The following tables show were you can spread bet on a range of Commodities markets.
Spread Betting Commodities - Metals Markets:
Gold
Silver
Platinum
Copper
Other Metals?
Metals spread betting markets may also be available through other companies. Notes.
Spread Betting Commodities - Energies Markets:
UK Oil
US Oil
Natural Gas
Other Energies?
Energies spread betting markets may also be available through other companies. Notes.
Spread Betting Commodities - Softs Markets:
Coffee
Sugar
Wheat
Other Softs?
Softs spread betting markets may also be available through other companies. Notes.
2) Where can I find Real-time Spread Betting Prices for Commodities Markets?
Please see the above tables. Where a company offers the relevant market they will also provide clients with live prices on that market.
3) Where can I find Live Charts / Candlestick Charts for Commodities Markets?
Spread betting companies often offer a variety of free data to their clients (accounts are subject to status, terms and conditions).
The most popular data, apart from live prices, tends to be the candlestick charts. The time period of the charts can usually be varied. You can often alter the candlestick charts to show market movements in the order of 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10minutes, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 week periods.
With a number of the charts you can also update the settings to help your technical analysis. For example you can add Bollinger Bands and 20, 50 and 100 point Moving Averages.
Candlestick charts are currently available with:
Trading Charts?
Spread betting charts may also be available from other companies. Notes.
Sample Gold Chart from Financial Spreads:
Sample Crude Oil Chart from Financial Spreads:
4) How do you Spread Bet on Commodities Markets to Go Up?
Brent Crude Oil Spread Betting Example
If you are going to spread trade on a commodity such as Brent Crude Oil then, looking at a spread trading site like Financial Spreads, you would currently see a spread trading price of $76.77 - $76.82.
That means you can spread bet on Brent Crude Oil to move above $76.82 or below $76.77.
When making a spread bet, you trade on every unit the market goes up or down. In the case of the Brent Crude Oil market a unit is $0.01 of the commodity's price movement.
For instance, you could choose to trade £2 for every $0.01 Brent Crude Oil rises or falls.
Betting on the Market to Rise
If you were to go long of Brent Crude Oil at $76.82 and the commodity rose then the spread might change to $77.51 - $77.56. Therefore, you could close your trade at $77.51.
Your Profits (or Losses) = (final level of the market - initial level of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = ($77.51 - $76.82) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = $0.69 x £2 per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = £138 profit
On the other hand, if the market had decreased to, as an example, $76.17 - $76.22, you could choose to close your trade to limit your losses. Assuming this was the case, you would sell your trade at $76.17.
So, with the same £2 per $0.01 stake:
Your Profits (or Losses) = (final level of the market - initial level of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = ($76.17 - $76.82) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = -$0.65 x £2 per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = -£130 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on Commodities Markets to Go Down?
One of the benefits of spread trading is that investors can sell the markets.
If you recall, initially the market was $76.77 - $76.82.
If you were to sell Brent Crude Oil at $76.77 and the commodity went down then you might see the spread move to $76.06 - $76.11. If so, you might choose to close your trade for a profit by buying at $76.11.
Your Profits (or Losses) = (initial level of the market - final level of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = ($76.77 - $76.11) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = $0.66 x £2 per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = £132 profit
Of course, if the market had increased to, as an example, $77.34 - $77.39, you may want to close your spread bet to restrict your losses. If that were to happen, you would buy the market at $77.39.
Therefore, with the same £2 per $0.01 stake:
Your Profits (or Losses) = (initial level of the market - final level of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = ($76.77 - $77.39) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = -$0.62 x £2 per $0.01
Your Profits (or Losses) = -£124 loss
Brent Crude Oil (January) Futures spread betting prices correct as of 25-Nov-09.
'Commodities Spreads', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 10-Mar-10
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