Cheapest Gold (XAU/USD) spread, right now.
Every figure below is sampled from connected account feeds. The order follows each firm's rolling window average, so one wide tick can neither lift nor sink a firm, and the current spread sits beside it.
Gold (XAU/USD), tightest first.
Ranked on the rolling window average, with each firm's current spread beside it and the estimated cost of a one-lot round turn at that quote, published commissions included.
What moves Gold (XAU/USD) spreads.
What actually drives the numbers above: liquidity, session hours and each firm's markup policy.
Gold is where spread differences hurt most: it is quoted in cents, moves fast, and most firms price it with a noticeably larger markup than major FX pairs. Two firms that look identical on EUR/USD can be far apart on gold.
Gold spreads react sharply to risk events and to the New York open. Because the quoted unit is cents rather than pips, this site normalizes everything to dollars per one-lot round turn, so the gold figures below are directly comparable with any other instrument.
This tool provides an indicative comparison of spreads and estimated execution costs based on periodic snapshots from connected data feeds and normalized trade assumptions. Displayed values are not tradable quotes and may differ from prices available on any provider's live accounts. Spreads vary by account type, server, liquidity conditions, and time of day. Competitor names and marks belong to their respective owners; no affiliation or endorsement is implied. The "Average Prop Firm" benchmark is a computed composite of sampled competitor feeds, not the published pricing of any specific firm. Cost estimates use a normalized trade scenario and do not constitute financial advice or a prediction of trading results.