Commodities on Market Securities

Trade 40+ commodities.

Energy, metals, ag, livestock, and softs — institutional pricing, retail simplicity.

From WTI crude to gold, corn to cocoa, Market Securities gives you direct access to 40+ commodity futures with $0.85/side commission, real-time inventory data, and 23h daily trading.

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Lush golden wheat field swaying in the breeze, captured in Brazil.
The bigger picture

Real resources. Global connections.

Follow the resources that keep the world moving.

Leaderboard

Today's commodity movers

Four leaderboards — gainers, losers, most active, and your watchlist. Click any row to load it in the featured chart below.

Featured chart

Drill into any commodity

Pick a commodity, switch time ranges, hover for the crosshair. Specs panel on the right shows everything you need to know about the contract.

GCLive
Gold
2,418.50
+22.30 (+0.93%)
Recent trend · live
2,426.342,416.602,406.852,396.81
Hover for priceGC · live trend
Contract specs
Unit$/oz
Contract size100 oz
Tick size0.1
Tick value$10.00
ExchangeCOMEX
SettlementFinancial
Trading hoursSun 6p–Fri 5p (CT)
Contract value
$24,185.00
Seasonality

Average monthly returns

Historical seasonal patterns for any commodity. Bars show the average monthly % return over the selected period; the line overlays the current year-to-date.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg return (up) Avg return (down) Current year
Best month
Apr (+2.88%)
Worst month
Sep (-2.97%)
Win rate
50% of months
Lookback
10Y · Gold
Inventory data

Live supply data

Weekly inventory for crude oil (EIA), natural gas, COMEX gold stocks, LME copper, and USDA WASDE grains. 5-year average band highlighted; surprises vs consensus annotated.

EIA weekly
437.8M barrels
▲ Build +1.2 vs consensus
-4WNow5Y high 4805Y low 410
5Y avg
445.00
vs 5Y avg
-7.20
4W ago
432
All inventories
Unit converter

Convert commodity units

Real conversion factors for oil (barrels ↔ gallons ↔ liters), metals (oz ↔ grams ↔ tolas), grains (bushels ↔ lbs ↔ tons), and natural gas (MMBtu ↔ kWh ↔ cubic feet).

From
To
158.987
1 barrel = 42 US gallons = 158.987 liters
Context: Crude Oil (CL). 1 Barrels = 158.987 Liters.
Popular commodities

Most-traded contracts

22 commodity futures sortable by price, change, %, volume, and open interest. Tap any header to re-sort.

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Unit
Range / 30D
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Data shown is illustrative. Live prices available after sign-in.

Top tools

Top tools for commodities traders

Everything you need to research supply, plan term-structure trades, and execute — built into a single platform, no add-ons.

Contract Specs

Tick size, tick value, hours, settlement, and margins for every commodity contract.

Open tool

EIA Calendar

Weekly crude & NG inventory releases with consensus estimates and surprise tracking.

Open tool

Inventory Tracker

COMEX, LME, ICE warehouse stocks updated daily with 5Y average comparison.

Open tool

Term Structure

Spot vs futures curve with contango/backwardation flag and roll-yield calculator.

Open tool

Unit Converter

Barrels ↔ liters ↔ gallons, oz ↔ grams, bushels ↔ tons, MMBtu ↔ kWh.

Open tool

Seasonality Map

5/10/15-year average monthly returns for any commodity with current-year overlay.

Open tool
Why Market Securities

Why trade commodities on Market Securities

Institutional-grade infrastructure, retail-friendly pricing, and a platform that doesn't nickel-and-dime you on data or execution.

40+ commodities

Energy, metals, ag, livestock, and softs — all in one Market Securities account.

Micro contracts

Trade MGC, MCL, MNG — 1/10th size of standard contracts. Start with $50 margin.

$0.85/side

Industry-low commission. Exchange fees passed through at cost. No platform fees.

23h trading

Near-24/5 markets from Sunday 6p to Friday 5p CT with a 45-min maintenance break.

Real-time depth

Level 2 depth-of-book on every CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, ICE contract.

Portfolio margin

Risk-based margin on hedged books — 5–7× more buying power than Reg-T.

Negative balance

Protection on every account. You can never lose more than you deposit.

No minimum

Open an account with $0. No inactivity fees. No monthly platform charge.

Smart routing

12 liquidity providers, best-bid/offer in 0.6ms. No requotes, ever.

Try it now

Build a ticket, see it fill

A fully interactive mock order ticket. Pick a commodity, choose order type, slide quantity — see your contract value, tick value, and margin update live.

Commodity
Order type
Side
Quantity (contracts)
1
GC · Gold
COMEX · 100 oz
2,418.50
+0.93%
Price / unit
2,418.50 $/oz
Contract value
$241,850.00
Tick value
$10.00 / tick
Est. margin
$19,348.00
Total value
$241,850.00
Total margin
$19,348.00
Sun 6p–Fri 5p (CT)
How it works

Three steps to your first commodity trade

From sign-up to first fill in under 10 minutes. No paperwork, no minimum deposit, no platform fees.

01

Open your account

Sign up in 5 minutes. No minimum deposit. Verify once, trade every commodity.

02

Fund & research

Deposit via ACH, wire, or crypto. Use contract specs, seasonality, and inventory tools to plan.

03

Place your trade

Trade 40+ commodities on web, iOS, Android, or REST API with $0.85/side commission.

Trading commodities costs

Flat $0.85/side commission on standard commodity futures. Micro contracts $0.45/side. Exchange, NFA, and clearing fees passed through at cost — we never mark up. No platform, data, or inactivity fees.

Commission
$0.85 / side
Exchange fees
At cost
Micro contracts
$0.45 / side
Platform fee
$0
FAQ

Commodities questions, answered

Straight answers to the questions commodities traders ask us most.

40+ commodity futures across energy (CL, BR, NG, HO, RB), metals (GC, SI, PL, PA, HG, ALU), agriculture (ZC, ZS, ZW, KC, SB, CC, CT, OJ), livestock (LC, LH), and softs (LBR). All CME Group and ICE contracts.

Risk disclosure

Commodity futures trading on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage can work against you as well as for you. You may lose more than your initial deposit. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Join 1.5M+ commodities traders today

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Ready to trade the world's commodities?

Open an Market Securities account in under 5 minutes. No minimum deposit, no monthly fees, no requotes. Trade 40+ commodity futures the way the pros do.

Negative balance protection12 liquidity providers$0.85/side commission23h daily trading