Commodities are often a favourite arena to trade for many spread betting clients as they can be volatile. The means larger profits but on the reverse also means bigger losses. With minimum bet sizes from as little as £1 per point you have easy access to expensive commodities markets with Financial Spread Betting .
The more popular traded commodities include precious metals such as gold and silver, energy markets like Oil and natural Gas. All of these commodities are offered by Financial Spread Betting to spread bet on. Our spreads are extremely tight and start from as little as 1 point.
COMMODITIES OFFERED:
- COCOA
- COCOA - UK
- COFFEE
- COFFEE - UK
- COPPER
- CORN
- COTTON
- COTTON - UK
- CRUDE - UK
- CRUDE - US
- FDR CATTLE
- GAS OIL
- GOLD
- HEATING OIL
- LUMBER
- NAT GAS
- PALLADIUM
- RBOB GASOLINE
- SILVER
- SOYBEANS
- SUGAR
- SUGAR - UK
- SUGAR - US
- WHEAT
Trading Example
You have noticed that the price of gold has been rising for the last 2 months and you decide that it’s going to continue to rise as many investors still see gold as a safe haven asset in the recent troubled financial times. It’s been reported that it has not yet reached its maximum price and should continue to rise over the next few weeks.
Our daily gold spot price is at 1011.6 – 1012.1. You decide to ‘buy’ (go long) at 1012.1 at £10 per point.
You now hear some contradictory news that interest in Gold has weakened and a downturn in market is predicted. You decide to get out now before it falls any lower. The price is now 1000.4 – 1000.9 so you decide to sell at 1000.4. This means a loss of 11.7 points x £10 per point = £117 loss.
You have made a loss of £107 (1012.1 – 1000.4 = 11.7 x £10 = -£117)