Gold ETFs & Derivatives
Navigating gold-backed financial products, futures, options, and ETF strategies.
The Gold Congress Academy
Curriculum Team
Course developed in-house by The Gold Congress Academy. Named guest faculty will be announced ahead of the 2026 edition.
Market Structure for Professionals — step 2 of 3
Finish able to read LBMA and COMEX pricing, trace ETF creations through to allocated metal, and judge where a client's exposure actually sits in the settlement chain.
Next in path: Technical Analysis for Gold
- Compare the leading gold ETFs on cost, liquidity and structure
- Trade COMEX gold futures with disciplined risk controls
- Use options for protection, income and directional plays
- Evaluate producer miners and royalty companies
- Assess tokenised and digital gold products
- Choose the right vehicle for each portfolio role
Investors moving beyond physical-only positions into ETFs, futures, options, miners and tokenised gold.
Prerequisites- — Foundations of gold markets
- — Comfort with derivatives basics
Curriculum
Educational content only — not investment, tax or legal advice, and not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any precious metal or security. Precious metal prices can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you paid. Read the full risk & market data disclaimer.