Commodity trading
- Get exposure to 100+ commodities¹, including gold, silver, crude oils and natural gas
- Experience ultra-fast execution², with no partial fills
Enjoy experienced customer service
Take a broader view with our exclusive commodity indices
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Pips FX minimum spread⁴
Maximum retail leverage
Micro lot trading*
Financial instruments¹
Dedicated customer support
*Trade one-hundredth the size of a standard lot
What is commodity trading?
Commodity trading is the buying and selling of raw materials, or primary agricultural products, such as oil and gas, precious metals such as gold and silver, and soft commodities like cocoa, coffee, wheat and sugar.
When you trade CFDs on these commodities, you're speculating on the price of these raw physical assets, without taking ownership of the underlying asset.
Why trade commodities with us?
Including popular commodities such as Copper and Natural Gas, as well as lesser-traded instruments like Palladium and Wheat.
Our MetaTrader platforms have no restrictions on minimum stop-loss or take-profit distances and limits, especially useful for high-volume traders.
Go long and short at the same time on a specific instrument, with no interruption for traders using Expert Advisors (EAs) on MetaTrader.
Hone your technical analysis with our suite of free additional premium indicators and EAs.
Deposit and withdraw funds easily, and whenever you want to.
Powerful technology you can rely on
MetaTrader 4
Trade on the world's most popular trading platform, with tight spreads and ultra-fast execution.
Trade on forex, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies
- Spreads start from 0.0 pips with our FX Active account⁴
Fast, one-click trading
- Lightning-fast execution ²
Customisable charts with pre-installed indicators
Automated trading with Expert Advisors

Mobile

Desktop
Download MetaTrader 4 for PC or MAC and trade on the world's most popular trading platform.
MetaTrader 5
A powerful trading platform designed to provide access to global markets, with advanced trading features and real-time data.
Trade on forex, indices, commodities, shares and cryptos
- Spreads from 0.0 pips with our FX Active account⁴
One-click trading
- Ultra-fast execution²
More order types, timeframes, and pre-installed indicators than on MT4
Depth of market display and inbuilt economic calendar
Experts Advisors with faster strategy tester

Mobile

Desktop
Download MetaTrader 5 for PC or MAC to experience its advanced trading tools and features from an industry’s leading provider.
TradingView
Enjoy the best of both worlds: view and analyse charts on TradingView; trade with our tight spreads and fast execution.
Enhance your trading experience with TradingView’s renowned charts and indicators.
Get inspiration and ideas from one of the world’s largest online trading communities.
Prepare for key announcements with TradingView's easy-to-use financial calendar.
Set up personalised alerts using 13 built-in conditions based on price and volume.
Open, manage and close your trades with us in TradingView.

Mobile app
TradingView's mobile apps are available on the App Store and Google Play Store. Ensure that your device is up to date and your operating system is supported.
Google PlayApp StoreCMC Web platform
Integrated TradingView charts
Advanced order execution
Optimised mobile platform
TipRanks analysis
Client sentiment tracker
Pattern recognition scanner
Morningstar equity research and Reuters news

Mobile
Packed with powerful features, yet intuitive, and available to all traders. Whatever the next step in your trading journey, our mobile platform can help you get there.

Desktop
We've built our web trading platform to be powerful and intuitive. It combines leading-edge features and security, fast execution, and best-in-class insight and analysis. Designed to support any strategy.
What are other traders saying about CMC Markets?
Commodity trading costs
Increase your exposure to the commodity market
Expecting big things in energy? Diversify your portfolio and spread risk with our unique commodity indices, which allow you to take a view on a commodity sector as a whole with a single position.


Become a CMC Markets partner
Partner with one of the industry's leading CFD and forex brokers. With our advanced IB portal reporting functions and high customer conversion rates, our program is designed to help you grow your business. Be rewarded with generous remunerations, including support for multi-tiered and customisable deals and payments structures. Contact us today to talk with one of our experienced regional representatives.
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What is commodity trading?
Find out how to speculate on the price movement of physical goods like gold, oil, and agricultural products.

How to trade commodities
Discover the key steps in trading commodities, from choosing a product to analysing prices.

How to trade gold
Discover the market influences, trading strategies, and risk management involved in trading on gold.
FAQs
What is a commodity?
A commodity is a physical good that can be bought or sold on commodity markets. Commodities can be categorised into either hard or soft varieties. Hard commodities are natural resources like oil, gold and rubber, and are often mined or extracted. Soft commodities are agricultural products such as coffee, wheat or corn.
Why trade CFDs on commodities?
How can I trade commodity CFDs?
Commodity CFDs are a type of derivative product, with zero commission fees (other charges may apply). View our commodities page for more information, including our commodity CFD spreads and margin rates.
What is leveraged commodity trading?
One of the features of CFD trading on commodities is that you only need to deposit a percentage of the full value of your position – the initial margin requirement – to open a trade, known as trading on leverage. Trading on leverage amplifies your profits and losses equally, so it's important to manage your risk.
Is CMC Markets regulated?
CMC Markets has 15 global offices, including in the UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Bermuda. CMC Markets' entities are licensed and regulated by the local authorities, for example, CMC Markets Bermuda is licensed to conduct investment business and digital asset business by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (‘BMA’).
How does CMC Markets protect my money?
As a CMC Markets' client, your money is held separately from CMC Markets' own funds. It is held in segregated client bank accounts distributed across a range of major banks, which are regularly assessed against our risk criteria. Under the BMA rules, retail clients must be provided with negative balance protection. This means that your maximum loss is the amount you have deposited with us.
How do I place a trade?
If you're trading on MT4 or MT5, select the instrument you wish to trade ('double-click' on your PC), and a new order window will appear. Enter your desired volume (in lots), add any risk-management orders such as a stop-loss or take-profit order. Then place a market order in the direction you wish to trade; buy to go long, or sell to go short. There are several ways to place trades or orders using MT4 or MT5 – you can learn more about MT4 or MT5 functionality by navigating to Help > Help topics or Help > Video guides.
If you’re trading on our Next Generation platform, search for your desired instrument from the 'Product Library'. Select your chosen instrument ('right-click' on your PC), and select ‘Order Ticket’. In the order ticket box, choose your order type (from Market, Limit, and Stop-Entry Order), and then enter your desired volume in units or amount (this can be configured from the ‘Settings’ menu in the main navigation). Add stop-loss and take-profit levels to minimise your risk, and choose to ‘BUY’ or ‘SELL’, depending on whether you want to go long or short. When you’re ready, select ‘Place Buy Market Order’, or ‘Place Sell Market Order’.
What is the maximum leverage offered by CMC Markets?
For retail clients, the maximum leverage you can currently trade with is 200:1 (or 0.5% margin) with our CFD trading and FX Active accounts.
What is TradingView?
TradingView is a trading research platform where you can view charts, analyse trends and interact with an online community. You can connect your TradingView account to your CMC Markets account, enabling you to open, manage and close trades within TradingView. Learn more about TradingView here.
What are the key differences between MT4, MT5, TradingView and CMC's trading platforms?
MetaQuotes' MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 are globally popular forex and CFD trading platforms. TradingView is a trading and charting platform which you can link to your broker account to place trades. Our proprietary web-based platform is feature-rich and enables access to trade CFDs on 12,000 instruments.
With each platform you can choose from our CFD trading or FX Active accounts. Our FX Active account offers spreads from 0.0 pips on six major FX pairs, with a 25% spread discount on all other pairs. There is a fixed, low commission at $2.50 per $100,000 notional value traded.
Our trading platform doesn’t require any downloads, while MT4 and MT5 requires downloading to fully utilise its features, such as algorithmic trading (through Expert Advisors) and social trading available via the MQL4 and MQL5 communities.
The MetaTrader platforms offer hedging positions by default, while CMC’s trading platform offers netted positions by default.
Can I hedge positions in MetaTrader?
Yes, you can open an opposite, related, or alternative trade, with no interruption for traders using Expert Advisors.
How can I withdraw my funds?
Log in to your MT4 or MT5 client portal or our trading platform and follow the instructions in the funding section.
How do I reset my password?
You can reset your password by selecting 'Forgot password?' on the login page. We'll then send instructions for changing your password to the email address you use to log in to your account.
What is the complaints procedure at CMC Markets?
Our aim is to provide a high level of service to all our clients, all of the time. We value all feedback and use it to enhance our products and services. We appreciate that from time to time things can go wrong, or there can be misunderstandings. We are committed to dealing with queries and complaints positively and sympathetically. Where we are at fault, we aim to put things right at the earliest opportunity. You can find our complaint handling procedure here or contact us at global@cmcmarkets.com to begin your account query. Please note that all queries and complaints will be handled in English.


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Email us at1The CMC Next Generation platform has 10,000 instruments. The MetaTrader 5 platform has 2,220 instruments. MetaTrader 4 has 220 instruments.
20.018 seconds CFD median trade execution time on MetaTrader 4 globally, 1 April 2024-31 March 2025.
31.621 million unique user logins for the CMC Markets trading and investing platforms globally, as at August 2024.
4Spreads from 0.0 pips on six major forex pairs, and a 25% spread discount on 300+ other forex pairs, with a low, fixed commission at $2.50 per $100,000 notional value, with our FX Active account.
5Best Mobile Trading Platform, ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024; No.1 Web Platform, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2023; No.1 Most Currency Pairs, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2023; Best Charting (Germany), Investment Trends Leverage Trading Report 2023; Best Customer Service (Germany), Investment Trends Leverage Trading Report 2023; Best In-House Analysts, Professional Trader Awards 2023; No.1 Platform Technology (UK), ForexBrokers.com Awards 2022; Best CFD Provider (UK), Online Money Awards 2022; Industry Pioneer with "Outstanding" Customer Rating (Germany), Focus Money Test Edition 36/2022, "Very good" Trading Platform (Germany), Deutsches Kundeninstitut (DKI) Survey 2022.