Why Trade Commodities With Us?

Explore a Wide Range of Assets

Utilize products like ETFs, futures, and related stocks; and size up or down based on your risk tolerance or account type

Take Advantage of Trading Pairs

Take advantage of unique relationships to balance out your portfolio such as the gold-silver ratio and grain pairs

Capitalize on Volatility

Benefit from binary events and the price movements they cause. From geopolitical headlines to supply and demand reports, a wide variety of news impacts commodity markets

Get Diversified Exposure

Diversify your portfolio with metals, minerals, grains, food, energy, raw materials, and currencies

Access Emerging Markets (EM)

Engage in commodity-related sectors & companies in emerging markets

Speculate Without being a producer

Take advantage of in-play commodity markets without storing or owning physical materials

What Commodity Products Can I trade?

You can trade commodity stocks, options, futures, and futures options on our intuitive platform. Balance your portfolio with the products of your choice to make it work for your investment goals.

Some of the energy commodities you can trade are coal, crude oil, micro crude oil, e-mini crude oil, Henry Hub natural gas, e-mini natural gas. Non-energy commodities include agricultural underlyings such as corn, mini corn, soybeans, mini soybeans, Chicago SRW wheat, and mini-Chicago SRW wheat. Metals also fall under non-energy commodities and include gold, micro gold, copper, platinum, silver, and micro silver.

COMMODITY OPTIONS ON FUTURES

Add probability to your commodity assumption and consider incorporating bullish, bearish, and neutral futures options strategies.

COMMODITY STOCKS AND ETFS

Enter the commodity market by investing in a physical commodity with stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

COMMODITY FUTURES

Commodity futures cover a variety of asset classes and are available to trade 23/5.1

POPULAR COMMODITY FUTURES PRODUCTS

Below is a list of some widely traded commodity futures on our platform.

CME outright futures

Crude oil (/CL)

Corn (/ZC)

Gold (/GC)

Soybeans (/ZS)

Natural Gas (/NG)

COMMODITY FUTURES OPTIONS

There are various futures options you can trade on the tastytrade platform:

ProductOption StyleDeliverableTime of settlement

/ZC

American

Future

1:20 pm CT

/ZS

American

Future

1:20 pm CT

/ZW

American

Future

1:20 pm CT

/CL

American

Future

1:30 pm CT

/NG

European

Cash

1:30 pm CT

/GC

American

Future

12:30 pm CT

/SI

American

Future

12:30 pm CT

DISCOVER COMMONLY TRADED COMMODITY MARKETS

With tastytrade, you can explore and trade various commodity markets from energy markets like Natural Gas and WTI Crude; to Metals and Grains. Some of the well-known commodities you can choose from on our platform include:

Commodities

Natural Gas (UNG)

Corn ETF (CORN)

iShares Silver ETF (SLV)

U.S. Oil Fund (USO)

SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD)

Gold Miners (GDX)

Wheat ETF (WEAT)

Energy ETF (XLE)

Oil & Gas ETF (XOP)

Trade Commodities with Low Commissions

When trading commodities with tastytrade, you can reduce your overall costs by paying lower commissions.

Take a look at the low commissions of trading commodities:

ProductOpening commission (per contract)Closing commission (per contract)

Futures

$1.25

$1.25

Micro Futures

$0.85

$0.85

Futures Options

$2.50

$0.00

Stocks and ETFs

$0.00 unlimited shares

$0.00

WHAT ARE COMMODITIES AND HOW CAN YOU TRADE THEM?

Commodities are economic goods. They can be raw materials (like corn or oil) that are used in production, or natural resources (energy, metals, grains). Commodities are traded in the market using futures contracts or commodity-linked stocks or ETFs.

HOW TO TRADE COMMODITIES

  1. Learn about commodities and how the commodities markets work
  2. Create a tastytrade account or log in
  3. Implement a trading plan and a risk management strategy
  4. Start trading a commodity product that compliments your investment goals

Open a Trading Account

  • NAVIGATE QUICKLY AND EASILY ON THE TASTYTRADE PLATFORM

    Use our platform and the variety of innovative features to make the most of your trades

  • DISCOVER WHICH COMMODITY PRODUCTS ARE IN PLAY

    Get access to free content on commodity market movement with the Follow Feed and video feed

  • GET PEACE OF MIND TRADING ON A RELIABLE PLATFORM

    Feel secure knowing you are trading on one of the safest, fastest, and most reliable trading platforms in the world


TRADE COMMODITIES YOUR WAY

Trade commodities on a fast and dependable platform. Get immediate access to commodities and customize your trading needs with our ground-breaking features.

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Desktop

An immersive trading experience with a simple, intuitive interface.

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Browser

Use our web platform on any browser. Manage accounts, fund, and trade in one place.

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Mobile

Stay on top of your trading while you’re on the move. Never miss a market minute.

1Futures trading hours vary by product. See here for details.
2Final settlement based on the latest trade price.
3Applicable exchange, clearing, and regulatory fees still apply to all opening and closing trades.

All investments involve risk of loss. Please carefully consider the risks associated with your investments and if such trading is suitable for you before deciding to trade certain products or strategies. You are solely responsible for making your investment and trading decisions and for evaluating the risks associated with your investments.


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Futures accounts are not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). All customer futures accounts’ positions and cash balances are segregated by Apex Clearing Corporation. Futures and futures options trading is speculative and is not suitable for all investors. Please read the Futures & Exchange-Traded Options Risk Disclosure Statement prior to trading futures products.

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