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Overview
ETFs & ETCs can be bought or sold on regulated stock exchanges through ordinary brokerage accounts.
- Minimum trade size one security/share
- Liquidity ETCs & ETFs are open-ended, and therefore are not limited to on-exchange volumes
- Stop orders
- Settlement T+3 (trade date plus three business days) in CREST
- Management fee 0.39% per annum to 0.98% (see individual product page)
How to Buy & Sell
ETCs & ETFs can be bought or sold throughout the trading day on regulated stock exchanges, and trade just like ordinary shares.
ETCs & ETFs can be traded with all the same order types as a stock, including:
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Short sell*
- Buy on margin*
* There are special risks associated with short selling and margin investing. Please ask your financial advisor for more information about these risks.
Brokers
ETCs & ETFs are traded on regulated exchanges by a variety of professional financial firms.
Click here for a list of stockbrokers and online brokers that trade ETCs & ETFs.
If you would like your firm to be included on this list, please contact ETF Securities directly.
Market Makers
Market makers and Authorised Participants provide liquidity for ETCs & ETFs, and will execute larger orders by phone. Authorised Participants are approved by ETF Securities to create/redeem ETCs and ETFs.
The following Authorised Participants can create/redeem ETCs & ETFs:
- Flow Traders
- Nyenburgh
- Susquehanna
- Morgan Stanley
- Goldman Sachs
- Barclays Capital
- UBS
- ABN Amro
- HVB
- HSBC
- Citigroup
- LaBranche
- Merrill Lynch
- Winterflood
- JP Morgan
- Banca IMI
- Societe Generale
The following professional financial firms are retail service providers for ETCs:
- Winterflood Securities
- Capital
Institutional investors can contact ETF Securities directly for contact details.
Fees & Charges
| Management fee |
Click here to check the management fee for a specific ETC
Click here to check the management fee for a specific ETF |
| Brokerage charges |
Your broker or financial advisor will also charge you normal transaction costs (commissions) associated with the purchase or sale of ETCs or ETFs |
The fees and charges listed here are the main fees investors will incur when buying/selling our products. Investors should read the relevant Prospectus to assess if any other fees are relevant for a specific product.
Exchanges
Please see product fact sheets for detailed trading information.
Currently, ETCs & ETFs trade on the following regulated stock exchanges around the world:

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