An alternative would be to establish a position in one platinum contract with an offset in a miNY gold futures contract that also is 50 ounces.
FORBES: Platinum/Gold Spread Offers Trading Opportunity, But Timing Could Be Difficult
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The agreement, unveiled earlier this month, means Merc won't have to build its own energy trading operations, as it had planned to do this summer, after dabbling with trading some of Nymex's smaller e-miNY contracts for the last few years.