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Comodities

Diversify your portfolio by trading the world’s most popular soft commodities OPEN LIVE ACCOUNT

COMMODITIES

Advantages of trading Derivatives on Commodities with At our company

Instant access to global markets

Low margin requirements

Negative balance protection

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Commodities

Commodities Futures Contract Specifications

  Swap values in margin currency Trading Hours
Symbol Description Typical Spreads in quote
currency per unit		 Leverage (up to) Short Long Monday
Open		 Friday
Close		 Break
Cocoa US Cocoa 9.0 1:66 -0.5 -1.58 11:45:00 20:29:59 –
Coffee Coffee 0.98 Floating -0.51 -1.54 11:15:00 20:29:59 –
Copper Copper 0.008 Floating -0.53 -1.58 1:00:00 23:59:59 Daily 23:59:59 – 01:00:00
Cotton US Cotton No.2 0.28 1:66 -1.0 -3.3 4:00:00 21:19:59 –
Sugar Sugar #11 0.06 Floating -0.13 -0.39 10:30:00 19:59:59 –

Important

  1. Swaps values may be adjusted daily based on market conditions and rates provided by our Price Provider applicable to all open positions. Triple swaps are applied every Wednesday.
  2. Server Times: Winter: GMT+2 and Summer: GMT+3 (DST) (last Sunday of March and ends last Sunday of October).
  3. All Pending Orders will be force closed during market breaks. In case any order is left pending, it will be automatically deleted after the daily market closure time.

Calculating Commodities Margin Requirements – Example

Account base currency: USD
Position: Open 1 lot BUY Cocoa at 2,692
1 Lot size: 10 Metric ton
Margin requirement: 1.50% of Notional Value

Notional value is: 1 * 10 * 2,692 = 26,920 USD
Margin required is: 26,920 USD * 0.015 = 403.80 USD

 

Commodities Contract Expiration Dates

Symbol January February March April May June July August September October November December
Coffee   18/02/2020   20/04/2020   18/06/2020   19/08/2020     17/11/2020  
Copper   26/02/2020   28/04/2020   26/06/2020   27/08/2020     26/11/2020  
Sugar   27/02/2020   29/04/2020   29/06/2020     29/09/2020      
Cocoa   12/02/2020   15/04/2020   15/06/2020   14/08/2020     12/11/2020  
Cotton   20/02/2020   22/04/2020   22/06/2020     22/09/2020      

Commodities Market characteristics

Commodity is a raw material, such as natural resources or agricultural products, used in commerce. Coffee, Sugar and Copper are among the most commonly traded commodities in the markets.

Commodity prices are influenced by economic, political and environmental factors such as:
• Supply and demand   • Technological advances   • Geo-political tensions   • Weather conditions   • Natural disasters

Commodities can be an important means for investors to diversify their portfolio. At our company offers traders and investors the opportunity to participate in the commodity markets by trading derivatives on a range of metals, energies and soft commodities with low margin requirements and hedging strategies allowed to manage their price exposure.

Benefits of Commodities trading

High leverage

Portfolio diversification

Hedging against inflation

Long-short positioning

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