gold hedging
noun[U]
FINANCE,STOCK MARKETukustheactivityofreducingtheriskoflosingmoneyongoldinvestments, forexample, by alsoinvestinginoptions(= therightstobuyorsellat aparticularpricewithin aparticulartimeperiod):
Many of the U.S. and Australianplayersin the gold-hedgingmarkethaven'tyetrespondedto theincreasedinterestingoldcontracts.