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Guide to Trading Metal Commodities
Metal market lets private investor, hedge funds and speculators take long or short positions on metal resource such as Gold, Silver, Copper and much more (please note that the number of metals varies between brokers, but the most common metals can be traded with any financial spread betting or contract for difference broker).
Why to trade metals
Metal producers and big metal consumers are the biggest participants in the market and tend to hedge their positions. The sheer size of the market attracts many private investors and speculators from around the globe.
Where to trade metals
Every financial spread betting and CFD (contract for difference) brokerage house allows clients to buy and sell metal futures. Even though they are very similar products financial spread betting is arguably the best option for private investors as it's cheaper and size of contract is smaller.
- Financial Spread Betting is a leveraged product, tax free and the cheapest way to deal in metal market. For more information refer to financial spread betting guide or compare spread betting accounts.
- Contract For Difference (CFD) is also a leveraged product, but unlike financial spread betting is not fax free. CFDs also require higher deposits and minimum contract size is considerably bigger than with spread betting. For more information about CFDs refer to contracts for difference guide or compare CFDs accounts.