Commodities
Diversify your portfolio by trading the world’s most popular soft commodities. Commodities Futures Contract Specifications
| Swap values in margin currency | Trading Hours | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Description | Typical Spreads in qoute Currency per unit | Leverage (Up to) | Short | Long | Monday Open | Friday Close | Break |
| Sugar | Sugar#11 | 0.06 | Floating | -0.13 | -0.39 | 10:30:00 | 19:59:59 | - |
| Cocoa | US Cocoa | 10.0 | 1.66 | -1.0 | -3.. | 4:00:00 | 21:19:59 | - |
| Cotton | US Cotton No. 2 | 0.36 | 1.66 | -1.0 | -3.3 | 4:00:00 | 21:19:59 | - |
| Coffee | Coffee | 1.02 | Floating | -0.51 | -1.54 | 11:15:00 | 20:29:59 | - |
| Copper | Copper | 0.008 | Floating | -0.51 | -1.58 | 1:00:00 | 23:59:59 | Daily 23:59:59 - 01:00:00 |
Important
- 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.
- Server Times: Winter: GMT+2 and Summer: GMT+3 (DST) (last Sunday of March and ends last Sunday of October).
- 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 Forex 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: is: 1 * 10 * 2,692 = 26,920 USD
Margin required is: is: 26,920 USD * 0.015 = 403.80 USD
Commodities Contract Expiration Dates
| Swap values in margin currency | Trading Hours | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
| Coffee | 15/02/2022 | 09/04/2022 | 17/06/2022 | 18/08/2022 | 17/11/2022 | |||||||
| Cotton | 18/02/2022 | 21/04/2022 | 22/06/2022 | 22/09/2022 | 21/11/2022 | |||||||
| Sugar | 25/02/2022 | 218/04/2022 | 29/06/2022 | 29/09/2022 | ||||||||
| Copper | 24/02/2022 | 27/04/2022 | 30/06/2022 | 30/08/2022 | 28/11/2022 | |||||||
| Cocao | 18/02/2022 | 21/04/2022 | 22/06/2022 | 23/08/2022 | 21/11/2022 | |||||||
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. Webxtrader 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.
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