GC Exchange A/S (GCEX) has launched gold futures contracts for difference (CFDs), adding a new instrument to its multi-asset trading range for institutional and professional clients.
The digital prime broker, which operates across the UK, EU and UAE, said the new product allows clients to gain exposure to gold through CFDs that reference exchange-listed futures contracts.
The initial release covers the GCG26 contract, linked to the February 2026 gold future, with additional futures-based CFDs expected to be introduced in due course.
According to GCEX, futures CFDs differ from rolling spot instruments and non-expiring CFDs by providing exposure over a defined contract period.
The products are priced using the futures curve, with cost-of-carry elements built into the contract, and do not incur overnight financing charges.
Positions must be closed before expiry, after which any remaining positions are automatically settled at the final settlement price.
Lars Holst, chief executive of GCEX, said the introduction of gold futures CFDs formed part of the firm’s broader product development strategy across traditional and digital markets, with a focus on providing regulated instruments for professional and institutional clients.
Details such as contract expiry dates are available through GCEX’s XplorTrader platform. The firm said the new product is intended to support clients seeking alternative structures for managing market exposure.
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, GCEX provides access to liquidity in CFDs on digital assets and foreign exchange, as well as spot digital asset trading and related technology solutions.
The group is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, supervised as a crypto-asset service provider under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, and licensed as a virtual asset service provider by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. True Global Ventures is among its investors.
In December, GCEX received a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA).
The new license allows the firm to provide regulated crypto-asset services to institutional and professional clients across the European Union.
