Open an account and start trading commodities
- Expand your portfoliowith commodity trading and capitalize on endless opportunities.
- Trade some of the most popular commodities onlineincluding gold and crude oil with both low and stable spreads.
- Leverage unique trading conditionslike Stop Out Protection to give your strategy an advantage.
The commodity market is a global marketplace for trading various types of commodities like precious metals and energies. Trading them allows you to speculate on the price of highly volatile instruments like gold and oil without buying the underlying asset, whether the commodity price is going up or down.
- Spreads
- Spreads are always floating, so the spreads in the table above are yesterday’s averages. For live spreads, please refer to the trading platform.
- Please note that spreads may widen when the markets experience lower liquidity. This may persist until liquidity levels are restored.
- Swaps
- Swap is a type of commission applied to trading positions held overnight. To help you estimate your swap costs, you can use our handy ARFX calculator. On Wednesdays, a triple swap rate applies for positions in gold, silver, platinum, and other metal pairs to account for the market close over the weekend where no swaps are charged.
- If you have Extended swap-free status, you won’t be charged any swaps for the instruments marked in the table above. To check your swap status, simply log in to your Personal Area, go to Settings, and then to the Trading Conditions tab.
- If you are a resident of a Muslim country, all accounts are automatically swap-free.
- Dynamic margin requirements
- Margin requirements are tied to the rate of leverage you use. Changing your leverage will cause margin requirements on XAU (gold) and XAG (silver) pairs to change. Just as spreads change depending on conditions, the leverage available to you can also vary. You can read more about the changes in margin requirements in the FAQ section below.
- Fixed margin requirements
- Margin requirements for the following commodities always remain fixed, regardless of the maximum leverage set on your account
- For XAL (aluminum), XCU (copper), XNI (nickel), XPB (lead), XPT (platinum), XPD (palladium) and XZN (zinc) leverage is set at 1:100
- Margin requirements for USOIL and UKOIL always remain fixed with a leverage of 1:200, except for specific periods of higher margin requirements. During the following higher margin requirements periods, the margin requirements for both USOIL and UKOIL are set at 5% (1:20 leverage)
- USOIL: from 15:45 (GMT+0) on Friday to 21:59 (GMT+0) on Sunday UKOIL: from 07:00 (GMT+0) on Friday to 23:30 (GMT+0) on Sunday
- Stop level
- Please note that the stop level values in the table above are subject to change and may not be available for traders using certain trading strategies or Expert Advisors.
- Trading hours
- Sunday 2210 – Friday 2058 (daily break 2058-2205) XALUSD, XCUUSD, XPBUSD, XZNUSD daily 0100 – 1855 (daily break 1855-0100) XNIUSD daily 0800 – 1855 (daily break 1855-0800) USOIL, XNGUSD Sunday 2210 – Friday 2045 (daily break 2045-2210) UKOIL Monday 0010 – Friday 2055 (daily break 2055-0010)
- All timings are in server time (GMT+0).
Why trade commodities online with ARFX
Break into the commodities market by trading on innovative Forex platforms with a dynamic broker eager to set new standards.
- Low and stable spreads
Keep your trading costs low, even when prices are fluctuating. Enjoy low and stable spreads, even during high- impact market news and economic events.
- Fast execution
Never miss a pip. Get your orders executed in milliseconds on both the MT platforms and cTrader.
- Security of funds
Trade the commodity markets with Negative Balance Protection. Benefit from PCI DSS financial data protection, and segregated client accounts in tier-1 banks.
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