Commodities

Trade movements in essential commodities

Trading commodities is an easy, cost-effective way to trade one of the world’s most liquid markets. You can take advantage of major market cycles and diversify your portfolio instantly. And as you trade CFDs on price movements, you can benefit even in bearish markets.

Why trade Commodities with Alphates?

Trade with leverage

Commodities are traded on margin – choose your preferred leverage up to a 20:1* maximum

Competitive spreads

We give you tight, competitive spreads across our full range of commodities

Fast trade execution

Low latency and efficient price feeds mean you enjoy quick trade execution

Lower trading cost

Compared to other instruments commodities attract a much lower cost, so you trade with less expense

Trade across devices

Our mobile MT4 & MT5 trading platforms allow commodity trading across your preferred devices

Trade long and short

You can take long or short positions on commodities as you only trade the price movements

Commodities the clever way: MT4 & MT5

With Alphates you access commodity trading platforms among the most popular: MT4 and MT5. And using our MT4 Genesis platform and smart trading tools, you can track commodity prices in financial centres across the day. You can also set alerts to capture price movements, particularly around high-impact events like crude oil inventory reporting.

*With leverage both gains and losses are magnified. You should only trade if you can afford to carry these risks.

Range of Commodities

All Instruments

Below is the full range of commodity CFDs you can trade via our MetaTrader 4 & MetaTrader 5 trading platforms:

Instrument	Symbol	Spread	Lot Size	Trading Hours (Platform time)
Spot Gold	XAU/USD	Variable	100oz	01:01-23:59
Spot Silver	XAG/USD	Variable	5,000oz	01:01-23:59
Spot WTI Crude Oil	USO/USD	Variable	100 Barrels	01:00-24:00
Spot Brent Crude Oil	UKO/USD	Variable	100 Barrels	03:00-24:00
US Oil Futures	USOil-F	Variable	100 Barrels	01:00-24:00
UK Oil Futures	UKOil-F	Variable	100 Barrels	03:00-24:00

Integrated platform power

GO trading in just a few steps

1. Confirm your identity

In just minutes we can verify your identity and create your account.

2. Fund account

Deposit a minimum of $200 from a debit card or bank transfer to start trading.

3. Place your trade

Take a position in your choice of instrument.

FAQs

How does Commodity CFD trading work?: Commodities are usually traded in exchanges that specialise in these products, like the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) or the London Metal Exchange. Commodity CFDs are traded using standard size lots – e.g. 1,000 barrels of crude oil. When trading commodities with Alphates, you are actually trading it as a CFD, which means you are only trading the price movement and not the actual commodity. This gives you the flexibility to trade a fraction of the standard contract. So, instead of trading 1,000 barrels of oil, you can trade a smaller lot of 100 barrels. This is ideal particularly if you are just starting out in trading commodities, as you can set aside a smaller amount of your trading capital to get exposure in this liquid market.

Commodities

Commodities

Trade movements in essential commodities

Why trade Commodities with Alphates?

Trade with leverage

Competitive spreads

Fast trade execution

Lower trading cost

Trade across devices

Trade long and short

Commodities the clever way: MT4 & MT5

Range of Commodities

All Instruments

Integrated platform power

MetaTrader 4

MetaTrader 5

GO WebTrader

GO trading in just a few steps

1. Confirm your identity

2. Fund account

3. Place your trade

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