whether the position should stay open through the evening, and on a Fed decision night whether it stays open while you sleep; look at that night's US calendar before the session starts rather than during it.
The weekend is the longer exposure. From Saturday 05:00 to Monday 06:00 SGT a gold position cannot be closed, and if gold reopens beyond your stop the order is generally filled at the next available price, not the one you set. For a Singapore trader the Friday-night decision — close, reduce or hold — is the last one before that open. The Client Agreement's negative balance protection limits the loss to the account balance, not to the stop.
Holding gold overnight: swap-free is not a promise here
Gold is one of only two commodities, with WTI, inside the broker's swap-free level. For a Singapore-registered account that level is conditional: Singapore is not among the 34 countries that receive it automatically, and the broker states it can move an account to standard swap when positions are mostly held overnight — which is what a multi-day gold trade is. The rule in full is on the lot size page.
Price such a trade as if the swap applies: read the long and short swap in the XAUUSD contract specification and add one night's charge for every night you plan to hold. A swap is the overnight rollover cost on a position kept past the server's day end.
Costing a gold trade from Singapore before you place it
- Open the XAUUSD contract specification in MetaTrader 5 and note the contract size, the long and short swap, and the trading sessions.
- Note the live spread at the Singapore hour you intend to trade, and on the demo account watch it through one evening US release before risking money.
- Decide the most you will lose in SGD and convert it to US dollars at your bank's rate.
- Set the stop distance and size the trade: lots = that US-dollar amount ÷ (100 × stop distance in US dollars).
- Add the costs — the spread, commission of up to $3.00 per side, per lot on Raw Spread, and the swap for each night — and decide before 20:00 SGT, and again on Friday night, whether the position stays open.
The figures that apply are the ones in your terminal. Contract size, commission, leverage and swap-free terms here were read from the broker's published pages on 12 September 2026.
A gold week on the Singapore clock
| Singapore time | Gold market | What to decide |
|---|---|---|
| Monday about 06:00 SGT | Gold week opens; any weekend gap appears here | Check stops on positions carried from Friday |
| 20:00 to midnight SGT | London–New York overlap; US inflation and payroll data land | Before 20:00: does the position stay open through the evening? |
| After midnight SGT, on Fed decision nights | Federal Reserve rate decision and press conference | Before bed: stop in place, size cut or position closed |
| Saturday about 05:00 SGT | Gold week closes until Monday | Friday night: close, reduce or hold over the weekend |
Hours are calculated from the broker's London-time server and standard session times for Singapore's UTC+8, not published by the broker; check the server clock in your terminal.
Is this gold account a fit? Need by need
| If you need… | At Versus Trade |
|---|---|
| To own physical gold | Not offered — XAUUSD is a CFD; no metal is delivered or stored |
| To sell gold short | Possible — a CFD position can be opened long or short |
| A fixed gold spread | Not offered — the spread floats |
| An SGD balance, PayNow or FAST | Not offered — USD or MYR account; no Singapore rail on the funding menu |
| The protections of a MAS-licensed broker | Not available — Mauritius FSC licence GB25204646, no MAS Capital Markets Services licence |
| Multi-week gold holds without swap | Not dependable — swap-free is conditional for Singapore accounts |
| Losses capped at the account balance | Yes — negative balance protection in the Client Agreement |
Read from the broker's regulation, swap-free, funding and legal-document pages on 12 September 2026.
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Related Versus Trade pages
Metal quotes stop when the underlying futures session closes, so a weekend headline moves nothing until trading resumes and the gap appears at the open — and in Singapore that open falls on Monday morning local time. Worth reading alongside: the MAS register of licensed capital markets firms and how gold is priced and held.