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Take advantage of the lowest and most stable spreads on gold while trading the global commodity market and diversifying your portfolio.
Commodity market conditions
The commodity market is a global marketplace for trading various types of commodities like precious metals and energies. Trading them allows you to speculate on the price of highly volatile instruments like gold and oil without buying the underlying asset, whether the commodity price is going up or down.
Spreads
When it comes to gold and oil trading, AlforbFX leads with the tightest spreads in the market. Keep in mind that our spreads are floating, and the table above shows the previous day’s average rates. For live spreads, please check your trading platform.
Please note that spreads may widen when markets experience low liquidity. This may persist until liquidity levels are restored.
Swaps
Swap is a type of commission applied to trading positions held overnight. To help you estimate your swap costs, you can use our handy AlforbFX Calculator. On Wednesdays, a triple swap rate applies for positions in gold, silver, platinum, and other metal pairs to account for the market close over the weekend where no swaps are charged.
Swap values may be updated on a daily basis. If you are a resident of a Muslim country, all accounts are automatically swap-free.
Dynamic margin requirements
Margin requirements are tied to the rate of leverage you use. Changing your leverage will cause margin requirements on XAU (gold) and XAG (silver) pairs to change. Just as spreads change depending on conditions, the leverage available to you can also vary. You can read more about the changes in margin requirements in the FAQ section below.
Fixed margin requirements
Margin requirements for the following commodities always remain fixed, regardless of the maximum leverage set on your account:
For XAL (aluminum), XCU (copper), XNI (nickel), XPB (lead), XPT (platinum), XPD (palladium) and XZN (zinc) leverage is set at 1:100
For XNGUSD (natural gas), leverage is set at 1:20
Margin requirements for USOIL and UKOIL always remain fixed with a leverage of 1:200, except for specific periods of higher margin requirements. During the following higher margin requirements periods, the margin requirements for both USOIL and UKOIL are set at 5% (1:20 leverage):
USOIL: from 16:45 (GMT+0) on Friday to 22:59 (GMT+0) on Sunday
UKOIL: from 08:00 (GMT+0) on Friday to 00:30 (GMT+0) on Monday
Stop level
Please note that the stop level values in the table above are subject to change and may not be available for traders using certain trading strategies or Expert Advisors.
Trading hours
- XAU, XAG: Sunday 23:05 – Friday 21:58 (daily break 21:58-23:01)
- XPDUSD, XPTUSD: Sunday 23:10 – Friday 21:58 (daily break 21:58-23:05)
- XALUSD, XCUUSD, XPBUSD, XZNUSD: daily 01:00 – 18:55 (daily break 18:55-01:00)
- XNIUSD: daily 08:00 – 18:55 (daily break 18:55-08:00)
- USOIL, XNGUSD: Sunday 23:10 – Friday 21:44 (daily break 21:45-23:10)
- UKOIL: Monday 01:10 – Friday 21:54 (daily break 21:55-01:10)
All timings are in server time (GMT+0).
Learn more about trading hours in our Help Center.
Low and stable spreads
Keep your trading costs low, even when prices are fluctuating. Enjoy low and stable spreads, even during high-impact market news and economic events.
Fast execution
Never miss a pip. Get your orders executed in milliseconds on both the MT platforms and proprietary AlforbFX Terminals.
Security of funds
Trade the commodity markets with Negative Balance Protection. Benefit from PCI DSS financial data protection, and segregated client accounts in tier-1 banks.