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Commodities

Commodities are raw materials such as oil, natural gas and metals. As CFDs, they let you trade on price changes without buying or storing the physical goods.

Also called: commodity, raw materials, energies, oil

Hypothetical example

Hypothetically, you sell an oil CFD at $80 a barrel on 10 barrels. If the price falls to $78 the position gains $20; if it rises to $82 it loses $20.

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