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Commodities

Metals, energy, and earth.

Commodities across metals, energy, agricultural, and soft contracts.

Markets
14a selection
Spread from
0.02 pts
Hours
varies
Most traded
XAU/USD

Reference snapshot · 06:00 UTC · refreshes hourly

Forward curve

XAU/USD

Contango+0.30%/moNot live
Front monthOct2,403.85oz0.00%vs front

Instruments

Metals

Energy

Agriculturals

Softs

THE CURVE BENCHDrawn shapes, not live quotes · as of 2026-06-13

Why commodities here

Hard assets, honest pricing

Gold, silver, and energy. The classic hedges, quoted with the same openness as our FX book.

  • Spreads from 0.02 pts

    Metals and energy priced off deep futures liquidity, with the full cost on the ticket. Nothing is buried in the fill.

  • The monetary metals

    Gold and silver against the dollar. The instruments traders reach for when rates, inflation, or risk sentiment turn.

  • Market access, varies

    Metals trade nearly 24 hours on weekdays; energy follows its exchange calendar. Session times sit on every instrument page.

  • An auditable method

    Roll dates, storage-linked financing, and spread construction are documented in the Markets Method. Nothing is implied.

Expiry

The roll calendar

A futures-based CFD tracks the front contract, and the front expires. Energy rolls every month, grains and softs walk their delivery cycles, and the spot metals never roll at all.

XAU/USD · XAG/USD · XPT/USD · COPPERSpot · no expirySpot-quoted metals never expire, so there is no roll window and no contract gap. Positions simply carry day to day through overnight financing.
Roll schedule per instrument: pattern, next window and incoming contract month
InstrumentRoll patternNext roll windowRolls into
WTIMonthly rollOct 17 – Oct 19 · in 13 daysDec
BRENTMonthly rollOct 26 – Oct 28 · in 22 daysJan
NATGASMonthly rollOct 24 – Oct 26 · in 20 daysDec
GASOLINEMonthly rollOct 26 – Oct 28 · in 22 daysDec
WHEATDelivery cycle · 5 rolls a yearNov 19 – Nov 22 · in 46 daysMar
CORNDelivery cycle · 5 rolls a yearNov 19 – Nov 22 · in 46 daysMar
SOYBEANDelivery cycle · 5 rolls a yearOct 19 – Oct 22 · in 15 daysJan
COFFEEDelivery cycle · 5 rolls a yearNov 12 – Nov 15 · in 39 daysMar
SUGARDelivery cycle · 4 rolls a yearFeb 18 – Feb 21 · in 137 daysMay
COCOADelivery cycle · 5 rolls a yearNov 12 – Nov 15 · in 39 daysMar
XAU/USDSpot · no expiryNone · spotNone · spot
XAG/USDSpot · no expiryNone · spotNone · spot
XPT/USDSpot · no expiryNone · spotNone · spot
COPPERSpot · no expiryNone · spotNone · spot
  • Energy rolls every month. The front contract expires and pricing steps to the next listing.
  • Grains and softs follow their delivery cycles: four or five rolls a year, set by the underlying listing.
  • At a roll, the price steps by the front-to-next gap (the contango or backwardation drawn on the curve bench above) and the ticket is adjusted so the step itself is not profit or loss.

Typical roll windows as of 2026-08-03 · exact dates follow exchange calendars

Sort
  • Metals
  • XAU/USD
    XAU/USD change negative 0.15%
    2,403.85
  • XAG/USD
    XAG/USD change negative 0.70%
    28.056
  • XPT/USD
    XPT/USD change negative 1.08%
    961.92
  • COPPER
    COPPER change positive 0.56%
    4.255
  • Energy
  • WTI
    WTI change negative 1.44%
    73.25
  • BRENT
    BRENT change positive 1.11%
    78.04
  • NATGAS
    NATGAS change positive 0.68%
    2.521
  • GASOLINE
    GASOLINE change positive 0.10%
    2.1310
  • Agricultural
  • WHEAT
    WHEAT change negative 0.04%
    581.52
  • CORN
    CORN change negative 0.20%
    430.80
  • SOYBEAN
    SOYBEAN change negative 1.14%
    1,052.06
  • Soft
  • COFFEE
    COFFEE change negative 1.46%
    211.81
  • SUGAR
    SUGAR change positive 0.10%
    21.923
  • COCOA
    COCOA change negative 0.54%
    7,869.33

Not live · updated 06:00 UTC

Prices here are not live to the tick; your fill comes from the platform's live quote.

A selection of our most-traded instruments. The full list is on the platform.

Bar shows 24h move vs the day's largest mover.

The assay

What one contract actually is

Commodities are the only market where every instrument quotes in its own physical unit: troy ounces, barrels, MMBtu, bushels, tonnes. Each assay card states the unit behind the quote, the exchange contract it prices from, the tick that moves it, and the venue that sets the world price.

Metals

  • XAU/USD

    Gold

    per oz

    USD per troy ounce

    Contract
    COMEX GC · 100 oz
    Tick
    0.1 = $10.00 / contract
    Venue
    COMEX (CME) · London LBMA spot
    OriginLondon / Zurich vaults
  • XAG/USD

    Silver

    per oz

    USD per troy ounce

    Contract
    COMEX SI · 5,000 oz
    Tick
    0.005 = $25.00 / contract
    Venue
    COMEX (CME) · London LBMA
    OriginLondon / New York vaults
  • XPT/USD

    Platinum

    per oz

    USD per troy ounce

    Contract
    NYMEX PL · 50 oz
    Tick
    0.1 = $5.00 / contract
    Venue
    NYMEX (CME) · London LPPM
    OriginSouth Africa · Zurich settlement
  • COPPER

    Copper

    per lb

    USD per pound

    Contract
    COMEX HG · 25,000 lb
    Tick
    0.0005 = $12.50 / contract
    Venue
    COMEX (CME) · LME 3-month

    New York quotes copper per pound; the LME benchmark runs per tonne.

    OriginChile / Peru mine output

Energy

  • WTI

    WTI Crude

    per bbl

    USD per barrel

    Contract
    NYMEX CL · 1,000 bbl
    Tick
    0.01 = $10.00 / contract
    Venue
    NYMEX (CME)
    OriginCushing, Oklahoma
  • BRENT

    Brent Crude

    per bbl

    USD per barrel

    Contract
    ICE B · 1,000 bbl
    Tick
    0.01 = $10.00 / contract
    Venue
    ICE Futures Europe (London)
    OriginNorth Sea (BFOET)
  • NATGAS

    Natural Gas

    per MMBtu

    USD per MMBtu

    Contract
    NYMEX NG · 10,000 MMBtu
    Tick
    0.001 = $10.00 / contract
    Venue
    NYMEX (CME)
    OriginHenry Hub, Louisiana
  • GASOLINE

    Gasoline (RBOB)

    per gal

    USD per US gallon

    Contract
    NYMEX RB · 42,000 gal
    Tick
    0.0001 = $4.20 / contract
    Venue
    NYMEX (CME) RBOB
    OriginNew York Harbor

Agriculturals

  • WHEAT

    Wheat

    per bu

    US cents per bushel

    Contract
    CBOT ZW · 5,000 bu
    Tick
    0.25 = $12.50 / contract
    Venue
    CBOT (CME), Chicago
    OriginUS Plains · Black Sea
  • CORN

    Corn

    per bu

    US cents per bushel

    Contract
    CBOT ZC · 5,000 bu
    Tick
    0.25 = $12.50 / contract
    Venue
    CBOT (CME), Chicago
    OriginUS Corn Belt
  • SOYBEAN

    Soybeans

    per bu

    US cents per bushel

    Contract
    CBOT ZS · 5,000 bu
    Tick
    0.25 = $12.50 / contract
    Venue
    CBOT (CME), Chicago
    OriginUS Midwest · Brazil

Softs

  • COFFEE

    Coffee (Arabica)

    per lb

    US cents per pound

    Contract
    ICE KC · 37,500 lb
    Tick
    0.05 = $18.75 / contract
    Venue
    ICE Futures US (New York)
    OriginBrazil · Colombia (Arabica)
  • SUGAR

    Sugar No.11

    per lb

    US cents per pound

    Contract
    ICE SB · 112,000 lb
    Tick
    0.01 = $11.20 / contract
    Venue
    ICE Futures US (New York)
    OriginBrazil Centre-South · India
  • COCOA

    Cocoa

    per t

    USD per metric tonne

    Contract
    ICE CC · 10 t
    Tick
    1 = $10.00 / contract
    Venue
    ICE Futures US (New York)
    OriginCôte d'Ivoire · Ghana

Exchange-published contract specs · as of 2026-06-13

Commodities primer·6 short cards

What a futures roll is

Futures contracts expire on a schedule. Holding a position means rolling from the front month to the next; the broker price-adjusts so the chart stays continuous. The roll calendar above maps each instrument's next window.

Contango vs backwardation

Contango: far months trade above spot, so long rollers pay each cycle. Backwardation: far months trade below spot, so long rollers receive. Storage costs and yields drive the shape. Bend it yourself in the workshop below.

Weekend gold

Spot metals trade Sun 22:05 UTC to Fri 21:00 UTC in US summer time, an hour later in winter. A week that closes below support can gap on the Monday open. Weekend financing still accrues; the carry ledger below prices the triple-swap night.

Storage and quality

Commodities have grade and delivery rules built into the contract. WTI and Brent are two delivery points with different sulphur and gravity specs, not two names for one oil. Each assay card above states the exact contract behind the quote.

Supply shocks

Weather, geopolitics, and inventory reports move commodity prices in step changes rather than drift. Tight stops are easier to take out than to keep.

Quanto vs non-quanto

Priced in USD, commodities add a dollar leg to any non-USD account. A non-quanto CFD passes the FX move through to your P&L; a quanto CFD strips it out for a small premium.

The curve workshop

Bend the curve yourself

Every forward curve is one tug-of-war. Financing and storage push the far months up; scarcity (how badly the market wants the physical in hand today) pulls them down. Pick an instrument and turn the one dial the market actually moves.

Indexed forward strip · front = 100

Contango+0.32%/moTypical shape

Instrument

Vault metal. Storage is trivial and nobody is desperate for bars in hand, so financing wins. Gold almost never leaves contango.

0.1%/yr
Abundant · carry winsScarce · curve inverts

Convenience yield: the premium the market pays to hold the physical now instead of a promise of it later.

Slope ≈ financing + storage − scarcity

Financing
+3.6%/yr
Storage
+0.3%/yr
Scarcity
−0.1%/yr
Net carry
+3.9%/yr

Long holder

Rolling a long up this curve means re-buying a dearer month every roll, a drag of about 0.32% per month before any price move.

Short holder

A short mirrors it: every roll re-sells the dearer month, about 0.32% per month of tailwind before any price move.

Hold that shape through six monthly rolls and the roll cost alone compounds to roughly 1.9% against a long. The curve, not the headline price, did that.

Contango. The curve banks up: rolling longs pay, rolling shorts earn.

The identity behind the dial: forward slope ≈ financing + storage − convenience yield. That is the whole machine. A vault costs nearly nothing, so gold banks up; a tight oil market prizes barrels in hand, so WTI bends down.

The dial is simple arithmetic on an indexed strip, never a quote. Real curves also carry seasonality and inventory shocks; the curated shapes for all 14 instruments are plotted on the bench at the top of this page.

Drawn curve, not a quote · shapes as of 2026-06-13

FAQ·6 questions

  • How much leverage do commodities get?

    Retail caps depend on the instrument: gold is commonly 1:20, other commodities 1:10. The platform shows your available leverage per instrument before you trade.

  • When do commodities trade?

    Spot metals quote nearly 24 hours on weekdays with a short daily break. Energy and agricultural contracts follow their exchange calendars; exact hours are listed on each instrument page.

  • How does overnight financing work on metals?

    Spot gold and silver carry a daily swap that reflects the interest-rate and lease-rate differential, typically a small debit for longs. It can flip sign when rates move, and one triple-swap night each week books the weekend in advance.

  • What does one lot of gold represent?

    One standard lot of XAU/USD is 100 troy ounces, so a $12 move per ounce is $1,200 per lot. Fractional lots let you size far smaller; the calculators do the math for your account.

  • Do commodity CFDs expire?

    Spot metals don't: XAU/USD and XAG/USD carry day to day with no contract to outgrow. Energy and agricultural CFDs track futures that do expire. At each roll the book re-references to the next contract and the price steps by the front-to-next gap, with an adjustment so the roll itself is not profit or loss. Each instrument's next window is plotted on the roll calendar higher up the page.

  • Does contango cost me money?

    Held through a roll, yes: a long re-buys a dearer month each cycle (a drag that accrues before any price move) while a short earns the mirror of it. Backwardation flips both signs. The curve workshop above lets you bend the shape yourself and see what six rolls cost either way.

Holding costs

The carry ledger

Close a commodity CFD intraday and you pay the spread once. Hold it overnight and a second flow starts: financing on the notional you carry. Both are arithmetic, not mystery. Here they are, itemised for gold, the metal on the bench above.

The financing leg

Every commodity in this catalogue is quoted in US dollars, so both directions fund off one benchmark: SOFR. Long positions pay SOFR plus our 2.5% annual markup; short positions receive SOFR minus the markup, which can flip negative when rates are low.

Notional × (SOFR ± markup) ÷ 360

Curated3.60% as of Jun 11, 2026· Reference rate · live feed pending

The worked ledger

The ticket: 1 lot XAU/USD = 100 oz at $2,403.85, $240,385 notional. Every line below carries this position.

Nights held

Worked carry ledger · 1 lot XAU/USD · both directions
Line itemLongShort
Spread crossed at entry0.62 pts × $0.01/pt × 100 oz−$0.62−$0.62
Financing × 1 night−$40.736.10% p.a. ≈ −$40.73 / night+$7.351.10% p.a. ≈ +$7.35 / night
Net carry after 1 night−$41.35+$6.73

After 1 night: long −$41.35, short +$6.73.

Positive values are credited to the account; negative values are debited. Financing accrues on the full notional, not on your margin.

Worked figures, not a quote · SOFR fixing as of 2026-06-11 · live rates apply at execution

Worked trade·Made-up numbers, not advice

Sell XAU/USD at 2412.40, target 2400.40 (a 12.00 USD move per ounce) on 100 oz, before financing.

Direction
Sell
Entry
2412.40
Target
2400.40
Move
12.00
Size
100 oz
Hypothetical P&L
+$1,200

Made-up levels. Excludes commission and overnight financing; not a forecast or advice.

Open in calculators

Costs

Three costs, all on the table

Everything you pay to hold a commodities position, shown on gold, the busiest metal on the book.

Shown on XAU/USD

  • Spread0.4–0.6 pts

    The bid/ask difference, tightest on gold while London and New York are both open, wider when liquidity thins.

  • Overnight swap-4.8 / 3.3 pts

    A daily credit or debit for holding past the roll, long versus short, set by the rate and lease-rate differential.

  • CommissionSpread-only

    No separate commission on standard accounts; the spread is the cost. Raw-spread accounts charge commission per side, at the rate published for your entity.

Markets method

See how we price markets.

Six chapters on where the prices on these pages come from: liquidity, spreads, rollovers, gap pricing, exchange aggregation, and the audit trail.

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Compare instruments

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These figures come from our pricing model, not a live quote. What you pay depends on your account type and market conditions.

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