How to trade commodities using spread betting and CFDs

Commodities such as energy, metals and foods behave differently to stocks and bonds. Learning how to trade them can open up new opportunities to profit from volatility

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Let’s start by stating the obvious. Commodities exist in the physical world. That means they are very different from stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies

Those asset classes can move around the world with a keystroke. Commodities must be transported. That is both costly and time-consuming. They degrade and spoil, are stolen, hidden and fought over. Meanwhile, their prices can move in an exceptionally volatile manner. That means fortunes can be quickly made or lost. 

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