First of all, we must choose a safe precious metal trading platform. Precious metal trading is operated through the network platform, and you can invest directly with mobile phone software, but you must pay attention to choosing a formal platform with relatively good performance when choosing software. After selecting the platform, you can open an account for precious metal trading, and you can only trade on the platform after you get a personal trading account. And before actually starting the actual transaction, investors had better conduct simulated account opening and simulated operation, which can make investors, especially novices, feel more secure in the whole transaction process. Secondly, we should choose the types of precious metals suitable for our investment. Trading can be short-term or mid-line, and different types will bring different benefits to investors. Their trading hours are different and each has its own characteristics. To do short-term precious metal trading, we need to pay more attention to market fluctuations and learn to observe the changes of K-line and trading volume. In addition, it is necessary to know what factors affect the prices of different kinds of precious metals. Generally speaking, the market price of precious metals is easily influenced by the international economic situation, the exchange rate of the US dollar and the political situation. The influence of various factors on the price of precious metals is so complicated that it is difficult for investors to fully grasp it in actual operation. However, trying to understand and pay attention to the different changes at each time is conducive to making correct adjustments to investment in time. Finally, investors should also have a strong psychological quality. No matter what kind of investment product, it will face certain risks. Therefore, investors need to adjust their psychological state when putting their own funds into the market, so that they can make judgments and choices more quickly and accurately when prices fluctuate.