The round trip
If you bought at the cheapest dealer today and sold straight back to the best buyer, what would you lose?
Prices delayed, last updated 00:43, 13 Oct 2026No answer today. Prices are delayed or not yet collected from dealers we are permitted to measure.
| Product | Cheapest buy | At | Best buyback | From | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1oz Gold Britannia | - | - | not published | - | - |
| Gold Sovereign | - | - | not published | - | - |
| 1oz Gold Bar | - | - | not published | - | - |
| 100g Gold Bar | - | - | not published | - | - |
| 1oz Silver Britannia | - | - | not published | - | - |
| 1kg Silver Bar | - | - | not published | - | - |
Buy total includes delivery at the dealer's published rate. Silver prices include 20% VAT. Buyback is the highest published "we buy" price among dealers we measure.
1oz Gold Britannia round trip, day by day
One point a day from each day's latest readings. The series starts on 6 October 2026 and fills in from here.
Method
For every product in the basket we take the cheapest in-stock total for one unit including delivery, and the highest published buyback price from any dealer we measure, both from the latest readings. The round trip is the difference as a share of what you paid. It is the cost of simply owning the metal for a moment, before the price moves at all. The daily series uses each day's latest readings.
Written by MetalsAlpha. Last reviewed 6 October 2026. The figures above are recomputed with every collection run; the method text is not. How we measure · Download the data
Capital at risk. Not financial advice. These experiments measure costs; they are not a view on whether to own gold or silver or on where prices will go.