Gate Precious Metals Perpetual Contracts: Making Gold and Silver Part of Your Instant Strategy

Safe-haven assets are no longer just about waiting for risks to occur

For a long time, gold and silver have been viewed as defensive assets during market turbulence, often held passively, waiting for risks to be reflected in prices. As event impact cycles shorten and price responses accelerate, relying solely on the market to tell you the answer becomes increasingly outdated. Markets have begun to reconsider: if safe-haven assets can be operated instantly, could they shift from defensive allocations to part of strategic adjustments?

When precious metals enter a 24-hour trading environment

Gate’s launch of perpetual contracts for precious metals emerges in this context. Through USDT-denominated perpetual contracts, gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) officially enter a 7×24 continuous trading market, no longer limited by traditional market opening and closing times. This means that when interest rate policies change, geopolitical events occur, or important macroeconomic data is released, traders do not have to wait for the next trading session. Instead, they can adjust their positions immediately, transforming risk-hedging from a reactive measure into an instant response.

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Continuing existing operational logic, not creating a new system

On a practical level, Gate has not isolated precious metal contracts into a completely new trading module. XAU and XAG perpetual contracts are integrated directly into the existing contract trading system, including familiar order placement processes, leverage settings, and risk control tools. For users already active in the contract market, this means entering the precious metals market without relearning operational logic or managing multiple accounts. Instead, existing strategies can naturally extend to different asset types, reducing the learning and execution costs of cross-market operations.

Safe-haven assets once again become the focus of price volatility

As market uncertainty heats up in 2026, capital flows back into assets with safe-haven attributes, leading to noticeable fluctuations in precious metals prices:

• Gold has increased about 7% this year, repeatedly approaching historical highs

• Silver, with both industrial and financial attributes, has experienced amplified volatility, with a year-to-date increase of about 23%

In this context, precious metals perpetual contracts are no longer just long-term allocation tools but also vital entry points for traders to participate in short- and medium-term price movements, execute swing and hedging strategies.

Multi-source index pricing maintains a stable benchmark amid high volatility

To reduce potential biases from single-market quotes, Gate’s precious metals perpetual contracts adopt a multi-source index pricing mechanism, integrating prices from different markets as the contract benchmark. During rapid market fluctuations, this design helps maintain price reasonableness and transparency. For traders using leverage, executing strategies, or engaging in short-term operations, it is a critical foundation for effective risk management.

The practical intersection of TradFi and Crypto

From a strategic allocation perspective, precious metals perpetual contracts occupy a special position:

• For traditional market traders, gold and silver are familiar assets with relatively low judgment thresholds

• For native crypto traders, they introduce assets with different volatility structures, diversifying portfolio risk

Whether for macro event hedging, swing trading, or cross-market hedging, precious metals contracts provide a practical strategic interface bridging TradFi and Crypto.

The extension of multi-asset derivatives layout

The launch of precious metals perpetual contracts is not a one-time product update but part of Gate’s gradual effort to complete the traditional asset puzzle in the derivatives market. With existing liquidity and risk control frameworks, the future asset coverage of the contract market still has room for continuous expansion.

Summary

When gold and silver enter the crypto perpetual contract market, they are no longer just defensive assets passively absorbing risks. Instead, they become strategic tools capable of participating in market rhythms instantly. Gate’s precious metals perpetual contracts add operational flexibility to safe-haven assets and provide more practical execution methods for cross-market and multi-asset allocations. As the line between TradFi and Crypto gradually blurs, such products are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of advanced traders’ strategic portfolios.

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