Commodities
4Xhub offers a flexible and easy way to gain exposure to some of the
world’s most popular commodities including energies and metals all
from within your MetaTrader 4 trading platform.
Commodity markets are attractive to speculators as they are
susceptible to dramatic changes in supply and demand.
Precious Metals
We allow trading the spot price for metals including Gold or Silver against the US Dollar as a currency pair on 1:100 leverage.
Commodities Facts
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6 Commodities to trade
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Energy and Metals
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Leverage up to 1:100
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Competitive Pricing
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Deep liquidity
How does Commodities trading work?
Commodities cover energy, agriculture and metals products. These
products are traded in futures markets and derive their value from
demand and supply characteristics.
Supply characteristics include the weather in the case of agriculture
and costs of extraction in the case of mining and energies.
Demand for commodities tends to be characterised by broader conditions
such as economic cycles and population growth. Commodities can be
traded as stand alone products or in pairs.
Metals and energies are traded against major currencies whereas
agriculture futures contracts are traded as stand-alone contracts.
Commodity trading example
The gross profit on your trade is calculated as follows:
Opening Price
$435.25 * 100 contracts * 4 = USD $174,100
Closing Price
$460 * 100 contracts * 4 = USD $184,000
Gross Profit on Trade
USD $184,000 - $174,100 = $9,900
Opening the Position
Wheat_N7 is currently trading at 434.00/435.25 and you are expecting
Australia’s East Coast crops to be affected by adverse weather
patterns over the coming year which will result in lower than
average crop yields.
You buy 100 contracts of Wheat (4 bushels per contract) at 435.25
which equals USD $174,100 (435.25 * 100 * 4).(4 bushels per
contract) at 435.25 which equals USD $174,100 (435.25 * 100 * 4).
Closing the Position
Your research surrounding weather conditions turns out to be correct. Lower crop yields this year have caused Wheat prices to increase to 460.00/462.15. You exit your position by selling your contracts at 460.
Spread
Commodities
SYMBOL |
DESCRIPTION |
MIN |
AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| XAUUSD | Gold vs United States Dollar | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| XPTUSD | Platinum vs United States Dollar | 4 | 4.5 |
| XAGUSD | Silver vs United States Dollar | 0.01 | 0.015 |
| UKOUSD | Brent Crude Oil vs United States Dollar | 2.5 | 3 |
| USOUSD | WTI Crude Oil vs US Dollar | 3 | 3.5 |
| XNGUSD | Natural Gas vs United State Dollar | 0.5 | 1 |
* Subject to change based on market condition |
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