How do I calculate how much margin I need to trade a commodity?

The formula to calculate how much margin is required is quantity x price x margin.

When do commodity CFD orders expire?

All of our commodity CFD markets, including markets on MetaTrader , expire. Please note however, that our spot commodity markets do not expire. The iBox on the trading platform displays the date and time of the next upcoming expiry for a CFD market, and the Market Information Sheets in the trading platform have more details. When a CFD market expires, we close all open positions based on our most recent prices and all open orders are cancelled. To retain your open positions in a market, you must manually open a new position in the next contract month.

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Commodities CFD trading

Commodities like oil and coffee offer traders the opportunity to speculate in new markets and to hedge against inflation.

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Trade our simplified non-expiring spot contracts

Benefit from improved liquidity with variable spreads

Trade both long and short across our FOREX.com or MT5 platforms

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Name	Sell	Buy	Change
US Crude OilOpen row
UK Crude OilOpen row
Natural GasOpen row
Coffee COpen row
Cotton No 2Open row
Lean HogsOpen row
Live CattleOpen row
Natural GasOpen row
Orange JuiceOpen row
Soybean OilOpen row
Sugar No 11Open row
UK Crude OilOpen row
US Crude OilOpen row
WheatOpen row

Popular commodities

Gold

Silver

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Oil

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Natural Gas

Why trade commodities with us?

What are commodities?

Everything you need to know about popular commodities like gold, oil, coffee and more - including how to trade them.

What are commodities?

Why trade commodity CFDs?

Gold has historically been a safe haven asset in times of market uncertainty. Learn the benefits of gold and other commodities with our in-depth guide.

Why trade commodities?

How to trade commodity CFDs

Want to know how to trade a commodity like oil using CFDs? This section breaks down every aspect of your first trade.

How to trade commodities

Stay in the know

Stay abreast of breaking stories impacting global commodity prices through our exclusive Reuters feed delivered in-platform.

Go long or short

When you trade commodities with us, you can profit from both rising and falling markets.

Take advantage of leverage

You only have to put up a fraction of the commodity price to start trading. Leverage can magnify your profits and your losses.

Trade through the weekend

The 7-Day US Oil CFD market allows you to trade oil throughout the week, including over the weekend. Pricing and market conditions during weekend trading may differ from those during standard trading hours.