Trading commodities gives you an easy and cost-effective way to trade one of the most liquid markets in the world. It also provides instant diversification to your trading portfolio. And because commodities are traded as Contracts for Difference (CFD), you are only trading the price movement and not the physical or underlying instrument.

Using our MT4 Genesis commodity trading platform and smart trading tools, you can track the price of Oil and other commodities as they are traded in different financial centres throughout the day. You can also set alerts on the trading platform to capture the price movements particularly around high-impact events such as crude oil inventory reporting. The Correlation Trader allows you to track the correlation between different asset classes.

• Trade with leverage –Commodities are traded on margin, so you can choose the leverage that suits you up to a maximum of 500:1*
• Competitive spreads –We have tight spreads on our full range of commodities
• Fast trade execution –We provide low latency and efficient price feeds to ensure fast trade execution
• Lower trading cost –Commodities attract a much lower cost compared to other instruments, keeping your commodity trading costs down
• Tradeable on multiple devices –Using our mobile MT4 commodity trading platform, you can trade commodities across your favourite mobile devices
• Trade long and short –You can easily trade long or short positions on commodities since you are only trading the price movements

* The effect of leverage is that both gains and losses are magnified. You should only trade if you can afford to carry these risks.

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

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 Apex Orbit , 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.