quote The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 enacted by US Congress which became effective July 15, 2011 prohibits US residents from trading within the counter leveraged or margined foundation precious metals including gold and silver. Because of this, firms were prohibited from offering these kinds of contracts to the retail public unless the contracts were traded on-exchange. The Act may be found here:
https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/ref...tions.html#742 As a US resident, you can trade unleveraged gold...