When trading gold futures, you need to open a futures account on the trading platform. Only in this way can the follow-up operation be carried out smoothly. Like other gold investment products, gold futures adopt a long-short two-way trading mechanism. As long as the market judgment is accurate, investors have room for profit whether they are long or short. At the same time, gold futures trading adopts T+0 system, which can be bought and sold freely during trading hours.