Vantage Markets has started offering gold CFD trading seven days a week, joining a lengthening list of brokers trying to keep clients in the market through the weekend. The broker launched the product, called XAUUSD247, on Friday and said the trading page would go live today (Monday).The timing is not accidental. Gold has been one of the busiest instruments on retail platforms this year, and several firms have already moved to erase the Saturday and Sunday gap that opens when spot and futures markets close. CMC Markets added a weekend gold CFD in April, and a string of liquidity providers followed with round-the-clock versions aimed at brokers.Smaller Contract, Higher LeverageXAUUSD247 runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, subject to scheduled maintenance and what Vantage described as regional availability. The product uses a one-ounce contract, a fraction of the 100-ounce size on the broker's standard XAUUSD.There is no separate commission, though spreads, financing charges and other costs still apply, the company said. Tiered leverage runs as high as 100 times, depending on position size, account type and trading conditions.Marc Despallieres, chief executive of Vantage, said the product gives eligible clients gold access outside normal hours, supported by "transparent product mechanics and clearly defined trading controls." Spreads, leverage and limits vary by account type, region and the Vantage entity a client trades under, the company added.The firm also built in exposure caps. Accounts carry net and gross limits at the account level, and once a threshold is reached, the account moves into close-only mode until exposure drops back below the line. Vantage applies one-sided margin for eligible accounts that hold both long and short positions at the same time.Brokers Race to Fill the Saturday GapVantage is late rather than early to this trade. CMC Markets listed a "Gold - Weekend" instrument in April for traders who use the metal to hedge and want to move before the Monday open, then extended it to Australia two months later. The London-listed broker did not disclose pricing or margin terms for the product.Liquidity providers have pushed the same way on the wholesale side. Scope Prime rolled out a continuous gold CFD called DIGIXAU for institutional clients in March, pitching it as a way to hedge through weekend gaps.More followed into the summer. Match-Prime began supplying 24/7 CFDs on gold, silver, oil and US indices through its CySEC-regulated arm in June, offering the feed to brokers rather than end clients.However, unlike LMAX Group's institutional gold perpetual futures, added back in February, XAUUSD247 is a retail-facing CFD priced by the broker and offered from Vanuatu. The one-ounce size and the missing commission point at smaller accounts, though the up-to-100x leverage and the close-only trip show the risk of trading a volatile metal when reference markets are shut.Vantage Keeps Its Distance From CMEThe launch also lands just before the biggest name in the space makes its own move, and Vantage went out of its way to draw a line between the two. The company noted that XAUUSD247 is an over-the-counter product, separate from anything CME Group offers.CME said in June it would run its one-ounce gold futures around the clock from July 26, extending the always-on model it brought to crypto derivatives earlier in the year. Those are regulated, exchange-traded contracts that clear centrally, a different animal from an OTC CFD that a broker quotes and books on its own account.The distinction matters for traders. A Vantage client holding XAUUSD247 over the weekend is exposed to the broker's own pricing and to the thinner liquidity that comes with off-hours gold, rather than a cleared benchmark. Gold's swings this year, from a record run above $5,000 to a recent retreat, make that gap between weekday and weekend quotes a live risk.Vantage, which says it has more than 17 years in the business, offers CFDs across forex, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and bonds. The broker has stayed active on the product side, recently wiring its liquidity into MetaQuotes' institutional matching engine for MT5 brokers. This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.

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