XAUUSDPERP

Seven days a week, including the hours when the spot gold market is closed. There is one short scheduled break each week, during which no quotes stream and no orders execute; the exact hours, in server time, are in the specifications above. Open positions and pending orders are untouched during the break.

Both have the same contract size and are priced in US dollars. The spot CFD follows the spot market and charges a swap once a day at rollover; the perpetual trades in its own market, anchored to spot by funding three times a day, carries no swap, and trades on weekends.

Position value multiplied by the funding rate at each funding time. For example, a position worth 17,720 USD at a funding rate of 0.013% pays or receives 2.30 USD. Rates change with market conditions and can be zero, positive or negative, and are shown in the client area.

Yes, as long as your account has enough margin. There is no expiry and no rollover. Funding accumulates at every funding time you hold across, in either direction, so over long holding periods it can be a large part of the result.

Margin follows your account group and is shown on this page, on the Margin schedule page and in the symbol specification inside the trading platform, which prevails over any figure on this site.