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Gold is a commodity with natural properties that have made it to this day a useful and trusted store of value, medium of exchange and standard of deferred payment.

The aim of this article is to define the gold based financial instruments and their environments. This includes specifying all the gold based financial contracts and the means of settling these contracts, specifically the nature of physical settlement. This entails describing the market place in which these instruments are traded and for what reasons.

Contents 1 Physical gold 1.1 Bullion: Bars and Coins 1.2 Allocated gold accounts 1.3 Unallocated gold accounts 1.4 Locations 1.5 Clearers 2 Gold Financial Instruments 2.1 Gold interest rates 2.2 Cash Instruments 2.2.1 Gold Term Deposits 2.2.2 Gold Leases 2.2.3 Gold Forwards 2.2.4 Gold Swaps 2.2.4.1 Historical Rate Swaps 2.3 Derivative Contracts 2.3.1 Exchange Traded 2.3.1.1 Futures 2.3.1.2 Options 2.3.2 Over The Counter (OTC) 2.3.2.1 NDF 2.3.2.2 Average swaps 2.3.2.3 Interest Rate Swaps 2.3.2.3.1 Amortizing 2.3.2.4 Options 2.3.2.4.1 Vanilla 2.3.2.4.2 Asian 2.3.2.4.3 Barriers 2.3.2.4.4 Digitals 2.3.3 =Variance Swaps 2.3.3.1 Historical Volatility vs Implied Volatility 2.4 Gold Hybrid Instruments 2.4.1 Gold Linked Deposits 2.4.2 Gold Enhanced Notes 2.4.3 Structured Gold Notes 2.4.3.1 Baskets and indexes 3 Exchanges with gold contracts 3.1 Futures 3.2 Options 3.3 ETFs 4 Fixings 4.1 Spot Gold 4.2 GOFO 4.3 LIBOR-GOFO 5 Standards 5.1 LBMA 5.2 ISDA 5.3 Gold Agreement 5.4 Other market conventions 6 See Also 6.1 Links 6.2 Further Reading 6.3 Reference List

[edit] Physical gold

Relating to delivery

[edit] Bullion: Bars and Coins

[edit] Allocated gold accounts

[edit] Unallocated gold accounts

[edit] Locations

[edit] Clearers

[edit] Gold Financial Instruments

[edit] Gold interest rates

[edit] Cash Instruments

[edit] Gold Term Deposits

[edit] Gold Leases

[edit] Gold Forwards

[edit] Gold Swaps

[edit] Historical Rate Swaps

[edit] Derivative Contracts

[edit] Exchange Traded

[edit] Futures

[edit] Options

[edit] Over The Counter (OTC)

[edit] NDF

[edit] Average swaps

[edit] Interest Rate Swaps

[edit] Amortizing

[edit] Options

[edit] Vanilla

[edit] Asian

[edit] Barriers

[edit] Digitals

[edit] =Variance Swaps

[edit] Historical Volatility vs Implied Volatility

[edit] Gold Hybrid Instruments

[edit] Gold Linked Deposits

[edit] Gold Enhanced Notes

[edit] Structured Gold Notes

[edit] Baskets and indexes

[edit] Exchanges with gold contracts

[edit] Futures

[edit] Options

[edit] ETFs

[edit] Fixings

[edit] Spot Gold

[edit] GOFO

[edit] LIBOR-GOFO

[edit] Standards

[edit] LBMA

[edit] ISDA

[edit] Gold Agreement

[edit] Other market conventions

[edit] See Also

1. Gold
2. Gold as an investment
3. Digital gold currency
4. Commodities
5. Derivative (finance)

[edit] Links

[edit] Further Reading

[edit] Reference List